SHAWNEE, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has sold the Merriam Grand Station redevelopment site in Shawnee for an undisclosed price. The buyer, Drake Development, plans to redevelop the former Kmart and Pegah’s sites into two apartment buildings with retail and restaurant space. Drake will keep the Merriam Grand Station name. Completion is slated for 2025. Block & Co. will retain the management and leasing of the front lots on both sides of the development, including the Freddy’s Frozen Custard and the Krispy Kreme as well as the Shell gas station and the Chipotle that is under construction. David Block, Max Kosoglad and Alex Block of Block & Co. and Matt Pennington of Drake represented the respective parties in the sale.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Douglas Trail Townhomes in Rochester for $11.1 million. The 100-unit property is located at 5041 Weatherstone Circle NW. Built in 2001, the community features a playground, basketball court, laundry facilities and attached garages. Units range in size from 850 to 1,150 square feet. Chris Collins and Evan Miller of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, also a limited liability company.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — In a sale-leaseback transaction, Clear Height Properties has acquired a 77,299-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook for an undisclosed price. DYWIDAG Systems International USA Inc., a construction and infrastructure technology firm, was the seller. The building at 320 Marmon Drive serves as the company’s North American headquarters. DYWIDAG has occupied the facility since the 1980s.
PHILADELPHIA — Post Brothers has sold Presidential City, a 1,015-unit luxury apartment community in Philadelphia. KKR and Mack Real Estate Group (MREG) purchased the high-rise property for approximately $357 million. The deal represents the most expensive apartment property sale in the city’s history, according to The Wall Street Journal. Presidential City was originally built in 1950. Post Brothers acquired the asset in 2012 and extensively renovated it to Class A standards. The property comprises four apartment buildings as well as the 41,000-square-foot Sora Pool Club and Spa amenity center and an office building. The residential units consist of studio to three-bedroom floor plans up to 2,920 square feet. Mack Property Management LP, a wholly owned subsidiary of MREG, will handle property operations. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebig, Fran Coyne, Jose Cruz and Tyler Margraf of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Although details on the office building were not disclosed, the brokerage referred to it as “well leased.” “Post Brothers continues to be at the forefront of game-changing multi-housing projects in Philadelphia with notable projects, including Piazza Alta in Northern Liberties and their project at Broad and Washington, where they will be delivering a combined 2,500 units,” notes Coyne. New …
PHOENIX AND CHANDLER, ARIZ. — San Francisco-based Berkeley Partners has acquired a three-building industrial portfolio located in Phoenix and Chandler for $25.5 million. The seller was a joint venture between Bird Dog Industrial, HPI and Long Wharf Capital. Will Strong, Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction. Ken McQueen, Chris McClurg and Blake Peters of Lee & Associates provided market advisory. Totaling 156,112 square feet, the portfolio was 100 percent leased to four tenants at the time of sale. The portfolio includes 235 E. Pima St. in Phoenix and 5740 W. Oakland St. and 481 N. Dean Ave. in Chandler.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has brokered the sale of Montana on Butler, a multifamily property located on Butler Drive in Phoenix. Artisan Prime, a joint venture between Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Artisan Capital and Newport Beach, Calif.-based Prime Capital Investments, acquired the asset for $24 million, or $160,000 per unit, in an off-market transaction. Previously known as Cedar Ridge Apartments, the property features 150 apartments. Linda Fritz-Salazar and Angelessa Ritchie of Orion represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged the sale of Trails at Timberline, an apartment community located in Fort Collins. Terms of the transaction were not released. Trails at Timberline features 314 apartments, with an average unit size of 897 square feet. Dan Woodward, Dave Potarf, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of Walker & Dunlop represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Mark Grace and Trevor Fase of Walker & Dunlop structured the debt financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Dove Valley Outdoor Storage, a 618-unit self-storage, boat and RV storage facility in Englewood. A local partnership group acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Charles LeClaire and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, a national private equity group, in the deal. Originally built in 2014 on 11 acres, Dove Valley Outdoor Storage features 157 self-storage units, 391 outdoor storage spaces and 70 covered RV storage spots.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Westmount Realty Capital has sold 840 Logistics Center, a 709,652-square-foot industrial facility situated on 44 acres in Nashville. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Westmount Realty has owned the bulk distribution facility since 2020 and has invested millions of dollars in capital improvements during its ownership, including new LED warehouse lighting, exterior painting, epoxy floor sealant and new dock and light packages on every loading dock within the facility. Built in 2008 near I-840 in Wilson County, 840 Logistics Center features 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 366 car parking spaces and 76 trailer stalls. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale to two third-party logistics tenants.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Courtyard by Marriott St. Petersburg Downtown, a 128-room hotel located at 300 4th St. N in downtown St. Petersburg. Atlanta-based The Radco Cos. purchased the hotel from Blackstone for $29.1 million. Christian Charre, Paul Weimer, Jennifer Jin and Andrew Pastorino of CBRE’s hotel division in Miami represented the seller in the transaction. The Courtyard by Marriott was converted from an independent boutique hotel in 2006 and underwent a renovation in 2015. Amenities include a restaurant and bar, onsite fitness and business centers, an indoor pool, 806 square feet of meeting space and valet parking.