FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Sandshell at Fossil Creek, a 252-unit multifamily property in Fort Worth. Units at the property, which was built in 1986, range in size from 575 square feet for a one-bedroom apartment to 1,235 square feet for a two-bedroom residence. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and onsite laundry facilities. The buyer was Houston-based Ilan Investments. The seller was not disclosed.
BLUM, TEXAS — MYCON General Contractors has completed a 57,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Blum, about 50 miles south of Fort Worth, for DynaEnergetics, which services the oil and gas industry. The facility includes a second story with office and administrative space, as well as employee and customer training areas, a commercial kitchen and dining spaces and employee locker rooms. Arch11 served as design architect, and BWG Architecture is the architect of record for the project.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Hunt Capital Partners has provided $13.4 million in equity financing for the development of Medano Heights, a 141-unit affordable housing project in El Paso. Construction of the property is expected to be complete by December 2019. Hunt Capital Partners provided the equity in collaboration with the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso and Versa Development LLC, which is leading the development effort.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Benderson Development has acquired a portfolio of 15 retail properties throughout the country that were formerly leased to Toys ‘R’ Us and Babies ‘R’ Us. The sales price was not disclosed for the 600,000-square-foot portfolio. Locations in the Southeast include five stores in Florida — Miami, Palm Beach Gardens, Naples, Fort Lauderdale and North Miami Beach — and one asset in Cary, N.C. In March, Toys ‘R’ Us announced it was closing all 735 of its stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. Founded in 1949, Benderson Development owns a real estate portfolio comprising more than 40 million square feet of retail, office, medical, industrial, lodging and residential properties in 39 states.
COLD SPRING, KY. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has brokered the $26 million sale of Cold Spring Crossing, a 325,383-square-foot retail center in Cold Spring, a Kentucky town about eight miles southeast of Cincinnati. The center was built in 2004 and is anchored by Kroger, Home Depot and Kohl’s. Craig Fuller and Erin Patton of IPA represented the seller, a private Cincinnati based-developer, in the transaction. Ashish Vakhariya of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office represented the buyer, a private investor, in a 1031 exchange. Cold Spring Crossing was 99 percent leased at the time of the sale.
TAMPA, FLA. — Bayside Ventures V LLC has sold The Avenue Apartments in Tampa for $23.3 million. The Avenue Apartments LLC, a partnership led by a local investor with Canadian equity partners, purchased the 216-unit property. The Avenue Apartments was built in 1984 and is situated about three miles from the University of South Florida. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, laundry facility and a resident clubhouse. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zachary Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street Real Estate Services in Tampa represented both parties in the transaction.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — An affiliate of Arkansas-based CapRocq has sold 14,414 square feet of retail space and 22 multifamily units within the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Greenville for $9.4 million to an undisclosed buyer. The retail and multifamily space is situated on the second and third floors. The Wells Fargo Center is a mixed-use development leased to Charles Schwab, Sully’s Steamers, Sticky Fingers and Port City Java. The selling entity, CapRocq Greenville LLC, still owns the remainder of Wells Fargo Center. Scott Burgess and Lance Byars of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction. Furthermore, Colliers retains the leasing and property management of the portion of the center still owned by CapRocq Greenville.
ROSSLYN, VA. — WeWork has signed an 83,294-square-foot lease for office space at CEB Tower at Central Place in Rosslyn. WeWork will occupy the 25th through 28th floors. The 31-story mixed-use tower was delivered earlier this year and is now 93 percent leased to tenants including Gartner and Accenture. CEB Tower is located about three miles east of downtown Washington, D.C., and includes 45,000 square feet of dining and retail space along with an outdoor public plaza. Greg Lubar, Andy O’Brien and Zach Boroson of JLL represented WeWork in the lease transaction. Jill Goubeaux, Terry Reiley, Caroline Bour and Anna Faktorow of CBRE represented the landlord, JBG Smith. WeWork plans to open its space in the second quarter of 2019.
DELRAN, N.J. — LBA Logistics has acquired 400 Delran Parkway, a 174,000-square-foot, industrial building in Delran. The sales price was $10.7 million. Located inside the Swedes Run Business Park, the property is situated on more than 16 acres. The building, which is currently vacant, was previously home to a Fortune 500 company. John Plower, Larry Maister, Dean Torosian and Nate Demetsky of JLL Capital Markets represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PORTLAND, MAINE — HFF has brokered the sale of a hotel development site at the former Rufus Deering Lumber Co. in Portland. The sales price was not disclosed. The planned six-story, 112,439-square-foot, Aloft-branded hotel will feature 155 rooms as well as restaurants, meeting space and a fitness center. The property’s location in downtown Portland is adjacent to the historic Old Port and Waterfront districts of the city and within walking distance of numerous restaurants, art galleries and retail shops. The former Rufus Deering Lumber Co. property is being redeveloped into a 469,153-square-foot mixed-use project called Hobson’s Landing that will include 203 residential units, 25,000 square feet of retail space, 155 hotel rooms and 313 parking spaces. Denny Meikleham, Alan Suzuki and Matthew Enright of HFF represented the seller, Reger Dasco Properties, in the transaction. The buyer and developer was Norwich Partners.