DALLAS — Affiliates of Dallas-based Colony Capital have purchased a national portfolio of 54 light and bulk industrial buildings for $1.2 billion. The value-add portfolio is located across 10 U.S. markets, totaling 11.9 million square feet, and is 71 percent leased. A portion (48) of the buildings are last-mile light industrial assets and were acquired through Colony’s existing light industrial platform. The remaining six buildings are bulk industrial and were purchased through a newly formed joint venture, in which Colony Capital has 51 percent interest and a third-party institutional investor has 49 percent interest. Located in Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Pennsylvania, the light industrial portfolio totaling 7.7 million square feet and was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. The bulk portfolio totals 4.2 million square feet, with an average of 700,000 square feet per building, and was 67 percent leased to blue chip, international companies. CBRE National Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
FOREST LAKE, MINN. — Norhart has unveiled plans to open Encore Apartments, a 91-unit apartment community in Forest Lake, about 30 miles north of Minneapolis. The four-story property will be located at the corner of 4th Street and 11th Avenue. Amenities will include an Internet café, fitness center, sky lounge, community room, outdoor firepit and dog run. Prospective residents will be able to tour the apartment at their convenience through a mobile app. Residents will also be able to monitor their energy usage and control lights and thermostats remotely through an app. Encore Apartments, slated to open in summer 2020, will also be home to the new corporate office of Norhart.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Apple Hospitality REIT Inc. has acquired the 160-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Downtown St. Paul for $31.7 million. The property, which opened in November 2016, is located across the street from Xcel Energy Center and within five miles of the recently opened Allianz Field. Apple Hospitality acquired the asset from a subsidiary of Vista Host.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has arranged a $7 million bridge loan for the International Technology Center in West Lafayette. The anchor tenant of the 75,099-square-foot office building is Parkwest Fitness. Space currently used as a basketball court at the property will be converted into additional office space. A national lender provided the nonrecourse loan. The initial funding paid for the refinancing of existing debt on the property and closing costs. Remaining funding will be used for construction costs, tenant improvement costs and leasing commission costs related to the conversion of the gym to office space. The three-year loan features a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio.
CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of a 43-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $5.7 million. The property, located at 6031-6043 N. Paulina St., has been owned by the same family for more than 50 years. The building includes 37 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units. Doug Imber, Kate Varde and Clay Maxfield of Essex brokered the transaction. Brad Desent and his siblings sold the asset to a private investor completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Records indicate the property was purchased in 1965 for $260,000.
INDIANAPOLIS — Gladstone Commercial Corp. has purchased a 34,800-square-foot industrial building in Indianapolis for $3.5 million. The property, located within Park 100, is expandable by approximately 13,000 square feet. Indianapolis Fruit Co. Inc. fully occupies the freezer storage and distribution facility. The company provides fresh, frozen and packaged produce to a variety of customer types, including grocery stores, restaurants, schools and food management companies. The seller was not disclosed.
BEAVERCREEK, DAYTON AND WESTCHESTER, OHIO — PMZ Realty Capital LLC has secured $35 million for the refinancing of a three-property hotel portfolio in Ohio. The assets include the 118-room Springhill Suites by Marriott in Beavercreek, the 130-room Holiday Inn North Cincinnati in West Chester and the 111-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Dayton. Middletown Management was the borrower. PMZ arranged 10-year, nonrecourse CMBS loans for the Beavercreek and West Chester properties, and a fixed-rate loan for the Dayton asset.
MILWAUKEE — Love Funding has provided a $15 million bridge loan for the rehabilitation and mini-permanent financing of Brewery Lofts in Milwaukee. Originally built in 1882, the buildings were part of the Pabst brewery campus. Upon redevelopment, Brewery Lofts will offer 118 apartment units. Amenities will include a clubroom, business center, gaming area, fitness center and landscaped rooftop. Holly Bray of Love Funding secured the bridge financing. Love Funding’s parent company, Midland States Bank, provided the funding. The borrower, Milwaukee Pabst Holdings LLC, will receive federal and state historic tax credits for the redevelopment of the two buildings in addition to the bridge loan.
GRANDVIEW, MO. — Newmark Grubb Zimmer has arranged the sale of a 499,144-square-foot industrial building in Grandview, about 16 miles south of Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The multi-tenant property is located at 14100 Botts Road. Winco Fireworks, Church & Dwight and Caravan Ingredients fully occupy the building. Michael VanBuskirk, Mark Long and Chris Robertson of NGZ brokered the transaction. SRRT Properties LP purchased the property from Botts Road Investment LLC.
GENEVA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of the Comfort Inn & Suites in Geneva for $6.3 million. The 90-room hotel, built in 2000, is located at 1555 E. Fabyan Parkway in Kane County. Ebrahim Valliani, Michael Klar, Scott Harris, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller. Valliani, Klar, Miller and Gomes represented the buyer.