BOSTON — CBRE has arranged the $175 million sale of the Partners Industrial Portfolio, a collection of six buildings totaling 802,194 square feet in various suburban submarkets of Massachusetts. Specifically, the properties are located in Franklin, Andover, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Hopkinton and Auburn. Scott Dragos, Doug Jacoby, Chris Skeffington, Anthony Hayes, Roy Sandeman, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of CBRE represented the seller, AEW Capital Management, in the transaction. The buyer was New York City-based Link Logistics Real Estate. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 100 percent leased to eight tenants with a weighted average remaining lease term of 6.3 years.
BOSTON — RLJ Lodging Trust, a Maryland-based hospitality REIT, has acquired the 205-room AC Hotel by Marriott Boston Downtown for $89 million, or roughly $434,000 per room. The hotel opened in 2018 within the Ink Block, a mixed-use development located at the former site of the Boston Herald headquarters. Amenities include a fitness center, outdoor patios, 2,500 square feet of customizable meeting space and multiple food and beverage concepts. The seller was not disclosed.
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has opened a 350,000-square-foot robotics facility in Westborough, about 30 miles west of Boston, a move that adds about 200 new jobs to the regional economy. The facility will feature corporate offices, research and development labs and manufacturing space for the production of mobile drive units, which are used for inventory selection and transportation in the company’s automated warehouses. Amazon also operates a robotics facility in North Reading, Massachusetts.
LAS VEGAS — The Bascom Group has purchased ReNew at Decatur, a multifamily community in Las Vegas, for $49.6 million, or $229,630 per unit in an off-market transaction. Built in 1988, ReNew at Decatur features 216 apartments with private patios or balconies, with 78 percent of the floorplans two- or three-bedroom layouts. The community features a fitness center, resident clubhouse, business center, pool and barbecue area. Bascom plans to upgrade the property’s unrenovated units and enhance its exteriors and community amenities. Jamie Kline and Annie Rice of JLL Capital Markets sourced the acquisition loan from Bridge Investment Group for Bascom Group. Apartment Management Consultants will provide property management services for the asset and SD CAP will provide construction management.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Little Rock, Ark.-based Tempus Realty Partners has purchased an office complex located at 8312 S. Hardy Drive in Tempe. Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Younan Properties sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2000, the two single-level office buildings offer a total of 138,180 square feet of space. Three investment-grade tenants occupy the asset. Isaac Smith of Colliers in Arkansas represented the buyer, while Mindy Korth of Colliers in Arizona represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — GPI Cos. has completed the disposition of a medical office building located in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood neighborhood. Principal Real Estate Investors acquired the asset for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. Located at 4343 Lankershim Blvd., the three-story property features 32,418 square feet of medical office space. The property is fully leased to a local health institution and offers pain medicine and digestive disease services. Andrew Milne, Evan Kovac and Matt DiCesare of JLL Healthcare Capital Markets, along with Bryan Lewitt of JLL’s Los Angeles Healthcare Markets, represented the seller in the deal.
PHOENIX — A partnership between Arizona-based Urbana Group and Illinois-based Fringe Capital Partners has purchased Camino Village I & II, an apartment property located at 2015 and 2039 W. Union Hills Drive in Phoenix. A private investor from Santa Barbara, Calif., sold the asset for $16 million. The property features 80 apartments with 70 percent as two-bedroom layouts averaging 1,000 square feet. Brian Smuckler, Jeff Seaman, Derek Smigiel and Bryson Fricke of CBRE represented the buyers and seller in the deal.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a freestanding retail property located at 2690 Mount Vernon in Bakersfield. Southern California-based Intertex Property Advisors acquired the building from a Los Angeles-based developer for $5.4 million. The property is absolute triple-net leased to CVS Y Mas, which has occupied this location for 48 years. Other tenants include 99 Cents Only, Chase Bank, Arco AM/PM and Denny’s. Sean Cox and Jeff Conover of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, while Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction.
SALEM, N.H. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Village Shoppes at Salem, a 170,398-square-foot retail property located in southern New Hampshire. The property was built on 20 acres in 1999 and houses tenants such as Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart, DSW, Cost Plus and Five Below. Jim Koury of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Academy Hill Realty, in the transaction.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — Austin, Texas-based Aspen Heights Partners has broken ground on Aspen West End, a 96-unit multifamily project that will be located within walking distance of Penn State University’s campus in State College. Amenities will include a two-story fitness room, game room and breakout study areas. Residents will also have access to shuttle service to campus and three outdoor courtyards. Completion of the project, which follows the beginning of construction of the nearby Aspen East Penn student housing development, is slated for 2023.