HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 120-room hotel in West Houston. The hotel was built in 1995 and is operated under the Red Roof Plus+ brand. Amenities include a breakfast area, fitness center and onsite laundry facilities. Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties were limited liability companies. Chris Gomes, Allan Miller and Rajan Patel of Marcus & Millichap provided support for the deal.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Stage Equity Partners, an investment firm based in the Chicago area, has purchased a portfolio of two medical office buildings totaling 40,075 square feet in El Paso. The buildings were fully leased at the time of sale to practices in fields such as neurology, gastroenterology, general surgery, pediatrics, behavioral health, laboratory testing and oral surgery. Jay Miele of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Wintrust Bank provided acquisition financing for the deal.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Topgolf has opened a new venue in Grand Prairie, roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The square footage was not disclosed, but the two-level venue features 80 climate-controlled hitting bays in addition to a bar and restaurant. Topgolf expects to employ about 300 people at the facility, which is the Dallas-based operator’s 15th in Texas and fifth in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
FORT LEE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an $85.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of FIAT House, a 309-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Fort Lee. The newly constructed property consists of two buildings that rise 12 and 13 stories and house one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a golf simulator and cinema room, a landscaped rooftop deck with cabanas and fire pits, a library, a gym, coworking areas and private offices. John Alascio, Chuck Kohaut and Chris Meloni of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the 10-year loan through Greystone on behalf of the owner.
NEW YORK CITY — Nuveen Real Estate has provided $47 million in first mortgage financing for Storage Post East Village, a 1,959-unit self-storage facility in Manhattan’s East Village. The landmarked building at 444 E. 10th St. was originally constructed in 1928 as the Wheatsworth Building. Storage Post and its equity partner, Almanac Realty Investors, acquired the building in 2022 and redeveloped it to support storage use. Today, the facility features 78,812 net rentable square feet of entirely climate-controlled space. Steven Klein and Robert Tonnessen of JLL arranged the loan through Nuveen on behalf of ownership.
MARLBORO, N.J. — REDCOM Design & Construction has broken ground on a 56,170-square-foot industrial project in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro. The building at 156 Boundary Road is a build-to-suit for owner-occupier 3PL Center, which provides logistics services, and will include four office spaces. A tentative completion date was not announced.
CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Electrochemistry company Ionomr Innovations Inc. has opened 22,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Charlestown, located north of Boston. The facility, which includes research-and-development space, is located within Hood Park, which is a redevelopment of the former facility of dairy producer H.P. Hood & Sons. Ionomr expects the facility to account for the creation of 40 new jobs over the next three years.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — A joint venture between 13th Floor Investments and Rockpoint plan to develop The Link at Boca, a new transit-oriented apartment community located adjacent to the Boca Raton Tri-Rail Station. The development is a public-private partnership between the joint venture and the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, which selected 13th Floor as part of its RFP process to develop a mixed-use environment on publicly owned land. As part of the transaction,13th Floor and Rockpoint have obtained $100 million in construction financing from Santander Bank. The joint venture plans to break ground this month and deliver the property approximately 24 months thereafter. Located at 680 W. Yamato Road near I-95 and the El Rio Trail, The Link at Boca will rise eight stories and comprise 340 apartments and 24,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level. Apartments will come in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from approximately 600 to 1,300 square feet. Amenities will include a resort-style pool deck, social lounge and bar, coworking spaces, private offices, yoga studio, kids’ room, golf and virtual reality simulation room, sauna and an outdoor game area. The Link at Boca will also include …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — The University of Virginia has selected Capstone Development Partners for a 780-bed residence hall project on the university’s campus in Charlottesville. The development will include three buildings spanning 310,000 square feet at the corner of Copeley and Ivy roads. The project will offer apartment-style units for upperclassmen alongside a 19,000-square-foot dining and retail component. Capstone will serve as a fee developer responsible for the design and construction of the project, which is being financed by the university and is scheduled for completion in fall 2027. The development team also includes Elkus Manfredi Architects, Hoar Construction and Hourigan.
STERLING, VA. — KLNB has negotiated the $28.5 million sale of an 83,330-square-foot warehouse located at 45190 Ocean Court in Sterling, about 29 miles west of Washington, D.C. Ryan Goeller, Chase Stewart, Jeff Tarae and Tyler Cumberland of KLNB represented the buyer, JK Land Holdings, in the off-market transaction. The seller was an entity doing business as Sterling Davis Properties LLC. The current tenant, Belfort Furniture, plans to vacate the property in June. JK Land has tapped KLNB to market and lease the property going forward.