PENSACOLA, FLA. — Blue Magma Residential LLC has acquired Heritage Apartments, a 20-building, 194-unit multifamily community in Pensacola, for $17.8 million. The buyer will rebrand the property as The Park at Sterling Hills and will invest $2 million to renovate the exterior and interior units of the property. Heritage Apartments offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, dog park and grilling stations. David Etchison of Berkadia represented the buyer in the transaction. Regions Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller was not disclosed.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $11.8 million sale of The 2601 Building, a 59,942-square-foot office building located at 2601 E. Oakland Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The six-story building was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including The Africa Adventure Co., HL Law Group, Exit Ryan Scott Realty and Natural Transplants Hair Restoration Clinic. After suffering significant damage during Hurricane Wilma in 2005, the building was gutted and rebuilt in 2007 with new roofs, mechanical systems and modern interiors. The seller was 2601 M L Fund LLC, a Netz USA LLC holding company. The buyer was MHC Oakland Park Owner LLC. Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Greg Miller, Miguel Alcivar, Jason Hochman and Michael Ciadella of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $2.3M Sale of New Store Leased to Dollar General Near Wilmington
by Alex Tostado
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.3 million sale of a Dollar General-occupied building that was delivered in March of this year in Southport. The 9,026-square-foot building is located at 4421 Long Beach Road SE, about 30 miles south of downtown Wilmington. Par 5 Development Group LLC sold the asset, which Sedgemoor Properties LLC acquired. Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. is set to open a downtown Cincinnati store on Wednesday, Sept. 25. This is the first downtown store in a half-century for the Cincinnati-based grocer, according to the Cincinnati Business Courier. The new store is located at the corner of Court and Walnut streets, across from the company’s headquarters. The 45,000-square-foot, two-story store will include five restaurants within a food hall. It will be known as Kroger on the Rhine, replacing an existing Kroger store in the Over-the-Rhine district. Besides the Kroger store, the 18-story building comprises a 139-unit apartment complex known as 1010 on the Rhine.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — JLL has arranged $29.8 million in renovation financing for 2001 York Road, a 184,525-square-foot office property in Oak Brook. Christopher Carroll of JLL secured the three-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Pembroke IV LLC. The five-story building, located near I-88 and I-294, is fully leased. Comcast occupies the majority of the property, which was built in 1999. Specific renovation plans were not disclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — Time Equities Inc. (TEI) has acquired Brookside Industrial Park in Indianapolis for $6.9 million. The Class B property spans 303,764 square feet and 10 buildings across 33.9 acres. The asset was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as United Rentals, California Closets, Alloyd Supply Co. Inc., Purposeful Design, AH Furnico Inc., Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County, Agile Engineering & Manufacturing and Siddique Enterprises. Julia Evinger and Damien Yoder of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction on behalf of the private seller. Brian Soto, Max Pastor and Raymond Cazis of TEI self-represented the comapny as acquisition and asset managers. TEI also acquired 1.9 acres of undeveloped land on the site, enabling the firm to further develop the complex.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mag Mile Capital has arranged a $5.4 million CMBS loan for the acquisition of an 83-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel in southeast Indianapolis. The property is located at 4650 Southport Crossing Drive near I-65. Rushi Shah and Prabhat Jayara of Mag Mile Capital arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Trivedi Hospitality. Rialto Mortgage Finance provided the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Engineering consulting firm Hubbell, Roth & Clark Inc. (HRC) is relocating from its 3,500-square-foot office in the American Seating building to a 7,000-square-foot office at 1925 Breton Road SE in Grand Rapids. The 44,000-square-foot Breton Road building, owned by an affiliate of Rockford Construction, was formerly medical office space. Rockford updated the formerly vacant building. HRC expects to move into its new space in mid-October. Colliers International | West Michigan handles leasing for the entire building.
DALLAS — The 2020 presidential election as well as tariffs, the primary economic weapon of the incumbent candidate, are weighing heavily on the decisions of industrial users and investors in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), according to a panel of experienced leasing and capital markets professionals at the InterFace DFW Industrial conference. Moderated by Coni Hennersdorf, principal of CODA Consulting Group, the event was held Sept. 4 at the Westin Galleria Hotel and attended by more than 200 people in its first year of existence. The panelists agreed that President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which at this point primarily target goods imported from China, have prompted some industrial users to stockpile inventories in advance of the tariffs going into effect. According to the Wall Street Journal, since July 2018, the administration has imposed tariffs on more than $250 billion worth of Chinese goods, not including the additional $150 billion in tariffs set to take effect in mid-December. Other tenants have opted to wait out the election and see if the tariffs will be repealed, effectively delaying key decisions on capital expenditures like labor and materials. The former scenario creates more demand for industrial space, while the latter puts potential expansion deals on hold. …
HCP Agrees to Purchase Life Sciences Building Near Boston from Davis Cos., Invesco for $332.5M
by John Nelson
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP), a healthcare and seniors housing REIT, has agreed to acquire a 224,000-square-foot life sciences building in the Cambridge submarket of Boston for $332.5 million. The Davis Cos. and Invesco Real Estate are selling the LEED Gold-certified property, which is located at 35 CambridgePark Drive. Known as Alewife Research Center, 35 CambridgePark Drive is fully leased to five life sciences firms. The leases have a weighted average term exceeding 10 years. The recently delivered property offers more than 10,000 square feet of amenity space, including a lobby with dedicated collaboration spaces, a full-service restaurant, fitness center, lockers, bike storage and green space with outdoor seating. The transit-oriented property is located two miles from Harvard University and directly across the street from the MBTA Alewife Red Line station and bus terminal. “With the acquisition, we’re pleased to report that in less than two years we have expanded our presence in the Boston life science market to more than 1.3 million square feet and at a very compelling blended yield,” says Scott Brinker, executive vice president and chief investment officer of HCP. HCP expects to close the acquisition in December. The REIT also recently purchased the …