SALEM, VA. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant manufacturing facility in Salem fully leased to the Mack Trucks division of parent company AB Volvo Group, which is a manufacturer of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. Rob Gemerchak of Stan Johnson marketed the 280,900-square-foot property on behalf of the undisclosed seller, an individual investor based in Virginia. The undisclosed buyer, a private equity partnership based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, bought the property for $12.7 million. Located at 6450 Technology Drive, the facility launched production in 2020 and serves as Mack Trucks’ only medium-duty assembly plant in the country. The property, originally built in 1997 on 134 acres, is located along Interstate 81 just west of Roanoke and offers access to Interstates 64 and 77. The property is less than 50 miles from Volvo’s truck manufacturing facility in Dublin, Va. Property amenities include 18- to 21-foot clear heights, 11 dock doors with two drive-in doors, a sprinkler system and 400-plus parking spaces.
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GAINESVILLE, VA. — Capital Square 1031 has acquired SomerHill Farms, a 140-unit multifamily community in Gainesville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Located at 7351 Yountville Drive, the community is situated on 18.8 acres. Constructed in 2006, SomerHill Farms features six three- and four-story residential buildings and one clubhouse. The community includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 786 square feet to 1,446 square feet. Community amenities include a clubhouse, outdoor pool, dog park, fitness center, tot lot and community garden. Capital Square 1031 acquired the property via an investment vehicle that seeks to raise $23.2 million in equity from accredited investors and has a minimum investment threshold of $50,000. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Capital Square 1031 is a national real estate firm specializing in real estate investments, including Delaware statutory trusts for 1031 exchanges and qualified opportunity zone funds for tax deferral and exclusion.
ST. PETE BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.6 million sale of Mulligan’s Plaza, a 18,750-square-foot retail property located in St. Pete Beach. Evan Cannan and James Medefind of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor known as Mulligans Plaza LLC. Cannan and Medefind also represented and secured the undisclosed buyer, a private investor. According to Cannan, the property was closed at full list price and at a 5 percent cap rate. Mulligan’s Plaza is located at 9524 Blind Pass Road, approximately 27 miles from Tampa International Airport.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and entered into an asset purchase agreement with its group of senior lenders that is led by California-based Altamont Capital Partners and Fortress Investment Group. The agreement involves the sale of “substantially all” of the company’s assets, though it remains unclear how many of its 41 theaters Alamo Drafthouse plans to close. As part of its filing, Alamo Drafthouse has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware to approve a 75-day timeline for restructuring its debt and has secured $20 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its creditors to cover operational costs during that period. The company, which operates some of its theaters and franchises others, cited the COVID-19 pandemic’s “unprecedented and outsized impact upon the movie theater and dining industries” as the central driver behind its decision. Alamo Drafthouse, founded in Austin in 1997, was one of first entertainment concepts to bring elevated food and beverage offerings into the theater space.
HOUSTON — Design-build firm ARCO/Murray has completed Calhoun Avenue Storage, a 997-unit self-storage facility in Houston that will be operated by Pennsylvania-based REIT CubeSmart. Miami-based private equity firm FivePoint Capital Management developed the property, which rises four stories, spans 126,000 square feet and features a 1,000-square-foot sales office. Construction began in July 2020.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Riley, a 262-unit apartment community located within the CityLine mixed-use development in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The property was built in 2018 and offers amenities such as a pool, grilling areas, dog park, fitness center and a Wi-Fi café with a serving bar and TV. Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Will Balthrope and Grant Raymond of IPA represented the seller, JLB Partners, and procured the buyer, TTI Capital.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based Everest Rehabilitation Hospital will open a $24 million inpatient facility on an 8.1-acre site on SE Military Parkway in San Antonio. The property will span 40,000 square feet and offer 36 beds designed to resemble a hotel rather than an acute care hospital. The facility will also include inpatient and outpatient therapy gyms, an outdoor mobility courtyard for therapeutic use, Hydroworx aqua therapy, several family gathering areas, a dining hall, in-house dialysis center and an in-house pharmacy. A construction timeline was not released.
SEGUNDO, CALIF. — California-based Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of a portfolio of five healthcare properties in Texas totaling 37,282 square feet. The properties, which were originally constructed in 2015 as build-to-suits for emergency care provider Neighbors, are located in Lufkin, Grand Prairie, El Paso, Lake Jackson and Victoria. Neighbors went bankrupt shortly after the properties were built. Rahul Chhajed and Michael Moreno of Matthews represented the undisclosed buyer, which has converted the assets into surgery centers and signed long-term leases with a new operator.
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Signature Place in West Des Moines for an undisclosed price. The 261-unit garden-style apartment community, built in 1997, features 12 buildings. Approximately 16 percent of the units have been renovated. Amenities include a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, dog park and business center. David Gaines and Kyle Butler led the JLL team that represented the seller, Artisan Capital Group LLC. The buyer, a West Coast-based equity group, assumed existing Fannie Mae debt.
CHICAGO — SOLVD Health, a life sciences company specializing in data-driven disease prevention, is relocating its corporate headquarters to Chicago from Carlsbad, Calif. The tech startup will occupy space in Sterling Bay’s 2430 N. Halsted, a life sciences research facility located in Lincoln Park. Additionally, SOLVD says it intends to expand future operations at Sterling Bay’s Lincoln Yards development along the Chicago River. SOLVD’s space at 2430 N. Halsted is meant to be temporary until the company moves to Lincoln Yards, according to Sterling Bay. SOLVD expects to begin corporate operations in Chicago while continuing to operate its manufacturing, research and development, and commercial lab facilities in Carlsbad. The company is currently in the process of commercializing two tests, one for opioid use disorder and one for colon cancer.