NEW YORK CITY — Avison Young has arranged the $35.5 million sale of three multifamily buildings in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 344,346 and 348 E. 62nd St., the properties total 40,612 square feet across 70 residential and two retail units. James Nelson, Brandon Polakoff and Bradley Rothschild of Avison Young represented the sellers, private investors William Koch and Shimmie Horn, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets has arranged the sale of three senior communities in metro Providence. An institutional investor sold the 371-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care portfolio for an undisclosed price. The buyer was Capital Health Group, a Baltimore-based investor seeking value-add opportunities in the area. Milestone Retirement Communities LLC, an affiliate of Capital Health Group, will take over operations at each community. The portfolio consists of Pocasset Bay, a 169-unit independent living and assisted living community in Johnston; East Bay, a 98-unit assisted living and memory care community in East Providence; and Greenwich Bay, a 104-unit assisted living and memory care community in East Greenwich. The Cushman & Wakefield team involved in the transaction included Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Sam Dylag.
AVENEL, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.6 million sale of St. George Plaza, a 16,050-square-foot retail property in Avenel. Located at 1144-1162 St Georges Ave., the property is anchored by UPS and H&R Block. Jason Petrick of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the seller in the transaction, the original developer of the property. The buyer was an out-of-state investor.
KUTZTOWN, PA. — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of a manufacturing facility in Kutztown. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 207 Rail Road St., the 17,000-square-foot property was built in 1863 as the Haeffner-Dietrich Feed Mill. The property most recently served as headquarters and manufacturing facility for the RADIUS Toothbrush brand. Ryan Dietrick and Kelly Berfield of Colliers International’s Allentown office represented the seller, Radius USA, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
HOUSTON — A partnership between New York-based Auerbach Funds and Tampa-based Blue Magma Residential has acquired Park Texas Apartments, a 587-unit multifamily complex located within a tax increment reinvestment zone in southeast Houston. Approximately 250 units have been damaged by hurricane activity and are currently uninhabitable. The new ownership will restore the damaged units, renovate the clubhouse, perform roofing and mechanical repairs and upgrade the landscaping and common areas. The seller was not disclosed.
LEANDER AND AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based Stillwater Capital has broken ground on a multifamily project in the northern Austin suburb of Leander and acquired land for the development of a second apartment community in Austin’s Riverside area. The Leander project will deliver 259 units with stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry and other custom finishes. The Riverside project, located within a designed opportunity zone, will deliver a four-level complex with surface parking and units that feature quartz countertops and wood-like floors. Both properties will offer pools, outdoor grilling stations and fitness centers. The Leander project is slated to open in late 2019, and the Riverside project is set to open in fall 2020.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Miami-based DIJ Properties has purchased Rio Vista, a 246-unit multifamily asset in Haltom City, located northeast of downtown Fort Worth. The property was built in 1968. DIJ will implement a capital improvement program that will renovate the unit interiors and upgrade the amenity spaces, including the addition of a soccer court, playground and tutoring center for children. The seller was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Affiliates of Dallas-based Colony Capital have purchased a national portfolio of 54 light and bulk industrial buildings for $1.2 billion. The value-add portfolio is located across 10 U.S. markets, totaling 11.9 million square feet, and is 71 percent leased. A portion (48) of the buildings are last-mile light industrial assets and were acquired through Colony’s existing light industrial platform. The remaining six buildings are bulk industrial and were purchased through a newly formed joint venture, in which Colony Capital has 51 percent interest and a third-party institutional investor has 49 percent interest. Located in Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Pennsylvania, the light industrial portfolio totaling 7.7 million square feet and was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. The bulk portfolio totals 4.2 million square feet, with an average of 700,000 square feet per building, and was 67 percent leased to blue chip, international companies. CBRE National Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Weitzman has negotiated the sale of McKinney Marketplace, a 16,900-square-foot retail center located approximately 30 miles north of downtown Dallas. Sprouts Farmers Market and LA Fitness shadow-anchor the Class A property, which is leased to tenants such as Hollywood Feed and Little Caesars. Derek Schuster and Kevin Butkus of Weitzman represented the Plano-based buyer in the transaction. Jason Vitorino of STRIVE represented the seller, Malouf Interests, Inc.
NORTH SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Orchard Corporate Campus, a Class A office/R&D campus located in North San Jose. Silicon Valley-based South Bay Development Co. sold the property to a private investor for an undisclosed price. Completed in 2017, the two-building property features 101,374 square feet of space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Situated on 5.3 acres at 2755 and 2777 Orchard Parkway, the asset features a 15,000-square-foot outdoor courtyard. Eric Fox, Adam Lasoff, Seth Siegel, Steve Hermann and Ryan Venezia of Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Capital Markets Group represented the seller in the disposition. Nick Lazzarini and Kalil Jenab of Cushman & Wakefield’s Silicon Valley offices provided local market advisory and negotiated the leases with the current tenants.
