TUCSON, ARIZ. — Equus Capital Partners has divested of a 14-property industrial portfolio in Tucson to Catalyst Real Estate and New York-based Everview Partners for a combined $165.7 million, or $133 per square foot. Paul Hooker of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, in conjunction with Will Strong, Michael Matchett, Madeline Warren, Molly Miller and Jack Stamets of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group, represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Known as the Tucson Shallow Bay Industrial Portfolio, the 1.2-million-square-foot portfolio includes:
MCLEAN, VA. — JLL has arranged the sale of a 10-story, Class A office building located at 8270 Greensboro Drive in McLean, part of Northern Virginia’s Tysons submarket. Andrew Weir, Kevin Byrd, Jim Meisel, Dave Baker and Trey Ramsey of JLL represented the seller, Nuveen Real Estate, in the transaction. Onward Investors purchased the 166,393-square-foot office building for an undisclosed price. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2021, 8270 Greensboro Drive was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to 13 tenants. Amenities include a redesigned lobby and elevator entrance, tenant lounge and kitchenette with a 100-person indoor/outdoor conference center, furnished outdoor patio, renovated common corridors and a restaurant on the ground level.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a four-building industrial property located at 2348-2360 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach. Pugliese Creative Ventures purchased the 43,125-square-foot property from PMD Capital Management for $11.4 million. Douglas Mandel, Zach Levine and Cody Hershey of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Built in 1989, the property is situated on 4.2 acres and has suites ranging in size from 1,700 to 7,300 square feet, as well as 54 grade-level loading bays with overhead doors, three two-way entrances and 160 parking spaces.
KENT, WASH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $72 million sale of The Groves Apartments, a multifamily property in Kent, a southern suburb of Seattle. RISE Properties sold the community to FPA Multifamily LLC for $196,721 per unit. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Harmon, Nick Ruggiero and Anthony Palladino of IPA represented both parties in the deal. Built in 1980 on 20 acres, The Groves Apartments comprises 30 two- and three-story residential buildings, a newly renovated clubhouse, an outdoor heated pool, a children’s playground and two dog parks. The property features 366 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with an average size of 836 square feet. Each apartment includes a private patio or balcony, while the two- and three-bedroom units feature fireplaces.
CYPRESS, CALIF. — Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. has sold its former U.S. headquarters at 6555 Katella Ave. in Cypress, located in Orange County. Terms of the transaction were not released. Patrick Barnes, Paul Clark, Nick Slonek and Jae Estep of Avison Young represented Yamaha in the deal. Situated on 25 acres, the infill, industrial-zoned campus includes three buildings — one industrial, one flex and one office — totaling approximately 278,964 square feet and occupying an entire city block with three points of access from Katella Avenue, Holder Street and Yamaha Way. The campus has served as Yamaha’s U.S. headquarters since 1979. As part of a planned corporate relocation to Kennesaw, Ga., Yamaha will lease back the entire property through Dec. 31, 2028.
LA MESA, CALIF. — Rainbow Investment Co. has broken ground for Cush Medical Plaza, a medical office project that will be situated adjacent to the Sharp Grossmont Hospital campus in La Mesa, located in San Diego County. The project team includes Ware Malcomb as architect, interior designer and civil engineer, Turner Construction Co. as general contractor and 12 Alpha as project manager. Nehal Wadhwa and Matt Melendres of Cushman & Wakefield’s Healthcare Advisory team will handle leasing efforts for the development. The two-story, 52,600-square-foot building will feature flexible, multi-tenant medical office uses on the first floor and the Sharp Family Residency Clinic, a combined family practice and physician residency training clinic, on the upper floor. The residency center will include a lounge, sleep rooms, showers, charting spaces, a training room and fully functional exam and consult rooms for active patient care.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shoaff Park Villas, a 206-unit multifamily property in Fort Wayne. Jack Friskney, Aaron Kuroiwa and Austin Meeker of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Shoaff Park Villas Apartments Inc., and procured the buyer, an Illinois-based investor with a regional portfolio in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. The transaction marked the first time the property had been offered for sale since 1976 after being owned by the same family for 50 years.
By Teresa Borgen, Newmark From record-high leasing rates to historically low office sales volume, the Minneapolis-St. Paul market continues to present a complex and evolving landscape. Still recovering from lasting effects of COVID-19 and civil unrest during 2020, some submarkets are thriving, while others continue their gradual recovery. Here’s a synopsis of what’s happening in the market. The haves and have-nots While the Minneapolis central business district (CBD) has been among the slowest downtown office markets in the U.S. to recover since the pandemic turmoil of 2020, recent activity suggests the submarket is showing signs of revival. Several high-profile relocations among national law firms underscore the trend, with firms such as Husch Blackwell, Cozen O’Connor, Faegre Drinker, Saul Ewing and Robins Kaplan making long-term commitments, some even growing their footprint. The Minneapolis CBD has also attracted several recent relocations from the suburbs, with tenants like HNTB, Yardstik and Pepper Foster Consulting moving for enhanced accessibility to public transit and easier opportunities for growth. Given the migration to suburban office markets between 2020 and 2022, these moves and expansions are encouraging signs for the Minneapolis CBD, as well as other downtown markets in the U.S. While these developments are certainly …
CHICAGO — Logistics Property Co. has sold a distribution facility located at 1237 W. Division St. in Chicago for $195 million. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been reported as the buyer by multiple media outlets. Situated near downtown Chicago and totaling 571,423 square feet, the property was the first multi-story logistics facility to be developed in the Midwest, according to JLL. The facility was purpose-built for distribution operations and features clear heights over 34 feet, 56 loading docks, 135-foot truck court depths, a dedicated second-floor truck ramp and 10,000 amps of power. Parking capacity at the facility includes a 292,500-square-foot rooftop parking deck and an adjacent five-level parking structure, which together accommodate up to 1,590 automobiles or 763 vans. According to JLL Capital Markets, which brokered the sale, more than 1 million residents live within a five-mile radius of the property, which is situated roughly three miles from Chicago’s central business district, with convenient access to Chicago O’Hare International and Chicago Midway International airports. Amazon plans to begin operations at the facility in late 2027 or early 2028 and use the property as a same-day delivery center, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Logistics Property Co. completed the development in late 2024. In …
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Agora Realty has broken ground on the third and final phase of Hylo Park, a 73-acre mixed-use entertainment project in North Las Vegas. Upon completion, the $375 million, 25-acre final phase will include a 250,000-square-foot multi-sport indoor field house; an existing multi-sport arena, fully accredited college preparatory Game Changers Sports Academy; an outdoor public space, community field, shops, restaurants and a family entertainment center; and a 177-key Hilton Embassy Suites Completion is slated for late 2027. Additional phases of the project include Hylo Park South, a 90,750-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center that was completed in July as the second phase of the project, and a nearly 400-home residential neighborhood called The West End, which was developed by Lennar Corp. Project partners include Advent, a research-driven, technology-forward storytelling agency, and PMY Group, a full-service provider of technology, data and creative solutions.