AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin-based Roscoe Property Management (RPM) has been awarded the B/K portfolio, which consists of 14 apartment communities totaling approximately 3,500 units, the majority of which are located in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) and Houston markets. RPM has now added more than 50 communities to its management portfolio in 2019 alone.
DALLAS — Global architecture and engineering firm Page has signed a 34,000-square-foot office lease extension at the historic Mercantile National Bank Building in downtown Dallas. The firm has operated out of the property, located at 1800 Main St., since 2011 and will add an additional seven years to its lease term. Matt Heidelbaugh and Billy Gannon of Cushman & Wakefield represented Page in the lease negotiations.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of the historic Dakota Lofts apartment building, a 53-unit property in Houston’s Warehouse District. The property was originally built in 1911 and housed the Bute Paint Factory. The Randall Davis Co. renovated the building in 1993, when the facility was converted to multifamily housing featuring vintage loft-style units. Chip Nash and Bob Heard of JLL, along with Jim Hurd and Bishale Patel of Houston Income Properties, represented Randall Davis in the sale. Dakota Lofts was more than 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
GETZVILLE, N.Y. — Citigroup has agreed to purchase 580 CrossPoint Parkway, a 158,000-square-foot office building in the CrossPoint Business Park, as well as approximately nine acres of adjacent land in the northern Buffalo suburb of Getzville. With this transaction, Citigroup will also extend its lease at the conjoined 107,000-square-foot office building located at 540 CrossPoint Parkway. Uniland Development Co. was the seller of 580 CrossPoint and is also the landlord of 540 Crosspoint. The Buffalo News reports the sale, which is expected to close in November, fetched a sales price of $52 million.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale and financing of the 117-room Hampton Inn Rochester North, a hotel located approximately 70 miles east of Buffalo. Ketan Patel and Mark von Dwingelo of HREC Investment Advisors arranged the sale on behalf of an undisclosed buyer. John Siska of HREC Capital Markets placed a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer with a regional bank. The sales price was undisclosed.
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Grandview Gardens Apartments, a 20-unit multifamily property located in Hasbrouck Heights, a northwestern suburb of New York City. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from $1,475-$1,930. Kevin Taub, Daniel Aviles and Casey Egan of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The team also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor.
LOWER GWYNEDD, PA. — CBRE has negotiated a 6,724-square-foot office lease for cancer screening company Anpac Bio at Spring House Innovation Park in Lower Gwynedd, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. Developed and owned by MRA Group, the 600,000-square-foot property offers lab, research and development facilities, as well as Class A office and coworking space. Anpac Bio is expected to move into the space in March 2020. Toni Rossi of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.
LA MIRADA, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an industrial infill project located at 14001-14051 Rosecrans Ave. in La Mirada. Clarion Partners, on behalf of a separate account client, acquired the property from Bailard Inc. for $76.8 million, or $228 per square foot. Spanning 14.4 acres, the two-building, 337,125-square-foot project features 30-foot clear heights, an ESFR fire sprinkler system, large truck courts and street frontage along Rosecrans Avenue. Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Brad Brandenburg of Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine, Calif., office represented the seller in the deal.
ALBUQUERQUE — Phillips Edison & Co. has completed the sale of Juan Tabo Plaza, an institutional-quality shopping center located at 11000 Montgomery Road NE in Albuquerque. Samco Properties purchased the asset for an undisclosed price free and clear of existing debt. Anchored by Walmart Neighborhood Market, Juan Tabo Plaza features 74,393 square feet of institutional-quality retail space in a mix of grocery, hair salon, restaurants, tax preparation and health tenants. The property has been institutionally owned and maintained since the seller acquired the asset in 2014. Chris Gerard, Ryan Shore, Aaron Johnson and Wesley Gilmer of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — San Ramon, Calif.-based Meridian has acquired a two-story office building, located at 3601 W. Sunflower Ave. in Santa Ana, for $20.3 million. The buyer plans to invest an additional $5 million in building improvements to convert the building into a medical office space. Situated on 4.8 acres, the 53,500-square-foot property was originally constructed in 2000 as a special-use building for a culinary and arts school. The school went bankrupt earlier this year, and the building was vacant at the time of sale. During escrow, Meridian secured its first tenant, a large healthcare provider, for roughly half of the building on a long-term lease. The buyer will market the second-floor space, approximately 26,000 square feet, to medical office tenants. Jon Sweeney of Long Beach, Calif.-based CXI Realty and George Thomson of Newmark Knight Frank’s Irvine, Calif., office represented the seller, a local private investor, in the transaction. John Scruggs and Justin Hodgdon of Newmark Knight Frank’s Irvine office represented the buyer. Scruggs and Thomson will manage the continued leasing of the building.