CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of 1439 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood for $2.5 million. The building is home to five apartment units and 2,000 square feet of street-level retail space that is leased to Taco Bell Cantina, which selected the property for its first cantina location in the U.S. The building was originally constructed in 1878. All the apartments were fully leased at the time of sale. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the private seller. Danny Spitz of Greenstone Partners represented the undisclosed buyer.
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NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated the $1 billion sale of Hudson Commons, a 697,958-square-foot office tower located at 441 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan. The 25-story building, which is a redevelopment of a warehouse, occupies a full city block in between 34th and 35th streets at the nexus of the Hudson Yards and Manhattan West neighborhoods. The building includes 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The seller, a partnership between locally based developer Cove Property Group and Boston-based The Baupost Group, acquired the warehouse in 2016. The partnership added 18 stories as part of the office conversion project. Other building features include 16,000- to 50,000-square-foot floor plates and 14- to 28-foot ceiling heights. A CBRE team comprising Darcy Stacom, Bill Shanahan, Doug Middleton and Alana Bassen represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Los Angeles-based CommonWealth Partners. At the time of sale, Hudson Commons was about 75 percent leased, with fitness provider Peloton and rideshare giant Lyft serving as the anchor tenants. The property features 30,000 square feet of amenities, including a conference facility, multiple tenant lounges, a bike room and 14 separate outdoor terraces. “This transaction is a bellwether for the resurgence of the office …
Louisville’s office market is certainly a representative example of a typical office market in a mid-sized city. As expected, Louisville experienced the impact of COVID-19 and the remote work trend. Downtown had to endure the social unrest during summer 2020 that created a perception of a lack of safety. Our community has work to do to get things back to “normal,” but things are slowly starting to move in the right direction. As has always been the case, the downtown and suburban markets face different trends. Typically, the suburban market has outperformed the central business district (CBD) with higher average rents and lower vacancy. Presently, the downtown Class A market has average rents in the $19.11 per square foot range and vacancy around 22 percent. The suburbs are seeing $22.16 per square foot in rent and 14.6 percent vacancy. Recently, the CBD posted 480 square feet of negative net absorption for the second quarter. After taking large hits throughout most of the pandemic, this looks to be a sign that downtown may finally be turning the corner. The suburban market took a big hit this past quarter due to vacancies and downsizing of two large companies. Even so, suburban markets …
RUTLEDGE, GA. — Rivian Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN), an Irvine, Calif.-based electric truck manufacturer, has announced plans for the East Atlanta Megasite, a $5 billion manufacturing plant about 50 miles east of downtown Atlanta. The site is located between Social Circle and Rutledge on Interstate 20, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Construction on the plant is slated to start in the summer of 2022, with plans to open by 2024. The manufacturing plant is the largest economic development in Georgia’s history, according to a press release by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. With the new plant, Rivian says it will create approximately 7,500 jobs. The manufacturer plans to develop community engagement and workforce training programs in the area of the new plant. Additionally, Georgia Quick Start, a division of the Technical College System of Georgia and provider of workforce training, plans to build and operate a manufacturing training center. The Georgia Department of Labor also plans to assist Rivian in finding skilled employees to work at the Georgian plant. The plant could have up to 10,000 workers, which would mean the project would be the biggest car assembly project in the country, according to CNBC. The East Atlanta Megasite, which is located on nearly …
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Amerant Bancorp Inc., a Coral Gables-based bank holding company, has sold its Coral Gables headquarters to an entity doing business as FNLI Audax LLC in a sale-leaseback deal totaling $135 million. Located at 220 Alhambra Circle, the Amerant Center spans approximately 177,000 square feet of office space and 134,000 square feet in structured parking. Built in 1997, the property will have 402 parking spots and was 82 percent occupied at the time of sale. As part of this transaction, Amerant’s subsidiary, 220 Alhambra Properties LLC, entered into an 18-year triple-net leaseback agreement for about $43 per square foot during the first year. Stream Capital Partners represented Amerant on this transaction.
GERMANTOWN, MD.— An affiliate of The Carter Funds has purchased The Park at Kingsview Village Apartments, a 326-unit, Class A multifamily community in Germantown. Washington, D.C.-based PRP LLC sold the property for $103 million. Built in 2001, the Park at Kingsview features 12 three- and four-story buildings totaling 343,980 square feet with an average unit size of 1,055 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse, fitness center, conference room, business center and a children’s playroom. In addition, the property offers walking, jogging and biking trails, tennis courts, playgrounds, a picnic pavilion and a dog park. The property is situated close to the Kingsview Village Shopping Center, a Giant Food-anchored neighborhood shopping center. The property is also located within a mile of the Germantown Soccerplex and the Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Major employers in the vicinity include the National Institutes of Health, the US Food and Drug Administration, Marriott International and Lockheed Martin. PRP implemented $3.5 million in renovations at the property that included a completely revamped clubhouse and pool area, as well as in-unit renovations featuring new kitchens, stainless steel energy-efficient appliances, quartz countertops, new lighting, new bathrooms and wide plank flooring.
NAPLES, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Granada Shoppes, a 307,000-square-foot shopping center in Naples. Danny Finkle and Eric Williams of JLL represented the sellers, Miami-based Courtelis Co. and Barron Collier Cos., in the transaction. New York-based Brixmor Property Group acquired the property for $97 million. Anchored by Trader Joe’s, Granada Shoppes was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to a tenant lineup including Marshalls, Haverty’s Furniture, Dollar Tree, Tuesday Morning, Xfinity, First Watch, Jersey Mike’s, Sports Clips, Visionworks, Men’s Wearhouse, Petland of Naples, Hobby Lobby and P.F. Chang’s. Located at 10940 Tamiami Trail N. on more than 39 acres, Granada Shoppes is 3.5 miles west of the Interstate 75, 11 miles from Naples Beach and about 27 miles from Fort Myers.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Stiles has sold Point Hope Commons, a 75,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Charleston, to an undisclosed buyer for $29 million. Located at 1679 Clements Ferry Road, Point Hope Commons is situated about 20 miles from the College of Charleston, 13.6 miles from Charleston International Airport and 20 miles from the South Carolina Aquarium. The property was developed by Stiles in 2019. Anchored by Publix, the property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Heartland Dental and Cainhoy Veterinary Hospital. Point Hope Commons serves as the primary retail center for Cainhoy, a new mixed-use community that is planned to have up to 9,000 single-family homes and over 500 acres of retail, restaurants, multifamily and office projects. The property is under development and will be managed by the Daniel Island Development Co.
ENTERPRISE, ALA. — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the sale of a 54,500-square-foot shopping center located at 913 Rucker Blvd. in Enterprise. Brett Puckett of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a Mississippi-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer, an individual investor based in New Hampshire, acquired the property for $3.2 million. The shopping center is situated on nine acres about 6.4 miles from Enterprise Municipal Airport and nine miles west of Fort Rucker. Anchored by Planet Fitness, the shopping center was 78 percent occupied at the time of sale to seven additional tenants. The property was built in 1973.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Nexus East, a 352-unit apartment community in East Austin. Built in 2021, the property offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The amenity package consists of a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, entertainment kitchen, coworking lounge, putting green and a dog park. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the seller, a partnership between Austin-based Ardent Residential and Monterrey, Mexico-based Delta Development, in the transaction. Timothy Weldon of Newmark arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, an affiliate of Treeline Multifamily Partners Ltd., a privately held investment firm based in Denver. Nexus East was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.