CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a pair of multifamily buildings located at 906-908 N. Damen Ave. in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood for $2.5 million. Originally built in 1905, the buildings comprise two one-bedroom units, eight two-bedroom units and two three-bedroom floor plans. The apartments were fully occupied at the time of sale. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the seller, a local real estate partnership. Feldman also represented the group when it bought the properties in 2017 for $1.7 million. Jeremy Morton of Interra represented the local buyer, which plans to increase electric capacity and make minor upgrades to units, hallways and facades.
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NEW HAVEN, IND. — Bradley Co. has negotiated the sale of a 53,000-square-foot industrial building located along Hartzell Street in New Haven, just east of Fort Wayne. The sales price was undisclosed. Bill Drinkall and Dave Horacek of Bradley represented the seller, an entity doing business as Debray LLC. Marquardt Property Management LLC was the buyer.
OCEANPORT, N.J. — MGT Foods, a New Jersey-based food manufacturer and distributor, has signed a 19,567-square-foot industrial lease at The Commissary at Baseline in the coastal community of Oceanport. Owned by Denholtz Properties, The Commissary at Baseline is a redevelopment of the historic Fort Monmouth site. MGT Foods will be the second tenant at the property, following Birdsmouth Beer, which will open a craft brewery this fall.
PHILADELPHIA — Without A Cue, an entertainment concept that centers on dinner theaters and murder mysteries, will open a 3,346-square-foot venue in Philadelphia. The space will be located within The Curtis, a 912,245-square-foot adaptive reuse building in Washington Square West that is owned by Keystone Development + Investment. Veronica Blum and Alex Snyder of MPN Realty represented Keystone in the lease negotiations. Joe Scarpone, also with MPN Realty, represented Without A Cue, which will open in late fall.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — A joint venture between NewcrestImage and Hospitality Capital Partners (HCP) has agreed to acquire 16 Marriott-branded hotels totaling 2,155 rooms across nine states. The portfolio includes 13 Courtyard and three Residence Inn properties located in Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. The seller and price were not disclosed. “This acquisition affirms our high expectations and high confidence in hotel investments, both near term and long term,” says Mehul Patel, managing partner and CEO of Grapevine-based NewcrestImage. Over the company’s history, HCP and its principals have owned almost 50 hotels in the western United States, notably The Saguaro Scottsdale, located in that city’s historic Old Town area. Other projects include 25 golf courses through its associated company, Parks Legacy Project. After selling 27 hotels in January to Summit Hotel Properties for $822 million, NewcrestImage has been in active acquisition mode. The company has added 76 hotels totaling approximately 7,600 rooms since March, including this latest transaction. Earlier this month, NewcrestImage agreed to purchase 45 hotels with a total of approximately 3,300 rooms from a private investment firm. The portfolio includes 35 …
The Orlando office market is finally seeing positive absorption across all major submarkets. An impressive second quarter recorded 122,423 square feet of positive absorption, bringing the total for the first half of the year to 156,778 square feet. As companies have been making decisions on their return to the office, the Orlando market has seen increased activity with numerous large, long-term leases signed, predominantly fueled by smaller local users and corporate relocations from other markets. Kimley-Horn’s relocation and expansion to 60,000 square feet in downtown Orlando marked one of the largest transactions in the past five years. While still up 20 basis points year-over-year, total vacancy saw its first drop in the last four quarters. Vacancy was consistently holding at 13.3 percent from third-quarter 2021 until it fell 30 basis points this quarter to 13 percent. The major driver of the drop was vacant sublease space being withdrawn or leased. Although firms are still seeking sublease route for their office space, we believe more space will be given back in the near term. We are seeing an increased pattern of flight to quality, where corporate users are focusing their attention on submarkets and assets that provide higher quality workplaces and …
KYLE, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Palladius Capital Management has purchased Citizen House Kyle, a 342-unit multifamily property that is located along the I-35 corridor on the southern outskirts of Austin. Built in 2022, the community is situated within Dry River, a 65-acre mixed-use development by Endeavor Real Estate Group. Residences come in one- and two-bedroom formats, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor lounge, coworking space and a resident clubhouse. Austin-based Endeavor developed and sold the property. The price was not disclosed. Tony Stein and B.K. Newsom of CBRE arranged a $60 million acquisition loan through CBRE Investment Management on behalf of Palladius.
LIVE OAK, TEXAS — General contractor Whiting-Turner Construction has broken ground on the 199,765-square-foot first phase of a new headquarters facility for electrical contractor Alterman in the northeastern San Antonio suburb of Live Oak. Designed by Studio8, the 19.7-acre campus will include office space for all three of Alterman’s divisions as well as a logistics building and various outdoor amenity spaces. Completion is slated for early 2024.
DALLAS — New York-based investment firm Seavest Healthcare Properties has acquired six emergency hospitals totaling 190,000 square feet that are located throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Specifically, the facilities, which typically feature 24/7 emergency services and eight to 12 beds for overnight stays, are located in Burleson, Colleyville, Keller, Murphy, Rockwall and Grand Prairie. Seavest acquired the properties, which are operated by Baylor Scott & White, in a joint venture with global asset management firm Heitman LLC. The seller was not disclosed.
IRVING, TEXAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of Zander Park, a 160-unit apartment complex in Irving that was originally built in 1971. Jordan Multifamily, an owner-operator specializing in Class B and C properties, purchased the asset from an entity doing business as BW Zander Park LLC for an undisclosed price. Chris Deuillet, William Hubbard and Jaxx Davis of CBRE brokered the sale. Josh Berde, Andrew Woertendyke and Bond Foster, also with CBRE, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, which plans to use a portion of the proceeds to fund capital improvements.