MACON, GA. — Ultimate Realty will redevelop the former Westgate Shopping Mall in Macon into a $12 million, 395,000-square-foot industrial park dubbed Middle Georgia Industrial Park. The six buildings will range in size from 19,000 to 106,000 square feet. The New York City-based developer expects to complete the park this summer. The new campus will include interior upgrades such as new electrical systems, bathrooms, new loading docks and drive-in doors, office pod additions and repainting of the facades. The renovation plan will also include upgrading the signage, major landscaping work, new LED lighting, upgraded sprinklers and expansive truck parking. Courtney Oldenburg and Chris Copenhaver of Cushman & Wakefield have been retained to lease the asset.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has provided a $36.3 million permanent loan through Fannie Mae’s seniors housing program for the refinancing of Legacy Reserve at Fritz Farm. The community opened in Lexington in summer 2017, featuring 144 independent living, 33 assisted living and 15 memory care units. The borrower is owner-operator Atlas Senior Living. John Powell of Bellwether’s Chicago office originated the 12-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of Atlas. The property is situated across the street from Bayer Properties’ Summit at Fritz Farm mixed-use development.
COLUMBIA, MD. — KLNB has arranged the $7.4 million sale of Rivers Corporate Centre, a two-story, 42,860-square-foot office building in Columbia. The building was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Peak-Ryzex Inc., Telligen and American Contracting. Rivers Corporate Centre is situated at 10330 Old Columbia Road, 19 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore. Craig Morrell, Brad Berzins and Don Schline of KLNB represented the seller, KC Rivers Development LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an entity controlled by Reliable Real Estate Services.
ATHOL, MASS. — Innovative Industrial Properties Inc. (IIP), a California-based REIT specializing in the regulated cannabis industry, has acquired a 199,000-square-foot industrial property in Athol, located approximately 40 miles northwest of Worcester. The sales price was $26.8 million. Concurrent with the transaction, IIP entered a long-term, triple-net lease agreement with a subsidiary of Ascend Wellness Holdings LLC (AWH) for continued operation as a licensed cannabis cultivation and processing facility. AWH is expected to complete tenant improvements for the property, for which IIP has agreed to provide reimbursement of up to approximately $22.2 million. The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission deemed medical marijuana treatment centers and health care providers as essential services that will remain open during the COVID-19 crisis.
SLEEPY HOLLOW, N.Y. — Skanska USA, a division of Swedish construction company Skanska, is constructing the $32 million interior build-out of an office space for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. in Sleepy Hollow, a northern suburb of New York City. The property is located at 1 Rockwood Road. The project involves the design and construction of an approximately 60,600-square-foot space, as well as upgrades to the air distribution systems, LED lighting, ceilings, flooring and glass front offices. Construction is underway and is scheduled for completion in July 2021.
NEW YORK CITY — ABS Altman Warwick, a New York City-based division of ABS Partners Real Estate, has arranged a $29.7 million refinancing for a three-building multifamily portfolio in Upper Manhattan. The 183-unit portfolio includes a 73-unit building in Washington Heights and two buildings totaling 110 units in Hamilton Heights. Freddie Mac provided the loan at a fixed interest rate of 3.47 percent for 10 years with four years of interest-only payments. John Leslie and Patrick Rhea of ABS Altman Warwick arranged the loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which has owned the portfolio since the early 2000s.
PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the $3.2 million sale of Executive Arms Apartments, a 27-unit multifamily community in Plainfield, a southwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 309-315 W. 8th St., Executive Arms exclusively consists of 950-square-foot studios. Stephen Tragash of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, 315 West 8 LLC, in the transaction. Niko Nicolaou, also of Gebroe-Hammer, procured the buyer, a private unnamed investor.
NEW YORK CITY — Architecture firm Gluck+ has signed a 5,000-square-foot renewal and expansion of its office lease at the Sweets Building, a 200,000-square-foot office building at the Manhattanville Factory District, a mixed-use development in West Harlem. Gluck+ had occupied 3,600 square feet at the building, which is located at 423 W. 127th St., since 2013. The firm also led the redesign of the property, which served as a brewery before being converted to office. Janus Property Co. is the landlord of Manhattanville Factory District. Both parties were represented internally in the lease negotiations.
SAN DIEGO AND LA MESA, CALIF. — Real Asymmetry has received $58.5 million in refinancing for a recently renovated, five-property multifamily portfolio in San Diego and La Mesa. Zane Sweet of JLL Capital Markets arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Union Bank for the borrower. Loan proceeds were used to refinance existing bank debt. Totaling 328 workforce-oriented apartments, the portfolio includes Asana at North Park at 3710-3810 Wabash Ave., Pacific Cove at 4019 Oakcrest Drive and 14th Street at 1028 14th St. in San Diego, as well as Tierra Del Rey at 3675 King St. and Tiburon at 7740 Parkway Drive in La Mesa.
PHOENIX — Newport Beach, Calif.-based CapRock Partners has purchased a newly constructed distribution center located at 7200 W. Roosevelt St. in Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the asset in an off-market transaction. The acquisition price was not released. Payson MacWilliam and Don MacWilliam of Colliers International represented CapRock in the deal. Situated on 12 acres, the 216,880-square-foot, Class A property features 32-foot clear heights, 30 dock-high doors, two grade-level doors, 48 trailer stalls, a fully secured concrete truck court, 52-foot-by-55-foot column spacing and 3,600 amps, 277/480V power. Additionally, the property was designed to accommodate up to two tenants. CapRock Partners currently owns or is in escrow to purchase in excess of 1 million square feet of industrial space in Phoenix, including a long-term lease of a 110,710-square-foot property in the Sky Harbor submarket.