COLUMBUS, OHIO — In a sale-leaseback transaction, Alterra Real Estate Advisors has acquired a 62,000-square-foot office and retail building in Columbus for $3.1 million. Constructed in 1986, the property is 85 percent occupied. The lobby and common areas were recently renovated, but Alterra plans to make additional improvements for energy efficiency such as LED lighting. The seller, Auto Owners Life Insurance Co., remains a tenant in the building. Some of the other tenants include BHM CPA Group, J Gilberts restaurant and Salon Lofts. Rob Sullivan of Kemba Financial Credit Union provided acquisition financing. Alterra will handle leasing and management of the building.
Acquisitions
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm GFI Realty has arranged the $4.1 million sale of a 29-unit multifamily building located at 1342 St. Lawrence Ave. in the Soundview neighborhood of The Bronx. Built in 1928, the five-story building houses 23 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units.Zachary Fuchs of GFI Realty represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors, in the transaction.
COLUMBIA FALLS, MONT. — Brinkman Real Estate has acquired The Highline, a 180-unit multifamily property in Columbia Falls, for an undisclosed price. Columbia Falls is located within Montana’s Flathead County in the northwest corner of the state. The Highline was built in 2020. Brinkman plans to renovate the community with new landscaping and signage, smart-home packages and laundry hookups to all units, and amenities such as a grilling area. According to the property website, community amenities currently include a playground, dog park and a clubhouse. Brinkman Real Estate’s capital market team, in partnership Brady O’Donnell, Jeff Halsey, Jill Huang and Alex Scott of CBRE’s Institutional Debt and Restructured Finance team, secured financing through Fannie Mae for the acquisition. Triad Real Estate Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
MESA, ARIZ. — Cypress West Partners purchased a 30,000-square-foot medical office building in Mesa. The single-story property is located at 6309 East Baywood Ave. The seller and price were not disclosed. The firm acquired the fully vacant building from a group of local physicians that originally developed the property in 2002. They had operated a practice there until recent retirement. A cardiology practice has signed a new lease for 20,000 square feet at the property, with plans to establish a flagship clinical location. Cypress West is investing more than $3 million in capital improvements to the building, including roof, mechanical and site improvements. It is also modernizing an existing 10,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center to current licensure standards and code. The space will offer two operating rooms, with an ability to increase to four. The repositioning is scheduled for completion by September. Steve Berghoff and Mark Haslip of Menlo Group are handling leasing for the property.
JLL Arranges Sale of 260,000 SF Distribution Center in Jacksonville Leased to Volkswagen
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of a 260,000-square-foot distribution center located at 4150 Perimeter Industrial Parkway in Jacksonville’s Westside submarket. Built in 2008 on 15.4 acres, the rear-load property is fully leased to Volkswagen Group of America and is fully air-conditioned. John Huguenard, Luis Castillo, Cody Brais, Luke Pope, Taylor Osborne and Wells Waller of JLL brokered the sale. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — CBRE has brokered the sale of a portfolio of eight industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.2 million square feet that are located throughout the Houston area. The buildings feature a mix of front-load and cross-dock configurations and clear heights ranging from 20 to 34 feet. At the time of sale, the properties were fully leased to a roster of tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term of 3.75 years. ATCAP Partners purchased the portfolio from CenterPoint Properties for an undisclosed price. Nathan Wynne, Randy Baird, Jonathan Bryan, Ryan Thornton and Eliza Bachhuber of CBRE brokered the deal.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Nashville-based provider HCA Healthcare has entered into an agreement to purchase 41 urgent care centers located throughout Texas from regional owner-operator FastMed. The addition of the clinics, which are located throughout the metro areas of Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and El Paso, will raise HCA Healthcare’s national portfolio count of urgent care centers to 268. The deal is expected to close this summer.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $14.8 million sale of The Mill at Manchester Lofts, a 70-unit apartment community located at 815 Perry St. in Richmond. The property, a former paper mill and warehouse, offers apartments in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Jenny Stoner and John Pritzlaff of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the undisclosed buyer, which plans to implement a value-add program, in the transaction. The seller was also not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Providence Group Capital (PGC) has acquired two parcels located at 2429 and 2511 South Tryon St. in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood. Totaling roughly 1.3 acres, the sites feature three existing buildings comprising more than 17,500 square feet. Tenants at the buildings include Euro Cars South End, A&T Auto Body Shop and Paws Whiskers & Wags. PGC has purchased 15 sites in the same section of South End over the past 18 months. Hayes Faulkenberry of Land Advisors represented PGC in the acquisition of 2429 South Tryon St., and Lauren Bremer of The Nichols Co. represented the seller in the sale of 2501 South Tryon St. Providence Group Management Services will manage both properties.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Colliers has arranged the $3.5 million sale of Lynwood Plaza, a retail strip center located at 4800 Grove Barton Road in Raleigh. Tenants at the 8,943-square-foot property include Little Caesars, Nail Image Salon, Board & Brush and Salt & Lime Cabo Grill. David Stowe of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction, and Rikky Goswami of Insight Property Group represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.