LAS VEGAS — Apple Hospitality REIT has purchased Springhill Suites by Marriott Las Vegas Convention Center, located at 2989 Paradise Road in Las Vegas, for approximately $75 million, or $251,000 per key. The name of the seller was not released. Opened in October 2009, the hotel features 299 rooms, more than 10,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor meeting space, a rooftop pool with views of the Las Vegas Strip, and a seven-story parking garage and surface lot with a combined total of 244 spaces. The surface lot is zoned and master planned for future development of additional hotel rooms. With this acquisition, the Apple Hospitality hotel portfolio includes 225 hotels with 29,900 guest rooms spread across 38 states.
Acquisitions
Progressive Real Estate Partners Brokers $3M Sale of Mixed-Use Development Site in Rancho Cucamonga, California
by Amy Works
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a 1.73-acre parcel of vacant land at the northwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Etiwanda Avenue in the Inland Empire city of Rancho Cucamonga. A Los Angeles County-based private investor sold the asset to a Los Angeles County-based private investor for $3 million. The land is zoned multi-use and is situated less than half a mile from Interstate 5. The buyer also owns the vacant land immediately adjacent and north of the property and is in the initial stages of planning and developing a mixed-use project that will encompass the multiple parcels. Neither a timeline nor specific details have been released. Chris Lindholm and Paul Galmarini of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the deal.
POMPTON LAKES, N.J. — Hudson Atlantic Realty has arranged the $20 million sale of Lakeside Residences, a 52-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Pompton Lakes. Built in 2022, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, business center, game room and a resident lounge. Adam Zweibel of Hudson Atlantic represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
VOORHEES, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $13 million sale of three standalone retail buildings totaling 62,358 square feet and an undeveloped land parcel in the Southern New Jersey community of Voorhees. The buildings are situated within the 366,000-square-foot Cedar Hill Shopping Center and are leased to tenants such as Starbucks Coffee, The Vitamin Shoppe, AT&T and Savers Thrift Store. Lowe’s, BJ’s Wholesale Club and Aldi anchor Cedar Hill Shopping Center. Matthew Gorman, Michael Shover, Thomas Finnegan and Rob Thompson of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
Carolwood Equities Purchases 62-Story Office Tower in Downtown Los Angeles for $153.3M
by John Nelson
LOS ANGELES — Carolwood Equities LP, a real estate private equity firm based in Beverly Hills, Calif., has purchased Aon Center, a 62-story office tower in downtown Los Angeles. The 1.1 million-square-foot skyscraper is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd. in the city’s Financial District. The $153.3 million sale of Aon Center represents the largest office sale in fourth-quarter 2023 in the Western United States, according to Newmark. The deal is also the largest purchase in downtown Los Angeles last year but sold for 45 percent less than its last purchase price, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. The media outlet reports that the seller, San Francisco-based Shorenstein Properties, had previously purchased the tower in 2014 for $269 million. Private investors Daniel Abrams and Adam Tischer are part of the new ownership group alongside Carolwood Equities. Tischer, vice president of Colliers’ Los Angeles office, was also part of the brokerage team for the buyer that also included Sean Fulp, vice chair of Colliers. “The ownership group’s acquisition of the iconic Aon Center exemplifies the flow of private capital into Los Angeles, seizing the opportunity created by market dislocation,” says Fulp. “With a new low basis and a well-capitalized owner, Aon Center …
CUMMING, GA — Publix Super Markets Inc. has purchased Matt Town Center, an 81,077-square-foot shopping center located at 5310 Matt Highway in Cumming, roughly 40 miles northeast of Atlanta. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the seller, Marietta, Ga.-based Retail Planning Corp., in the $30 million transaction. Publix anchors the property, which was built in 2020. Matt Town Center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Domino’s, Great Clips, North Shore Dry Cleaners, Grand Nails, Sage Dental, Reveille Café, The UPS Store, EasyVet, Dunkin’ and Zaxby’s. The sale also included roughly 3.9 acres of adjacent, undeveloped land that is zoned for retail and office space.
TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Sabal Pavilion, a 120,500-square-foot office property located at 3620 Queen Palm Drive in Tampa. Situated on 11.8 acres, the building is located at the entrance of Sabal Park, a master-planned business development. Amenities at the building include a cafeteria, fitness center and a tenant courtyard with an outdoor basketball court and grilling stations. Dale Peterson, Joe Chick, Courtney Snell and Nick Sharpe of CBRE Capital Markets represented the seller, CTO Realty Growth Inc., in the transaction. A Virginia-based private real estate company acquired the building for an undisclosed price. Ford Motor Credit has fully occupied the property since 2000. Recently, Ford Motor Credit executed a 91,401-square-foot sublease agreement with Cirkul Inc., a reusable water bottle manufacturer.
Hunt Capital Transfers Ownership of 76-Unit Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Biloxi, Mississippi
by John Nelson
BILOXI, MISS. — Hunt Capital Partners has transferred ownership of Cadet Point Senior Village, an affordable seniors housing community in Biloxi, back to Biloxi Community Development Corp., the nonprofit arm of the Biloxi Housing Authority. Developed in 2007, the property comprises 76 units. Hunt Capital transferred ownership back to the civic organization in late November following negotiations accounting for the operational expense challenges at the property. According to Hunt Capital, Cadet Point has experienced insurance premium increases totaling more than 65 percent over the past five years due to its exposure to hurricanes. Biloxi Community Development will have full control of development and operational decisions at Cadet Point.
APOLLO BEACH, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Apollo Beach Shoppes, a retail strip center situated on 1.9 acres at 6588 N. U.S. Highway 41 in Apollo Beach, a city in the Tampa Bay metro area. A Florida-based private investor acquired the 9,000-square-foot property for $6.2 million. Patrick Nutt, William Wamble and Daniel Becker of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based investment and development group, in the transaction. Retailers at the three-tenant property include Trulieve, AT&T and Tijuana Flats.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 587,287-square-foot industrial property located at 5901 E. Rosedale St. in Fort Worth. The property consists of 31 buildings that were constructed between 1967 and 1974 and feature clear heights of 16 to 20 feet. The buildings vary in size but had less than 10 percent office finishes in each of them. Colton Rhodes of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Boston-based investment firm Longpoint Realty Partners, in the transaction. The seller was an entity doing business as Rosedale Industrial Park LLC.