SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Methodist Southlake Medical Office Building, an 82,238-square-foot healthcare property located on the outskirts of Fort Worth. The building is attached to a hospital operated by the same provider. Brian Bacharach and Vasili Davos of JLL represented the seller, a partnership managed by LandPlan Development, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a partnership between Virtus Real Estate Capital and Lincoln Property Co.
Acquisitions
LAREDO, TEXAS — Stos. Partners, an investment firm based in Southern California, has sold a 79,883-square-foot industrial property in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. The sales price was $9.1 million. Built in 2021 and renovated earlier this year, the property features 21 loading bays, 22-foot clear heights and 53 parking spaces. Anthony DeLorenzo, Bryan Johnson, Nick Williams and Elizabeth Bachhuber of CBRE represented Stos. Partners in the deal. Monica Rubio of Century 21 Olympian Commercial represented the unnamed buyer. The facility was fully leased at the time of sale to logistics firm Grupo Cargoquin.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has sold a 49.9 percent interest in 245 Park Avenue, a 1.8 million-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan, for $2 billion. The buyer was Tokyo-based Mori Trust Co. SL Green purchased its stake in the property, which is located between 46th and 47th streets, in September 2022 with the intent to reposition the asset with a partner. The company retained Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates to redesign the building to upgrade the façade, lobby, retail storefronts, amenity spaces and various infrastructural systems.
LINDEN, N.J. — Bridge Industrial has acquired a 115,000-square-foot facility located in the Northern New Jersey community of Linden. The property was originally built on 9.2 acres in 1949 and offers a clear height of 19 feet, 19 drive-in doors and 7,500 square feet of office space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The Blau & Berg Co. brokered the deal. Bridge plans to implement capital improvements to the building’s interior and exterior features, and the facility is expected to be available for occupancy in the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.6 million sale of a multifamily property located at 88 Fifth Ave. in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood. According to LoopNet Inc., the four-story building was constructed in 1920 and houses seven units. Shaun Riney, Mark Zarrella and Andrew Bronsteen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK CITY — Prologis Inc. (NYSE: PLD) has agreed to acquire a 14 million-square-foot industrial portfolio from Blackstone (NYSE: BX) for $3.1 billion. The all-cash deal is expected to close in the coming days. The names and locations of the properties were not disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reports that the portfolio encompasses about 70 assets in gateway markets such as Atlanta, Dallas and Washington, D.C., as well as in areas of New York, California and South Florida. The portfolio is collectively leased to 127 different tenants. Of those, 50 have preexisting relationships with Prologis, and 77 are effectively new customers. San Francisco-based Prologis now owns about 1.2 billion square feet of industrial assets across 19 countries. Over the past 11 years, Prologis and New York-based Blackstone have collaborated on more than a dozen transactions. With this deal, the price translates to a capitalization rate of approximately 4 percent based on net operating income in the first year and a 5.75 percent cap rate when adjusting to today’s market rents. “Where you invest matters, and this transaction demonstrates the exceptional demand for high-quality warehouses,” says Nadeem Meghji, head of Blackstone Real Estate Americas. Blackstone retained …
CAVE CREEK AND MESA, ARIZ. — Buchanan Street Partners has acquired two Class A self-storage facilities in the Phoenix metro. The properties, located at 29640 N. Tatum Blvd. in Cave Creek and 2862 S. Signal Butte Road in Mesa, offer a combined 160,500 rentable square feet and 1,620 units. With a total purchase price of $41 million, or $255 per square foot, the acquisitions mark Buchanan’s entrance into the greater Phoenix self-storage market. Both recently constructed facilities offer climate-controlled units, video surveillance and security access controls. Westport Properties, Inc., operating under the US Storage Centers brand, will manage the properties as a third-party manager. CBRE’s Nick Walker and Walter Brauer arranged the sale.
LYNWOOD, CALIF. — Prologis has purchased an infill industrial site in Lynwood. The 1.4-acre property is located at 11511 Bellinger St. It includes a historic 34,436-square-foot industrial facility built in 1930. Surrounding the property are more than 35 UPS, FedEx and Ontrac shipping hubs within a 10-mile radius. CBRE’s Mark Shaffer, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gerard Poutier, Bryan Johnson and Nick Williams from CBRE Investment Properties, along with Greg Dyer and Ryan Wengart from CBRE’s Los Angeles South Bay office, represented the seller, 11511 Bellinger Holdings LLC, in this transaction.
DENVER — A local buyer has acquired the 34-unit Shepherds Motel in Denver for $3 million. The historic motel is located at 1525 Valentia St. It has been family owned and operated since 1994. Barton Thompson and James Few from the Thompson Group at Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented both the seller and the buyer in this transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $1.8M Sale of South Williams Apartment Building in Mesa, Arizona
by Jeff Shaw
MESA, ARIZ. — A private investor has purchased the 12-unit South Williams apartment building in Mesa for $1.8 million. It is located at 335-359 South Williams, about two miles north of the US-60 freeway and less than a mile south of the Valley Metro Light Rail. New ownership will have the opportunity to renovate all unit interiors to capitalize on renovation premiums already proven in the submarket, notes Paul Bay of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office, who secured the buyer. Bay, Adam Saylor and Darrell Moffitt arranged the transaction. The seller was also a private investor.