ARBUTUS, MD. — Neuman Commercial Group has arranged the sale of East Drive Shopping Center, a 65,155-square-foot retail center located in Arbutus, approximately eight miles outside of Baltimore. An affiliate of Bien/Paul Ventures sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $5.7 million. The property was 72 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Save‐A‐Lot, Dollar General, Pizza Boli’s and Cricket Wireless. Gil Neuman of Neuman represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
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FRISCO, TEXAS — HALL Group has topped out three new buildings at HALL Park, the locally based developer’s 162-acre mixed-use development in Frisco that for years functioned as a Class A office campus. As part of Phase I of a larger $7 billion redevelopment, HALL Group has now completed vertical construction on a new, 16-story office building, as well as a 224-room boutique hotel and a 19-story multifamily tower. Designed by HKS Architects, the office building spans 410,000 square feet and offers a corporate lounge, fitness center, meeting spaces and a seven-level parking garage. Merriman Anderson Architects designed the hotel, which features 60 suites, 14,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a chef-driven restaurant and lounge. WDG Architects led the design of the multifamily building, which totals 214 units and includes 10,000 square feet of ground-floor space that will house a food hall with 10 different vendors.
LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Edgewater Apartments, a 228-unit multifamily property in Lake Jackson, about 50 miles south of Houston. Built in 2005, Edgewater Apartments consists of 19 two-story residential buildings and a one-story clubhouse on a 19-acre site. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 742 to 1,319 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, outdoor grilling and dining areas and a pet park. Chris Curry, Todd Marix, Jeffrey Skipworth, Chris Young, Joey Rippel, Kyle Whitney, Adam Sumrall, Kelly Witherspoon, Justin Cole and Michael Gonzalez of Berkadia represented the seller, Chicago-based Redwood Capital Group, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, New York-based investment firm.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Locally based developer Realty Capital has broken ground on a 200-unit multifamily project in Flower Mound, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. The 16-story building at 3111 Sunset Blvd. will be situated within a larger 40-acre development. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as townhomes, and will feature an average size of 1,485 square feet. The amenity package will comprise a pool with a deck and full-service bar, 24-hour attended lobby with concierge services, a private dining room and a billiards room. Barings provided construction financing for the project, which includes 6,000 square feet of retail space and is slated for a 2025 completion.
KILGORE, TEXAS — Basis Multifamily Finance, a subsidiary of New York City-based Basis Investment Group, has provided an $8.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Glen Hollow Apartments, an affordable housing property located in the East Texas city of Kilgore. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, playground, business center and onsite laundry facilities. The sponsor was New Jersey-based Ambo Properties. Glen Hollow Apartments was 93 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing.
HOUSTON — Enson Market, an Asian grocery concept based in Cincinnati, will open a 100,000-square-foot store at 2224 FM 1960 Road in North Houston. The site is located within a 200,000-square-foot vacant shopping center. An affiliate of the company, an entity doing business as Pacific Square of FM LLC, purchased the center with plans to implement capital improvements and lease the remaining 100,000 square feet. Ryan Neyland of Davis Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Copper Leaf LLC, in the transaction. Casey Ward of CRW Commercial represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Taconic Capital Advisors has provided a $95 million loan for the refinancing of Martinique New York on Broadway, a 531-room hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The hotel, which is part of Curio Collection by Hilton family of brands, originally opened in 1897 and is a member of the Historic Hotels of America club. Martinique New York on Broadway houses 10 meeting and event spaces that can accommodate more than 400 guests, as well as a fitness center and multiple food-and-beverage establishments. The borrower, Oklahoma City-based Burnett Equities, which acquired the hotel in 2021, plans to use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of an approximately 1 million-square-foot industrial facility located at 515 Monmouth Road in Jackson Township, about 30 miles east of Trenton. The newly constructed complex comprises one cross-dock and one rear-load building that total 617,452 and 383,092 square feet, respectively. Building features include clear heights of 40 feet, 185-foot truck court depths, 713 car parking spaces and 181 trailer parking stalls. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, David Bernhaut and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a partnership between Active Acquisitions and Stonecutter Capital, in the transaction. The team also procured Brookfield Properties as the buyer.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $88 million sale of 300 Kimball, a 430,000-square-foot office building located in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. Built in 2001 and renovated in 2013, the property sits on a 9.3-acre site within a larger development known as The Center at Morris County and was 87 percent leased at the time of sale. Amenities include a fitness center, tenant lounge, conference center, putting green and golf simulator, walking trails and a cafeteria. Kevin O’Hearn, Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer and Peter Kim of JLL represented the seller, Sovereign Partners LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was regional investment firm Signature Acquisitions, which also owns the adjacent building, 100 Kimball.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — New Jersey-based First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired Loyal Plaza, a 289,000-square-foot shopping center in Williamsport, located in the northern-central part of the Keystone State. Anchored by a 67,000-square-foot Giant Food Store, the center was approximately 85 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Hobby Lobby, Planet Fitness, Rite Aid, Advance Auto Parts and BB&T. Colin Behr and Chris Munley of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.