HURST, TEXAS — Colliers International has brokered the sale of Norwood Plaza, an office building located in the Fort Worth suburb of Hurst. According to LoopNet Inc., the property totals 44,245 square feet. Norwood Plaza was fully leased to 27 tenants at the time of sale. The buyer and seller both requested anonymity. Mark Allen and Cody Payne of Colliers International brokered the deal.
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. — A partnership between South Florida-based PEBB Enterprises and New York-based Sagamore Hill Partners has purchased Soundview Marketplace, a 188,109-square-foot shopping center located in the Long Island hamlet of Port Washington. The 11-acre property was built in phases between 1962 and 1977 and houses tenants such as T.J. Maxx, Target, Walgreens and Ace Hardware. John Bell, Jon Kleinberg and Patrick Heeg of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SOMERSET, N.J. — JLL has brokered the sale of Avalon Somerset, a 384-unit apartment community in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset. Built in 2013, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,016 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident lounge and a playground. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn and Nicholas Stefans of JLL represented the seller, AvalonBay Communities Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was a joint venture between Harbor Group International and Azure Partners. Jamie Leachman, Matthew Pizzolato, Amit Kakar and Thomas Didio Jr. of JLL arranged the financing on behalf of the new ownership. The loan was structured with a 10-year term and a floating interest rate.
NEW CASTLE, DEL. — Pennsylvania-based Hersha Hospitality Trust (NYSE: HT) has sold the 192-room Sheraton Wilmington South hotel in New Castle, located south of Philadelphia. The six-story building was constructed in 2011 and renovated in 2020. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center and 9,167 square feet of meeting and event space. Jeffrey Davis, Blaise Fletcher, Stephen VanLeer, K.C. Patel, Nikhil Chuchra and Desmund Delaney of JLL represented Hersha Hospitality Trust in the sale of the property to New Castle County. Hersha Hospitality’s stock price closed at $7.49 per share on Monday, Jan. 4, down from $13.74 per share a year ago.
NEW YORK CITY — Transwestern has negotiated a 34,500-square-foot office lease for social services agency Sheltering Arms Children & Family Services at 165-19 Jamaica Ave. in Queens. The six-story building spans 69,000 square feet. Stephen Powers, Lindsay Ornstein, Thomas Hines, Jake Cinti and Alexander Smith of Transwestern represented Sheltering Arms, which plans to relocate to its new space in the third quarter of 2021, in the lease negotiations.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Silicon Valley, Calif.-based Blox Ventures and New York-based Angelo Gordon & Co. have completed the disposition of First Republic Center, a retail and office property located at 2100 El Camino Real in Palo Alto’s College Terrace neighborhood. According to Santa Clara County records, an affiliate of KKR and Drawbridge Real Estate acquired the building for $103.9 million. First Republic’s regional office occupies 76 percent of the 58,000-square-foot building. Other tenants include a 11,000-square-foot Real Produce International Market, a music group and other local businesses.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Salt Lake City-based TM Equities has purchased Watermark at Gilbert Place, an apartment property located at 4454 E. Ray Road in Gilbert. Watermark Residential sold the asset for $84.3 million. Watermark at Gateway Place features 25 two-story, wood-frame buildings with direct-access garages. The 250-unit property is a Big House design property, a concept created by Humphreys and Partners Architects, which features the privacy, space and convenience of a single-family home without mortgage and maintenance. Each one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment includes a private front door, gourmet bar-kitchen, granite countertops, walk-in closets, garden tub, in-unit washer and dryer, and private balcony or patio. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, clubhouses, fire pits, gas grilling stations, dog park and a 24-hour fitness center. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the sale.
PORTLAND, ORE. — BPM Real Estate Group has completed the disposition of Sunset Summit, a multifamily community located in the West Hills neighborhood of Portland. Prime Residential acquired the property for $80.7 million, or $309,387 per unit. Situated on 31 acres, the 261-unit Sunset Summit was built in 1989 and renovated in 2014. Anthony Palladino, Giovanni Napoli, Philip Assouad, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the transaction.
WESTMINSTER AND ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Advanced Real Estate has purchased a two-property apartment portfolio located in Westminster and Anaheim. The 245-unit transaction was valued at $72 million. The properties are The Edward, a 128-unit community in Westminster formerly known as Hollybrook, and The Lincoln on Grand, a 117-unit property in Anaheim formerly known as Rancho Vista. Built in the early 1970s, both properties offer garden-style apartments, swimming pools and fitness centers. The buyer plans to renovate both assets, including new roofs, windows, siding, landscape, hardscape, new cabinets, counter, fixtures and paint. Sean Deasy and Ryan Fitzpatrick of JLL’s Irvine office represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Commercial Bank of California provided an acquisition loan for the buyer.
ALBUQUERQUE — Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical Real Estate has acquired Lovelace Clinic Medical Office Building, a medical office and urgent care center in Albuquerque. Terms of the transaction were not released. Southwest Medical Associates, a subsidiary of Lovelace Health System, occupies the two-story, 69,539-square-foot facility. The primary care medical office portion of the building, which represents 43,200 square feet, opened in October 2017. In October 2020, a 26,339-square-foot expansion, including an urgent care center and specialty center, was added to the facility. The medical office facility offers 100 exam rooms with space to accommodate up to 40 providers. The urgent care portion provides walk-in treatment seven days a week. Scott Throckmorton of ARGUS Investment Realty, Peter Bauman and Tivon Moffitt of Institutional Property Advisors, and Andrew Milne of JLL brokered the transaction.