GREEN BAY, WIS. — NAI Pfefferle has brokered the sale of a 39,548-square-foot industrial building located at 1836 Sal St. in Green Bay. The sales price was undisclosed, but the asking price was $1.6 million. John Roberts of NAI Pfefferle arranged the sale. Bartlett Capital Group was the buyer.
At first blush, 2023 looks like a bad year for seniors housing property sales. Total transaction volume fell 23 percent to $10.6 billion, the sector’s lowest mark in over a decade, according to data from MSCI Real Assets. “I’m not surprised to see transaction volume down from 2022,” says Kelly Sheehy, senior managing director of Artemis Real Estate Partners. “The combined impact of declining asset values, scarcity of financing for new acquisitions and lender extensions for underperforming assets has kept sellers from listing assets and have prevented levered buyers from acquiring.” MSCI’s data is based on independent reports of property and portfolio sales of $2.5 million and above. The numbers include both private-pay seniors housing and skilled nursing care, but not active adult properties. The factors limiting seniors housing transaction volume have affected all real estate asset classes. As far as property acquisitions go, seniors housing was one of the most consistent property sectors in the United States in 2023. Commercial real estate sales across the country were down 51 percent last year, and the two hardest hit sectors were office (sales fell 56 percent) and multifamily (sales fell 61 percent), according to MSCI. What’s more, seniors housing was the …
HOUSTON — Versal, a self-storage brokerage firm with offices in Austin and Los Angeles, has arranged the sale of A&B Boat & RV Storage, a 279-unit facility located approximately 14 miles southeast of downtown Houston. The facility spans 121,328 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, California-based Sunbelt Storage II, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Dallas-based RecNation.
HOUSTON — California-based investment firm KBS has sold Clay Crossing Business Center, a 222,750-square-foot light industrial complex in West Houston. Built between 2000 and 2002, Clay Crossing Business Center consists of four buildings that house flex suites ranging in size from 3,105 to 44,883 square feet. Trent Agnew, Charles Strauss, Lance Young and Brooke Petzold of JLL represented KBS in the transaction. The buyer was an Houston-based entity doing business as HPI Holdings II LLC.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has negotiated the sale of Courtyard Apartments, a 63-unit complex located about 120 miles east of Dallas in Longview. The property was built in 1966 and offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 778 square feet. Yonnic Land of TMG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
MCCALLA, ALA. — Graham & Co. Inc. has arranged the $32.3 million sale of a 303,730-square-foot distribution and manufacturing facility in McCalla, about 20 miles southwest of Birmingham. The seller, an entity doing as AMR REIT Prestige Industrial II LLC, developed the property in 2022 as a build-to-suit for Lear, a Tier 1 auto parts supplier. Located at 6700 Jefferson Metropolitan Parkway, the property is situated on nearly 25 acres within the Jefferson Metropolitan Industrial Park along the I-20 corridor. The facility features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, 45 dock-high doors, a 185-foot truck court and 21,000 square feet of office space. Sonny Culp of Graham & Co., along with Doug Longyear of Cushman & Wakefield, brokered the transaction.
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, MASS. — Massachusetts-based life sciences company Cell Signaling Technology has purchased a 50-acre site in Manchester-by-the-Sea, about 30 miles northeast of Boston, with plans to undertake a life sciences redevelopment. Designed by architecture firm HGA, the project will convert the site of an abandoned rock quarry into a research and innovation campus that will feature 250,000 square feet of space. Ten acres of the site are occupied by the Manchester Athletic Club. A construction timeline for the project, which will be developed in phases, is still being finalized.
CHELSEA, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $8.4 million sale of a portfolio of six apartment buildings totaling 27 units in Chelsea, located on the southern outskirts of Boston. The buildings are situated across three contiguous parcels at 31-47 Louis St. Drew Kirkland, Francis Saenz and Jim Casey of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Livingston Avenue Center, a 101,621-square-foot shopping center in the Columbus suburb of Reynoldsburg. The fully leased property is home to tenants such as Save-a-Lot, Big Lots and Urban Air. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment group out of California. The Midwest-based buyer purchased the asset at a cap rate of 8.19 percent.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property, located at 52 N. Santa Cruz Ave. in Los Gatos, just south of San Jose. The asset traded for $4.5 million. Built in 1985, the 4,401-square-foot property is fully occupied and offers six commercial spaces. Yuri Sergunin and J.J. Taughinbaugh of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal.