HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Holliday Boat & RV Storage, a 292-unit facility that is situated on a two-parcel, 5.2-acre site in Houston. The property, which was constructed in phases between 1990 and 1994, consists of 243 non-climate-controlled units and 49 outdoor parking spaces for a total of 73,993 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a Texas-based limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
IRVING, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of a 50,769-square-foot industrial building located at 1440 Corporate Drive in Irving’s Las Colinas district. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to JVCKenwood, a Japanese multinational electronics company. Parker Tims and Jennifer Pierson of STRIVE represented the seller, a Pennsylvania-based investor, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Flix Brewhouse has signed a 15-year lease to open a 40,000-square-foot theater at The Shops at Broad, a retail center located in the southern metroplex suburb of Mansfield. Scheduled to open this fall, the venue will feature nine auditoriums and offer in-theater dining service. Sam Kartalis of Younger Partners and John Weber of Weber & Co. negotiated the lease on behalf of the landlord, Trez Capital. The venue will be the fifth in Texas and 10th nationwide for Flix Brewhouse.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Partners Real Estate has negotiated a 15,000-square-foot industrial lease in the southwestern Houston suburb of Missouri City. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 1519 Industrial Drive was built in 2019 and features 28-foot clear heights and 2,000 square feet of office space. Darren O’Conor of Partners represented the landlord, Bison Warehouse LLC, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was nutritional supplements provider Ekkovision LLC.
BOSTON — Locally based investment firm Marcus Partners has sold a portfolio of six industrial buildings that total roughly 1 million square feet and are located throughout the greater Boston area. The sales price was $167 million. Three of the buildings are located in Franklin, and the other three are located in Sutton, Peabody and Avon. Chris Skeffington, Scott Dragos and Roy Sandeman of CBRE represented Marcus Partners in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Slate Property Group and McCourt Partners have provided a $59 million bridge loan for a 285-unit multifamily project in the McGinley Square area of Jersey City. The borrower, a partnership between Sequoia Development Group and Bushburg Properties, will use the proceeds to complete construction, lease-up and stabilization of the 16-story building. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a dog run, fitness center, coworking lounge, conference room and an indoor/outdoor rooftop deck, as well as 5,109 square feet of commercial space. Sam Rottenberg of SPR Group arranged the two-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the developers. Full completion is slated for the first quarter of 2024.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Adoni Property Group has completed The Franklin at Hillsborough, a 44-unit multifamily project in Northern New Jersey. The property, which is now 90 percent occupied, offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 1,000 to 1,300 square feet that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Rents at the remaining two-bedroom units start at $2,900 per month.
PHILADELPHIA — Locally based brokerage firm Roddy Inc. has negotiated an 11,000-square-foot industrial lease in northeast Philadelphia. The building at 10081 Sandmeyer Lane sits on 2.8 acres and totals 34,000 square feet. Sean Durkin of Roddy Inc. represented the tenant, Rhoads Industries, a provider of welding and custom fabrication services, in the lease negotiations. Jason Ostach of Binswanger represented the undisclosed landlord.
NEWTON, MASS. AND ATLANTA — The RMR Group, an alternative asset management company based in Newton, has purchased the multifamily platform of Carroll, a multifamily investment firm based in Atlanta. RMR has acquired 100 percent of the equity interests of MPC Holdings (Carroll) in an $80 million, all-cash transaction. Founded in 2004, Carroll provides asset and property management services to 81 multifamily properties comprising more than 28,000 units that are primarily located across the Sun Belt. Carroll had approximately 700 employees as of first-quarter 2023. The acquisition will add $7 billion in assets under management (AUM) to RMR, which had $37.3 billion in AUM as of first-quarter 2023. Carroll will retain existing general partner co-investments and promote fees derived from those investments. The Carroll acquisition will give RMR a foothold in the multifamily sector for the first time and will include the company’s property management division, Arium Living. RMR acquires properties for four publicly traded REITs: Service Properties Trust, Diversified Healthcare Trust, Office Properties Income Trust and Industrial Logistics Properties Trust.
LAUREL, MD. — Excelsa Properties has acquired Concord Park at Russett, a 335-unit multifamily property located at 7903 Orion Circle in Laurel, a suburb of Baltimore. The undisclosed seller sold the value-add property to Excelsa US Real Estate II LP and an Excelsa co-investment vehicle for $105.5 million. The buyer assumed an in-place, interest-only loan on the property that was underwritten with a fixed 3.4 percent interest rate and has six years of term left. Excelsa supplemented the loan with a fixed-rate, interest-only loan with a similar maturity date that has a weighted average interest rate of 3.7 percent. The company also plans to make $4.4 million in capital improvements to Concord Park at Russett, including a new roof, HVAC systems, new signage, parking garage repairs, new kitchen appliances and hardwood flooring, among other improvements. Existing community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, clubhouse with a fireplace, business center, theater room, fitness center, yoga and HIIT training studio, library and a business lounge.