ROYCE CITY, TEXAS — Kinloch Partners, a developer of single-family rental (SFR) properties throughout the Southeast, has acquired land in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Royce City for the development of a new community. The number of homes was not disclosed, but the project is part of Kinloch Partners’ broader effort to add roughly 500 new SFR units to the local supply within the next 18 months. Homes will range in size from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet, and rents will start at less than $2,000 per month.
GARLAND, TEXAS — The Multifamily Group (TMG), a Dallas-based brokerage firm, has negotiated the sale of Crossings Apartments, a 151-unit complex located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The property was built in 1969 and features an average unit size of 806 square feet. Amenities include a pool, grilling areas and onsite laundry facilities, according to Apartments.com. Jon Krebbs of TMG represented the seller, a family office based in Fort Worth, in the transaction, and procured the undisclosed buyer. Old Capital Lending provided a Freddie Mac floating-rate acquisition loan to the new ownership.
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLO. — Viking Partners Management, on behalf of its fourth value-add fund, and Bancroft Capital have purchased Greenwood Corporate Plaza, a suburban office campus located at 5990 Greenwood Plaza in Greenwood Village. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $38.4 million. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2015, Greenwood Corporate Plaza features four identical, three-story, Class B office buildings totaling 412,869 square feet on 36 acres. At the time of sale, the property was 57 percent occupied. The buyers plan to implement a capital improvement plan that will include replacing the roofs and HVAC systems; modernizing building entrances and exterior lighting; reforming the outdoor hardscape; and refreshing the elevators, bathrooms, lobbies and hallways.
SAN DIEGO — Rockefeller Group has completed the disposition of Airway Industrial Park, a distribution center located in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. The buyer was a fund managed by Black Creek Group, which Ares Management acquired on July 1. The price was not disclosed. Situated on 7.8 acres at 8150 Airway Road, the property offers 135,623 square feet of industrial space. Airway Industrial Park features 32-foot clear heights, a 185-foot truck yard, truck trailer parking and an efficient office design, as well as 137 auto parking spaces. The project team included Ware Malcomb, Kimley-Horn & Associates and Dempsey Construction.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Sentre has purchased Temecula Heights, an industrial property located at 42301 Zevo Drive in Temecula, for $40.7 million, or $178 per square foot. The name of the seller was not released. Constructed in 1998 on 11 acres, Temecula Heights features 229,000 square feet of industrial space, 26-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers and 27 dock doors. At the time of sale, the property was 84 percent leased to a Fortune 100 medical product company.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail building located at 4755 S. Calle Santa Cruz within Tucson Spectrum in Tucson. A limited liability company acquired the property from another limited liability company for $4.8 million. Planet Fitness occupies the 25,000-square-foot property, which was built in 2018, under a net lease. Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Ready Capital has closed $28.1 million in financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of an apartment in the South West Valley submarket of Phoenix. Upon purchase, the undisclosed borrower will implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors, refine curb appeal, upgrade exteriors and improve landscaping that will help drive the property to stabilization. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan, which features a 36-month term, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
NEW YORK CITY — Hudson Square Properties, a joint venture between Trinity Church Wall Street, Norges Bank Investment Management and Hines, has broken ground on 555 Greenwich, a 270,000-square-foot speculative office project in Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood. COOKFOX Architects is designing the 16-story building, and AECOM Tishman is the general contractor. CBRE is the leasing agent. Completion of the project, which according to the development team is the first spec office building to be developed in New York City in the wake of the pandemic, is slated for the fourth quarter of 2022.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Wharton Industrial, a division of New York City-based development and investment firm Wharton Equity Partners, has acquired a 153,400-square-foot portfolio in the Southern New Jersey community of Pennsauken. The portfolio consists of three buildings that are located within the 1.1 million-square-foot Twinbridge Industrial Park and that were 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Tom Palumbo and Bill Sitar of Sitar Realty brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Black Bear Capital Partners (BBCP) has arranged a $22.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of two multifamily assets totaling 140 units in The Bronx. Bryan Manz, Emil DePasquale and George Pektor of BBCP arranged the financing, which featured a fixed interest rate of 3.37 percent for 12 years with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule, through PGIM Real Estate. The borrower was Finkelstein Timberger East Real Estate.