HOUSTON — Hicks Johnson PLLC has signed a 13-year, 21,000-square-foot office lease in downtown Houston. The litigation and arbitration law firm is taking space at 1550 on the Green, a 28-story, 375,000-square-foot building that the owner, international developer Skanska, completed earlier this year. Tyler Garrett and Chrissy Wilson of JLL represented Skanska in the lease negotiations. The deal brings the building to 54 percent occupancy. Hicks Johnson plans to take occupancy in late 2025.
ST. JOHNS, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $6.5 million sale of Parkway Place Shoppes, a new strip retail center located at 1385 St. Johns Parkway in the Jacksonville suburb of St. Johns. KidStrong, Oola Mala Restaurant, Tsaocaa Tea, Benjamin Moore and Planet Smoothie fully occupy the 11,685-square-foot property on new 10-year, triple-net leases. Patrick Nutt, William Wamble and Daniel Becker of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based private development company, in the sale. The buyer was a private investor from New York that purchased the center in a 1031 exchange.
CARY, N.C. — Burns & McDonnell, a global engineering, construction and architecture firm, has expanded its office footprint to 17,000 square feet at Fenton, a 92-acre mixed-use development in the Raleigh suburb of Cary. Matt Winters and Ashley Ingram of JLL represented Burns & McDonnell in the lease transaction, nearly doubling the tenant’s square footage. The office is located at 25 Fenton Main and features an outdoor terrace overlooking the project’s Central Plaza. The owners of Fenton include Hines, Columbia Development and Affinius Capital.
FIRE ISLAND PINES, N.Y. — Brokerage firm Muroff Hospitality Group has arranged the $15.5 million sale of Fire Island Pines Resort on the southern tip of Long Island. The resort features The Blue Whale marina and restaurant, a hotel, pool, fitness center and pavilion. The sale, which also included a three-bedroom house and 16-bedroom house for employees, represents approximately 75 percent of the commercial property on Fire Island Pines. Mitch Muroff of Muroff Hospitality Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — A joint venture between Capital 360 and Charlotte-based Barings has completed the disposition of Extra Space Storage in Cerritos to Houston-based Hines for $91 million. Nick Walker and Trevor Roberts of CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group represented the seller in in the transaction. Capital 360 and Barings originally acquired the site in 2018. Situated on 4.9 acres at 17900 Crusader Ave., the three-story, 260,273-square-foot facility offers 2,460 storage units. Constructed in 2020, the facility was more than 88 percent occupied at the time of sale.
CHAMBERSBURG, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.5 million sale of a retail property in Chambersburg, about 150 miles west of Philadelphia. The property houses a 5,330-square-foot building that is under construction and net leased to convenience store operator Wawa for the next 20 years. Derrick Dougherty and Scott Woodard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Paramount Realty, in the transaction. Dougherty and Jacob Haslach, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, Maryland-based investment firm W.F. Chesley Real Estate.
LOS ANGELES — Senior Resources Group (SRG) has purchased Fountainview at Gonda, a seniors housing community in the Playa Vista submarket of Los Angeles, from Los Angeles Jewish Health (LAJHealth) for an undisclosed price. In conjunction with the acquisition, SRG has renamed the property Avocet Playa Vista. A continuing-care retirement community (CCRC), the 199-residence Avocet Playa Vista offers 175 independent living, 12 assisted living and 12 memory care units. Built in 2017 and designed by Gensler, Avocet Playa Vista residences are part of the Playa Vista homeowners association, enabling access to a full-service community with a full-service restaurant, bar/bistro, performing arts theatre, arts center, indoor pool and fitness center, mind and body programs, cultural events and onsite rehabilitative health care. SRG is committed to maintaining the Jewish values foundational to the community and its residents.
DENVER — New York-based KPR Centers has acquired University Hills, a grocery-anchored retail center in Denver, for $56.5 million. The name of the seller was not released. Located at 2750 S. Colorado Blvd., the 210,000-square-foot University Hills was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including King Soopers, Michaels, Marshalls, Office Depot, PetSmart, Five Below, Ulta Beauty and Starbucks Coffee. Tom Lagos of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented KPR in the off-market transaction. KPR Centers is now present in 18 states, with approximately 10 million square feet of owned and self-managed properties.
SAN DIEGO — Miramar Acquisitions has acquired 7191 Carroll Road, a 3.6-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in San Diego’s Miramar submarket, from TFI International for $14.6 million. Evan McDonald, Kurtis Blanchard and Mark Lewkowitz of Colliers represented the buyer and seller in the deal. The low-coverage site features a 6,300-square-foot cross-dock facility with excess paved and secured yard space. The property’s zoning allows for an array of outdoor industrial uses, including equipment and material storage, vehicle equipment and supplies sales and rentals, and trucking and transportation facilities.
MALDEN, MASS. — JLL has negotiated a 60,000-square-foot life sciences lease in Malden, a northern suburb of Boston. The tenant, locally based battery maker Alsym Energy, is relocating its headquarters from nearby Woburn to Exchange 200, a 352,000-square-foot facility that is a redevelopment of a former office building. Molly Heath, Chris McCauley and Anslee Krouch of JLL represented the landlord, a joint venture between Boston-based Berkeley Investments and Chicago-based Singerman Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Bill Lynch and Caroline Evans of Colliers represented the tenant, which will continue operations at its Woburn facility.