CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — NAI Charter has brokered the sale of an office building located at 505 Riverfront Parkway in downtown Chattanooga. Trident Transport, a Chattanooga-based freight brokerage and logistics business, purchased the office building for $6.2 million. Robert Maclellan of NAI Charter arranged the transaction. Previously occupied by hotel operator 3H Group, the 23,000-square-foot office property will serve as Trident Transport’s new headquarters as the company relocates from its current office on Chestnut Street. This year, Trident added about 150 people to its staff, and the company plans to hire approximately 125 more people next year.
LINDEN, N.J. — New Jersey-based Accurate Builders & Developers has opened Citizen Linden, a 234-unit apartment community that is located about 20 miles south of New York City in Union County. Designed by Thomas J. Brennan Architects, Citizen Linden includes 4,500 square feet of retail space and a 292-space parking garage. Units feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a fitness center, multiple coworking and conference rooms, a dog park, outdoor grilling and dining areas and a resident lounge with a demonstration kitchen. Rents start at $1,800 per month for a studio apartment.
DETROIT — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the sale of the Westin Book Cadillac hotel in downtown Detroit. A joint venture between Oxford Capital Group LLC and Taconic Capital Advisors LP assumed debt owed by the previous owner, which faced foreclosure. The joint venture assumed $77 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities debt owed by Cleveland-based Ferchill Group, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. Located at 1114 Washington Blvd. within the city’s Washington Boulevard Historic District, the hotel rises 32 stories with 453 rooms. The property served as Detroit’s tallest building and the world’s tallest hotel when it opened as the Book-Cadillac hotel in 1924. The hotel was redeveloped and branded as Westin in 2008. The new ownership plans to make improvements to the common areas, amenities and guest rooms over the next two years. Jared Friedman of the brokerage negotiated the sale.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Clyde’s Donuts and Advanced Technical Services (ATS) have pre-leased space at Army Trail Trade Center in Glendale Heights, a western suburb of Chicago. Mike Antonelli and Dan Brown of Brown Commercial Group represented the development’s owner, ML Realty Partners. Clyde’s Donuts pre-leased a 153,000-square-foot facility at 85 West Army Trail Road. ATS pre-leased 24,161 square feet at 55 West Army Trail Road. Kelly Disser and Michael Freitag of NAI Hiffman represented Clyde’s, while Bill Lussow and Matt Kelly of Bespoke represented ATS. A timeline for occupancy was not provided.
MOONACHIE, N.J. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors has purchased three industrial buildings totaling 190,032 square feet in Moonachie, located in Bergen County, for $65.8 million. The buildings at 135, 137-141 and 170 W. Commercial Ave. feature a combined 26 loading positions and 243 parking spaces and are fully leased to Loomis Armored US, Paris Baguette and Toy Wonders. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, David Bernhaut and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Stephen Feinberg handled the transaction for EverWest on an internal basis.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Erikson in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $17.1 million. The 36-unit multifamily property is located at 3728 N. Lake Shore Drive. Residents have access to 36 parking spaces and a rooftop deck. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
ST. LOUIS — The office and industrial team at Cresa St. Louis and its parent company Pace Properties will be affiliating with Avison Young, effective Jan. 1. The affiliation strengthens Avison Young’s presence in the St. Louis market by adding a team of experts with a strategic focus on office, industrial, project management and property management services. The retail brokerage and retail property management segments of Pace Properties will continue to operate as Pace Properties.
WINDSOR, N.J. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $19 million permanent loan for The Shops at Windsor Green, a 157,200-square-foot retail center in West Windsor, a northeastern suburb of Trenton. Whole Foods Market, Marshall’s and Staples are the anchor tenants at the property, which was originally built in 1993. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Allison Villamagna of Cronheim Mortgage placed the loan with a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Mainardi Management Co. The loan carried a seven-year term and fixed interest rate of 3 percent.
PALMYRA, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $18.1 million sale of Shadow Stone Village, a 188-unit manufactured housing community in Palmyra, an eastern suburb of Harrisburg. Glenn Esterson, Dylan Hellberg, Parker Kelly and Ryan Brands of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, in the transaction and procured a limited liability company as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record. Shadow Stone Village was fully occupied at the time of sale and offers a gym, library and community center.
WALLINGTON, N.J. — Locally based investment firm Devli Real Estate has acquired four industrial properties totaling approximately 80,000 square feet in Northern New Jersey. The properties include a three-building complex in Howell that was built in 2005 and vacant buildings in Moonachie and Fair Lawn, as well as a two-acre development site in North Bergen. The sellers were not disclosed.