DALLAS AND TAMPA, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has expanded its Florida presence with the acquisition of full-service, Tampa-based firm Meridian Retail Group, which provides advisory services to retail, restaurant and entertainment clients. Meridian co-founders John Fahey and Tyler McRae will join SRS as senior vice presidents and market leaders, heading the Tampa office in conjunction with John Artope, executive vice president and managing principal of SRS. Fahey and McRae have 20 and 15 years of experience, respectively. Grant Burt, Caroline Connelly and Jacob Rasnick of Meridian will also join SRS, with a focus on tenant representation and leasing for retail clients.
PRINCETON, IND. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Circle Point Villas in Princeton, a city in Southwest Indiana. The sales price was undisclosed. The build-to-rent (BTR) community features 125 homes that average 1,220 square feet. Construction of the 19-acre development concluded this year. George Tikijian, Hannah Ott and Cameron Benz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Reinbrecht Homes. The asset sold to a joint venture between JMF Capital and Yellowstone Property Group. The deal marks the first investment sale of a purpose-built BTR community in Indiana, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILL. — Conor Commercial Real Estate, with its partner Globe Corp., has sold Executive Commerce Center in Prospect Heights, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The 151,677-square-foot industrial building was developed in 2020 and fully leased in 2021. Syncreon, a third-party logistics provider for Samsung, leased the west half of the building for warehouse and distribution space. Plitek, a local manufacturer of precision die cut components and converted materials, leased the east half for its company headquarters and manufacturing facility. The building features a clear height of 32 feet, 35 truck docks, two drive-in doors and a 60-foot speed bay. Ed Halaburt and John Huguenard of JLL represented Conor, while Mike Sedjo, Jack Brennan and Ben Dickey of CBRE served as Conor’s leasing brokers. McShane Construction Co. and Ware Malcomb made up the design-build team. Wintrust provided construction financing.
COLUMBUS AND MAINEVILLE, OHIO — The Dowd Cos. has arranged the sale-leaseback of two Children of America schools in Ohio for $6.9 million. The properties at 8360 N. High St. in Columbus and 8261 Rivers Bend Drive in Mainesville total 21,949 square feet. Children of America is a childcare operator headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla. The company maintains more than 65 locations in 15 states with 13 new schools in development. John Dowd and Theresa Johnson of Dowd Cos. represented Children of America in the sale. The all-cash buyer completed a 1031 exchange. The transaction represented a cap rate of 7 percent.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — A Intracorp and equity partner HAL Real Estate have purchased a site that houses a vacant, 60,423-square-foot office building in Bellevue for $18 million. The site is located at 3190 160th Ave. SE in the Eastgate neighborhood. The building was constructed in 1982 and was previously leased to Washington Department of Ecology for several decades. Official plans for the site have not yet been announced, but the buyer may execute shorter-term leases at the existing office building until a redevelopment strategy is finalized. Pat Mutzel of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group, in collaboration with Jeffrey Cole, Jeff Chiate, Bryce Aberg, Mike Adey, Nico Napolitano and Zach Harman of the firm’s West Coast Capital Markets Group, represented the seller, a private, high-net-worth investment group. Mutzel also advised the sale of the property in December 2019 for a price of $16.3 million.
SAN DIEGO — Cabrillo Credit Union has acquired a 20,060-square-foot office building in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego for $7.9 million. The building is located at 3710 Ruffin Road. It features solar panels, open ceilings, creative office space, private offices, conference rooms, and employee breakrooms and restrooms on each floor. The property was renovated in 2019. CBRE’s Phil Linton and Nick Bonner represented the seller, the Council of Community Clinics, which will lease back a quarter of the building.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital has acquired Spring Valley Tech Center, an industrial property that comprises nine buildings totaling 178,835 square feet in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 92 percent leased to 40 tenants in sectors such as retail, healthcare, technology, distribution and home services. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
OKLAHOMA CITY — LSC Development has acquired a 161,190-square-foot retail building formerly occupied by Sears in Oklahoma City with plans to redevelop the property into a mixed-use facility with retail self-storage uses. The site is adjacent to a Walmart Neighborhood Market and across the street from the 31-acre INTEGRIS Southwest Medical Center. Michael Brewster, Drew Quinn, Brad Peterson, El Warner and Charley Simpson of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
LOWELL, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $12.8 million sale of Willard Street Apartments, a 72-unit multifamily complex in Lowell, a northern suburb of Boston. The three-building property houses three studios, 24 one-bedroom units and 45 two-bedroom apartments. Francis Saenz, Drew Kirkland, Jim Casey, Brad Carlson and Brett Curtis represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program.
DETROIT — The Herrick Co. has acquired a 21-story office tower at 2025 Woodward Ave. in downtown Detroit for $150 million. Locally based architecture firm Neumann Smith designed the 421,481-square-foot building, which was delivered in fall 2022 and acts as a headquarters for Huntington National Bank’s (NASDAQ: HBAN) commercial division. The bank fully occupies the property on a triple-net-lease basis. The building features ground-floor retail space, including a Huntington Bank branch; 10 floors of structured parking; a cafe; and a rooftop terrace with space for movies or sporting events to be projected on the side of the tower. The deal is the largest building acquisition to close in Detroit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. The seller was not disclosed. Huntington acquired TCF Financial Corp. in 2020 for $22 billion. The combined company operates more than 1,000 branches in 11 states. The bank’s stock price closed at $11.42 per share on Wed. June 7, down from $13.10 one year ago. The Herrick Co. is a national real estate investment firm that has completed more than $6 billion in transactions. The company focuses on acquiring single-tenant buildings net leased to office, industrial and retail users, …