BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Mars Plaza, a 26,500-square-foot shopping center located in the East Texas city of Beaumont. Gus Lagos, Justin Miller, Davis Hansen, Alan Wolansky and Harris Brooks of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a Houston-based limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
NORTHLAKE, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has arranged the sale of a 14,023-square-foot office and warehouse property located at 4325 Dale Earnhardt Way in Northlake, a suburb of Fort Worth. The property was built on four acres in 2016. Chad Montgomery and Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller represented the buyer, investor Bruce Long, in the transaction. Chuck Horton of The Michael Group Real Estate represented the seller, 13415 Cleveland Gibbs LLC.
PHILADELPHIA — Rittenhouse Realty Advisors has sold a nine-property student housing portfolio near Temple University in North Philadelphia for $23.7 million. The portfolio comprises 92 units totaling 253 beds. All of the properties in the portfolio were constructed within the last five years, and the majority are two- or three-bedroom units. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 100 percent occupied for the 2019 to 2020 school year. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Barone Management has completed development of The Woodworks, an 89,024-square-foot industrial property in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The Woodworks is comprised of 44,950 square feet of office space and 44,391 square feet of warehouse space with 21-foot ceilings. The location offers convenient access to Long Island Expressway and Interstate 278. The property was constructed on a speculative basis and can be leased by one or multiple tenants. Cushman & Wakefield is leading the leasing effort.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated a 52,412-square-foot office lease renewal for quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group LLP in the Financial District of Manhattan. The firm will occupy the entire 47th and 48th floors of 140 Broadway, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building, on a 16-year lease. Brian Goldman and Ross Perlman of NKF represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Robert Constable of Cushman & Wakefield represented the building owner, a partnership of 140 BW LLC and German investment firm Union Investment Real Estate GmbH.
NEW YORK CITY — Education technology company App Academy has signed a 12,602-square-foot office lease in Midtown Manhattan. The company will occupy the entire second floor of 90 Fifth Avenue, a 140,000-square-foot office building near Union Square Park. The company is moving from its previous space at 22 West 38th St. A.J. Camhi and Ryan Silverman represented the building owner, RFR Realty, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis.
BOSTON — Noodle concept TuruTonTan has opened a 5,000-square-foot restaurant in the Kenmore Square neighborhood of Boston. The two-story restaurant can accommodate 168 guests in the main dining room and also features patio seating for additional guests. Dining Innovation is TsuruTonTan’s parent company. Blank Design and American Construction Corp. designed and built out the space. Local investment firm Urban Meritage owns the building.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Santa Fe Springs Promenade, a shopping center in Santa Fe Springs. An Orange County, Calif.-based private partnership sold the property to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $32 million. Situated on 8.2 acres at 11452-11568 Telegraph Road, the 111,925-square-foot shopping center was built in phases from 1953 to 1986. At the time of sale, Santa Fe Springs Promenade was 80 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including 99 Cents Only, AutoZone, Bank of America, Starbucks Coffee and Jersey Mike’s Subs. Chris Tramontano and John Redfield of SRS’ Investment Properties Group, along with WindWater Real Estate, represented the seller. Tanel Harunzade of Kidder Mathews represented the 1031 exchange buyer.
TOLEDO, OHIO — Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has agreed to sell a portfolio of seniors housing properties in California, Nevada and Washington for more than $740 million. The announcement was made on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Feb. 12. Very few details have been released, however, with Welltower not disclosing the names, locations, buyers or number of properties. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied with a net operating income of $36.7 million in 2019.
SEATTLE — Digital Realty, a global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, has reached an agreement with Clise Properties to purchase 49 percent ownership interest in the Westin Building Exchange in Seattle. Terms of the transaction were not released. The Westin Building Exchange serves as an interconnection hub for the Pacific Northwest, linking Canada, Alaska and Asia along the Pacific Rim. The 34-story tower is home to global cloud, content and interconnection providers, housing more than 150 carriers and over 10,000 cross-connects. The property is adjacent to Amazon’s 4.1 million-square-foot urban campus and overlooks Elliott Bay, as well as the downtown Seattle skyline. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the first half of 2020. Upon closing, Digital Realty will assume management and operational oversight for the facility.