Acquisitions

CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $5.4 million sale of a 14,560-square-foot retail property occupied by Walgreens in Canal Winchester, a southeast suburb of Columbus. The building is located at 6266 Gender Road near other retailers such as Walmart, Dollar Tree and AutoZone. Jesse Limon of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer, an all-cash REIT.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Avia Equities, an investment firm with offices in Dallas and Los Angeles, has sold The Wayman, a 284-unit apartment community in North Austin. The Wayman offers one- and two-bedroom units as well as a pool, coffee bar and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Avia Equities invested in capital improvements during its hold of the property, including replacing roofs and windows, painting building exteriors, enhancing amenity spaces and rebranding the property. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

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JACKSONVILLE AND DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Redfearn Capital has purchased an industrial facility in Jacksonville and industrial outdoor storage (IOS) property in Delray Beach for a combined $18.9 million. The Jacksonville property is a 138,200-square-foot warehouse with 32 dock doors and 24-foot clear heights within Imeson Industrial Park. An entity doing business as 201 Busch Partners LLC sold the single-tenant facility, which was fully occupied by Wing Industries, for $14.4 million. The Delray Beach IOS property comprises a 13,790-square-foot facility and two acres of outdoor storage located at 1595 S.W. 4th Ave. APS Real Estate Inc. sold the asset, which is leased to Assurance Power Systems, for $4.5 million.

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ELBERTA, ALA. — Argus Self Storage Advisors has brokered the $1.9 million sale of a self-storage facility located on a 16.1-acre site in Elberta. The facility comprises 98 climate-controlled units totaling 11,250 rentable square feet and 37 boat and RV parking spaces spanning 19,800 rentable square feet. Texas-based A-Affordable Boat & RV Storage purchased the property from undisclosed sellers. Stuart LaGroue Sr. and Bill Barnhill of Argus represented the sellers in the transaction.

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HARRISBURG, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Brandywine Plaza, a 44,241-square-foot shopping center located in Harrisburg. The property was fully leased to 21 tenants at the time of sale. Craig Dunkle and Mher Vartanian of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller. Dunkle and Vartanian also secured the buyer, an undisclosed developer.

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Tax Efficient Investment Strategies Open New Opportunities Despite High Interest Rates Lund

The recent Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank collapses — and the takeover of First Republic Bank — have revived regulatory scrutiny on bank risk to a degree that is reminiscent of the financial crisis 15 years ago. Suddenly, it seems, everyone is concerned about the trillions of dollars in commercial real estate debt held at banks — and regional and community banks in particular — and whether it can be refinanced at higher interest rates as it matures over the next couple of years. The same holds for hundreds of billions of dollars of commercial mortgage-backed securities. The conditions are exacerbating a pullback in credit that started last year, which, along with the elevated interest rate environment, has depressed commercial real estate investment sales. In February, property sales dropped 51 percent, from $54.9 billion to $26.9 billion from a year earlier, according to MSCI Real Assets. Taken together, the wall of maturities, higher interest rates, bank collapses and a slumping economy have largely spooked the investment market, suggests Spencer Lund, chief investment officer with NAI Legacy in Minneapolis, Minn. (which also serves Chicago, Denver and Scottsdale, Ariz.) Still, it’s also the type of environment that breeds opportunity as prices …

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HOUSTON — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a 234,215-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. The building sits on a 15-acre site at 4414 Hollister Road and features 25-foot clear heights, 150-foot truck court depths, 25 dock-high doors, 155 car parking spaces and 2.5 acres for additional parking or outdoor storage. Drew Coupe and Dawson Smith of Avison Young represented the seller, Austin-based private equity firm Frontera Capital Partners, in the transaction. Nick Peterson of Transwestern represented the undisclosed buyer.

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ROCKPORT, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has arranged the sale of Shorty’s RV Park, a 30,056-square-foot property in Rockport, located near Corpus Christi in South Texas. The property at 716 S. Doughty St. includes a single-family home. Landan Dory and Eli Buck of Partners represented the seller, private investor Wanda Walker, in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer were not disclosed.

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NEW YORK CITY — IAC, a holding company of media and digital assets whose brands include The Daily Beast and Investopedia, has acquired the land on which its 10-story headquarters office at 555 West 18th St. in Manhattan is situated. The sales price was $80 million. Designed by architect Frank Gehry, the building was completed in 2007. Eric Michael Anton and Steven Siegel of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the deal. The name of the entity that sold the land was not disclosed.

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RANDALLSTOWN, MD. — Klein Enterprises has sold Deer Park Center, a 170,000-square-foot flex office park located at 9631-9637 Liberty Road in Randallstown. Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners (FLB), a commercial real estate owner and operator based in Bethesda, Md., purchased the four-building campus for an undisclosed price. Bill Prutting, Jay Wellschlager and Craig Childs of JLL represented Klein Enterprises, which has owned the property since 2010, in the transaction. Situated about five miles from I-695 and I-795, Deer Park Center’s tenant roster includes Island Quizine, N’Ferno Performing Arts Center, Center for Social Change Inc. and Greater Baltimore Insurance Agency.

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