ISELIN, N.J. — New York City-based SJP Properties has completed the redevelopment of a 270,000-square-foot office building located at 200 Wood Ave. S. in the Northern New Jersey community of Iselin. The project upgraded the lobby, fitness center and common areas and also enhanced the outdoor spaces to allow for additional amenities. In addition, global shipping firm DSV recently signed a 97,000-square-foot lease for its new U.S. headquarters at the building. SJP Properties acquired the transit-oriented asset in 2020.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has signed a 150,000-square-foot life sciences lease at Discovery Labs’ 1 million-square-foot campus on Swedeland Road in King of Prussia, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The university will use the space for its gene therapy program, which centers on researching gene functionality and development of genetic medicines for rare diseases. The lease encompasses two buildings. Discovery Labs is an affiliate of MLP Ventures, which was represented internally by Joe Corcoran and Julian O’Neill in the lease negotiations. Joe Fetterman of Colliers International represented the university.
MILWAUKEE — Hunt Capital Partners has arranged $13.1 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of an old school in Milwaukee dating back to 1902. Developer Royal Capital Group plans to create 82 multifamily units known as the Phillis Wheatley Apartments. Of the units, 67 will be set aside for households earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a business center, community room, fitness center, theater room and onsite management. Supportive service providers will include the Milwaukee County Veterans’ Services Office and Lutheran Social Services. Chase Bank is the primary lender on the project, providing a $15.4 million construction loan and a $3.6 million permanent loan. Chase is also extending a tax-increment financing loan for $1 million. Other financing mechanisms include HOME funds and the Federal Home Loan Bank’s Affordable Housing Program. Hunt Capital Partners syndicated the tax credits through its proprietary fund, Hunt Capital Fund Tax Credit Fund 26. The former Phillis Wheatley Elementary School, located in the Lindley Heights neighborhood of Central Milwaukee, has sat vacant since 2005.
NEW ALBANY, OHIO — Alterra Real Estate Advisors has sold an 83,000-square-foot office building in New Albany to OhioHealth for $9.7 million. The property is located at 5150 E. Dublin Granville Road within suburban Columbus. The building was constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2007. OhioHealth, central Ohio’s largest hospital system, plans to redevelop the building into its New Albany Medical Campus at a project cost of roughly $36 million. The campus will enable the health system to expand its services and offer urgent care, primary care, various specialties, lab and imaging and an onsite retail pharmacy.
LEAWOOD, KAN. — Seven retailers have joined the tenant lineup at Park Place Village, a 484,002-square-foot office and retail property in Leawood. The new tenants include day spa MassageLuXe, local Italian restaurant Plate, Thai restaurant Bamboo Penny’s, ice cream shop Ice Cream Bae, island-themed coffee shop and bar Outta the Blue, menswear company Moda Domani and custom-designed jeweler Moshiri Jewelry. Matt Rau of CBRE represented the owner, KBS, in the seven lease transactions, which range in size from 803 to 5,972 square feet. The 10-building Park Place Village, located at 11549 Ash St., was completed in 2013.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has negotiated the sale of a 44-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood for $4.9 million. The property is located at 4611 S. Drexel Blvd. Jeff Baasch of SVN brokered the sale. ShainRealty Capital, a Los Angeles-based privately owned real estate investment firm, purchased the property from the undisclosed seller. The acquisition marks ShainRealty’s ninth purchase on Chicago’s South Side.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Upland Real Estate Group has brokered the sale of a Sleep Number-occupied retail property in Rochester for $2.4 million. Sleep Number relocated from Apache Mall in 2018 to this 3,000-square-foot, freestanding store at 2257 Commerce Drive NW. Deborah Vannelli, Keith Sturm and Amanda Leathers of Upland represented the 1031 exchange buyer in the acquisition of the net-leased property. Tom Gommels of Marchs & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company.
FRANKLIN, TENN. AND PHOENIX, ARIZ. — TruAmerica Multifamily has acquired two garden-style communities in Phoenix and Nashville’s Cool Springs district in separate transactions totaling $196 million. The two properties add about 1,000 apartments to the company’s national multifamily portfolio. The 435-unit Phoenix property is dubbed The Urban. Built in 2005, the property is located at 3601 E. McDowell Road and features floorplans that range in size from studio to three-bedroom, two-bathroom units. Community amenities include two swimming pools, an outdoor kitchen, fitness center and community green space. The Urban is the second acquisition in Phoenix this year for TruAmerica, after purchasing The Bella, a 200-unit, garden-style community on the city’s north side. The metro Nashville property is Viera Cool Springs, a 468-unit property built in 1987. Acquired in an off-market transaction from Miami-based Lindemann Multifamily, Viera Cool Springs is located at 300 Royal Oaks Boulevard in Franklin, 25 miles south of downtown Nashville. The property has one- and two-bedroom apartment homes that are situated in 38 two-story buildings on a 36.5-acre site. Community amenities include lighted tennis courts, two swimming pools, resident clubhouse and business center, yoga studio and fitness center. Viera Cool Springs is TruAmerica’s second investment in metro …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has provided a $52 million acquisition loan for a 452-unit multifamily property in Nashville. The borrower is a subsidiary of Charleston, S.C.-based Greystar Real Estate Partners. The seller was not disclosed. The property, known as Avana Overlook, is a garden-style apartment located at 727 Bell Road. Built in 1998, the property offers one-, two- and three- bedroom units that include in-unit washers and dryers, private patios and balconies and walk-in closets. Community amenities include two swimming pools with cabanas, a 24-hour fitness center, playground, outdoor grilling area, clubhouse and a dog park. Avana Overlook is situated one mile from Interstate 24 and State Highway 41. The property is 14 miles from downtown Nashville, 7.2 miles from Nashville International Airport and less than two miles from the Century Farms Development, a 310-acre, $1.7 billion mixed-use project currently under construction. Nate Sittema of CBRE’s Charlotte office arranged the loan on behalf of Greystar.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. AND LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the sales of two single-tenant retail properties for a combined $10.6 million. The properties are located in Newport News and Lawrenceville and were both built in 2020. Petsuites, a pet resort and spa operator based in Erlanger, Ky., signed long-term, 20-year leases at both locations. The properties were in high demand as the $232 billion pet care industry has seen a huge increase in growth amid the pandemic, according to Raymond of SRS. Britt Raymond and Kyle Fant of SRS represented the seller, a North Carolina-based developer, in both 1031 exchange transactions. Both stores span 14,000 square feet. The Newport News location is located at 12533 Warwick Blvd. The property is situated on just over two acres and sold for $5.5 million. Danny Brooker of Monument Retail represented the Florida-based, privately held buyer. The store is close to other national retailers including Harris Teeter, Food Lion and Chick-fil-A. The Lawrenceville property is located at 2525 Sugarloaf Parkway and is situated on 4.7 acres. Elizabeth Morgan of Pinnacle Real Estate represented the Minnesota-based buyer in the $5.1 million transaction.