MONROE AND NEWINGTON, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two Connecticut retail properties that are net leased to Walgreens for a combined price of $11.7 million. Both properties, which are located in Monroe and Newington, total approximately 15,000 square feet. Nick Geaneotes, Steve Garthwaite and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transactions. The trio also procured the undisclosed buyers. Susan Bands of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing both deals as the broker of record.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Tauro Capital Advisors, on behalf of borrower IBF Properties, has facilitated a $149.7 million, one-year, floating-rate bridge loan for a 24-property Walgreens portfolio. The stores are located in nine states across the United States, primarily in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Alabama. The borrower is purchasing retail assets occupied by investment-grade tenants and plans to create a REIT to hold and operate the portfolio of income-producing real estate. Matt Bucaro, Eric Alvarez, Michael Bucaro, Matthew Ingle and Garryn Laws of Tauro Capital Advisors arranged the financing transaction. Benefit Street Partners was the lender. Totaling 314,852 square feet, the borrower purchased the portfolio in 2021. After acquisition, longer leases were negotiated for the majority of the tenants, which provided stability for those investors purchasing dividends within the REIT and offering a level of commitment by Walgreens to the sites and a low probability of leaving.
DEPTFORD, N.J. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $17 million sale of a 60,750-square-foot retail property in the Southern New Jersey community of Deptford that is fully leased to Best Buy on a triple-net basis. The electronics retailer has occupied the six-acre site for more than 25 years. Andrew Fallon and Rick Fernandez of SRS represented the seller, a Chicago-based private investment firm, in the transaction. The buyer was Michigan-based REIT Agree Realty Corp. (NYSE: ADC).
SEATTLE — Newmark has arranged the sale of 1101 Westlake, an office building located in downtown Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket. BioMed Realty acquired the property from Invesco Real Estate for an undisclosed price. Built in 2015, 1101 Westlake is a six-story, 153,708-square-foot creative office building featuring LEED Silver certification and views of Lake Union. The property is 100 percent net-leased to Meta Platforms. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Michael Moll, Ken White, Rachel Jones, Jeff Hodson, Jesse Ottele and Alex Foshay of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.8 million sale of a 10,782-square-foot property occupied by KinderCare in Germantown, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. Under corporate guarantor KinderCare Education, the childcare provider has just under 11 years remaining on its net lease. Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Michigan-based limited liability company, while Sean Delaney and Jeffrey Herrmann of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a California-based limited liability company. Dean Giannakopoulos and Frank Montalto of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. originated acquisition financing.
HONOLULU — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the leasehold ownership sale of a single-tenant life sciences property located at 93-193 Aiea Heights Drive in Honolulu. iStar, a REIT based in New York City, sold the asset to a private investor for $50.3 million. John Redfield of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2016, the four-story, 81,596-square-foot property sites on 2.7 acres. Clinical Labs of Hawaii occupies the property on a long-term, triple-net lease whereby the buyer acquired the leasehold interest subject to a long-term ground lease.
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $8.7 million sale of a 14,564-square-foot, single-tenant retail property located in Middletown, about 75 miles north of New York City. The property was built on 1.1 acres in 2007 and is triple net leased to Walgreens on a long-term basis. Winston Guest, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction, and Josh Goldflam of Highcap Group represented the buyer. Both parties were New York-based private investors who requested anonymity.
YAKIMA, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale/leaseback of Franz Bakery, a net-leased property in Yakima. A Seattle-based limited liability company acquired the distribution facility for $3.2 million. Clayton Brown, Peter Nisbet and Ruthanne Romero of the Brown Retail Group team of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller, a limited liability company, while Brown also represented the buyer in the transaction. Located at 31 N. 4th Ave., the 47,983-square-foot property is used as a Franz Bakery distribution center.
CHATSWORTH, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of 19900 Plummer, a single-tenant office building located at 19900 Plummer St. in Chatsworth. Korda Group sold the asset to Rexford Industrial for $15 million. Campbellsville University, a non-profit educator offering a master’s of marriage and family therapy program, fully occupies the 43,472-square-foot building on a net-lease basis. Ryan Plummer, Andrey Mindirgasov, Sean Fulp, Mark Schuessler and Chris Smith of Newmark facilitated the off-market transaction.
WESTLAND, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.5 million sale of a restaurant property net leased to On the Border Mexican Grill in Westland, about 16 miles west of downtown Detroit. On the Border has 14 years remaining on its lease. Dan Yozwiak and Darpan Patel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual trust. Ashish Vakhariya, Darin Gross and Seth Haron of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company.