OMAHA, NEB. — Investors Realty has negotiated the sale of the Financial Plaza office building in Omaha for $8.9 million. Located at 9140 W. Dodge Road, the 85,604-square-foot building is 81 percent leased. Tenants include TIAA-CREF, Travelex Insurance Services, Verizon Business Services and Hugo Enterprises. Ember Grummons of Investors Realty and Martin Panzer and Kurt Weeder of Cushman & Wakefield/The Lund Company represented the seller, an affiliate of Jasper Stone Partners. The buyer, an affiliate of Lockwood Development, plans to extensively renovate the interior and exterior portions of the building.
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SOLON, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP) has completed the lease-up of 6680 Parkland Blvd. after acquiring the 82,000-square-foot office and warehouse property in December. Two tenants, King Nut and Loan Protector, will begin occupying the building in the first half of this year. Matthew Beesley of Cushman & Wakefield/Cresco Real Estate represented King Nut, a nut and snacks company, in the lease transaction. Steve Voinovich of CBRE represented Loan Protector, an insurance broker. ICP worked with David Stover of Hanna Commercial Real Estate on the acquisition.
RIVER FOREST, ILL. — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of 7772 Central Ave., a 13-unit apartment building in River Forest, about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago. The private buyer purchased the asset for $2 million. Built in 1927, the property comprises nine one-bedroom units and four two-bedroom units. The property was 85 percent occupied at the time of sale. Patrick Kennelly represented both parties in the transaction.
STOWE, VT. — Real estate investment, development and management firm AWH Partners has acquired the Topnotch Resort and Spa in Stowe. The sales price was undisclosed. Set on 100 acres of woodland and the foot of Mount Mansfield, Topnotch Resort includes 68 guestrooms, a 35,000-square-foot spa and two full-service restaurants. The resort also features four indoor and six outdoor tennis courts as well as a whirlpool/Jacuzzi and two outdoor pools with mountain views. The property was named by U.S. News & World Reportas best hotel in Vermont of 2017. AWH’s hospitality management company is now managing the resort.
FRISCO, TEXAS — The zoning and planning commission of the Frisco City Council has tentatively approved the development of a 14.6-acre mixed-use project near Dr. Pepper Ballpark, home of the Frisco Roughriders Minor League Baseball team. Plans currently call for a 311-room hotel, three office buildings totaling approximately 344,000 square feet, four retail buildings totaling roughly 116,000 square feet, one retail/restaurant space and two parking garage. According to The Dallas Morning News, Northland Properties, a Canadian firm headed by Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi, will own and operate the hotel. A timeline for construction has not yet been established.
LA PORTE, TEXAS — The LeClaire Group, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Spencer Mini Storage, a 595-unit self-storage facility in La Porte, an eastern suburb of Houston. The property consists of 226 climate-controlled units, 286 non-climate-controlled units and 83 vehicle parking spaces. The majority of the property was built between 1994 and 1999. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of LeClaire Group represented the seller, a California-based family trust, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Avanath Capital Management (ACM), a Texas-based limited liability company, has acquired Blunn Creek Apartments, a 280-unit affordable apartment community in Austin. Built in 2002, the property features a pool, fitness center, business center, playground, resident clubhouse, outdoor picnic areas and onsite laundry facilities. Hunt Real Estate Capital provided a $19.5 million acquisition loan with four years of interest-only payments to ACM, which plans to implement a $2 million value-add program.
HOUSTON — New York City-based Madison Realty Capital has provided a $28 million loan for the refinancing of a 191,676-square-foot medical office building located at 1917 Ashland St. in the Heights area of Houston. The Class A property was 95 percent leased at the time of the loan closing to tenants such as St. Joseph Medical Center and CuraHealth. The borrower, a joint venture between two Houston-based medical office developers, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund building renovations and tenant improvements.
MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Davis Commercial has arranged the sale of a 3,000-square-foot office building in Missouri City, a southwestern suburb of Houston. The sale includes the two acres on which the property is situated. The buyer, Bereshith Properties LLC, plans to develop warehouses on the additional land. Ashley Casterlin of Davis Commercial represented the seller, a limited partnership, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 134,500-square-foot vacant industrial facility in Jersey City. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 21 Caven Point Ave., the five-acre property is seven miles from New York City and nine miles from Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal and Newark Liberty International Airport. The facility includes a solar panel system and 13 docks. Michael Oliver, Jose Cruz, Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Kevin O’Hearn and Steve Simonelli of HFF represented the private seller in the transaction. The Avidan Group and Elberon Development Group purchased the property.