YUCCA VALLEY AND LUCERNE VALLEY, CALIF. — Masagana Properties has completed the sale of a two-property retail portfolio near San Bernardino. An undisclosed buyer acquired the portfolio for $6.5 million. The 9,100-square-foot Dollar General, located at 1059 Old Woman Springs Road in Yucca Valley, sold for $3 million. The second 9,100-square-foot Dollar General, located at 32510 CA-18 in Lucerne Valley, sold for $3.4 million. Jaime Salazar and Daniel Hurd of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller and buyer in the deal. Garrett Fierstein of Marcus & Millichap secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization for the buyer.
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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Ready Capital has closed a $39.6 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 258-unit multifamily portfolio in Kansas City’s central business district. The undisclosed borrower plans to implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors, exteriors and common areas at each of the four properties. The nonrecourse, floating-rate loan features a three-year term, two extension options and is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Bloomfield Square in Auburn Hills for $38.4 million. The 259-unit, garden-style apartment community is located at 3161 Bloomfield Lane. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and pet park. Kevin Dillon, Jason Krug, Corey Krug, Rick Brace and Charley Henneghan of Berkadia Detroit represented the seller, Michigan-based Bloomfield Square Acquisition Partners LLC. New York-based Halt Management was the buyer. The sales price represented a premium of more than 50 percent over the seller’s 2019 acquisition price, according to Berkadia.
WICHITA, KAN. — Newmark has brokered the sale of Cypress Surgery Center in Wichita for $15.3 million. The 33,620-square-foot outpatient surgery building is located within the Cypress Medical Park. The property is fully leased to a joint venture between Surgery Partners and a group of 137 local physicians under a long-term lease. The surgery center houses six operating rooms, three pain rooms and two endoscopy suites. Ben Appel and Bert Sanders of Newmark represented both the seller, DeSanto Realty Group, and the buyer, Montecito Medical Real Estate.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Transportation company Grane Distribution Services LLC has renewed its 174,824-square-foot industrial lease at 703 Foster Ave. in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville. The building, constructed in 1972, features 21 exterior docks, 14 interior docks and one drive-in door. George Cibula and Rick Daly of Darwin Realty/CORFAC International represented the landlord, Welbic Investments LLC, of which Speedwagon Capital Partners LLC is a partner. Grane has operated in the Chicago area since 1925.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — JBM Institutional Multifamily Advisors, a multifamily brokerage firm based in St. Petersburg, has announced 19 listings either under contract, available or coming soon for a total price tag of $1.6 billion. The listings, which comprise 4,143 units, include the following: Southwest Florida • Pearl Founders Square, a 400-unit apartment community in Naples • BOLD Lofts, a 98-unit multifamily property built in 2019 in Sarasota • Vive, a 288-unit apartment community built in 2021 in Fort Myers • Charlotte Commons, a 264-unit apartment community built in 2022 in Port Charlotte • ShoreView, a 216-unit multifamily property built in 2021 in Bradenton • The Palms at Cape Coral, a 280-unit apartment community slated for completion by 2023 in Cape Coral • Alvista Golden Gate, a 200-unit apartment community built in 1988 in Naples • Bear Creek, a 120-unit affordable housing community built in 1995 in Naples • The Point at Bella Grove, a 180-unit apartment community built in 2017 in Sarasota • The Bergamot Apartments on 780, a 98-unit apartment community built in 2020 in Sarasota • Opus, a 63-unit apartment community built in 2000 in Naples • Ridgelake, a 329-unit apartment community built in 2020 in Sarasota …
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Headline Solar has leased 15,000 square feet of office space for its new headquarters at Bell Works Chicagoland in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. Bell Works is a $200 million redevelopment of the former AT&T campus. Headline Solar, a Midwest-based solar company, is relocating from a roughly 3,500-square-foot office at 1750 E. Golf Road in Schaumburg. Gregg Espach, Patrick Kobilca and Bryant McKenzie of Vestian represented Headline Solar in the lease negotiations. The 10-year lease included flexible terms, buildout allowances, the right to scale occupancy and swing space to house employees while the buildout was being completed, according to Vestian. Headline Solar is set to move into its new space by the end of this month.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — St. Louis-based Twain Financial Partners has plans to redevelop Hotel Heron, an approximately 90,000-square-foot hotel redevelopment in Alexandria. Construction on the $76.5 million adaptive reuse project is set to begin in June and wrap by November 2023. Twain Financial provided $59.2 million in financing through a mixture of sale-leaseback financing and both federal and state historic tax credit equity on behalf of the developers, May Riegler Properties and Potomac Investment Properties. The Hotel Heron project will restore the original George Mason Hotel building, which was constructed in 1925. The hotel will contain 134 rooms and 30,000 square feet of amenities, meeting space, restaurant space and ground-floor retail. Aparium Hotel Group will manage the hotel and restaurant upon completion. The property is currently being used as an office building and parking garage.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Ready Capital has closed a $34 million loan for the acquisition and renovation of a 200-unit, two-property multifamily portfolio in Wilmington. The non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term with two extension options and flexible prepayment. The loan is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures and interest and operating shortfalls. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will convert the properties from student housing to traditional multifamily. In addition, the sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors, improve curb appeal and upgrade community amenities and common areas.
RICHMOND, VA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Stony Point Fashion Park, a 396,961-square-foot, open-air shopping center in Richmond. David Monahan, Cameron Pittman, Jordan Lex, Jimmy Appich and Spotty Robins of JLL represented the seller, a receiver acting pursuant to a receivership order entered by the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. Second Horizon Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Opened in 2003, Stony Point Fashion Park is anchored by Dillard’s and an 83,600-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue. The center is also home to RH, Tiffany & Co., Brooks Brothers, Anthropologie, Latitude Seafood, P.F. Chang’s, CMX CineBistro, Vineyard Vines, Talbots, Fleming’s Steakhouse, Eggspectation and LensCrafters. Located on 45 acres at 9200 Stony Point Parkway, the property is situated 10 miles from downtown Richmond and 22.4 miles from Richmond International Airport.