SAVANNAH, GA. — Duke Realty is developing a 194,120-square-foot build-to-suit facility for Schilli Distribution Services, a logistics services provider, in Savannah. Schilli has entered into a long-term lease for the facility, which will sit on 12.1 acres at 276 Jimmy Deloach Parkway, about four miles west of Port of Savannah. Delivery is expected by this summer. Accessible via a CSX rail spur, the facility will include 32-foot clear heights, 43 nine-by-10-foot dock doors and two 12-by14-foot drive-in doors. Bob Luttrell and Ken Boyd with Newmark Frank Knight represented Schilli in the lease transaction while Duke Realty was represented internally by Brian Sutton.
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ROCKVILLE, MD. — Law firm Stein Sperling Bennett de Jong Driscoll has signed a 42,206-square-feet lease at the Tower Building, situated at 1101 Wootton Parkway in Rockville. The firm currently occupies space across five offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm expects to occupy Tower Building by the third quarter of 2020, a move that is expected to raise occupancy of the 12-story, 290,000-square-foot office building to 86 percent. The law firm employs more than 130 workers, most of whom are expected to relocate to Rockville. Marc Balamaci and Scott Mendelson of Edge Commercial Real Estate represented the tenant, and Kevin McGloon and Peter Rosan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, The Tower Cos., in the lease transaction.
Arbor Provides $9.4M Acquisition Loan for Multifamily Portfolio in Jonesboro, Arkansas
by Alex Tostado
JONESBORO, ARK. — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided a $9.4 million Fannie Mae loan for a multifamily portfolio in Jonesboro. Fox Run Apartments, a 76-unit property, was purchased for $5.2 million while Hidden Pointe Apartments, a 60-unit property, was bought for $4.2 million. The 12-year loan was underwritten with a fixed interest rate, an unspecified period of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Fox Run Apartments is a gated community that was built in 2011 and offers covered parking and in-unit washers and dryers. Hidden Pointe Apartments is also a gated community that was built in 2012. Jonathan Chaim of Arbor originated the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has arranged a $19 million acquisition loan for a mixed-use property in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 489 Broadway, the five-story, 10,710-square-foot building was constructed in 1900. The property consists of eight residential and three retail units. Eliott Zeitoune, Michael Diaz, Aaron Appel, David Sitt and Brendan Collins of JLL secured financing on behalf of the borrower, Sherr Equities, through lender Morgan Stanley. Sherr Equities specializes in acquiring mixed-use assets with the intent to restore and redevelop them.
Marcus & Millichap Orchestrates $19.2M Sale of Headquarters Building for BP Lubricants USA in New Jersey
by David Cohen
WAYNE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19.2 million sale of the BP Lubricants USA Inc. headquarters in Wayne. The 100,000-square-foot property sits on more than 10 acres of land and is occupied by BP Lubricants’ lab technicians, engineers, analysts, upper management and corporate services as well as the Castrol Oil top sales team. BP has made a significant investment in the building, including renovations to the second and third floors as well as the expansion of lab and testing operations spaces. Alan Cafiero and Ben Sgambati of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor in a 1031 exchange.
Northeast Private Client Group Brokers $6.6M Sale of Apartment Portfolio in Connecticut
by David Cohen
EAST ROCK, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has brokered the $6.6 million sale of a two-building apartment portfolio in East Rock. The 33-unit portfolio consists of 420 and 431 Whitney Ave. Brad Balletto, Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller, Hadley Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was MOD Equities LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $4.7 million sale of a retail co-op unit in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 150 Thompson St., the 7,800-square-foot property consists of the ground floor and basement of the five-story, mixed-use co-op. Robert Burton and Bobby Carrozzo of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Schiffini USA, in the transaction. The buyer was home furnishings company Safavieh.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., on behalf of its managed fund U.S. Real Estate Investment Fund, has acquired the 72,130-square-foot office and retail portion of the Heartline Condominium. The price was not disclosed. Located at 1241 NW Johnson St., Heartline is part of a master-planned, mixed-use residential and commercial development within Portland’s Pearl District. Completed in 2018, the property features 61,659 square feet of office space and 10,471 square feet of retail space. Vacasa, a company that manages vacation homes, occupies the entire office portion of the project in a long-term basis. Ground-floor retail tenants include Kure Juice Bar, Little Bean and QuickFish Poke Bar. Nick Kucha, James Childress and Bill DeLacy of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, Security Properties Development Co., in the deal.
SEATTLE — Seattle-based Avenue 55 is developing Track 6, a multi-story industrial space located in the SoDo submarket of Seattle. Situated on 2.4 acres, Track 6 will include a four-story, 212,516-square-foot building with dock-high and grade-level loading into forklift freight elevators, 54,000-square-foot floor plates, a ground-floor with 24-foor clear heights and 108 surface parking stalls. Construction is slated to begin later this year with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2020. The project team includes Nelson, formerly Craft Architects; Sierra Construction; and Barghausen Consulting Engineers. Thad Mallory of Newmark Knight Frank’s Bellevue, Wash., office and Evan Lugar of Kidder Mathews are handling preleasing for the property.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Dougherty Mortgage has closed a $23.1 million Fannie Mae loan for Bear Canyon, a market-rate apartment complex in Tucson. The borrower, Tucson M3-13 LLC, will use proceeds of the 10-year loan to purchase the 238-unit property. Additional details of the financing were not released.