ADDISON, TEXAS— Newmark has brokered the sale of The Colonnade, an approximately 1 million-square-foot office campus located in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The campus spans 12.4 acres and comprises three buildings that are connected by an enclosed, four-story atrium. The Colonnade was sold through the receivership process, with Stephen Schwalb, Chris Murphy, Robert Hill, Gary Carr and Austin Sheahan of Newmark representing the seller, a partnership between Trigild and CWCapital, in the transaction. The buyer, a partnership between Connecticut-based Cross Ocean Partners and Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., has committed to investing approximately $100 million to reposition the campus. Initial property improvements are underway, with the first phase of upgrades expected to be completed throughout 2027.
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HOUSTON — A partnership between Connecticut-based Cross Ocean Partners and Houston-based Fuller Realty has acquired Eldridge Place, an 828,784-square-foot office campus in Houston’s Energy Corridor. Eldridge Place comprises three buildings that span 245,315, 275,283 and 308,186 square feet. Engineering and construction firm Fluor Corp. anchors the campus with a footprint of 413,000 square feet, including occupancy of the entire third building. Other tenants at Eldridge Place, which had a campus-wide occupancy rate of 94 percent at the time of sale, include SM Energy, Pemex Procurement International, BakerRisk, Certarus and Petrobras America. Amenities include a fitness center, pickleball courts, a deli and a conference facility. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Harborcrest Industrial has signed a 74,421-square-foot lease in East Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 8721 Forney Road was constructed on 5.8 acres in 2001 and features 20-foot clear heights, 18 dock-high loading doors and two grade-level loading doors. Taylor Stell and Brett Lewis of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Stonelake Capital Partners, in the lease negotiations. Thomas Mercer of Mercer Co. represented the tenant.
HELOTES, TEXAS — A limited partnership managed by Weitzman has purchased Helotes Plaza, a 51,933-square-foot shopping center located on the northwestern outskirts of San Antonio. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Dollar Tree, Advance Auto Parts, Dairy Queen, Harbor Health, Subway, Kumon and Momentum Physical Therapy. David Nicolson and Stephen Schmidt of Weitzman negotiated the sale on behalf of the partnership. SRS Real Estate Partners represented the undisclosed seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Northwind Group, a Manhattan-based real estate private equity firm and debt fund manager, has provided a $231 million construction loan for an office-to-residential conversion project in Manhattan. The borrower is joint venture between Metro Loft Management and David Werner Real Estate Investments, and the building in question is 675 Third Avenue, a 32-story, 337,000-square-foot tower in the Midtown East submarket. The conversion could add as many as 450 new apartments to the local supply, inclusive of a 25 percent affordable housing component. The joint venture, which acquired the building last spring, has tapped Gensler and Collaborative Construction Management as project partners. A construction timeline was not announced.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — A partnership between Atlanta-based developer The Ardent Cos. and Ironwood Development Partners has completed a 913-unit self-storage facility in Woonsocket, located along the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. The site is a former brownfield at 153 Hamlet Ave. that was remediated prior to the start of construction. Extra Space Storage operates the facility, which spans approximately 80,000 square feet, though it is unclear if that figure refers to gross or net rentable square footage. A formal opening ceremony took place in late summer.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Lincoln Property Co., Vision Ventures and Hornets Sports & Entertainment has acquired Queen City Quarter, a 302,324-square-foot, four-level mixed-use destination in Uptown Charlotte. Formerly known as EpiCentre, the property spans 3.2 acres at 210 E. Trade St., which sits directly between the Charlotte Convention Center and Spectrum Center, home arena of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. Hornets Sports & Entertainment owns the team and operates Spectrum Center. Vision Ventures owned Queen City Quarter from 2010 to 2015. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Adam Russ and Erin Varol of CBRE’s Charlotte office brokered the transaction. The property originally opened in 2008 and features restaurants, shops, offices and entertainment venues but has been in decline in terms of occupancy and traffic in recent years. CBRE took the then-known EpiCentre out of receivership in 2021 and announced it was leading the redevelopment and rebranding of the property to Queen City Quarter in 2022. The joint venture will evaluate opportunities to reposition the asset to “better serve the surrounding community and evolving needs of Uptown Charlotte.” According to Queen City Quarter’s property website and social media accounts, current tenants include Lucky Strike, Fleming’s Steakhouse, Insomnia Cookies, Kitchen + Kocktails, …
EDISON, N.J. — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of permanent financing for a 124,720-square-foot industrial building in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. The building at 111 Fieldcrest Ave. was constructed on 6.4 acres in 2006 and was fully leased to Bentley Laboratories at the time of the loan closing. Building features include a clear height of 32 feet, nine dock-high doors, 111 car parking spaces and 7,500 square feet of office space. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the owner, Summit Associates.
NEW YORK CITY — Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews has negotiated the $12 million sale of 101 Bowery, a hospitality building in Manhattan’s Chinatown district that was formerly housed the New World Hotel. The building is a five-story, 13,260-square-foot, single-room occupancy (SRO) structure that comprises an owner-occupied ground-floor retail space and four vacant floors that are designated for lodging use. Stephen Dadourian of Matthews represented the seller, a local family, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
McCormack Baron Salazar, Baltimore City Secure Financing for $398M Affordable Housing Redevelopment
by John Nelson
BALTIMORE — McCormack Baron Salazar, an affordable housing developer and operator based in St. Louis, and the Housing Authority of Baltimore City have closed on financing for the next 150 apartments at Perkins Square, advancing the $398 million redevelopment of the former Perkins Homes in East Baltimore. Phases 5A and 5B, representing approximately $87 million in development costs, will include 111 income-restricted and 39 market-rate units. The first three phases of Perkins Square included 411 mixed-income units delivered between 2024 and 2025, while the 154-unit fourth phase is under construction with completion slated for 2027. Perkins Square is replacing Perkins Homes, a 629-unit public housing community built in 1942. Demolition began in 2021 as part of Baltimore’s broader Perkins-Somerset-Oldtown Transformation Plan, a 244-acre redevelopment backed by HUD Choice Neighborhoods funding that is replacing the former public housing while adding mixed-income residences, infrastructure, parks and a new school. Phase 5A will include 60 apartments with a total development cost of approximately $41.6 million. Phase 5B, with 90 apartments, carries a cost of approximately $45.7 million. Tenants in 67 of the planned 150 apartments will receive rental assistance through the Housing Choice Voucher Program, formerly known as Section 8, as part of …
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