SAN ANTONIO — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Villa de Oro, a 150-unit apartment complex located southwest of downtown San Antonio. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground, clubhouse, basketball court and onsite laundry facilities. Zar Haro, Moses Siller, Bryan VanCura and Phil Grafe of Northmarq represented the seller, Austin-based Achieve Investment Group, in the transaction. The buyer, a locally based limited liability company, plans to implement a value-add program.
PROSPECT, KY. — Capital Square has purchased Lyric at Norton Commons, a 273-unit multifamily community located at 11210 Peppermint St. in Prospect, a suburb of Louisville. The Richmond-based investor purchased the property on behalf of CS1031 Lyric at Norton Commons Apartments DST, a Delaware statutory trust that seeks to raise $68 million in equity from accredited investors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Lyric at Norton Commons offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 956 square feet in size. Community amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style saltwater swimming pool with poolside cabanas, resident lounge with a complimentary gourmet coffee bar and business center, pet spa, indoor meditation space, movie room with stadium seating and multiple outdoor courtyards that feature lawn games and grills. The property is located within the 600-acre Norton Commons master-planned neighborhood, which features a 150-acre system of parks, squares, plazas, walking trails, recreational and civic amenities. The development is home to more than 90 businesses, including restaurants, shops, salons, a post office, three schools, YMCA and Saint Bernadette Church.
BOSTON — The East Boston Community Development Corp. (EBCDC) has acquired a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 114 units in East Boston for $47 million. The units are spread across 36 buildings in the Jeffries Point, Eagle Hill and Orient Heights neighborhoods and primarily feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Kellie Coveney, Jacqueline Meagher, Madeline Joyce and James Burr of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between The Grossman Cos. and Hodara Real Estate Group, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to convert the assets to affordable housing. Of the 114 units, 28 units will be restricted to households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income (AMI); 40 apartments will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of AMI; 26 residences will be earmarked for families earning 80 percent or less of AMI; and the remaining 20 units will be restricted to renters making 100 percent or less of AMI.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — Insite Properties and partner BentallGreenOak have acquired a 60,000-square-foot medical office building located at 201 Dale Earnhardt Blvd. in downtown Kannapolis, a suburb of Charlotte. The multi-tenant property was 65 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Atrium Health and Duke University. Charlotte-based Insite Properties will be providing property management and leasing services for the property. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 2013, the three-story medical office building is located within the North Carolina Research Campus, a 350-acre medical research center that houses departments from eight universities including Duke and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the David H. Murdock Research Institute, private companies and entrepreneurs that all focus on research-and-development for food and nutritional science.
REVERE, MASS. — Massachusetts-based investment firm The Heritage Cos. has sold Point of Pines, a 72-unit apartment complex in Revere, a northeastern suburb of Boston. According to Apartments.com, the five-story property was built in 1999 and offers two-bedroom units with an average size of 1,225 square feet. Amenities include a lounge and package handling services. Adam Dunn, Chris Phaneuf and Matt Olson of Berkadia represented The Heritage Cos. in the transaction. The buyer was Massachusetts-based Helge Capital.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the $13.2 million sale of Oak Ridge Gardens, a 78-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. Kevin McCrann of Redwood Realty Advisors represented the seller and the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to make capital improvements to the property.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $5.5 million sale of a 25-room motel located at 1440 E. 222nd St. in The Bronx. Jonathan Squires, Josh Neustadter and Austin Weiner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Bay Chester Motel Inc., in the transaction. An entity doing business as Bay Plaza 1440 LLC purchased the motel, which includes 35 parking spaces and will be delivered vacant.
ARCOLA, ILL. — Blue West Capital has brokered the $2.4 million sale of a 75,000-square-foot warehouse occupied by MasterBrand Cabinets in Arcola, a city in central Illinois. The tenant, which recently exercised an early lease extension option, stores raw materials at the property prior to them being assembled at a manufacturing plant 12 miles west in Arthur. Zach Wright and Robert Edwards of Blue West Capital represented the seller, a Midwest-based private equity real estate company. A local 1031 exchange investor was the buyer.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 56,326-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Lockport for an undisclosed price. The building sits on a little over seven acres at 900 N. State St. Originally constructed in 1970, the property has received multiple expansions and is currently 83 percent leased to eight tenants. Brent Holder and Peter Doughty of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local private investor who had owned the building for more than 20 years. A Mexico-based private investment group was the buyer.
SALT LAKE CITY — A partnership between ViaWest Group and Clarion Partners has acquired 25 acres of land in Salt Lake City’s Northwest Quadrant from Gannett Enterprises for an undisclosed price. Rusty Bollow and Bobby Stevens of Colliers represented the seller, while Phillip Eilers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the deal. ViaWest plans to develop more than 340,000 square feet of Class A industrial space on the site, divided into a 100,000-square-foot building and a 240,000-square-foot building. The development will offer direct access to interstates 5 and 215 and State Route 201. Buildings will feature highway visibility, 107 shared trailer spaces, 67 dock doors and nearly 380 parking spaces. Colliers will serve as leasing agents for the new facilities.