DULUTH, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $8.5 million sale of Canal Park Square in Duluth. The property comprises 29 apartment units along with retail space in the city’s Canal Park neighborhood. Originally constructed in 1886, the building underwent a redevelopment in 2015 to convert the second-story office space into luxury apartments. Units average 835 square feet, and amenities include a clubroom and fitness center. Retailers include 310 Pub, Green Mill, Love Creamery, Cloud 9 Bistro, Canal Park Liquor and Rue 48 Salon. Devon Dvorak, Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg and Adam Haydon of JLL represented the seller, Sherman Associates. The buyer was undisclosed.
Acquisitions
BOSTON — JLL has arranged the $41 million sale of 7 Post Office Square, a 64,246-square-foot office building in Boston’s Financial District. The seven-story building was 91 percent leased to eight tenants at the time of sale, with Fidelity Investments serving as the anchor tenant. Chris Angelone, Coleman Benedict, Scott Carpenter, Scott Tully Jr., Brooke Howard and Rachel Bliss of JLL represented the seller, Nuveen Real Estate, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Azora Exan Capital.
MIDDLEBURY, CONN. — Watchmaker Timex Group USA has sold its 84,886-square-foot corporate headquarters complex in Middlebury, Conn., for $7.5 million. Chris O’Hara of Coldwell Banker Commercial represented Timex Group in the sale to a partnership between Drubner Equities Florida LLC and Atlantic Management. The site spans 93 acres, and the new ownership plans to redevelop the complex into a 720,000-square-foot industrial park.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — A joint venture between Ideal Realty Group, Rock Creek Property Group and The Sigmund Cos. has purchased a portfolio of four regional shopping centers in Woodbridge’s Dale City neighborhood. An affiliate of Interstate Management Inc. sold the properties, which total 470,000 square feet, for $52.8 million. The properties include Center Plaza, Mapledale Plaza, Forestdale Plaza and Glendale Plaza, all of which are located within three miles of each other along Dale Boulevard. The centers were 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants include Giant Food, Truist Bank, CVS, Ace Hardware, Advance Auto Parts, Wells Fargo and Dollar General. The new ownership is working with MV+A Architects to renovate the interiors and exteriors of the portfolio. KLNB has been selected for the portfolio’s leasing assignment, and TSCG has been tapped to handle property management services.
TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a freestanding store located at 8701 W. Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa. The 64,031-square-foot retail property is net leased to Publix. Situated on 6.3 acres at the intersection of Memorial Highway and Hillsborough Avenue, the store was built in 1977 as an Albertsons. Evan Cannan and Reid Thedford of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, a private investor whose family has owned the land for nearly a century. Dean Zang, David Crotts, and Josh Ein of Marcus & Millichap’s Washington, D.C., office procured the buyer, which provided a bid that was $1.3 million higher than the highest off-market bid.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Texas-based private equity firm SPI Advisory has acquired Parkview Terraces, a 244-unit apartment community in South Austin. The property was originally developed in 2009 as Cortland Southpark Terraces and was recently renovated. According to Apartments.com, Parkview Terraces features one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 700 to 1,348 square feet and amenities such as two pools, a clubhouse, fitness center, business center, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a dog park. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Fritz Waldvogel of Colliers Mortgage originated an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the deal.
Taylor McMinn Retail Group Brokers $1.2M Sale of Store in Kinston, North Carolina Leased to Advance Auto Parts
by John Nelson
KINSTON, N.C. — The Taylor McMinn Retail Group, a retail investment sales team within Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $1.2 million sale of a 7,000-square-foot store in Kinston leased to Advance Auto Parts. The retailer, which has operated at the store since it was built in 2003, recently signed a new 10-year lease at the property. The Advance Auto Parts is situated on a 0.7-acre site at 302 W. Vernon Ave., about 85 miles north of Wilmington, N.C., via I-40. Don McMinn of Taylor McMinn represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an out-of-state 1031 investor. “Investment-grade tenants with lower rents and price points continue to receive strong demand in an environment where debt is a challenge,” says McMinn.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — JLL has arranged the sale of Lake Pointe Market, a 40,589-square-foot shopping center in Rowlett, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as PetCo, DCP Equity Partners, Burger Island, OneMain Financial, Bank of America, Verizon Wireless and SuperCuts. Adam Howells, Chris Gerard and Megan Babovec of JLL represented the seller, Main Street Investment Co., in the deal and procured Ohio-based retail REIT Phillips Edison & Co. as the buyer.
MERRIMACK, N.H. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 448-unit self-storage facility located in the southern New Hampshire city of Merrimack. The facility, which is managed by Life Storage, opened in early 2022 and spans 57,840 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the deal. Thomas Shihadeh of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
DEER PARK, N.Y. — Locally based brokerage firm Island Associates Real Estate has negotiated the $3.4 million sale of a 6,000-square-foot warehouse in the Long Island community of Deer Park. The site at 955 Long Island Ave. was previously used for auto wrecking , inside metal storage and truck repairs. Lawrence Densen and Chris Mayor of Island Associates represented the seller, a family estate, in the transaction. The buyer was a New York City-based construction and scaffolding company.