BOSTON — Linear Retail Properties has acquired a three-story, 8,131 square foot retail building in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood of Boston. The sales price was $5 million. Located at 19-21 School St., the entire building is currently vacant. Linear plans to lease up the property with a full-building retail tenant or restaurant operator. Mike Edward, Jake Golden and Jon Gifford of Perry Brokerage Associates represented the seller, Envision Bank, in the transaction.
PENNSAUKEN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated the $3.1 million sale of two industrial properties inside the 2 million-square-foot Airport Industrial Park in Pennsauken Township. The two-buildings total 55,037 square feet and are located at 7203 and 7239 Browning Road. At the time of sale, the industrial park was fully leased. Ian Richman and Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented the seller, The Bloom Organization, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Venture Capital Properties has arranged the $1.3M sale of a multifamily building in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 279-281 Evergreen Ave., the property contains six units, two of which were vacant at the time of sale. The remaining four units are rent stabilized. Jacob Stavsky, Kevin Darouvar & Roy Oskar of Venture Capital Properties represented the buyer, the Rosilio family, and the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction.
DETROIT — Bedrock and Shinola have opened the world’s first Shinola Hotel in Detroit. The hotel, operated by Mac&Lo, features food and beverage offerings from NoHo Hospitality and design from Gachot Studios and Kraemer Design Group. The 129-room property is situated on the site of two restored buildings, the T.B. Rayl & Co. department store and a former Singer sewing machine store, as well as three new buildings. Onsite retail tenants include Madewell, Le Labo, Drought and Good Neighbor. Shinola Hotel is a partnership between Detroit-based watch and leather goods manufacturer Shinola and Bedrock, the real estate arm of billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert. Nightly room rates start at $195.
ST. LOUIS — Tremont Mortgage Trust has provided a $29.5 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a three-building office portfolio in St. Louis. The portfolio includes West Park I, West Park II and Pine View Point. The buildings span a total of 299,000 square feet. The three-year, floating-rate loan includes a future funding allowance of $3.1 million for property improvements and leasing capital. The loan-to-value ratio is 71 percent. The borrower was not disclosed.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — IDI Logistics has acquired 57 acres of industrial land in Romeoville with plans to deliver a 351,870-square-foot speculative facility. The building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 40 docks and 65 trailer spaces. Joshua Hearne and Daniel Cawley of Cawley Chicago will represent IDI Logistics in lease-up of the building. The project, known as Romeoville Gateway, is slated for completion in 2019.
PORTAGE, MICH. — KeyBank has secured a total of $17.4 million in low-income housing tax credit financing for the construction of Selinon Park Apartments in Portage, just south of Kalamazoo. The development will include 75 affordable housing units serving households that earn 30 to 60 percent of area median income. Full Circle Communities was the borrower. Stephen Sparks and Jeff Rodman of KeyBank originated the financing, which included a $13.5 million construction loan and a $3.9 million Freddie Mac taxable permanent loan with a 15-year term and 35-year amortization schedule.
LAFAYETTE, IND. — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the sale of a 2,321-square-foot building occupied by Starbucks in Lafayette for $1.8 million. The single-tenant property is located near the Purdue University. Patrick Forkin of Baum represented the seller. A West Coast-based buyer purchased the asset in a tax-deferred 1031 exchange.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — TruAmerica Multifamily, in a joint venture with an institutional capital partner, has purchased a two-property apartment portfolio in Tempe for $67.3 million. This acquisition increases the company’s local portfolio to more than 2,400 units. The name of the seller was not released. The portfolio includes the 276-unit Highland Park and the 196-unit Park View, both located within a block of each other near the Interstate 10 and Baseline Road interchange. The low-density, garden-style properties were built in the early 1980s and feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. On-site amenities for the communities include resort-style swimming pools, fitness centers, clubhouses and recreational areas. The acquisition was made with financing through Freddie Mac’s Select Sponsor Program, originated by CBRE Capital Markets team led by Brian Eisendrath. Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch of CBRE’s Phoenix office brokered the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Dermody Properties has purchased an industrial manufacturing and warehouse building, located at 19730 N.E. Sandy Blvd. in Portland’s Northeast Columbia Corridor submarket, for an undisclosed price. The 296,361-square-foot facility features 22-foot to 30-foot interior clear heights, 21 dock-high doors, three grade-level doors, ample car parking and space for trailer loading and maneuvering. Additionally, the property has 12.1 acres of adjacent developable land. Dermody Properties’ Northwest Region office, led by Phillip Wood, will manage the asset, which will be available for a new tenant as of first-quarter 2019. Buzz Ellis, Paige Morgan, Craig Reinhart and Kevin Kriesien of JLL brought the opportunity to Dermody, and JLL will handle leasing for the property.
