DALLAS — Greystone has brokered the sale of Midpark Towers, a 202-unit apartment complex in North Dallas that was built in 1978. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one-bedroom units with an average size of 525 square feet. Mark Allen of Greystone represented the undisclosed, locally based seller in the transaction. The buyer was Elizabeth Property Group.
TULSA, OKLA. — Stan Johnson Co., a Tulsa-based brokerage firm focused on net-leased assets, has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a portfolio of 10 restaurant properties totaling 25,643 square feet that are leased to Taco Bueno. The properties are located in various cities in Texas and Oklahoma. Josh Pardue of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, New York-based private equity firm U.S. Realty Advisors LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Dallas-based Centric Capital Partners. The deal traded at a cap rate of 7.22 percent.
PRYOR, OKLA. — Trident Multifamily, an investment firm based in North Texas, has sold The Park @12Twenty, a 100-unit apartment complex located in the eastern Tulsa suburb of Pryor. The sales price was $6.5 million. The property was built on 8.3 acres in 1974, renovated in 2019 and had an occupancy rate of 96 percent at the time of sale. Mike Marrara, David Dirkschneider, William Forrest and Chris O’Hare of Capstone Apartment Partners represented Trident Multifamily in the transaction and procured the buyer, Adventurous REI.
NEW JERSEY — National brokerage firm SVN has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of self-storage facilities located throughout New Jersey that consists of 3,147 units and 393,400 net rentable square feet. The portfolio comprises five stabilized facilities that were originally built in the mid-1980s and two expansion projects. Nick Malagisi and Hans Hardisty of SVN brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
MILLSTONE, N.J. — Crow Holdings will develop Millstone 8 Logistics Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project that will be located in Millstone, an eastern suburb of Trenton. The project will consist of a 1 million-square-foot building and a 220,000-square-foot building that will be developed on a 140-acre parcel. The first building will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 274 trailer parking stalls and 172 loading doors, while the second building will offer a clear height of 36 feet, 37 dedicated trailer parking stalls and 50 loading doors. Construction is expected to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Crow Holdings is developing the property in partnership with The Carlyle Group and 2020 Acquisitions. JLL will handle leasing.
BILLERICA, MASS. — Alliance Residential has completed the 110-unit first phase of The Val, a multifamily community in the northwestern Boston suburb of Billerica that will ultimately consist of 211 units. Alliance Residential is developing The Val in partnership with GID Real Estate Investments. Units feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations, coworking space, a library and a social lounge. Locally based architecture firm Cube3 designed the property. Other project partners include Erland (general contractor), Allen & Major Associates (civil engineer) and Greystar (leasing agent and manager). Rents start at $2,410 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
NEW BRITAIN, MERIDEN AND MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — Greystone has provided multiple HUD-insured loans totaling $15.3 million for the refinancing of a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 278 units in Connecticut. The properties are located in New Britain, Meriden and Middletown. Each of the nonrecourse loans carries a fixed interest rate and 35-year terms and amortization schedules. Leor Dimant of Greystone originated the financing packages on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which will use a portion of the proceeds to continue ongoing improvements.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.8 million sale of a 49-unit apartment building located at 258 Wadsworth Ave. in the Washington Heights area of Upper Manhattan. The property was built in 1923. Jacob Kahn and Seth Glasser of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an entity doing business as 258 Wadsworth Associates, in the transaction. Kahn and Glasser, along with Joe Koicim and Peter Von Der Ahe of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, 258 Wadsworth Realty LLC. John Krueger of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — Regeneron (NASDAQ: REGN), a medicine manufacturer known for its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, plans to invest $1.8 billion over the next six years to support the expansion of its life sciences headquarters in Tarrytown, about 25 miles north of Manhattan. Located in Westchester County on the east bank of the Hudson River, the project will expand Regeneron’s research, preclinical manufacturing and support facilities, while creating an estimated 1,000 new full-time jobs. “The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of continued and long-term investment in the biopharmaceutical industry, and Regeneron is proud to pursue life-changing science and technology from our labs and manufacturing facilities in New York State,” says Leonard Schleifer, president and CEO of Regeneron. The project is expected to encompass up to eight research and development buildings, three parking garages and a central utility plant totaling approximately 900,000 square feet. Regeneron has indicated that road infrastructure improvements will be necessary to support the new buildings, which will come on line in two phases. Construction planning will begin this summer and project construction is scheduled for completion in 2027. No members of the project team were disclosed. The life sciences firm chose to expand in Tarrytown following site …
By Bobby Weinberg, senior vice president of debt and equity, NorthMarq Employment growth is providing a powerful tailwind for the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) commercial real estate market. And while Dallas may be the headline name that is attracting employers and investment capital to the metroplex, Fort Worth is commanding attention as a formidable market in its own right. DFW embodies a classic story of a high tide raising all boats. The metro has been one a national leader in terms of employment growth for several years, and the region is expected to add another 150,000 jobs this year. Employers that are looking to tap into that workforce are finding that Fort Worth checks all the right boxes. It has an educated labor pool with colleges and universities that include Texas Christian University and the nearby University of Texas-Arlington, among others. Furthermore, the city has a business-friendly government. An important third leg to that stool involves the affordable cost of living for workers. Fort Worth offers a multitude of workforce housing options — both in its single-family residential and its growing multifamily sector — that provide lifestyle choices for workers that employers like. Investors are discovering that there is not a …
