NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 2,700-square-foot retail and residential building in the Kips Bay area of Manhattan that consists of one retail space leased to Dunkin’ and two residential units. Howard Raber, Sean Kelly and Jack Moran of Ariel Property Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
WESTBOROUGH, MASS. — KPM Analytics America, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of agricultural instruments, has signed a 29,402-square-foot office lease at 8 Technology Drive in Westborough, about 35 miles west of Boston. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Feris Development Group, in the lease negotiations. John Eysenbach of R.W. Holmes Realty represented the tenant.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — 3650 REIT has provided a $68.5 million loan to refinance Patewood Corporate Center, a six-building, 447,000-square-foot office park located at 10-80 Patewood Drive in Greenville. Joe Hercenberg of Walker & Dunlop arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through JFR Global Investments. The financing brings 3650 REIT to approximately $301.7 million in capital deployed in 2021 year-to-date. Built in 1985 and renovated in 2015, Patewood Corporate Center offers space at a discount to buildings located in Greenville’s urban core. The center is the closest suburban office park to downtown Greenville and is close Interstates 385 and 85, as well as Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport. The tenants are mostly engineering companies, including Raytheon Technologies and Day & Zimmermann. 3650 REIT is a Miami-based commercial real estate lender originating and servicing portfolio loans for relationship borrowers. The company has recently provided a $68 million loan to fund the acquisition of PetSmart Headquarters, which is a three-building, approximately 365,000-square-foot office complex located in Phoenix.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — USAA will open a new 90,000-square-foot office in Charlotte later this year. The San Antonio- based financial services company entered into a lease agreement with the undisclosed landlord to occupy space within The Square at South End, a 10-story office building located at 200 W. Boulevard. The new location was selected because of the area’s highly skilled individuals in the financial services sector. USAA already has a number of employees living in the Charlotte area. The new office location will eventually host approximately 750 employees who will work either onsite or in a hybrid model. USAA will lease six floors of the 153,000-square-foot building. Employees are expected to begin moving into the building by the end of 2021.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $49 million sale of Vantage at Powdersville, a 288-unit, garden-style apartment community in Greenville. The property is situated on 22 acres in west Greenville at the intersection of Anderson Road and State Road 153, about 19 miles from Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and 7.2 miles from downtown Greenville. Caleb Troop, Austin Green and Alex McDermott of Capstone represented the seller, Vantage Communities, in conjunction with Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors. The buyer is California-based RK Properties, which plans to complete light upgrades to the community amenities and interior units. Built in 2019, Vantage at Powdersville features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes with wood-style flooring, fully equipped kitchens, ceiling fans, walk-in closets, full-size washers and dryers and a patio or balcony. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, picnic/grilling area, business center, dog parks and washing stations and garages. The community was approximately 97 percent occupied at the time of closing. Vantage at Powdersville is RK’s third transaction in the Carolinas in the past seven months. The company purchased Haven Pointe at Carolina Forest in Myrtle Beach this year, as well as Novel Research Park in Charlotte late last year. …
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Mesa West Capital has provided Longfellow Real Estate Partners with a $178 million first mortgage loan to recapitalize costs associated with its recent acquisition and fund the planned repositioning of the San Mateo Bay Center office campus in San Mateo. A portion of the proceeds from the five-year, floating-rate loan will be used to convert the 235,911-square-foot conventional office property into a life sciences and laboratory facility. Developed in 1984, San Mateo Bay Center features two seven-story office towers located at 901 and 951 Mariner’s Island Blvd. Campus amenities include showers, a fitness center, café and outdoor patio space. The campus is located in the mid-peninsula Foster City/San Mateo life sciences market with an inventory of nearly 2 million square feet of life sciences space, anchored by the 1.4 million-square-foot world headquarters campus for Gilead Sciences. Ramsey Daya of Newmark Knight Frank arranged the financing. Mark Osher of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP represented Mesa West Capital in the deal.
PHOENIX — ABI Multifamily has arranged the sale of Parkwood Apartments, a multifamily property in Phoenix. The asset sold for $69.2 million, or $201,30 per unit. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Built in 2001, Parkwood Apartments consists of 23 residential buildings offering a total of 344 units in a mix of 48 one-bed/one-bath, 48 two-bed/one-bath, 144 two-bed/two-bath and 104 three-bed/two-bath units. All apartments include washers/dryers, air conditioning/heating, vaulted ceilings, private patios, additional storage and fully equipped kitchens. Community amenities include a rental office, fitness center, pool/spa, playground, barbecue grills, picnic area, gated entry and residential parking. Alon Shnitzer, Rue Bax, Eddie Chang and Doug Lazovick of ABI Multifamily’s Phoenix-based Institutional Apartment Group represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — LRC Properties has purchased 600 Whittaker Road in Jacksonville for $29.6 million. The 469,830-square-foot warehouse is the New York-based firm’s first industrial acquisition in Jacksonville. LRC Properties partnered on the deal with Machine Investment Group, and Rialto Capital provided $24.7 million debt financing. The seller was not disclosed. The warehouse property is located in the northside submarket of Jacksonville near Interstates 95, 295 and 10. The property features warehouse space, 32-foot clear heights, loading areas and trailer parking. LRC plans to make cosmetic upgrades to the property and improve signage. With this purchase, LRC owns approximately 6 million square feet of commercial properties in the Southeast. The company recently purchased two properties known as the 640,000-square-foot Technicolor Building in Memphis and a 288,000-square-foot industrial property at 2 Dell Parkway in Nashville.
DENVER — Virginia-based Willow Creek Partners has purchased The Croft Apartment Homes, a mid-rise property located at 7200 E. Evans Ave. in Denver. This is the company’s first acquisition in the region. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. Adam Randall and John Westby-Gibson of Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance group arranged $21.8 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. The Croft Apartment Homes features 138 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Built in 1974, the building’s renovated units offer new appliances, granite countertops, air conditioning, ample storage, in-unit washers/dryers and private outdoor space. Community amenities include a business center, clubhouse, courtyard, fitness center, indoor pool and game room.
FORT COLLINS AND WINDSOR, COLO. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a three-property shopping center portfolio located in Fort Collins and Windsor. Colorado-based Johnson Investments sold the portfolio to Neighborhood Equities for $10.1 million. Totaling just over 60,000 square feet, the portfolio includes the 21,633-square-foot Oakridge Shopping Center at 1112 Oakridge Drive in Fort Collins, which was 80 percent occupied; The Shops at Westwood, a fully occupied, 18,350-square-foot property at 1293-1295 Main St. in Windsor; and the fully leased, 20,250-square-foot Windsor Town Center II at 1215 Main St. in Windsor. David Maling, Chris Maling and Sam Crowe of Avison Young represented the seller, while Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the deal.