HOUSTON — CTO Realty Growth (NYSE: CTO), a Florida-based REIT, has purchased Price Plaza Shopping Center, a 205,000-square-foot retail center in the western Houston suburb of Katy, for $39.1 million. The property sits on a 22.3-acre site along the Interstate 10/Katy Freeway corridor and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale, with Best Buy, Ross Dress for Less, dd’s DISCOUNTS and James Avery Artisan Jewelry serving as the anchor tenants. CTO Realty Growth acquired Price Plaza Shopping Center from an undisclosed seller via a 1031 exchange.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Northmarq has secured $23.2 million in acquisition financing for two multifamily properties in Winston-Salem. The lender and borrower were not disclosed. The two properties, Villas at the Vineyard and Townhomes at Little Creek, have a combined 229 units. The properties are located one mile apart from each other and are located close to downtown Winston-Salem with access to Interstate 40. The properties were renovated in 2020. Built in 1970, Villas at the Vineyard is a 134-unit apartment community located at 3401 Old Vineyard Road. Unit features include high-speed internet access, in-unit washers and dryers, ceiling fans and fireplaces. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, package service, onsite maintenance and property management, a pet play area, clubhouse, fitness center, sundeck, courtyard, grills and a picnic area. Built in 1966, Townhomes at Little Creek is a 95-unit multifamily community located at 4340 Johnsborough Court. Unit features include in-unit washers and dryers, hardwood floors and garbage disposals. Community amenities include laundry facilities, onsite maintenance and property management, a pet play area, clubhouse, pool and grills.
HOUSTON — Wolf Capital Partners has acquired Heights Medical Tower, a 120,000-square-foot medical office building in Houston’s Heights neighborhood. The location at 427 W. 20th St. puts the property across the street from The Heights Hospital. The new ownership will renovate the property to feature a new lobby, elevator cabs, spec suites, MEP systems and restrooms, while also rebranding the building as HeightsMED. Heins Properties’ Anthony Heins represented Wolf Capital Partners in the deal. Matthew Putterman of JLL arranged acquisition financing through Origin Bank. The seller was not disclosed. Transwestern has been tapped to lease the property. Completion of the capital improvement program is slated for mid-2023.
TOANO, VA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of 9000 Westmont Drive, a 175,000-square-foot, single-tenant flex facility in Toano. Robert Filley, Chandler Pace, Randall Heilig and Robert Bechtel of IPA, as well as Christopher Dale of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, MICPAR Realty LLC, and procured the buyer, an entity doing business as 9000 Westmont Owner LLC. The property sold for $22 million. The property, 9000 Westmont Drive, is triple-net leased to Avid Medical Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Owens & Minor and sole occupant of the property. Built in 1998, the two-story facility was expanded by 25,000 square feet in 2009. The property’s warehouse area spans 113,834 square feet and the office component spans 61,118 square feet. The facility features 10 dock-high loading doors and 366 parking spaces. Located on the Interstate 64 Peninsula, the property is situated between Newport News and Richmond. The property is also situated 51.7 miles from the Port of Virginia and 32.7 miles from Richmond International Airport.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of AA Stor All, a 208-unit self-storage facility in San Antonio. The property consists of 24,750 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space across 170 units, along with 38 outdoor parking spaces. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also undisclosed.
TYLER, TEXAS— The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired the real estate and operations of The Waterton Healthcare and Rehabilitation, a 74-bed skilled nursing facility in Tyler. The sales price was not disclosed. These acquisitions bring Ensign’s portfolio to 250 healthcare operations, 23 of which also include senior living operations, across 13 states. Ensign owns 102 real estate assets.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Kroger has plans to open a 50,000-square-foot distribution facility in Birmingham. The “spoke” property will serve as a last-mile cross-dock location that expands Kroger’s grocery delivery services. Cincinnati-based Kroger and UK-based Ocado Group plan to open the facility later this year. The facility will collaborate with the Kroger-Ocado hub in Forest Park, Ga. The facility is expected to create up to 161 jobs. Located at 30 West Oxmoor Road, the property will be situated 6.3 miles from downtown Birmingham and 12 miles from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. The property is also 4.6 miles from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Kroger also plans to open spoke facilities in Austin and San Antonio, Texas.
BETHESDA, MD. — Walker & Dunlop has provided a $302.2 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 10 multifamily properties totaling 2,286 units in central Connecticut. The properties have construction dates ranging from 1926 to 2008. About 75 percent of the units have income restrictions that qualify them as affordable housing under FHA guidelines. Taylor Williams led a Walker & Dunlop team that originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, New York City-based Beachwold Residential.
WARWICK, R.I. — New Hampshire-based self-storage developer True Storage has completed a 455-unit facility in Warwick. All of the units feature climate-controlled space. CubeSmart manages the 60,000-square-foot property, which formerly served as a manufacturing facility for Interplex, a technology and engineering firm based in Singapore. True Storage purchased the property in September 2021 when Interplex relocated.
NEW YORK CITY — Hospitality owner-operator Premier Hotels has acquired Hotel @ Times Square, a 213-room property in Midtown Manhattan. The hotel, which was renovated in 2021, also houses 10,000 square feet of retail space and 8,000 square feet of office space. Cronheim Mortgage arranged $41.2 million in acquisition financing through an undisclosed direct lender on behalf of Premier Hotels for the transaction. The seller was also not disclosed.