AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Aspen Heights West Campus, a 464-bed student housing property located three blocks from the University of Texas at Austin. The 17-story, 166-unit community features a pool, fitness center, private study areas, lounges and community kitchens. A joint venture between The Preiss Co. and TH Real Estate purchased the asset from Austin-based Aspen Heights Partners, which developed the property, for an undisclosed price. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht, Casey Schaefer, Charles Cirar, Michael Wardlaw and Colin Cannata of CBRE brokered the sale. Ben Roelke and Ian Walker of CBRE arranged a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Northwestern Mutual for the transaction. The loan featured a sub-4 percent interest rate.
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COLLEGEVILLE, PA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $32 million sale of Highview I & II, a 183,363-square-foot office portfolio in Collegeville. The two buildings, which are currently 93 percent leased, are home to tenants IQVIA, Fidelity Information Services and FirstService Residential. Highview I is located at 400 Campus Drive and totals 78,564 square feet. Highview II is located at 200 Campus Drive and totals 104,799 square feet. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, TA Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was Maguire Hayden Real Estate Co. Collegeville is 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
HOUSTON — Stonelake Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm with offices in Dallas, Houston and Austin, will build a 200,000-square-foot speculative office project located at 4200 Westheimer Road in the River Oaks/Highland Village area of Houston. Stonelake expects to break ground on the 15-story, Class A property, which is part of Phase III of the company’s Park Place | River Oaks mixed-use development, in January 2019. The office space is expected to be available for occupancy in spring 2020. Colvill Office Properties is marketing and leasing the asset.
LONDONDERRY, N.H. —Skyview Advisors has negotiated the sale of Life Storage, a 419-unit self-storage facility in Londonderry. The sales price was undisclosed. Ryan Clark and Parker Sweet of SkyView Advisors represented the undisclosed seller. Located at 6 Smith Lane, Life Storage is situated on more than 5 acres and has a total of 50,466 net rentable square feet. The facility includes 246 climate-controlled units and 173 non-climate controlled units.
New England Development Signs Planet Fitness, Burlington to Westgate Mall in Massachusetts
by David Cohen
BROCKTON, MASS.— New England Development has signed Planet Fitness and Burlington to Westgate Mall in Brockton, a city 25 miles south of Boston. Burlington will open a 43,000-square-foot location store at the mall, creating 50 to 100 new jobs. Planet Fitness typically operates 20,000-square-foot clubs, according to the company’ s website. Both tenants are scheduled to open at the mall this month. The new retailers join recently opened stores such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Staples, Verizon and XFINITY Store by Comcast. Additional tenants at Westgate Mall include Sears, Best Buy, Bath & Body Works, Famous Footwear, Old Navy, Victoria’s Secret, Buffalo Wild Wings and IHOP.
HOUSTON — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has arranged two multifamily loans totaling $49 million in Houston. In the first transaction, Brandon Brown of LMI Capital arranged a $26 million acquisition loan for a 460-unit asset in the Briar Forest/Westchase area. The loan features a 4.82 percent fixed interest rate and seven years of interest-only payments. In the second deal, Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital arranged a $23 million loan for the refinancing a 360-unit property in the Woodlake/Briar Meadow submarket. That loan includes a 4.85 percent fixed interest rate and a four-year interest-only period. The names of the properties were not disclosed.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The J. Beard Real Estate Co. has brokered the sale of a 74,940-square-foot office building located at 2700 Research Forest Drive in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. The property was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to eight tenants. SJBC Commercial XIX LLC purchased the property from Dallas-based Novel Office Systems/Soft-Tech SM for an undisclosed price. Jeff Beard of J. Beard brokered the sale.
IRVING, TEXAS — Greysteel has negotiated the sale of Rock Island, a 154-unit apartment property in Irving. Floor plans at the property, which was built in 1973, include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Doug Banerjee, Boyan Radic, Andrew Mueller, Andrew Hanson, Scott Simon and Jack Stone of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $55 Million Sale of Whole Foods Property in Silicon Valley
by Amy Works
LOS ALTOS, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $55 million sale of a 50,451-square-foot retail property leased to Whole Foods Market in Los Altos. Kevin Held and Matt McNeil of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, Imperial Hornet Developers LLC. Compass Grand Associates LLC sold the asset. The store features dual entry on the ground floor, as well as two levels of subterranean parking.
MESA, ARIZ. — Kasten Long Commercial Group has arranged the sale of Siena Apartments, a multifamily property located at 4520 E. Baseline Road in Mesa. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 291,000-square-foot property for $49 million, or $139,205 per unit. Built in 1986, the 352-unit property features 160 one-bedroom/one-bath units, 168 two-bedroom/one-bath and 24 three-bedroom/two-bath units, with an average square footage of 827. Linda Fritz-Salazar and Scott Trevey of Kasten Long Commercial negotiated the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.