LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — The Praedium Group, a New York City-based investment firm, has acquired Norra, a 347-unit apartment community located in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The newly built property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, vinyl plank flooring and full-sized washer and dryers. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, work lounge, recreational lounge with a kitchen, dog park and a package locker system. The seller/developer of Norra was not disclosed. New York Life Real Estate Investors, a division of New York Life Insurance Co., provided acquisition financing for the deal. Information on starting rents was not disclosed.
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HOUSTON — A partnership between Chicago-based investment firm Harrison Street, 2ML Real Estate Interests and local developer Hines has broken ground on a 270,000-square-foot life sciences building in Houston. The building, which represents the first phase of the Levit Green mixed-use development, is located on a 53-acre site adjacent to Texas Medical Center. Additional uses at Levit Green will include retail, residential and office space. DE Harvey Builders is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for a fourth-quarter 2022 delivery. JLL is marketing the space for lease.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Atlanta-based private equity firm Noble Investment Group has purchased the Hyatt Place Austin | Round Rock, a 138-room hotel located on the northern outskirts of Austin. Built in 2017, the pet-friendly property is situated within the La Frontera mixed-use development and offers a pool, fitness center, meeting rooms and complimentary breakfast service. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
LIBERTY, MO. — The Opus Group has broken ground on Liberty Heartland Logistics Center in Liberty, a suburb just northwest of Kansas City. The first building is an 847,475-square-foot build-to-suit for Hallmark Cards Inc. The project will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 48 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 150 trailer parking spots and 450 vehicle parking spots. This will be Hallmark’s second distribution center in Liberty and will be situated less than one mile from its current facility. Completion is slated for February 2023, at which time Hallmark anticipates more than 1,200 full-time employees working between its two centers. Opus also plans to build two additional speculative buildings at Liberty Heartland Logistics Center that will span 572,000 and 239,000 square feet. Opus is the developer, design-builder, interior designer, architect and engineer. Mark Long, John Hassler and Scott Bluhm of Newmark Zimmer are marketing Buildings B and C for sale or lease. The Missouri Department of Economic Development collaborated with project partners.
KENOSHA, WIS. — JVM Realty Corp. has acquired The Reserve at Kenosha, a 480-unit luxury apartment complex in the southeastern Wisconsin town of Kenosha. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property includes 23 buildings across 68 acres. Amenities include two fitness centers, two pools, two car care centers, three dog parks, a pet spa and full-service kitchen. Formerly known as The Springs at Kenosha, the property’s final phase was completed in 2020. JVM’s central region team will manage the asset. Pete Evans and Ralph DePasquale of Berkadia Chicago, along with Richard Evans of Berkadia Milwaukee, represented the seller, Wisconsin-based Continental Properties Co. Inc.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed two additional industrial buildings at NorthPoint Development’s Turner Logistics Center in Kansas City. The two distribution centers total 919,080 square feet. Building II spans 543,544 square feet and features 54 dock doors, four drive-in ramps, 284 car parking stalls and 137 trailer stalls. Building III totals 375,536 square feet and offers 37 dock doors, two drive-in ramps and 371 parking spaces. Both buildings feature clear heights of 36 feet. The 250-acre industrial park is now home to three buildings, the first of which totals 408,000 square feet.
GROVEPORT, OHIO — Chicago-based Stotan Industrial and its joint venture partners LaSalle Investment Management and CA Industrial have acquired a 47-acre site in Groveport with plans to build a 640,640-square-foot speculative facility. The partnership acquired the land on Hayes Road from Sunshine and Smooch LLC. Development plans call for 60 dock doors, 154 trailer spots, 310 car parking spots and a clear height of 36 feet. CBRE’s Rick Trott represented Stotan in the land purchase and has been retained as the project’s leasing agent. Stotan, a private investment firm specializing in the acquisition and development of industrial properties, was launched earlier this year.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — NorthMarq has arranged a $19 million construction loan for an adaptive reuse project at 1554 Midway Parkway in St. Paul. The former seniors housing facility will be transformed into 148 market-rate apartment units. Completion is slated for next year. Michael Padilla of NorthMarq’s Minneapolis office arranged the five-year loan, which features two years of interest-only payments followed by a 25-year amortization schedule. A local bank provided the loan on behalf of the borrower, Premier Holdings LLC.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Talonvest Capital Inc., a California-based boutique financial advisory firm, has arranged a $118.2 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of four self-storage facilities located in and around New York City. The properties, which total 320,819 net rentable square feet across 5,148 units, are located in Brooklyn, Long Island City (Queens), Yonkers and White Plains. The portfolio also included 12,380 square feet of commercial space. An undisclosed global investment management firm provided the nonrecourse, floating-rate loan to the borrower, self-storage owner-operator Clutter Inc. Jim Davies, Kim Bishop, Eric Snyder, David DiRienzo and Tom Sherlock of Talonvest handled the debt placement.
MIDDLE ISLAND, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Middle Island Self Storage, a 726-unit facility managed by Public Storage on Long Island. Built on five-plus acres in 2019, the 74,601-square-foot property sold for $25 million, or $34,435 per unit. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The facility was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale.