HOUSTON — JLL has arranged the sale of Northwest Logistics Center, a 411,460-square-foot industrial facility in northwest Houston. The cross-dock building was constructed in 2018 and features 138 dock doors and 32-foot clear heights. Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss, Parker McCormack, Tom Weber, Lance Young, Pauli Kerr, Matthew Barge and Brooke Petzold of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, New York City-based Sterling Investors.
AUBREY, TEXAS — A partnership between two California-based firms, developer Legacy Partners and investment manager Resmark Cos., is underway on construction of a 134-unit build-to-rent residential project in Aubrey, located in Denton County. Designed by Architecture Demarest and known as Oak Grove, the development will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom homes ranging in size from 770 to 1,625 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking space, an outdoor kitchen and a dog park. Rents will start at $2,000 per month for a one-bedroom home.
SHERMAN AND DENISON, TEXAS — Greystone has provided $15.4 million in bridge-to-agency financing for a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 189 units in North Texas. One of the properties is located in Sherman, and the other two are located in Denison. All were built in the 1960s and 1970s. The interest-only loan carries a two-year term with two six-month extension options. Lance Wright of Greystone originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed, Texas-based family office. Duke Stone of Churchill Capital acted as correspondent on the deal.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Total Specialty Services, a provider of infrastructural services to industrial project sites, has signed a 13,000-square-foot industrial lease in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. Austen Buckalew of locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tyler Maner and Davis Lamberton of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A joint venture between Vision Properties and The Birch Group has refinanced 180 Park Avenue, a 228,000-square-foot office building in Florham Park, about 30 miles west of New York City. The name of the life insurance company that provided the loan, as well as the amount, were not disclosed. Built in 2001, The Class A building is situated on 26.6 acres within the 268-acre Green at Florham Park master-planned development that is also home to Summit Medical Group, MD Anderson and the New York Jets. The joint venture acquired the building in October 2020.
MARLBORO, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $15.9 million sale of Brook’s Edge Plaza, a 70,274-square-foot shopping center in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro. Asian Food Market anchors the center, which was built in 2003. At the time of sale, Brook’s Edge Plaza was 98 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes four in-line food-and-beverage users, as well as a nail salon, drycleaner and a barbershop. J.B. Bruno, Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz and Shaelyn Nuckel of JLL represented the seller, First Montgomery Group, in the transaction and procured the undisclosed buyer.
WATERLOO, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Finger Lakes Self Storage, a 354-unit facility in the upstate New York community of Waterloo. Built in 2014, the facility consists of 34 climate-controlled units, 296 non-climate-controlled units and 24 covered parking spaces for a total of 58,250 net rentable square feet. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Luke Dawley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
WARWICK, R.I. — Fantini & Gorga, a mortgage banking firm based in metro Boston, has arranged a $3.3 million bridge loan for a 210-unit multifamily project in Warwick, located just south of Providence. The site currently serves as a parking lot, and the borrower, Skydra Development, plans to construct a four-story building with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Casimir Groblewski and Colin Monahan of Fantini & Gorga arranged the debt through an undisclosed, Connecticut-based bridge lender on behalf of Skydra Development.
NEW YORK CITY — TruArc Partners has signed a 10,000-square-foot office lease extension at 545 Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The private equity firm will remain on the 10th floor of the 18-story, 140,000-square-foot building for another seven years. Tara Stacom led a Cushman & Wakefield team that represented the landlord, Marx Realty, in the lease negotiations. Evan Margolin and Ben Levy of JLL represented TruArc Partners.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — Shorewood Development Group will build a 50,720-square-foot automotive sales and service center for Tesla in the Chicago suburb of Buffalo Grove. The project site at the southeast corner of Dundee and Old Arlington Heights roads is the former location of a Rohrman auto dealership that has been vacant for more than 14 years. Daniel Barrins of Associated Bank originated a financing package on behalf of Shorewood. In addition to the financing for the service center, the loan package includes financing for the acquisition and site work of a 10-acre adjacent land parcel that consists of retail and residential zone uses. The retail property can accommodate two buildings with a combined 30,000 to 40,000 square feet of space. The residential parcel is under contract to be sold to a local apartment developer to build four buildings with a total of 197 units.
