NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $64.7 million sale of The Metro Portfolio, a collection of six multifamily properties in Manhattan. Robert Shapiro, Andrew Berry, Michael Gembecki, Charlie Gravina, Austin Fabel and Nicholas Kontos of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Metro Management, in each transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
ISELIN, N.J. — Opal Holdings LLC will renovate Metropark194, a 452,133-square-foot office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. Capital improvements to the nine-story, transit-served building will include an upgraded lobby, renovations to the café and the addition of a new fitness center. Avison Young will provide construction management services for the project. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of November and to last about five months.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Cleeman Realty Group, an investment advisory firm with offices in New York City and Miami, has negotiated the sale of Airport Plaza, a 97,000-square-foot shopping center in Syracuse. The sales price was $4.2 million. Airport Plaza was fully leased at the time of sale. Sam Seelenfreund of Cleeman Realty represented the undisclosed buyer and seller in the off-market transaction.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) has signed a 71,484-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters at 677 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, located in the southern coastal part of Connecticut. The lease term is 12 years. The tobacco giant will relocate from 120 Park Avenue in Manhattan beginning in late 2022. Richard Bernstein and Steven Baker of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Peter Duncan and Dana Pike represented the landlord, George Comfort & Sons, on an internal basis.
By Joe Iannacone, senior vice president, Titan Development; and Omar Nasser, senior vice president, AQUILA Commercial The Central Texas industrial market stretches between Austin and San Antonio along the Interstate 35 “Innovation” Corridor, an approximately 80-mile expanse that encompasses some of the fastest-growing cities in the nation. Austin, now the 10th-largest city in the nation population-wise, continues to see unprecedented growth in the tech, e-commerce and household industry sectors. Most notably, Tesla decided to construct its Cybertruck Gigafactory in East Austin along State Highway 130, which has and will be a boon to the region. The electric car maker also recently announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin. San Antonio, the nation’s seventh-largest city, has seen continued growth in the automotive, financial, life sciences and food and beverage sectors. Large companies continue to flock to the region to establish a major presence, including USAA, H-E-B and Toyota. The markets in between Austin and San Antonio from south to north — Schertz, New Braunfels, San Marcos, Kyle and Buda — have benefitted from the synergies of both markets due to their location and strong economies. As a result of the continued economic activity and with the effects …
AURORA, COLO. — Inland Private Capital Corp. has completed the disposition of Conifer Creek Apartments, a multifamily community in Aurora. Grand Peaks, which previously owned the property from 2011 to 2013, repurchased the asset for $127 million. Located at 2205 S. Racine Way, Conifer Creek Apartments features 480 apartments in a mix of townhomes and condominium-style units spread across 53 residential buildings with tuck-under garages in every building. The property’s floor plans range from 668 square feet to 1,192 square feet and offer full-size washers/dryers, walk-in closets, individual hot water heaters, fireplaces, and expansive balconies and patios with outside storage. The community was built in 1986. Dave Martin and Brian Mooney of Northmarq’s Denver office represented the seller in the transaction.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Stream Realty Partners and QuadReal Property Group, in a joint venture, have broken ground on Tapo Canyon Commerce Center, a five-building industrial complex in Simi Valley. Located at 1800 Tapo Canyon Drive, the property will feature 344,056 square feet of Class A industrial space. Tapo Canyon Commerce Center will offer buildings ranging from 25,786 square feet to 135,579 square feet with leasing options from 19,239 square feet to the entire 344,056-square-foot campus. The buildings will feature 28-foot to 36-foot clear heights, window-lined office space, above-regional-standard dock-high loading, five different access points and immediate 118 freeway access. The project team includes HPA Architects, Kimley-Horn and KRPS as general contractor. John DeGrinis, Patrick DuRoss and Jeff Abraham of Newmark are handling leasing for the property.
FOOTHILL RANCH, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of The Campus at South County, a two-building office complex in Foothill Ranch. The asset traded for $50 million, or $238 per square foot, in an off-market transaction. Paul Jones, Brunson Howard, Ken White, Kevin Shannon and Brandon White of Newmark represented the seller, a private commercial real estate investment firm, in the deal. The buyer was an undisclosed high-net-worth individual. Located at 27051 and 27121 Towne Centre Drive, The Campus at South County features 210,083 square feet of office space. The property offers an outdoor courtyard, tenant lounge and conference center. Current tenants include Cox Communications, Ossur and Fujitsu.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a restaurant building located at 1857 S. Tippecanoe Ave. in San Bernardino. An affiliate of Red Mountain Group sold the property to a San Diego-based high-net-worth investor for $8.2 million. Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers occupies the 4,086-square-foot property, which was built in 2017 on 1.2 acres and has more than 11 years remaining on its absolute triple-net lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS’s National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Jim Casale of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal. According to SRS Real Estate, the transaction is the highest price point for a Raising Cane’s property sold to date on a national basis.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 1600 Desert Surf Circle NE in Albuquerque. A limited liability company acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The name of the seller was not released. TopGolf occupies the 25,525-square-foot property, which was built in 2021, on a net-lease basis. Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office, along with Matthew Reeves of the firm’s New Mexico office, handled the transaction.
