KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $55.2 million sale of Monterosso Apartments, a new 216-unit multifamily community located in the Orlando suburb of Kissimmee. The four-story property is situated at the intersection of North John Young Parkway and West Osceola Parkway. Brian Hunsicker, Jad Richa, Tom Huffsmith and Nasser Al-Hafi of Capstone represented the seller, Fore Property Co., and procured the buyer, PassiveInvesting.com, in the transaction. At $255,699 per unit, this transaction marks the highest price per multifamily unit ever sold in Osceola County, according to Capstone. Built in 2019, Monterosso Apartments was approximately 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The community includes studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes with wood-style flooring, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, washers and dryers and a patio or balcony. The average size for each unit is 983 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, picnic/grilling area, clubhouse, pet spa, elevators and rentable garages. Monterosso Apartments is located at 3050 La Spezia Circle and is approximately 9.6 miles from Walt Disney World, 22.2 miles from downtown Orlando and 31.7 miles from Altamonte Springs. PassiveInvesting.com is a South Carolina-based private equity real estate investment firm focused …
PLANT CITY, FLA. — Foundry Commercial and Stockbridge have broken ground on the second speculative development at Lakeside Logistics, a 1,000-acre industrial park located in Plant City. The park is situated about 1.5 miles south of Interstate 4, 22 miles east of Tampa and 56 miles southwest of Orlando. The first phase of Lakeside Logistics was recently delivered, featuring a 505,160-square-foot, cross-dock warehouse distribution facility with 36-foot clear heights. The second phase of Lakeside Logistics will include two buildings totaling 414,000 square feet. Foundry Commercial plans to develop additional phases at Lakeside Logistics, which when finished will total over 1 million square feet. Lakeside Logistics marks the 10th project developed by Foundry Commercial.
HOOVER, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $32.7 million sale of The Park at Wakefield & Wellington, a 408-unit apartment community located at 861 Tyler Circle in Hoover, a suburb of Birmingham. Jimmy Adams and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. Audubon, an Atlanta-based firm specializing in the acquisition and management of multifamily properties throughout the Southeast, was the buyer. Constructed in 1973, The Park at Wakefield & Wellington features 46 percent townhome floor plans with private entrances. Community amenities include a business center, clubhouse, cyber café, fitness center, laundry facility and swimming pool. Bluff Park Village, a $9.5 million grocery-anchored retail project across the street, is set to deliver before the end of the year. The apartment complex is located 9.2 miles from Birmingham and 15 miles from Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport.
DECATUR, GA. — Faropoint has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio totaling 255,013 square feet on 12.6 total acres in Decatur. Faropoint bought the property for a total of $23 million. Construction Resource is the seller and tenant. The company sold the properties to Faropoint and has leased the buildings back. The properties are approximately 8.3 miles from downtown Atlanta and about 21 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Brian Bratton and Steve Ratchford of King Industrial Realty Inc./CORFAC International represented Faropoint in the transaction. Faropoint is a real estate investment firm that is based in Israel with U.S. offices situated in Memphis.
MIAMI — Los Angeles-based Black Lion Investment Group has acquired a restaurant building in Miami known as Amara at Paraiso. The seller, Related Group, sold the property to Black Lion for $12.1 million. Fabio Faerman and Sebastian Faerman of Miami-based FA Commercial represented both parties in the transaction. Amara at Paraiso is a 12,300-square-foot, Class A retail and dining facility that is part of a larger project that includes the residential complex Paraiso Bay, which contains 1,300 residential units. James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Schwartz is at the helm of the popular indoor-outdoor dining space. Miami-based FA Commercial is the commercial division of Fortune International Realty specializing in investment sales, landlord and tenant representation, market analysis, site selection and portfolio overview.
DALLAS — Wellington Realty, a brokerage and management firm serving the major markets of Texas, has arranged the sale of Woodside Bridle Path Apartments, a 311-unit community in southeast Dallas that was built in phases between 1974 and 1982. According to Apartments.com, the property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground and onsite laundry facilities. David Shaffer, Caleb Jones, Will Miller and Troy Sanders of Wellington Realty brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The property was 87 percent occupied at the time of sale.
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Londonderry Storage, a 371-unit self-storage facility in Middletown, a suburb of Harrisburg. Built in 1999 and expanded on an adjacent parcel in 2003, the property consists of 49,250 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
DUNELLEN, N.J. — New Jersey-based Prism Capital Partners has broken ground on a 252-unit, mixed-income community at the site of the former Art Color industrial facility in Dunellen, about 40 miles southwest of New York City. The property will consist of 194 one- and two-bedroom units that will be rented at market rates, as well as 58 units with various income restrictions and 10,000 square feet of retail space. The development will also include 130 for-sale townhomes to be constructed by a national homebuilder. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse and meeting rooms. Construction is slated for completion in spring 2022.
CLIFTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based mortgage banking firm Progress Capital has arranged a $35.2 million loan for the refinancing of a 203,000-square-foot medical office building in the Northern New Jersey city of Clifton. Tenants at the property include Summit Medical Group, AECOM and SSB Realty, and building amenities include a cafeteria, fitness center and a conference room. Natixis Real Estate Capital provided the nonrecourse, interest-only loan. The borrower was ERCT Capital Group. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital placed the debt.
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. CLOUD, MINN. — Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 17 apartment communities in Minnesota for $323.8 million. The portfolio is comprised of 14 properties in Minneapolis and three assets in St. Cloud for a total of 2,696 units. Centerspace intends to refinance a portion of the properties as well as invest $40 million into repositioning the communities over the next 24 to 36 months. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. KMS Management Inc. was the seller. Upon closing of the transaction, Centerspace will increase its footprint to 4,901 units in Minneapolis and 1,524 units in St. Cloud.