BLUE ASH, OHIO — OA Development has sold Hawthorne Center in the Cincinnati suburb of Blue Ash for $26.5 million. Acquired in 2012, Hawthorne Center is a five-story, Class A office building totaling 135,413 square feet. Belcan LLC, a global supplier of engineering, supply chain, technical recruiting and IT services, fully occupies the property. Cushman & Wakefield represented OA in the sale. The buyer was undisclosed.
TROY, OHIO — Plymouth Industrial REIT has purchased a three-building industrial portfolio totaling 396,800 square feet in Troy, about 20 miles north of Dayton. The purchase price was $22.5 million. The portfolio includes: a 160,000-square-foot building at 2180 Corporate Drive that is leased to F&P America; a 160,000-square-foot building at 1520 Experiment Farm Road that is leased to F&P America; and a 76,800-square-foot property at 952 Dorset Road that is home to Remedi SeniorCare and Cox Media Group. Steve Timmel, Jeff Johnston, Will Roberts, Chris Prosser and Doug Whitten of CBRE represented the seller, Culmen Real Estate Services.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Flaherty & Collins Properties (F&C) and co-developer Daimler Group have unveiled plans for The Peninsula’s second phase in downtown Columbus. The $211 million project will include 400 apartment units and 245,000 square feet of office space. Specifically, a four-story parking garage will be topped by a seven-story office building and a 30-story apartment tower with 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Phase I is currently under construction and includes both office and multifamily space along with a 200-room hotel being developed by Rockbridge. F&C says that an application for $21 million in tax credit funding from Ohio’s new Transformational Mixed-Use Development (TMUD) program is key to moving the project forward. Construction of Phase II is expected to begin in 2022 with completion slated for 2025.
GROVE CITY, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $17.7 million sale of Derby Square in Grove City, a southern suburb of Columbus. Giant Eagle anchors the 125,250-square-foot shopping center, which is 99 percent leased. Additional tenants include Once Upon a Child, Plato’s Closet, Novacare Rehabilitation, Salon Lofts, City Barbeque, Batteries + Bulbs, H&R Block and Allstate Insurance. Derby Square is situated on 12 acres along Stringtown Road. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell, Michael Nieder and Bill Poffenberger of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Madison International Realty and SITE Centers Corp. A Midwest-based private buyer acquired the asset.
CAREY, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $17 million sale of a 237,155-square-foot industrial building in Carey, about 60 miles south of Toledo. Hanon Systems, a South Korean-based manufacturer of automotive HVAC and cooling systems, fully occupies the facility, which is located at 581 Arrowhead Drive. Joshua Baker, Erin Patton, Craig Fuller and Scott Wiles of Marcus & Millichap’s Patton Wiles Fuller Group represented the seller. The buyer and seller were not provided.
DAYTON, OHIO — Ready Capital has closed an $8 million loan for the acquisition and stabilization of a 196,000-square-foot industrial property in the Miamisburg submarket of Dayton. The buyer plans to address deferred maintenance and increase rents as tenants’ leases expire. The nonrecourse loan features interest-only payments, a floating rate and a four-year term.
WARRENSVILLE, OHIO — A Costa Rica-based private investor has purchased a facility occupied by car sales company Carvana in Warrensville, about 15 miles southeast of Cleveland. The sales price was $6.7 million. Located at 4070 Interchange Corporate Center Road, the 8,408-square-foot property was constructed in 2017. Michael Shover and Matthew Gorman of CBRE represented the buyer. There were 17 years remaining on Carvana’s lease at the time of sale. The seller was undisclosed.
COMMERCIAL POINT, OHIO — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 1 million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center occupied by Bath & Body Works Inc. in Commercial Point, a southern suburb of Columbus. The sales price was undisclosed. The retailer plans to add 500 employees to its central Ohio workforce to fill online orders at the facility. Located at 514 Exchange Way, the property is the first building within the 875-acre Rickenbacker Exchange at Commercial Point industrial park. Alex Cantu, Jeff Devine, Steve Disse and Michael Linder of Colliers represented the seller, VanTrust Real Estate. The Mid-America Management Corp., an Ohio-based investment firm, was the buyer.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — The NRP Group has broken ground on Sinclair Apartments, a 180-unit affordable housing community in Columbus. In partnership with the City of Columbus Housing Division, the transit-oriented development will be developed with tax-credit funding support from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency and Huntington National Bank. Located at 5055 Sinclair Ave., the property will be reserved for Columbus-area residents who earn between 30 and 70 percent of the area median income. The three-building complex will replace Alrosa Villa, a live music venue that closed in 2020. Completion of the project is slated for 2023.
CLEVELAND — Ready Capital has closed a $6 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 108-unit, four-property multifamily portfolio in the Shaker Heights submarket of Cleveland. The undisclosed borrower plans to implement a capital improvement program to renovate the units, common areas and exteriors of the Class B properties. The nonrecourse loan features a floating rate and a three-year term.
