ALBEMARLE, N.C. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $2.2 million sale of First Street Station, a 52,230-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 801-819 N. First St. in Albemarle, about 40 miles east of Charlotte. Ed Laycox of SRS represented the seller, a North Carolina-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a Charlotte-based private investor who was in a 1031 exchange and paid all-cash. Built in 1989 on a six-acre site, First Street Station was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Harris Teeter, Roma Pizza and Napa Auto Parts, among others.
Acquisitions
PHOENIX — ABI Multifamily has arranged the sale of Dimension on 27th Apartment Homes in Phoenix. An Arizona-based seller sold the asset to a California-based buyer for $49.7 million, or $191,346 per unit. Built in 1982, the property features 23 residential buildings offering a total of 260 units in a mix of studio, one-bed/one-bath and two-bed/one-bath layouts with stainless steel appliances, vinyl wood flooring and a patios/balconies. Common area amenities include a swimming pool, playground, laundry facilities and onsite maintenance. Alon Schnitzer, Rue Bax, Eddie Chang and Doug Lazovick of ABI Multifamily’s Phoenix-based Institutional Apartment Group represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
Trion Acquires Courtyard at Artisan Square Multifamily Property in Sacramento for $23.6M
by Amy Works
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Trion Properties has purchased Courtyard at Artisan Square, an apartment community located at 1503 Fulton Ave. in Sacramento. A private seller sold the asset for $23.6 million. Constructed in 1970, the property features 104 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 830 square feet with open floorplans. The community comprises 11 two-story residential buildings totaling more than 86,000 square feet. Current amenities include a fitness center, pool deck and high-end upgrades throughout the property. The previous owner fully renovated the property’s exterior and all unit interiors to include quartz countertops, in-unit washers/dryers, dual-pane windows, new roofs, full patio replacement, asphalt and concrete walkways.
MESA, ARIZ. — HJ Red Mountain LLC, an entity formed by Jakosky Properties, has completed the disposition of Red Mountain Plaza, a retail center at the northwest corner of Power and McKellips roads in Mesa. Red Mountain Plaza, a Washington LLC, acquired the asset for $16.4 million. Situated on eight acres, Red Mountain Plaza offers 69,270 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Michaels and PetSmart. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of Cushman & Wakefield in Phoenix represented the seller in the deal.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the sale of a 36-unit, transit-oriented multifamily property in Chicago’s Fulton River district for $11 million. Located at 851 W. Grand Ave., the building features seven studios, 20 one-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom units. Amenities include a bike room, dry-cleaning pickup, tenant storage, a package room and onsite parking. Constructed in 2017, the property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. The building is situated one block from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Grand Blue Line station and is also in proximity to several CTA bus routes. David Goss, Jon Morgan and Harrison Pinkus of Interra represented the seller, Monroe Residential Partners. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the buyer, a local private investor.
FOND DU LAC, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of St. Peter’s Place, a 46-unit apartment building in Fond du Lac, a city in eastern Wisconsin that is about 60 miles northwest of Milwaukee. Built in 1925 and renovated in 2009, the property features 27 one-bedroom units and 19 two-bedroom units averaging between 652 and 871 square feet. Matthew Whiteside of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, an individual trust.
PARMA, OHIO — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $1.8 million sale of Parma Shoppes, an 8,000-square-foot retail center in Parma, a suburb just south of Cleveland. Built in 2005 and located at 7406 Broadview Road, the property is 80 percent leased to Buffalo Wild Wings, Verizon, Domino’s and Bank of America. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, RPS Capital. A California-based private investor purchased the asset. The sales price represents a cap rate of 6.9 percent.
Joint Venture Completes Acquisition of Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix, Begins $850M Redevelopment
by Jeff Shaw
PHOENIX — Concord Wilshire Capital and TLG Investment Partners, in partnership with Carl DeSantis’ CDS International Holdings Inc., have completed the acquisition of the Metrocenter Mall in Phoenix. The development group has formed a strategic alliance with Hines, an international real estate firm, to redevelop and repurpose the Metrocenter Mall into a walkable village that will be home to apartments, condominiums, curated boutiques, popular retail stores, restaurants, bars, a town-center park and other commercial and entertainment venues. The property spans approximately 64.2 acres of land in a Qualified Opportunity Zone. The plans for the village include over 2,600 multifamily units, 150,000 square feet of commercial space and 4,100 surface and garage-deck parking spaces. The development team has also signed agreements with the City of Phoenix for a public-private partnership for public improvements. The purchase includes both the Dillard’s building and U-Haul building, which formerly housed a Macy’s. Developers confirmed the planned $850 million redevelopment of the property will begin immediately. The redeveloped Metrocenter will be designed as a transit-oriented community, encompassing the city’s new light rail station currently under construction on the site. The City of Phoenix invested approximately $150 million to build the station, which is scheduled for completion …
LEXINGTON, KY. — The Kirkland Co. has brokered the sale of Shillito Park Apartments, a 216-unit multifamily development located in Lexington. Built in 1990, the community features floorplans in one- and two-bedroom layouts and amenities including a saltwater pool, clubhouse with a movie theater, recreation room, fitness center and a laundry room. An entity doing business as Shillito HT LLC purchased the property from a seller doing business as Shillito Park LLC for an undisclosed price. Brandon Wilson, Brian Devlin and John Seale of Kirkland arranged the sale.
HOUSTON — CBRE has negotiated the sale of The Village at River Oaks, a seniors housing community in the River Oaks neighborhood of Houston that offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. A partnership between Harrison Street and Bridgewood Property Co. sold the asset to a fund affiliated with Blue Moon Capital Partners. The sales price and number of units were not disclosed. John Sweeny, Aron Will, Garrett Sacco and Scott Bray of CBRE brokered the deal. CBRE also arranged a seven-year, floating-rate acquisition loan that carried 48 months of interest-only payments through a regional bank.