HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of Sterling Plaza, a 102,292-square-foot office building located at 10101 Southwest Freeway in Houston. The Class B property was built in 1982 and renovated in 2001. Robert LaCoure and Ryan Young of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Tristar Alliance Properties, which plans to upgrade the lobby, roof and HVAC systems, in the transaction. Patrick O’Connell of O’Connell Realty represented the seller, Mykawa Hso LP.
DALLAS — MRT Avenido LLC has acquired Avenida Crossing, a 464-unit apartment community in Dallas. The property features newly renovated one- and two-bedroom units with fully equipped kitchens and amenities such as two pools and a playground. Dougherty Mortgage LLC arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer. The loan was secured through a partnership with Old Capital Lending and was structured with a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 13,817-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for Advance Energy Partners LLC at Westchase Park Plaza in Houston. The 10-story office building is located at 11490 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Westchase submarket. Dan Boyles of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the landlord, California-based Hertz Investment Group.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Locally based developer Read King Commercial Real Estate has sold Miramesa Town Center, a 13,070-square-foot retail strip center in metro Houston. The property is situated on 1.9 acres in Cypress and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as AT&T, Supercuts and Dogtopia. Ryan West, John Indelli and Ethan Goldberg of JLL represented Read King in the transaction. Michael Johnson and Tolu Akindele of JLL placed a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $111.5 million loan for the refinancing of Rancho Vista Corporate Center, an office/R&D campus in San Diego. The borrower is Swift Real Estate Partners. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE’s San Francisco office secured the floating-rate financing for the borrower. Annaly Commercial Real Estate served as lender. Situated on 67.5 acres at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Vista Corporate Center offers a total of 816,771 square feet of office and R&D space spread across multiple buildings, including a three-story, Class A office building. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the campus in 2016 and has completed a $70 million transformation of the property, including upgraded building systems; added amenities, such as a fitness center and outdoor sports court facility; open-air collaboration and gaming areas; cafeteria renovation; new facades; exterior and landscaping upgrades; and increased connectivity between the buildings. The company recently completed the final stage of its repositioning strategy, which included converting Building 60 into Class A creative office space from R&D use.
CONCORD, CALIF. — A partnership between Paragon Commercial Group and Long Market Property Partners has completed the disposition of The Shops at Todos Santos Plaza, an entire city block of urban retail located in downtown Concord. Terms of the transaction, including the name of the buyer and acquisition price, were not released. Comprising 15 retail and restaurant tenants, the asset was fully leased to a strong roster of daily needs and restaurant tenants. Nicholas Bicardo, Brandon Rogoff, Forest Gherlone and Mike Zystra of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the deal.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Silver Shadow, a multifamily property located in Federal Way. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $25.7 million, or $194,697 per unit. Built in 1989 on 5.4 acres, Silver Shadow offers 132 garden-style apartments and close proximity to multiple mass transit services. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
MINNEAPOLIS — Bridge Office Fund Manager, a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group LLC, has acquired West End Office Park, a six-building, 568,000-square-foot office campus within the West End submarket of Minneapolis. The purchase price was undisclosed. Originally developed between 1968 and 1980, the park has undergone more than $27 million in capital improvements since 2015. Bridge plans to make additional improvements beginning immediately. The campus is 86 percent occupied by tenants such as HealthPartners, nVent, Horizontal Integration and CoBank. Tom O’Brien and Sam Maguire of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, which represents Bridge Office’s entry into the Twin Cities market.
OCONOMOWOC, WIS. — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the $36.4 million sale of a big-box retail property fully leased to Fleet Farm in Oconomowoc, about 30 miles west of Milwaukee. The 218,628-square-foot property is located at 1555 Pabst Farms Circle. Constructed in 2018, the building sits within Pabst Farms, a 1,500-acre mixed-use development. Upon full completion, the project will offer residential, retail, office and healthcare space with 360 acres of parks and green space. Tom Fritz, Brandon Duff and Christina Pecoraro of Stan Johnson represented the seller, a Wisconsin-based developer. Minneapolis-based SR Realty Trust Inc. purchased the asset.
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of 222 East Erie in Milwaukee’s Third Ward district for $9.6 million. The brokerage also secured $7.6 million in acquisition financing through a Chicago-based financial institution. R2 Cos. was the buyer. Originally built in 1896 as a bakery, the property was repositioned in 2006 as a creative office asset. The four-story building features onsite parking. Jaime Fink, Jeffrey Bramson, Bruce Miller, Patrick Shields and Sam DiFrancesca of JLL represented the private seller. Christopher Carroll and Lucas Borges of JLL led the financing efforts.
