FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Tampa-based multifamily investment firm American Landmark has acquired Elan River District Apartments, a 325-unit community in Fort Worth. Built in 2017, the property features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, individual washers and dryers and private balconies. Amenities include a pool, business center, fitness center and a social lounge. American Landmark will implement a value-add program and rebrand the property as Mercantile River District.
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HURST, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Oasis Springs, a 154-unit apartment complex located near Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Hurst. The property was built in 1979 and offers amenities such as a pool, basketball court, playground and onsite laundry facilities. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were Dallas-based private investment firms that requested anonymity.
DALLAS — North Texas-based investment firm Napali Capital has acquired the 152-room Tru by Hilton Dallas Market Center hotel in the city’s central business district. The building was originally constructed in 1965 as a bank and until recently functioned as an office property. The building was converted to a hotel in January of this year following a gut renovation. Amenities include two food and beverage concepts, a 24/7 grab-and-go market, fitness center and a lobby with foosball, billiards and other games. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Baker Katz has arranged the sale of a 60,935-square-foot retail building in Houston that was formerly occupied by Star Furniture. The building sits on 2.4 acres at 7111 FM 1960 on the city’s northwest side and includes showroom space. Jason Baker and Ben Brown of Baker Katz represented the seller, Power Squared Group, in the transaction. Brian Ashby of CBRE represented the buyer, Bel Furniture.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Developers DivcoWest and LCOR have topped off Park 151, a 468-unit apartment community located within Cambridge Crossing, a 43-acre mixed-use development located at the convergence of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville. Approximately 12 percent (56 units) of the residences will be earmarked as affordable housing, and the building will also house 18,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include a pool, terrace with cooking stations, lounge areas and a fitness center. Project partners include architect CBT and general contractor John Moriarty & Associates. Park 151 represents the first of multiple phases of residential development within Cambridge Crossing. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2022.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between New York City-based developer The Plymouth Group and private investment firm Centerbridge Partners LP has broken ground on Budd Bioworks, a 450,000-square-foot life sciences project in Philadelphia. The property will be located at the site of the former plant of The Budd Co., a defunct manufacturer of automotive parts, in Philadelphia’s “Cellicon Valley” area. Budd Bioworks represents Phase I of a larger, 2.4 million-square-foot life sciences development. The development team also plans to incorporate residential, restaurant and retail uses in subsequent phases of the repositioning of the larger Budd Co. campus. Colliers International has been tapped to lease the life sciences component of the project.
NORTHVALE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $27 million sale of Ludlow Industrial Park, a 193,235-square-foot complex in Northvale, located along the New York-New Jersey border. The three-building property sits on nine acres and was fully leased to RAB Lighting at the time of sale. Building features include clear heights up to 33 feet, 228 car parking spaces and 21 loading positions. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Chuck Fern, Tom Tucci and Eli Millstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ) has acquired 725 Ponce, a 372,000-square-foot office property in Midtown Atlanta, for $300.2 million. The seller, New City Properties, completed development of the 12-story asset in late 2019. Located on the Atlanta BeltLine and directly across from popular mixed-use development Ponce City Market, 725 Ponce is fully leased to tenants such as BlackRock, McKinsey & Co. and Chick-fil-A. The $140 million development includes an adjacent 60,000-square-foot Kroger grocery store, which replaced a former Kroger that was built in 1986. As part of the transaction, Cousins also acquired a 50 percent ownership interest in an adjacent land site for an additional $4 million that can accommodate 150,000 to 200,000 square feet of development. Atlanta-based Cousins is a self-managed REIT that primarily invests in Class A office buildings within Sun Belt markets. The company’s stock price opened at $40.04 per share Friday, July 30, up from $30.49 per share one year ago. Cousins recently sold One South at the Plaza, a 40-story office tower in Uptown Charlotte, for $271.5 million. Additionally, Cousins and New City recently unveiled plans to develop a mixed-use project known as Neuhoff in the Germantown submarket of Nashville. Plans call for 448,000 …
VALLEY VIEW, PA. — CBRE has negotiated the $25.7 million sale of an industrial development site in Valley View, about 120 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The buyer, California-based Panattoni Development Co., plans to develop two speculative buildings that will total approximately 2.4 million square feet and that will be known as Rausch Creek Logistics Center. Michael Hess, Bart Anderson and Patrick Lafferty of CBRE represented the seller, Tremont FT LLC, an affiliate of Viridian Partners, in the transaction.
RED BANK, N.J. — JLL has arranged an $11.4 million loan for the refinancing of two office buildings totaling 79,022 square feet in the Northern New Jersey community of Red Bank. The first building at 310 Highway 35 South was completed in 2002, spans 40,705 square feet and was fully leased to financial services firm Markel Service Inc., a holding company for insurance, reinsurance and investment operations at the time of the loan closing. The second building at 322 Highway 35 South was built in 2007, totals 38,317 square feet and was 90 percent leased to five tenants at closing. Michael Klein, Jon Mikula and Carlos Silva of JLL arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Tristate Capital Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based investment firm Denholtz Properties.