ITASCA, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has brokered the $6.2 million sale of a 59,778-square-foot industrial building in Itasca. The property is located at 700 District Drive. Jeffrey Janda of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Levi Holdings. The buyer, Venture One Real Estate, purchased the building pre-leased to Premistar, an HVAC contractor. Cal Payne of CBRE represented Premistar, and Michael Clewlow represented Venture One on an internal basis.
BROOKHAVEN, GA. — On Sunday, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) is set to open Arthur M. Blank Hospital, a 2 million-square-foot children’s hospital located in the northeastern Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that development costs for the facility, which is situated at the heart of CHOA’s new North Druid Hills campus, totaled approximately $1.5 billion. Arthur M. Blank Hospital rises 19 stories on a 70-acre site at the corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road. The new facility offers 446 patient beds, a 70,000 square-foot emergency department with 69 emergency exam rooms and a level one pediatric trauma center — the only dedicated one in Georgia, according to CHOA. The new hospital is named after Arthur Blank, one of the founders of The Home Depot and the current owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United professional sports teams. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation made a $200 million donation to help fund the cost of the new hospital. The property also offers amenities for patients and their families, such as lounges, libraries, child life activity rooms, a business center and laundry facilities and kitchenettes on every floor. The building cafeteria, dubbed The Eatery, will provide patient …
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Barings has divested of Varsity Berkeley, a purpose-built student housing property in Berkeley. Hawkins Way Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Within walking distance of the University of California, Berkeley campus, Varsity Berkeley offers 79 units totaling 263 beds in a mix of furnished and unfurnished studio, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with fully equipped kitchens and bathrooms that include washers and dryers. Community amenities include a rooftop terrace and sun deck, a recently renovated resident lounge, ground-floor courtyard with firepit and electric car charge. Peter Katz and Salvatore Saglimbeni of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Tony Solomon served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in California.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Seattle-based Security Properties has completed the sale of Sylva on Main, a midrise apartment community in Bellevue, to Rise Properties Trust for $30 million, or $405,405 per unit. Built in 2011, Sylva on Main offers 74 apartments and two retail suites. The property is located at 10701 Main St. Ben Johnson, David Sorensen, Kenny Dudunakis, George Pallis and Peter Dudunakis of Berkadia’s Seattle office represented the seller in the deal.
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. — Northmarq has secured $23.9 million in refinancing for Topanga & Victory, an office building located at 6325 and 6355 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Woodland Hills. The 165,336-square-foot property offers office and medical office space, an upgraded lobby space and ample parking. David Blum of Northmarq’s Newport Beach Debt + Equity team arranged the permanent fixed-rate, internal refinancing for the undisclosed borrower through a correspondent relationship with a national commercial mortgage-backed securities platform. The transaction, which had a sub-60 percent loan-to-value ratio, was structured on a 5-year, interest-only term.
KEIZER, ORE. — Rolling Hills Estate, Calif.-based Cumberland Holdings LLC has completed the disposition of Keizer Village Shopping Center, a neighborhood shopping center in Keizer. A Eugene, Ore.-based private investor acquired the asset for $13 million. Located at 3830-3860 River Road N, Keizer Village Shopping Center offers 76,785 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied. Current tenants include Physiq Fitness, The Thrift Store, Little Caesars Pizza, Metro by T-Mobile, Subway and US Market. Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, while James Kim of Windermere Real Estate/Lane County represented the buyer in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Arizona-based MJA Investments has purchased Gateway Executive Center, a multi-tenant office building in Phoenix, from a Hawaii-based private investor for $9 million. Located at 1048 N. 44th St., the two-story, 39,912-square-foot building features a rooftop deck including a bar, grilling station and views of Camelback Mountain. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Chris Toci of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Markets in Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.
By Taylor Williams From an investment perspective, the New Jersey industrial market has plenty going for it: residential density throughout, proximity to major ports, high barriers to new development — but not even those fundamentals could shield the sector from macroeconomic variables that have caused deal volume and velocity to drop in recent years. Given the benefit of hindsight, the decline in industrial investment sales activity between late 2022 and early 2024 is not really surprising. Like most major industrial markets, those of both Northern and Southern New Jersey saw explosive demand for space in the early months of the pandemic as Americans sheltered in place and did their shopping online. Rents soared to record highs; cap rates compressed to historic lows. Institutional capital planted its flag in the Class A trophy space, and investors of all types duked it out for everything else. It was a hell of a party, but it couldn’t last. And when the lights began to come back on in the form of rising interest rates, sellers that didn’t have to sell generally chose not to. “Cap rates leveled off with the pricing discovery that went on when interest rates started rising,” explains Marc Isdaner, …
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BRASELTON, GA., AND MIAMI — Northwood Investors has acquired a $160 million industrial portfolio located in Georgia, Florida and Texas. Totaling 1.8 million square feet, the “Sunbelt Logistics Distribution Portfolio” was fully leased at the time of sale. The portfolio comprises three industrial buildings: Home Depot Cedar Port Distribution Center in Baytown, Texas; Havertys Distribution Center in Braselton, Ga.; and 10000 N.W. 15th Terrace in Miami. Britton Burdette, Trent Agnew and Luis Castillo of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the sale. Bobby Norwood of JLL secured acquisition financing through affiliates of Apollo on behalf of Northwood Investors.
PORTLAND, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Portland Shoals Manufacturing Facility, a 638,330-square-foot industrial development located at 1500 Shoals Way in Portland, roughly 40 miles northeast of Nashville. Al. Neyer, which developed the property, was the seller. EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust (EQRT) acquired the development for an undisclosed price. Shoals Technologies Group fully occupies the property, which features 40-foot clear heights, 107 dock positions, four drive-in doors, 185-foot truck court depths and auto and trailer parking. JLL represented Al. Neyer in the transaction.
