AVON, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors has arranged the $24 million sale of Avon Place Apartments, a 164-unit multifamily community in Avon. Located at 46 Avonwood Road, the property was built in 1973 on more than 46 acres. The community is comprised of three brick residential buildings and a clubhouse. Victor Nolletti, Eric Pentore of IPA and Wes Klockner of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was the Clairmont Group LLC.
HARRISON, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $14.5 million sale of a five-acre development site in Harrison. Located at 15 Essex St., the site consists of a 233,000-square-foot industrial facility as well as a vacant lot. Charles Berger, Elli Klapper, Mark Silverman, Thomas Sullivan and Paul Touhey of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, which was also undisclosed, plans to demolish the existing industrial facility and build a multifamily development on the property.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between PEBB Capital and TriArch Real Estate Group has broken ground on a 153-bed student housing development located in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of Manhattan near Columbia University. The partnership acquired the land parcel in February for $20.3 million. The 14-story, 64,000-square-foot building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom, fully furnished units. Shared amenities will include a state-of-the-art fitness center, a study area with breakout rooms and a conference center, an outdoor terrace, bike storage, a package room, security surveillance, a rooftop deck and a coffee bar. The development is scheduled for completion in May 2020.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — HFF has negotiated the sale of Loyal Plaza, a 293,607-square-foot shopping center in Williamsport. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 1915-1965 E. 3rd St., the property is currently 94 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Giant Food Stores, Dollar Tree, Verizon Wireless, Staples, Great Clips, BB&T Bank and Red Lobster. Chris Munley and Michael DiCosimo of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was PAG Investments.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — MIMCO, a retail investment and development firm based in El Paso, has acquired Five Points Shopping Center, a 276,593-square-foot retail power center in Corpus Christi. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to several national tenants, including anchors Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby, Party City and Petco. Chris Gerard, Chris Cozby, Mark Witcher and Blaine Dozier of CBRE represented the seller, Brixmor Property Group, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Park Row East, a 205-unit multifamily community in Arlington. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and a pool, outdoor picnic area, dog park, sport court and playground. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Dallas-based investment group, in the transaction. Silva also procured the buyer, a Dallas-based partnership. The new ownership will rebrand the community as The Junction.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS — Comerica Bank has provided a $32.9 million loan to Stratus Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: STRS) for the construction of Kingwood Place, a mixed-use project in Kingwood, a master-planned community located north of Houston. The project will deliver a 103,000-square-foot H-E-B grocery store, 41,000 square feet of additional retail space, six retail pads and 300 multifamily units. The financing was structured at approximately 70 percent loan-to-cost. Construction is expected to begin this month, and the H-E-B is expected to open during the third quarter of 2019.
SAN ANTONIO — Worth & Associates has broken ground on Farinon Business Park III, an 84,890-square-foot office building in San Antonio. The two-story, Class A property is located within Worth’s master-planned business community at 5818 Farinon Drive on the city’s northwest side. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2019.
DALLAS — MedCore Partners, a Dallas-based developer specializing in healthcare and seniors housing properties, will develop a 65,000-square-foot medical office building in Dallas. The Class A property will be located on the Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance campus and will house an ambulatory spine surgery center operated by Spine Team Texas. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy during the first quarter of 2020.
CHICAGO, CINCINNATI AND COLUMBUS, OHIO — Westmount Realty Capital LLC has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Chicago, Cincinnati and Columbus. The portfolio consists of 12 buildings constructed between 1970 and 1994 with clear heights ranging from 20 to 26 feet and an average office finish of 7 percent. Some of the larger tenants within the portfolio include Pactiv, Sonoco Products, Graham Packaging, SAF-Holland USA and FedEx. In the Chicago area, the portfolio consists of a 123,986-square-foot single asset in Alsip that is currently fully leased to four tenants. The Cincinnati portion of the portfolio includes a collection of seven assets. Five of the buildings are in the West Chester submarket on the north side of the Cincinnati metro area. The remaining two buildings are located off I-71 just east of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. The Columbus portion consists of three infill properties in the West submarket and one 289,491-square-foot asset located south in the Rickenbacker submarket. This portion of the portfolio is currently 78 percent leased. The seller was not disclosed.
