MIAMISBURG, OHIO — CBRE has arranged the $10.8 million sale of a 197,731-square-foot industrial building in Miamisburg, just south of Dayton. Located at 511 Byers Road, the one-story building was constructed in 1986 and is fully leased to four tenants. The property has undergone renovations since 2019, including parking improvements and new exterior paint. Steve Timmell, Will Roberts, Jeff Johnston, Chris Prosser and Doug Whitten of CBRE represented the seller, Industrial Commercial Properties LLC. Heritage Acquisitions LLC was the buyer.
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ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH. — Burlington is opening a 31,059-square-foot store at the former Stein Mart location at Winchester Center in Rochester Hills, about 25 miles north of Detroit. RPT Realty owns the shopping center, which is located at the southwest corner of Rochester and Avon roads. Tjader Gerdom, Michael Murphy and Bill McLeod of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented RPT in the lease transaction.
DECATUR, IND. — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $2.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 15,000-square-foot retail property occupied by Walgreens in Decatur, about 20 miles southeast of Fort Wayne. The property is located at 123 N. 13th St. Matt Dzbanek and Matt Swerdlow of Ariel arranged the five-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate of 3.99 percent. A national credit union provided the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
HOUSTON — Partners Capital, the investment platform of Partners Real Estate Co., has sold Point West Business Park, a 145,915-square-foot flex property in Houston. Partners Capital originally acquired the three-building complex in 2019 and completed more than 25,000 square feet of new leases during its holding period. Cary Latham, Wyatt Huff and Josh Lass-Sughrue of NAI Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Fort Worth-based PHP Capital Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Darwin Realty/CORFAC International has brokered the sale of 13,418-square-foot warehouse in St. Charles, about 40 miles west of Chicago. Located at 860 Equity Drive, the property was built in 2006 and features a clear height of 18 feet, one dock door and one drive-in door. The building is utilized as a showroom and for storage space. Brendan Sheahan and Frank Damato of Darwin represented the buyer, a private investor. Ryan Corcoran of Corcoran Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Pillar of Cloud LLC.
MCKEESPORT, PA. — Phoenix Investors, a Milwaukee-based investment firm, has purchased a 600,000-square-foot industrial property in McKeesport, located southeast of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. The property, which was built in 1963 and subsequently renovated in 2005 and 2018, is located on a 36-acre site approximately 35 miles southeast of Pittsburgh International Airport with proximity to Interstates 70 and 76. Ned Shekels of Pennsylvania Commercial Real Estate Inc. brokered the deal, the seller in which was not disclosed. Phoenix Investors expects to immediately commence upgrades to the facility to accommodate new tenant occupancy and market the available space for lease.
EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of Paper Mart’s warehouse and distribution center in East Hanover, located in Morris County. The facility, which sits on a 9.2-acre site, has served as the paper and office products supplier’s headquarters since 1978. Matthew Turse, Timothy Cadigan and Grant Otto of Avison Young represented Paper Mart in the transaction. Tom Consiglio and Scott Peck of Resource Realty represented the buyer, Urban Edge Properties, a New York-based REIT that was spun off from Vornado Realty Trust in 2015.
WALLINGFORD, CONN. — JLL has negotiated the $20.2 million sale of a 160,000-square-foot retail center in the New Haven suburb of Wallingford that is anchored by North Carolina-based Lowe’s Home Improvement. Nat Heald and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller, Davenport Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. The property was fully leased at the time of sale.
BOSTON — Nuestra Comunidad and Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH) have broken ground on The Kenzi at Bartlett Station, a 50-unit affordable seniors housing community in Boston. The $27 million project is part of a five-phase redevelopment at a vacant bus yard, which Nuestra Comunidad and Windale Developers now own, located in Nubian Square within the Roxbury neighborhood. The Kenzi will feature 41 one-bedroom units, and three two-bedroom apartments in a 57,576-square-foot building. The housing includes 44 units restricted to Bostonians over the age of 55 who earn at or below 80 percent of the area median income, or $69,000 for a two-person household. The development also includes five units of housing for formerly homeless Bostonians. The project is supported by $15 million in state and federal housing tax credit investments, $4 million from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, $1.8 million in Community Preservation Act funding, $750,000 from the Neighborhood Housing Trust, a $700,000 investment by POAH and $500,000 from the Boston Medical Center.
CGI+ Real Estate Strategies to Construct Mixed-Use Development on Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — CGI+ Real Estate Strategies has received full entitlements to develop a hotel, multifamily and retail mixed-use project at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district. Located at 639 S. La Brea Ave., the eight-story, transit-oriented property will feature a 125-key hotel, 121 residential rental units and 13,000 square feet of street-level and rooftop restaurant space. The boutique-style hotel will offer rooms ranging in size from 320 square feet to 415 square feet, as well as two top-floor guest suites as large as 1,200 square feet. Hotel amenities will include a 3,500-square-foot event space, a layered rooftop guest deck and a swimming pool. The residential component will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with 18 units set aside for extremely low-income households and one for a moderate-income household. Each apartment will feature hardwood floors, in-unit washers/dryers and home automation controls for security and climate, as well as one-touch access to neighborhood services. Community amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop deck with interactive lounge spaces and pool, and a bicycle storage area. Morris Adjmi is serving as architect and interior designer for the development, which is the …