LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — San Francisco-based Legacy Partners will develop Merit, a 296-unit apartment community in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The development will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will range in size from 630 to 1,500 square feet and will be furnished with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, work-from-home spaces and private balconies or patios. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, dog park, coworking space, outdoor gaming area and a 24-hour convenience mart. Dallas-based JHP Architecture is designing Merit, and Provident General Contractors is building the community. Chinmay Bhatt, Cody Kirkpatrick and Noam Franklin of Berkadia secured a $20.2 million equity investment from Pondmoon Capital Holdings USA for the project. Completion is slated for mid-2023.
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MELISSA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 459-unit self-storage facility in Melissa, located north of Dallas in Collin County. The Class A property consists of 293 climate-controlled units and 166 non-climate-controlled units across 56,525 net rentable square feet of space. Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Brian Kelly of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Tim Speck of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
TYLER, TEXAS — St. Louis-based general contractor McCarthy Building Cos. has topped out The Northeast Texas Cancer and Research Institute, an 85,000-square-foot healthcare project in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas. The center is located on the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital campus and will feature specialized areas for cancer treatment provider Texas Oncology, including 30,000 square feet of clinic space for medical, radiation and gynecologic oncology services, as well as nearly 3,000 square feet of space dedicated to research. The property will be equipped with three linear accelerators for radiation therapy, 52 chemotherapy infusion stations, four private rooms, a patient exercise area and a pharmacy with lab services. Construction began in May 2021 and is expected to be fully complete in September.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $173.4 million sale of Plaza Square, a 415-unit apartment community located in the Northern New Jersey community of New Brunswick. The transit-served property was built in 2004 and offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse, business center and a dog run. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Richard Gatto, Fahri Ozturk, Stuart MacKenzie and Eric Apfel of CBRE represented the seller, Manulife Investment Management, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Renaissance Management.
NEW YORK CITY — Boston-based private equity firm Rockpoint has completed the renovation of 1700 Broadway, a 627,747-square-foot office building in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by Fogarty Finger and BR Design Associates, the renovation included a lobby upgrade, the installation of new dispatch elevators and the delivery of new tenant amenities. In addition, Rockpoint has recently executed several new leases at 1700 Broadway, including corporate advisory firm M3 Partners LP (13,000 square feet) and Alton Aviation Consultancy (4,900 square feet). Newmark represented Rockpoint in those deals.
LYNN, MASS. — Locally based developer The Procopio Cos. has topped off Mosaic, a 146-unit multifamily project in the northeastern Boston suburb of Lynn. Mosaic will offer studio and one-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling areas, a rooftop lounge and remote work areas. In addition, the transit-served property will house three retail spaces. Massachusetts-based DMS Design and CUBE3 are the project architects, and Dellbrook | JKS is the general contractor. Greystar is providing management and leasing services. Full completion is slated for the summer. Rents start at $1,900 per month for a studio apartment.
OLEAN, N.Y. — The Palomar Group, an investment sales brokerage firm based in Georgia, has arranged the sale of Shops at Walmart Plaza, a 53,642-square-foot shopping center in Olean, about 70 miles south of Buffalo. Shadow-anchored by Walmart, the center was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Old Navy, Pet Supplies Plus, GameStop, GNC, Supercuts, Spectrum and The Shoe Depot. Palomar Group represented the seller, Dallas-based Tabani Group, which sold the property to a private investor based in the Boston area for $12 million.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based bridge lender Emerald Creek Capital has provided an $11.5 million acquisition loan for a 27-unit residential building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The seven-story building houses studio to five-bedroom units and includes two ground-floor retail spaces. Jeff Seidler and Dean Wang of Emerald Creek Capital originated the financing. The borrower was not disclosed.
LPC West, TriGate Capital Acquire 420,000 SF Square on Main Office Campus in Orange, California
by Amy Works
ORANGE, CALIF. — LPC West, the West Coast arm of Lincoln Property Co., has partnered with TriGate Capital to purchase The Square on Main, a multi-building office campus located at the intersection of Main Street and La Veta Avenue in Orange. Totaling 420,000 square feet, the five-building asset was 96.5 percent occupied by 13 tenants, including the Orange County Transportation Authority and Western Dental, both tenants of more than 25 years. The 7.2-acre campus includes two 12-story buildings, one six-story building and two one-story buildings, as well as a large parking structure. Additionally, the site offers full transit accessibility, with access to the 22 and 57 freeways and numerous airports within 40 miles. LPC West plans to implement a variety of sustainability upgrades and overall operational enhancements throughout the property to help boost efficiency and limit its environmental footprint.
LAS VEGAS — JMAC Industries LP has completed the disposition of an industrial property located in the southwest submarket of Las Vegas. MCA Realty acquired the asset for $16.9 million. Located at 7201 Post Road, the property features 80,677 square feet of industrial space. Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Doherty Industrial Group of Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.