MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — Mohr Capital has sold a 460,000-square-foot, net leased office building in Mayfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland, for $61.1 million. The property is fully leased to Rockwell Automation Inc. Mohr acquired the asset two years ago. Rodrigo Godoi and Kyle Campbell of Mohr represented the company in the sale. There were no brokers involved in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
TOLEDO, OHIO — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Taco Bell in Toledo for $1.8 million. The building is located at 2234 W. Alexis Road. There are 15 years remaining on Taco Bell’s lease, which is guaranteed by Charter Foods North LLC. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate investment company. A 1031 exchange buyer purchased the property.
MIAMISBURG, OHIO — Kawa has provided a $26 million loan to help fund the $134.5 million acquisition of Austin Landing, an 834,630-square-foot mixed-use project in Montgomery County’s Miamisburg. Austin Landing, constructed in phases between 2009 and 2019, features office and retail space and is more than 95 percent occupied. Office tenants include Wells Fargo, UBS, Merrill Lynch, Raymond James and Baird. Retail tenants include Kroger, Kohl’s, a movie theater and 16 restaurants. An eight-acre community park provides event space. In addition to Kawa’s loan, the buyers utilized senior financing from Citi Bank and its own equity to fund the acquisition. Austin Landing North LLC, a partnership between Columbia Investments, Venture Capital Properties and A&H Acquisitions, purchased the property, according to the Dayton Business Journal. VisCap Development has managed the property since 2016.
CANAL WINCHESTER, OHIO — The Opus Group (Opus) has broken ground on Winchester Logistics Park, a two-building speculative industrial development in Canal Winchester, Ohio, near Columbus. Construction on a mid-size, 258,000-square-foot and a larger, 556,000-square-foot cross-dock building is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2020. Near U.S. Highway 33, the I-270 beltway and I-70, Winchester Logistics Park will contain build-to-suit office space, 32 to 36-foot clear heights, LED lighting and auto and trailer parking, intended for industrial users. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and engineer of record. The development is a joint venture with New York-based AIG Global Real Estate, the real estate equity investment arm of insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG). First National Bank of Omaha provided financing for the project. Brian Marsh and Dan Wendorf of JLL will market the project for lease.
SEATTLE AND TOLEDO, OHIO — Merrill Gardens, a Seattle-based owner-operator, has formed a joint venture with ReNew, a Toledo-based REIT. The two companies will co-own 26 of the 28 seniors housing properties that ReNew is acquiring from New Senior Investment Group. In addition to owning a minority stake in the venture, Merrill Gardens will take over operations of the 26 communities. The two companies have worked together before on other joint ventures. An existing operating partner of ReNew will operate the final two communities in the portfolio, with ReNew taking a full ownership stake in those properties. The transaction brings Merrill Gardens’ total portfolio to 65 communities in 17 states. Of the 26 communities that will now be part of the Merrill Gardens portfolio, 15 are currently managed by Blue Harbor, the Portland-based management company that Merrill Gardens purchased in early November. Merrill Gardens also recently announced the addition of Tana Gall as president, replacing Dave Eskenazy who plans to retire early next year. Gall was the CEO at Blue Harbor for the past three years and she will now oversee the expanded Merrill Gardens portfolio. “This agreement provides an important chance for us to expand our footprint and diversify …
TOLEDO, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the sale of a 25,270-square-foot office and warehouse building in Toledo for $1.5 million. The property is located at 2940 Centennial Road. Ron Jurgenson of Reichle Klein represented the buyer, Toledo-based Tolson Investment LLC. Megan Malczeski of Signature Associates represented the seller, Toledo-based WaterStone Ltd.
TOLEDO, OHIO — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), a Toledo-based seniors housing and healthcare REIT, is continuing to expand its medical office holdings. The company announced five transactions totaling approximately $1.7 billion, including a $787 million portfolio acquisition of 29 Class A medical office buildings from Hammes Partners, a medical office investment firm based in Milwaukee. The 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio is concentrated in the New York City and Boston suburbs and includes properties in California, Texas and Maryland. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale and is affiliated with Baylor Scott & White, Providence St. Joseph, Trinity Health, Medstar and other not-for-profit health systems and multi-specialty physician groups. The portfolio has an average age of 10 years, a weighted average lease term of 12 years and 2.2 percent average annual rent increases. The Hammes transaction is scheduled to close in the fourth quarter of 2019. Separately, Welltower announced four separate outpatient medical transactions that are currently under contract for approximately $885 million. Details on these four deals were not disclosed. “These transactions establish Welltower as the largest commercial owner of medical office real estate in the country, with a platform approaching 30 million square feet,” says Thomas …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 7,776-square-foot building net leased to NAPA Auto Parts in Columbus for $1.7 million. Dan Yozwiak and Nathan Coe of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Joseph Blatner of Marcus & Millichap represented the out-of-state, 1031 exchange buyer. The tenant recently completed an early extension on its lease.
MIDDLEFIELD, OHIO — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has arranged a $2 million loan for the acquisition of a 152-site manufactured housing community in Middlefield known as Middlefield MHC. The community features a management office, off-street parking and storage units. Ben Kadish of Maverick arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. A national lender provided the nonrecourse loan. Borrower Park Place Communities currently owns and operates 35 manufactured housing communities in 13 states.
DAYTON, OHIO — Crocs Inc., a casual footwear company, has opened a new 550,000-square-foot distribution center in Dayton. The facility will serve as the company’s main distribution center in the United States and Canada and replaces a facility located near Los Angeles. The Dayton facility is approximately 40 percent larger than the Los Angeles facility. The larger property, in combination with the central location, will significantly increase speed-to-market capabilities for wholesale customers and e-commerce consumers, according to Crocs. The company is expected to employ more than 150 full-time employees at the site.