PAWTUCKET, R.I. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $21.6 million sale of Cottage Plaza, an 84,455-square-foot retail center in Pawtucket. Regional grocer Stop & Shop anchors the property, which was built on 14.6 acres between 2004 and 2005. Jim Koury, Dean Zang and David Crotts of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, AAG Management Inc., in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Zeta Charter Schools will open a 124,000-square-foot academic institution at 400 W. 219th St. in Upper Manhattan. The school, which will be called Zeta Inwood, will serve students from pre-kindergarten to eighth grade and is slated to open ahead of the 2023-2024 academic year. The campus will have multiple outdoor play areas, including a 10,000-square-foot rooftop playground as well as a separate early childhood playground and an indoor basketball court. Bolivar Development is constructing the eight-story building that will house the new school. Lindsay Ornstein, Stephen Powers and Thomas Hines of Transwestern provided tenant advisory services for Zeta Charter Schools.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — TWG will develop McDowell Point, a $62.4 million active adult community in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The project is Indianapolis-based TWG’s first development in the greater Chicago area as well as its first active adult community in the state of Illinois. Located at 1420 W. Diehl Road, the property will rise five stories and span 347,000 square feet. The 174 units will range in size from one-bedrooms to three-bedrooms. Of the total units, 80 percent will be reserved for residents age 55 and older. More than 6,000 square feet of amenity space will include a courtyard, pool, yoga lawn and grilling stations. McDowell Point will be situated immediately adjacent to the nature preserve McDowell Grove. Completion is slated for June 2023.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Platinum Home Mortgage Corp. (PHMC) has signed a 22,000-square-foot office lease at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. The privately held mortgage company and national lender will occupy 16,000 square feet on the fourth floor and an additional 2,000 square feet on the second floor. Freedom Title Corp., an affiliated entity, will occupy 4,000 square feet on the second floor. PHMC plans to move into its new space this fall. Existing tenants at Bell Works Chicagoland include accounting firm CPA Advisors Group, mosquito control company Mosquito Hunters, and equity crowdfunding firm The Next Unicorn. Somerset Development is the owner and developer of the property, which is the adaptive reuse of the former AT&T campus. Steve King, Francis Prock and Darryl Silverman of Colliers International, along with Jeffrey Garibaldi Sr., Tara Keating and Lindsey Florio of The Garibaldi Group, serve as the leasing teams for the office space at Bell Works Chicagoland. Jason Simon of Colliers represented PHMC in its lease.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Tide Equities has purchased Palm Valley, a multifamily property in Goodyear. Avanti Residential sold the asset for $71.8 million. Tide Equities has renamed the community Tides at Palm Valley. Built in 1997, the property features 264 apartments; two resort-style swimming pool and spa areas with covered cabanas; a fitness center; basketball court; resident clubhouse; business center; children’s playground; barbecue and picnic areas; and package lockers. Updated units offer quartz countertops, new wood-style vinyl plank flooring and carpet, interior paint, new white cabinet doors and hardware, stainless steel appliances, kitchen backsplash, new lighting fixtures and new plumbing fixtures. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix Multifamily Institutional Properties represented the seller in the deal.
INDIANAPOLIS — NorthMarq has arranged a $6 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of El Dorado Apartments in Indianapolis. The 164-unit apartment property is located five miles northwest of downtown. Originally built in 1972, the community has undergone many improvements since 2008. Units range in size from one-bedroom to four-bedroom floor plans. Lawrence Larisma of NorthMarq’s Charlotte office arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule.
QUAKERTOWN, PA. — New Jersey-based Dunhill Auto Group has acquired a 10,000-square-foot retail property at 840 S. West End Blvd. in Quakertown, located north of Philadelphia in Bucks County. Rich Weitzman of Colliers International represented the seller, Peruzzi Auto Group, in the transaction. A Mitsubishi dealership currently occupies the three-acre site.
LENEXA, KAN. — Summit Marketing, a marketing and fundraising communications firm, has signed a 13,400-square-foot office lease at Tech Center 3 within Lenexa’s Southlake Office Park. RJ Trowbridge of JLL represented the owner, City+Ventures, which purchased the property in 2019 and added new signage, exterior paint, landscaping and renovated lobbies. Southlake spans 11 buildings and 753,000 square feet. Straub Construction will build out the interior tenant space for Summit.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Urban Catalyst, a Silicon Valley-based Opportunity Zone Fund, has acquired the final parcels of property for its Delmas Senior Living project, the first seniors housing project to be built in downtown San Jose in decades. The six-story, 175,000-square-foot property will feature a mix of studios, one- and two-bedroom assisted living units, along with memory care studios. It will house 165 units, with 49 of them dedicated memory care units. Delmas, located in Downtown West, is in its final rounds of comments with the City of San Jose’s building and public works departments. Groundbreaking is scheduled for third quarter of this year. “I am excited to see Delmas Senior Living project moving forward so quickly, and I look forward to the groundbreaking for this much-needed facility in the coming months,” says Erik Hayden, founder and CEO of Urban Catalyst. “This acquisition marks a key milestone for our Fund 1 portfolio and an important step in our downtown revitalization efforts.” This acquisition represents the final parcels needed for all ground-up projects in Urban Catalyst’s Opportunity Fund I, which closed Dec. 30 with $131 million in investments. Other projects include mixed-use office, multifamily residential, hospitality and student housing. “Delmas …
MESA, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of District Flats Off Dobson, a multifamily property located in Mesa. Rise48 Equity sold the property to a joint venture between The Souferian Group and ZMR Capital for $18.2 million, or $162,500 per unit. Built in 1975 on three acres, District Flats Off Dobson features 112 apartments, a swimming pool, barbecue grills, laundry facility, tennis court and pet play area. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
