WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Prime Property Investors has sold a 25-building student housing portfolio near Purdue University in Indiana for $47.2 million. The portfolio includes a total of 777 beds. Prime Property Investors owned and managed all of the buildings, which include a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. The buildings operated at 100 percent occupancy in the 10 years that Prime Property Investors owned them. Prime Property Investors sold the assets in 18 separate transactions. The undisclosed buyers included a combination of local, national and foreign investment groups. Purdue University had a fall 2015 enrollment of 39,000 students.
INDIANAPOLIS — A private equity investment fund has purchased Traditions at Reagan Park and Traditions at Solana, both independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, for $44.8 million. Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, arranged the deal through its Real Estate Advisors group. The seller was Leo Brown Group. Traditions at Reagan Park and Traditions at Solana are both newly constructed communities with 81 units and 105 units, respectively.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — JLL has arranged a 176,000-square-foot industrial lease in Plainfield, approximately 18 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Best Choice Products will occupy space at Building One within the Plainfield Business Park. The lease for Best Choice Products will bring the 352,960-square-foot facility, located at 2370 Perry Road, to full occupancy. The building features a cross-dock configuration, 32-foot clear heights, 26 docks, one drive-in door, 60-foot loading bays, 21 trailer parking spaces and 130 auto parking spaces. Chip Barnes and Matt Dickerson of JLL represented the landlord, Clarion Partners, in the lease transaction. Steve Schwegman of JLL represented Best Choice Products.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of an 82,565-square-foot historic office building in downtown Indianapolis for $4.9 million. NAYA USA Investment purchased the building, One North Pennsylvania, from One North Penn LLC. The building was constructed in 1909 and is currently 69 percent leased. Tenants at the property include Centier Bank, Pita Pit and Alpha Tau Omega. Alex Cantu, John Demaree, Matt Langfeldt and Rich Forslund of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction. Beau Ansty of Stenz Management represented the buyer.
GREENFIELD, IND. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $43 million sale-leaseback of a cold storage distribution center in Greenfield, approximately 25 miles east of Indianapolis. Centurion Investments LLC acquired the 419,052-square-foot asset from Smithfield Foods Inc. and is subsequently leasing it back to a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. The distribution center is situated on 48 acres and is located within the Axcess 70 Business Park. The facility includes 203,081 square feet of cooler space, 81,086 square feet of freezer space, 40,498 square feet of swing rooms, two floors of office space, 48-foot clear heights and the opportunity to expand by an additional 200,000 square feet. Scott Goldman, Michael Christian and Jeff Castell of Cushman & Wakefield represented Smithfield Foods in the transaction.
INDIANAPOLIS — JLL has arranged a 43,750-square-foot industrial lease in Indianapolis. Carpet Cushion & Supplies, a wholesale distributer of carpet pads and flooring installation products, will occupy the space at 6737 E. 30th St. The facility was built in 1995 and features high-quality finishes that will work well as a showroom for Carpet Cushion & Supplies. Brian Seitz and Brian Buschuk of JLL represented the landlord, First Industrial, in the transaction. Joel Friedland and Steve Stone of Transwestern and Steve Schwegman of JLL represented the tenant.
VINCENNES, IND. — The Boulder Group has completed the $3.7 million sale of a single-tenant net-leased building in Vincennes. The 6,488-square-foot property, located at 300 N. 1st St., is leased to Fresenius Medical Care. The facility was built in 2015. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based private partnership, in the transaction. The purchaser was a high-net-worth individual based on the West Coast. The newly signed 15-year Fresenius lease features 2 percent annual rental escalations.
MOORESVILLE, IND. — Mainstreet, a skilled nursing developer based in Indiana, and Trilogy Health Services, an operator based in Kentucky, have completed construction of The Springs of Mooresville, a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Mooresville, a suburb of Indianapolis. Construction began in March 2015. The community is now open. The 48,034-square-foot building cost $12.9 million to develop.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has arranged a 100,335-square-foot industrial lease in Plainfield, a southwestern suburb of Indianapolis. Kuehne + Nagel, a Switzerland-based global logistics service provider, will be expanding its lease at Gateway Industrial III, bringing the building to full occupancy. The 220,000-square-foot distribution center is located at 1025 S. Columbia Road. Kuehne + Nagel currently occupies 59,895 square feet at the facility. A partnership between HSA Commercial Real Estate and Great Point Investors LLC developed the building in 2014. HSA Commercial expects to break ground on a new 150,000-square-foot distribution center within the Gateway Business Park this summer. Located on a nine-acre site at the intersection of Columbia and Midfield roads, the proposed facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 32 truck docks, four drive-in doors and parking for 156 vehicles. Terry Busch and John Hanley of CBRE represented the ownership in the lease transaction.
RICHMOND, IND. — Mainstreet, an Indiana-based developer of skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, has opened The Springs of Richmond, a 70-bed property in Richmond, which is located midway between Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. The community includes 70 beds in a 48,034-square-foot building. Development costs totaled $12 million. Construction began in March 2015. The Springs of Richmond was developed in partnership with Trilogy Health Services, which now operates the community.