EVANSVILLE, IND. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of Diamond Center in Evansville for $1 million. The 10,000-square-foot retail property is fully occupied. Tenants include Dollar General and Subway. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, an Indiana-based private investment group. A New Jersey-based private group purchased the asset at a cap rate of 7.3 percent.
NOVI, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has negotiated two leases at Thomasville Centre in Novi. Alchile Mexican Grill & Bar and Pho Mai Vietnamese restaurant are the newest tenants to join the center, which is located on Grand River Avenue. Alchile opened this spring, leasing 5,130 square feet. Pho Mai will open during the second half of this year and occupy 1,680 square feet. Joel Karboske of Gerdom represented the landlord, Mclaughlin Family Properties.
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. — CBRE has brokered the $20.4 million sale of a 153,000-square-foot office and laboratory property located within Framingham Technology Park on the western outskirts of Boston. Zell Partnership represented the seller, biotech firm Sanofi Genzyme, which will continue to operate out of the property until it takes occupancy of a new build-to-suit space at Cambridge Crossing. That property is under construction, and Sanofi Genzyme expects to move in by late 2021 or early 2022. Steve Purpura, Chris Skeffington and Roy Sandeman of CBRE represented the buyer, King Street Properties, which plans to redevelop the property into a multi-tenanted R&D lab facility after Sanofi moves out.
WALTHAM, MASS. — ElevateBio, a biotech firm that specializes in gene therapy and development, will open a 108,000-square-foot office and lab space in Waltham, a western suburb of Boston. The facility will be located at 200 Smith Street in a former U.S. Post Office facility that was recently transformed into a 430,000-square-foot life sciences building. Anchor Line Partners LLC and Northwood Investors led the redevelopment project. ElevateBio’s new facility is expected to open in May 2020.
For many years, San Antonio’s industrial sector was considered, at best, a lower-tiered secondary market for investment of institutional capital. But over the last 18 to 24 months, this market has seen a major increase in the amount of institutional funds competing for placement. According to the latest research from JLL, during the last 24 months, institutional buyers have acquired approximately 11 million square feet of industrial real estate in San Antonio. This investment activity translates to more than $700 million in value, inclusive of entity-level transactions. These figures represent nearly a 200 percent increase in the annual volume of sales in San Antonio compared to the previous 24-month period. The investor pool runs the gamut in terms of where buyers are headquartered. Property owners are fielding demand from institutional capital sources located all over the country, including international capital sources, as investors continue to chase better yield within the red-hot sector that is industrial. Supply of high-quality product has struggled to keep pace with the growth of institutional demand, mainly because the influx of capital has been so strong in such a short period of time. But the market is still seeing steady growth in the development and absorption …
RENO AND LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Eldorado Resorts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERI) and Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) have agreed to merge operations in a cash and stock deal valued at $17.3 billion. Eldorado plans to purchase the assets and operations of Caesars, creating the world’s largest gaming company. If approved and executed, the combined company would operate under the Caesars name and continue to trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The combined company would own and operate approximately 60 casino-resorts and gaming facilities across 16 states. The combined company will also oversee the completion of the $1.2 billion room remodeling program of Caesars’ Las Vegas Strip assets. Eldorado will acquire all the outstanding shares of Caesars using $7.2 billion in cash, approximately 77 million Eldorado common shares and the assumption of Caesars outstanding net debt, excluding face value of the existing convertible note (i.e. short-term debt that converts to equity). Eldorado and Caesars shareholders will hold approximately 51 percent and 49 percent of the combined company’s outstanding shares, respectively. The combined company’s board of directors will consist of 11 members, six from Eldorado’s board of directors and five from Caesars’ board of directors. The board of directors for both …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northwood Ravin will break ground on 500 West Trade in July. The project will feature 354 apartment units, 8,500 square feet of retail space and a 3,600-square-foot pedestrian courtyard. The apartment units will be situated within a seven-story and a 14-story building connected by the courtyard. Communal amenities will include a business center overlooking Trade Street, a rooftop lounge and outdoor kitchen in the 14th floor, dog spa and two swimming pools. Additionally, there will be a health club with an exercise room, men’s and women’s saunas, fitness room and a massage room. Northwestern Mutual is providing construction financing. Northwood Ravin is the developer and general contractor for 500 West Trade and will serve as the residential property manager when leasing begins. Northwood Ravin expects the first units to open in early 2021.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $54.4 million sale of 550 Biltmore, a 162,293-square-foot office building in Coral Gables. Miami-based CGI Merchant Group acquired the 16-story building for $336 per square foot. The asset was built in 1986 and renovated in 2013. The property is located at 550 Biltmore Way, six miles west of downtown Miami. 550 Biltmore was 89 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including UBS, Compagnie Financière Richemont (Cartier) and Heinemann Americas Inc. Mike Davis, Miguel Alcivar, Dominic Montazemi, Scott O’Donnell, Brian Gale, Ryan Holtzman and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Gale and Holtzman, along with Andrew Trench and Jeannette Mendoza of Cushman & Wakefield, is handling leasing efforts for the building. Cushman & Wakefield also manages the property.
TAMPA, FLA. — ContraVest has sold the Addison at Tampa Oaks, a 262-unit multifamily community in Tampa, for $54.3 million. Addison at Tampa Oaks was built in 2016 and offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,046 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, sun deck, outdoor lounge, 24-hour fitness center, spin cycle studio and a resident clubhouse. TM Real Estate Group and Lindy Property Management acquired the asset for $207,061 per unit.
WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $32.5 million sale of 1020 at Winter Springs, a 208-unit apartment complex in Winter Springs, about 15 miles north of downtown Orlando. The community was built in 1992 and was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. 1020 at Winter Springs offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 769 square feet. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, tennis courts, clubhouse, fitness center, playground and a laundry facility. Cole Whitaker, Jason Stanton, Mary Beale and Greg Rainey of Berkadia represented the seller, Covenant Capital Group, in the transaction. Berkadia also provided a $26.1 million Freddie Mac loan to the buyer, a joint venture between the Michaelson Group and GMF Capital. The fixed-rate acquisition loan comes with a 10-year term and five years of interest-only payments.
