URBANA, ILL. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of the Champaign County Nursing Home in Urbana for $11 million. The skilled nursing facility includes 243 beds. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers and Matthew Andriano of IPA represented the seller, Champaign County. The team also procured the buyer, University Rehab Real Estate LLC.
MILWAUKEE — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Franklin Park Apartments in Milwaukee for $9.5 million. The 128-unit multifamily property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ralph DePasquale, Parker Stewart and Alex Blagojevich of Berkadia represented the seller, Milwaukee-based Brickman Real Estate and Peloton Investors. Chicago-based Tricap Residential Group purchased the asset.
LOS ANGELES — Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) has arranged the sale of a ground lease interest in Brentwood Gateway, a 10-story office building in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Brentwood Gateway LLC, an affiliate of Vintage Capital Group, sold the asset to Sargossa LLC, an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, for $58 million. Located at 11611 San Vicente Blvd., the 104,716-square-foot building was built in 1977. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied by a variety of tenants including Buter, Buzard, Fishbien & Royce; Allison & Partners; and Oaktree Capital Management. David Alvardado and Eoin Gubbins of CGS3 handled the deal. Newmark Knight Frank served as broker for the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $17.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition of an existing retail and self-storage facility, located on 16.8 acres outside of Sacramento. DealPoint Merrill is the borrower and property owner. At the time of financing, the property was fully operational and stabilized. The financing includes future funding for the renovation and stabilization of the adjoining parcel. The three-year loan features two one-year extensions and an interest rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 375 basis points. When renovated, the asset will provide mixed-use retail and self-storage space with a total of 1,616 self-storage units and 46,904 square feet of retail space. The existing structures were built in 1991; a portion was renovated in 2014, and the remaining portion is being started with the funding of this loan. The existing self-storage facility totals 51,825 square feet and has 685 climate-controlled storage units. The property was built in 1980 as a retail building and converted to self-storage space in 2015. CubeSmart operates the facility.
VAN NUYS, THOUSAND OAKS AND LASALETTE, CALIF. — Senior Housing Properties Trust has sold three skilled nursing facilities in California as part of a previously announced restructuring plan. The 276-unit portfolio included undisclosed facilities in Van Nuys, LaSalette and Thousand Oaks. The transaction, which also included a 15,647-square-foot medical office building in Thornton, Colorado, totaled $24.1 million. The buyers were not disclosed. The sales were part of SNH’s disposition plan to sell up to $900 million of assets in connection with the restructuring of its business arrangements with Five Star Senior Living Inc. Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Senior Housing Properties Trust is a REIT that owns medical office buildings, senior living communities and wellness centers throughout the United States. SNH is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc., an alternative asset management company.
ALBUQUERQUE — Heslin Holdings has completed the redevelopment of West Central Plaza, a retail center located at 4208 Central Ave. SW in Albuquerque. Retailers at the property are now open for business. The company originally acquired the 150,000-square-foot retail property in 2015 with a large, vacant, single-tenant space. The multi-million-dollar renovation included the division of the largest freestanding building at the property, formerly occupied by Kmart, into two anchor tenant spaces now occupied by Burlington and Conn’s Home Plus. Heslin Holdings also added 17,000 square feet of floor space adjacent to Burlington. Dollar Tree now occupies a portion of the new space. Additionally, the redevelopment included the conversion of a multi-shop building at the southwest portion of the property into a single-tenant facility, which Harbor Freight Tools now occupies. A multi-tenant drive-thru pad site was also constructed on the corner of Artisco Drive SW and Central Avenue. Panda Express and T-Mobile are tenants at the pad site. Dunkin Donuts is also constructing a new pad building in the shopping center along Central Avenue.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of a retail property, located at 11355 South St. in Cerritos. A private investor from Southern California sold the property for $6.5 million. Built in 1974, the 5,225-square-foot property features of 1,200 square feet of mezzanine space. Comerica Bank occupies the building on an absolute triple-net leased basis. Brian Hennessey and Armand Aghadjanians of Avison Young represented the seller, while Brian Russell of Kinnery’s Brokerage and The Primemark Group represented the buyer, a Southern California-based private investor, in the deal.
EASTON, PA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $12.6 million acquisition loan for the 86-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott in Easton, located 17 miles northeast of Allentown. The four-story property is located in Lower Nazareth Township among major corporate entities including Amazon, BMW and Porsche, in addition to several medical centers and shopping centers. The hotel was built in 2009 and offers five king suites, 26 queen suites, nine one-bedroom suites and six two-bedroom suites. Morris Betesh, Philip Galligan and Alex Bailkin of Meridian Capital arranged the financing through a balance sheet lender on behalf of the borrower, Manhattan-based RiverBrook Equities. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule.
ALTOONA AND WASHINGTON, PA. — Florida-based hospitality REIT Chatham Lodging Trust has sold two Marriott-branded hotels in Western Pennsylvania for approximately $10 million. The properties include the 105-room Courtyard by Marriott in Altoona, about 100 miles east of Pittsburgh, and the 86-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Washington, located about 30 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Chatham, which purchased the hotels in 2010 as part of a larger portfolio acquisition, sold the properties at a capitalization rate of 6 percent. The buyer was not disclosed. Chatham CEO Jeffrey Fisher noted that the revenue per available room (RevPAR) at both hotels did not meet the standards of his company’s portfolio, and that disposing of the properties saved the company roughly $4 million in renovation costs.
EXTON, PA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 55,000-square-foot retail property leased to Whole Foods Market in Exton, about 50 miles west of Philadelphia. The freestanding building is located at the entrance of the Exton Square Mall near two major thoroughfares, State Route 100 and U.S. Route 30. Austin-based Whole Foods signed a 20-year lease at the property and opened its doors in January 2018. The grocery store also includes a 4,000-square-foot rooftop deck with fire pits for dining. Jim Galbally, Bill Moylan and Colin Behr of JLL handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT). A New York-based investment firm purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
