WATERTOWN, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $5.8 million sale of a 79-room Holiday Inn Express hotel in Watertown, which is situated in between Madison and Milwaukee. Built in 1996, the property is located at 101 Aviation Way. Ebrahim Valliani, John Yurich, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap marketed the hotel for sale on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Jake Erickson and Jared Plamann of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of Main Place Apartments, a 60-unit apartment building in Rockford, for $2.2 million. The property is located at 929-935 N. Main St. Reid Bennett and Cody Doran of SVN brokered the transaction. Becovic Management Group acquired the property from an undisclosed seller. Jerry Lumpkins of BMO Harris Bank originated acquisition financing. The deal marks the second time in five years that the asset has traded hands.
Georgia’s secondary and tertiary multifamily markets continue to demonstrate growing attraction as capital flows from investors leaving the Atlanta metro area in search of higher yield transactions. The greater Georgia market, which spans the state excluding the 29-county Atlanta metro area, has become a destination for investment due to growing capital inflows to the Southeast and cap rate compression in metro Atlanta. Multifamily transaction volume in the Southeast totaled $11.8 billion in second-quarter 2019, up 25 percent year-over-year, allowing more capital to enter Georgia’s secondary and tertiary markets. The trickle-down effect of investment into these markets, boosted by strong job growth and increasing renter households, works to promote a strong renter marketplace with increasing returns in the region. Georgia markets demonstrated tightening fundamentals and noticeable rent gains in recent years, particularly south of Atlanta, due to supply-side pressure and limited new deliveries. According to CoStar Group, metro Atlanta delivered nearly 11,000 units, up 15 percent year-over-year through the second quarter, while Georgia’s secondary and tertiary markets delivered roughly 2,200 in total, down 40 percent. Greater Georgia’s lack of supply has generated pent-up demand in multifamily, resulting in residents who are willing to pay more for higher value assets while landlords …
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of a 756,038-square-foot office portfolio in Tampa for $156.9 million. Angelo Gordon, a New York-based private equity real estate investment firm, and Commercial Florida Realty Partners sold the collection of five office buildings to a joint venture between Partners Group and Parkway Property Investments LLC. Partners Group is a global private markets group based in Zug, Switzerland, and Parkway Property Investments is a real estate investment, development and operating company with assets across the Mid-Atlantic and Sunbelt regions. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Zachary Eicholtz and Ryan Jenkins of Cushman & Wakefield’s Investment Sales Team represented Angelo Gordon and Commercial Florida Realty Partners in the sale. The portfolio includes 501 E. Kennedy Blvd. in downtown Tampa, now known as WeWork Place, and four properties in the Westshore District (Westshore Corporate Center and Cypress Centers I, II, and III). The properties were built between 1981 and 1988, and the overall occupancy was approximately 91 percent at the time of sale. WeWork Place is a 19-story, 295,982-square-foot office tower that houses tenants such as GE Capital, Woodforest National Bank, the Florida Office of the Attorney General and BMO Harris Bank, in …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Bowers, a mixed-use development in Charlotte’s South End, to RMR Office Property Fund LP for $31.5 million. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith and Grayson Hawkins of CBRE represented the seller, White Point Partners, a private real estate investment firm based in Charlotte. Located at 4001 Yancey Road, Bowers is a 73,560-square-foot office and retail property consisting of three 1940s and 1950s buildings. It was the former site of Bowers Fibers, a fiber by-product manufacturer. The development houses a collection of restaurants and office space and is located near Interstate 77. After a complete redevelopment completed in 2018, Bowers is now 100 percent occupied by tenants including Artisanal Brewing Ventures, Chef Alyssa’s Kitchen, SentryOne and Investor Management Services.
COLUMBUS, GA. — Columbus-based Trillium Capital Resources has arranged a refinancing package for four Class B and C apartment complexes and a store leased to Walgreens in the greater Columbus area. Scott Taccati of Trillium Capital arranged the approximately $19.7 million financing through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, a local real estate developer. The loan package for the apartments was underwritten with a fixed 3.4 percent interest rate and a 15-year amortization schedule. Three of the apartment communities are located in Columbus and one is located in nearby Phenix City, Ala., and the average age of the four communities is 30 years. The Walgreens loan was underwritten at a fixed 3.65 percent interest rate and a 15-year amortization schedule. The Walgreens property was constructed in 2011 in Columbus. Trilium Capital also recently arranged an approximately $26.8 million refinancing for a Class A multifamily complex located in the northern section of Pensacola, Fla. Taccati arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed Phenix City-based developer, through a regional bank. The 10-year loan features a 3.15 percent interest rate.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — JLL has arranged $42 million in financing for the western portion of Rio, a 700,000-square-foot retail property in the suburban Washington, D.C., city of Gaithersburg. Located at 9811 Washingtonian Blvd., the property is located at the intersection of Interstates 270 and 370. Chris Hew and Evan Parker of JLL Capital Markets arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Peterson Cos., through MetLife Investment Management. Peterson, a Fairfax, Va.-based real estate developer, will use loan proceeds to refinance an existing loan and complete a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan that includes the development of an outparcel building preleased to True Food Kitchen, as well as garage repairs, updating building facades, expanding the boardwalk, new entertainment and programming spaces and refurbishing a pedestrian bridge. Rio is 98 percent leased to a mix of retailers that includes Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Kohl’s and Barnes & Noble, along with restaurant tenants such as Yard House, Uncle Julio’s, Corner Bakery, Lanzhou Hand Pulled Noodles and Kung Fu Tea.
SEFFNER, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Mango Plaza to Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) for $12.5 million. The 166,465-square-foot shopping center is located in Seffner, 11 miles northeast of Tampa. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of IPA and James Medefind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a New York- and Boca Raton-based private investment group, in the transaction. Mango Plaza is anchored by a Publix supermarket and Walmart, both long-standing tenants since the center opened in 1986. The asset is located at 11724 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. near Interstates 75 and 4.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT has completed the sale of an office building located at 2160 Grand Ave. in El Segundo. SteelWave acquired the asset for $63.5 million, or $420 per square foot. Griffin Capital acquired the 151,289-square-foot property in February 2014 for $52.7 million. At that time the property was fully leased to a single tenant with a lease expiration of June 30, 2021. As part of the transaction, Griffin delivered the property unencumbered by the lease. The Shannon Team of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.
AZUSA, WILMINGTON AND GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased three industrial properties in Southern California for $56.1 million. The acquisitions were funded using cash on hand. The names of the sellers were not released. The company acquired a 4.2-acre land parcel at 415 S. Motor Ave. in Azusa for $7.2 million, or $39 per land square foot. Rexford plans to construct a 96,950-square-foot Class A industrial building on the site. The development will feature 32-foot clear heights, 14 dock doors, ESFR fire sprinklers and modern office space. Additionally, the company purchased a 57,522-square-foot building located at 508 East E St. in Wilmington for $14.9 million, or $259 per square foot. Situated on 3.45 acres, three tenants fully occupy the property. Rexford also acquired an industrial building located at 12752-12822 Monarch St. in Garden Grove for $34 million, or $130 per square foot. Situated on 11.1 acres, the 276,585-square-foot, four-tenant asset was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. The company plans to reposition the property with functional and cosmetic improvements and replace a portion of the building with new improvements.