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.
MESA, ARIZ. — OpenPath Investments has completed the sale of Dana Park, an apartment community located on 11 acres in Mesa. Baron Properties acquired the property for $64.6 million, or $291,216 per unit. Completed in 1986, Dana Park features 222 apartments spread across 19 buildings, plus two swimming pools and spas and a community vegetable garden. Apartments feature stackable washers and dryers, built-in bookshelves and walk-in closets. The unit mix is 67 percent two-bedroom/two-bath layouts, with the remainder of the units one-bedroom/one-bath floorplans. The average unit size is 928 square feet. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
HAWTHORNE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 12547 Hawthorne Blvd. in Hawthorne. An Orange County-based private office group sold the asset to the City of Hawthorne for $11.1 million, or $861 per square foot. Bank of America occupies the 12,919-square-foot, single-tenant building on an absolute triple-net lease. Shaun Riley, Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, while Chris Beck of Newmark represented the buyer in the deal.
BOULDER, COLO. — Ivy Realty has completed the disposition of 6707 Winchester Circle, a single-story office/industrial building in Boulder. Evermore Partners acquired the asset for $8.8 million. Situated on 3.6 acres within Gunbarrel Tech Center, 6707 Winchester features 33,296 square feet of flex office space. Fully renovated in 2016, the property offers 28,832 square feet of office and lab space and 4,000 square feet of warehouse and distribution space. The warehouse space features three dock-high doors and one roll-up door. On-site amenities include a fitness center with showers and locker rooms, an outdoor patio with barbecue space, and bike storage. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to four tenants, with life sciences companies comprising 33 percent of the rent roll. Larry Thiel, Jason Schmidt and Rob Key of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
INDIANAPOLIS AND ATLANTA — Indianapolis-based mall giant Simon has entered into an agreement whereby the REIT will purchase a 50 percent interest in Atlanta-based Jamestown, an owner of some of the most successful mixed-use developments in the country such as Ponce City Market in Atlanta and Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco. Jamestown had more than $13 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2022, with properties spanning the United States, Latin America and Europe. Terms of the purchase agreement were not disclosed. With this partnership with Simon, Jamestown will gain a partner with a broad platform of resources and operational tools that will enhance its ability to scale and grow. “The partnership with Simon will help position us for our next chapter as we scale our differentiated products in an increasingly global world,” says Michael Phillips, president of Jamestown. With Jamestown, Simon now has an opportunity to capitalize on the growing asset and investment management businesses with an experienced fund manager and mixed-use operator and developer. Simon will also be able to access the Jamestown platform to accelerate its future densification projects. “We have been impressed with Jamestown’s combination of sector expertise, dedication to driving creative placemaking, and …
ODESSA, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group has arranged the sale of Chimney Rock, a 294,431-square-foot retail power center located in the West Texas city of Odessa. Built in 2012 and expanded in 2016, Chimney Rock was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Academy Sports + Outdoors, Best Buy, Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Petco, Northern Tool + Equipment, Mattress Firm, Kirkland’s and Longhorn Steakhouse. David Disney and Adam Crockett of Disney Investment Group represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Houston-based investment firm Fidelis, in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Northmarq has brokered the sale of The Borough Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily property in Fort Worth that was built in 1981. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 500 to 1,280 square feet. Taylor Snoddy, Eric Stockley, Philip Wiegand and Charles Hubbard of Northmarq brokered the deal on behalf of the seller. Kevin Leamy, Lauren Bresky, Daniel Stickane and Patrick Elliott, also with Northmarq, arranged a nonrecourse, floating-rate acquisition loan that carried three years of interest-only payments on behalf of the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
NORTH HALEDON, N.J. — A partnership between two locally based firms, Tulfra Real Estate and The Hampshire Cos., has sold Molly Brook on Belmont, a 180-unit multifamily property in the Northern New Jersey community of North Haledon, for $89 million. Brian Whitmer, Niko Nicolaou, Ryan Dowd and Peter Welch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the partnership and procured the buyer, JLL Income Property Trust, in the transaction. Amenities at the property include a pool, fitness center, dog park and a clubhouse. Molly Brook on Belmont was fully occupied at the time of sale. G.S. Wilcox & Co. arranged acquisition financing for the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has negotiated the $40.6 million sale of a 142,500-square-foot multifamily development site in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The buyer, an entity doing business as Tankhouse LLC, did not disclose specific development plans, but the site carries a mandatory inclusionary zoning requirement. Sean Kelly and Stephen Vorvolakos of Ariel Property Advisors represented the seller, Pilot Real Estate Group, in the land deal.