ORLANDO, FLA. — SVN Commercial Advisory Group has arranged the $12 million sale of the MetroWest Medical Office Building, located on a one-acre site at 1743 Park Center Drive in Orlando. Rumasa Corp. purchased the fully leased property from 1743 Park Center Holdings LLC. The recently refurbished building is located near Valencia College and MetroWest Golf Club. Tenants at the time of sale included Integrative Physical Medicine, Ameri Help LLC, West Orange Nephrology and Omega Research. Gail Bowden of SVN Commercial Advisory Group represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
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MILLINGTON, TENN. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of the 106,495-square-foot Shoppes at Millington Farms, a 106,495–square-foot shopping center located at 8540 U.S. Highway 51 N. in Millington. Real estate firm Ryan Cos. sold the center, located 18 miles northeast of Memphis, to Living for Life Apartments LLC. Drew Fleming, Mark Joines and Henry Kushner of NKF represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 2017, the shopping center was fully leased to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Five Below, Petco, Burkes Outlet and Dunham’s Sports. The sales price was not disclosed.
GREER, S.C. — Cooling solution provider AIRSYS Cooling Technologies Inc. has signed a 10-year lease to occupy 60,000 square feet within the 475-acre Smith Farms Industrial Park in Greer, approximately 13 miles northeast of Greenville. Bobby Lyons of Lyons Industrial Properties represented the tenant in the transaction. The development is located at the intersection of S.C. Highway 101 and 296 (Reidville Road), three miles from where BMW North America is located and nine miles from Inland Port Greer. AIRSYS Cooling Technologies recently announced plans to establish operations in Greer, investing more than $5 million and creating at least 116 new jobs.
Weingarten Realty Investors Buys 187,388 SF Covington Esplanade Shopping Center in Metro Seattle
by Amy Works
COVINGTON, WASH. — Weingarten Realty Investors has acquired Covington Esplanade, a daily needs-focused shopping center located in Covington, a suburb 25 miles southeast of Seattle. Situated on 15.3 acres at 27027 S.E. 185th Ave., Covington Esplanade features 187,388 square feet of retail space spread across seven separate parcels with uniform facades. At the time of sale, the property was 97.7 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including The Home Depot, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews, NorthWest Family Dental Care, IHOP, Bank of America, Verizon and Starbucks Coffee. Nick Kassab and Bryan Ley of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The price was not disclosed.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — El Segundo, Calif-based Venture West Funding has arranged a $16 million loan for the refinancing of a multi-tenant office building located in Tucson. Originally built in 2018 and most recently renovated in 2018, the property features 141,295 square feet of multi-tenant office space. At the time of financing, the property was 92 percent leased to several national tenants, including Centene, Tsomas Engineering and Aecom. Matt Douglas of Venture West Funding secured the 10-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan for the borrower, an affiliate of a Los Angeles-based investor, through Goldman Sachs.
TUKWILA, WASH. — Cederlind Real Estate has completed the sale of El Matador Apartments, a multifamily property located at 14828 Military Road South in Tukwila. James Lee of Lee El Matador LLC, a local private investor, purchased the apartment community for $7.4 million. Situated four blocks from the Tukwila Link Light Rail station, El Matador Apartments features 44 for-rent residential units and a swimming pool. Additionally, the property is located in close proximity to interstates 5 and 405 and Sac-Tac International Airport. Joe Levin of Colliers International represented the seller, while Ted Sipila of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal.
PHOENIX — Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, has opened its third hotel in Arizona: Cambria Hotel Downtown Phoenix Convention Center. Situated at 222 E. Portland St., the seven-story, 127-room hotel features a spacious rooftop, multi-function meeting and event space, a pool with cabanas and bar, a state-of-the-art fitness center and Poppy, an on-site restaurant. Guest rooms feature modern fixtures, abundant lighting and plush bedding, as well as spa-style bathrooms. Oxford Hotels & Resorts manages the hotel, which was developed by True North Studio.
SEATTLE — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of the Wallingford Bartell Drugs Building, a standalone retail building located in Seattle. Paul Sleeth, Billy Sleeth and Patrick Allen of Newmark Knight Frank’s Retail Investments Team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Terms of the transaction, including the name of buyer and acquisition price, were not released. Located at the corner of North 45th Street and Burke Avenue North, the single-tenant property features 8,660 square feet of retail space.
CHICAGO — ESG Kullen has acquired 1400 N. Lakeshore Drive in Chicago for $107 million. The buyer will convert the 391-unit, multi-building condominium property back into apartments. Sam Haddadin and Dan Cohen of CBRE represented the condo association and its president, Michael Arrington, in the condo deconversion sale. Built in 1927, the property originally comprised apartment units and was converted to condos in 2006. A large majority of the units are studios and one-bedroom units. The façade of the building was repaired in 2017 and the elevators were updated in 2016. The property features a large rooftop deck for residents. “Chicago is home to a great number of buildings in the age range of 50 to 90 years old. Many of those buildings were converted to condominiums in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s,” says Haddadin. “We’re finding that a large subset of those condominium associations have deferred important maintenance and capital expenditures and are now facing a choice: Do we do a large special assessment to address these capital projects? Or do we sell our building to a developer for a substantial premium and use those proceeds to purchase a newer home?”
JEFFERSONVILLE, IND. — SRS Real Estate Partners National Net Lease Group has arranged the sale of Jefferson Town Center West in Jeffersonville for $30 million. The newly developed, 184,663-square-foot regional shopping center is located at 4251 Town Center Blvd. It is fully leased to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, Burlington, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Petco, Five Below and Ulta. Michael Carter and Frank Rogers of SRS represented the seller, a Louisville, Ky.-based developer. Carter and Rogers also represented the buyer, a private investor based in Newport Beach, Calif.