ALSIP, ILL. — SVN Chicago Commercial has negotiated the lease renewal for a roughly 45,000-square-foot warehouse located at 12600 S. Hamlin Court in Alsip. The Hines Building Supply division of US LBM is the tenant and has occupied space at the property since 2010. The new lease term is five years. Karen Kulczycki of SVN Chicago represented the undisclosed landlord, while CBRE represented the tenant. The property is situated on nearly five acres and features rail service.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — North Carolina-based investment firm Bell Partners has acquired Presidio East, a 312-unit apartment community in North Fort Worth that was built in 2017. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 661 to 1,469 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, dog park and package lockers. Bell Partners will implement a value-add program and rebrand the property as Bell Presidio. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Port Houston will open a 95,000-square-foot headquarters office at East River, a 150-acre mixed-use development that is under construction in the city’s Historic Fifth Ward. The port authority purchased two tracts, and its development plans also include a 300-space parking garage that will connect to the office building via a skybridge. Construction is expected to begin in 2024 and to be complete in summer 2025. Locally based developer Midway owns East River. The port was self-represented in the land deals.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer The Woodmont Co. has broken ground on Berkshire Corner, a 12,002-square-foot, multi-tenant retail project in North Fort Worth. The strip center is preleased to tenants such as Jersey Mike’s Subs, Blue Mound Nail Spa, Blue Mound Liquor, Mynt Barbershop and ProSmiles Dental. Completion is slated for late 2023/early 2024.
MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — Archway Equities has acquired The Paseos at Montclair, a 385-unit apartment community in the Inland Empire city of Montclair, for $150 million. The Paseos at Montclair was built in 2014. The garden-style community offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include two pools with spas and cabanas, a fitness center, yoga room, children’s entertainment suite, conference center and entertainment lounge. Pacific Urban Investors’ structured finance group provided preferred equity to facilitate the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
POCATELLO, IDAHO — Kidder Matthews has brokered the sale of Pocatello Square, a 138,064-square-foot shopping center in Pocatello, approximately 160 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tenants at the property, which was built in 2006 and fully leased at the time of sale, include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Grocery Outlet, Ross Dress for Less, JOANN Fabric and Crafts and Old Navy. Mike King, Erik Swanson, Darren Tappen, Peter Beauchamp and Nathan Thinnes of Kidder Matthews represented the seller, CWCapital, in the transaction. An undisclosed buyer purchased the center through CWCapital’s online auction platform, RI Marketplace. The price was not disclosed.
DICKINSON, N.D. — Friedman Real Estate brokered the sale of West River Apartments. West River Apartments is 234-unit community in Dickinson, a city in Stark County. The community offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, according to the property website. Amenities include a fitness center, 24-hour emergency maintenance and a dog park. Rich Deptula and Steven Silverman led the Friedman team. The buyer, seller and price were not disclosed.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Fitness concept Club Studio has announced plans to open a 48,000-square-foot studio at Santa Monica Place, a Macerich property in Santa Monica. Located on the first level of the property, the space will feature five boutique studio rooms, as well as a recovery space, steam rooms, infrared saunas, a juice bar and retail store. A timeline for the opening was not disclosed.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Pacific Clinics has leased 18,370 square feet of office space at 625 Fair Oaks Ave. in South Pasadena. This lease brings the office building to 98 percent occupancy. It also represents one of the largest direct leases for a Class A office building in the greater Pasadena office market within the past 14 months. NAI Capital’s Tina LaMonica represented the landlord, Greenbridge, in facilitating the lease transaction. Jeff Boucher of Radius represented Pacific Clinics.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based owner-operator Bromley Cos. has completed the $100 million renovation of 122 Fifth Avenue, a 300,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan’s Union Square neighborhood. The repositioning added a new rooftop pavilion and bike storage room, enhanced the office and retail suites and upgraded the building infrastructure. According to New York Post, Microsoft anchors the building’s office space, having taken occupancy of floors six through 10 following completion of the project. Bromley Cos. first purchased 122 Fifth Avenue in 1979.