EDISON, N.J. — Avanath Capital Management has acquired Menlo Manor, a 240-unit affordable senior housing community in Edison. Avanath acquired the property through its institutional fund, Avanath Affordable Housing III. The five-story property was built in 1980 and features a community room, exterior courtyard, library, dining area, community kitchen and automatic front doors. Located at 161 Inman Ave., the community includes a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedroom units. Alex Medeiros of CBRE represented the seller, Jeff Spragens.
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SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured a 450,000-square-foot, full-building lease for moving services provider Clutter at 1065 Cranbury South River Road in South Brunswick. The newly constructed facility is a speculative development by IDI Logistics. Andrew Stypa and Daniel Badenhausen of Cushman & Wakefield represented Clutter in the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield’s Jason Goldman, Andrew Siemsen and Marc Petrella represented IDI Logistics. Clutter will move into the facility by the end of Summer 2018.
ATLANTA — HFF has brokered the sale of Buckhead Tower, a 19-story office tower located at 3399 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Richard Reid, Ed Coco, Ryan Clutter, Dek Potts and Ralph Smalley of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture led by Parmenter Realty Partners Fund IV. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports an affiliate of TPA Group acquired the asset for $96.5 million. Additionally, the HFF team arranged a floating-rate acquisition loan through MetLife Real Estate on behalf of the buyer. The 348,000-square-foot Buckhead Tower is directly connected to Lenox Square Mall and the JW Marriott Hotel and is located adjacent to the Buckhead MARTA station. The building features a full-service café, fitness center, structured parking and 24/7 controlled access. Buckhead Tower is home to tenants such as State Bank, Gables Residential, Applied Systems, Networx Systems and Crowe Hogarth.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Ridge, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has sold Lakeland Logistics Center, a 490,000-square-foot industrial campus located at 2015-2025 W. Memorial Blvd. in the Tampa Bay community of Lakeland. Boston-based Cabot Properties acquired the two-building campus for an undisclosed price. Chris Riley and David Murphy of CBRE brokered the transaction. Each building at Lakeland Logistics Center totals 245,000 square feet and is divisible to 44,000 square feet. The buildings each feature front-load or cross-dock capability, 74 dock doors, 32-foot clear heights, 45 trailer parking spaces and a 3.5-acre staging base. Ridge broke ground on Lakeland Logistics Center in 2015 and fully delivered the facilities in early 2017. The project was 50 percent leased at the time of sale to Parksite Inc. and Recleim Nova LLC. Julia Silva Rettig and Jared Bonshire of Cushman & Wakefield are handling the property’s leasing assignment.
ATLANTA — Avison Young has arranged a 41,288-square-foot sublease for Instacart, an on-demand grocery service, at Ponce City Market in Atlanta. Phil Barry, Hilton Barry, Steve Cook and Jack Kerrigan of Avison Young represented the sub-landlord, Athenahealth, in the five-year lease transaction. Sam Pruitt of Site Selection Group, along with Michelle Galvani and Shan Morris of Wildmor Advisors, represented Instacart. The creative loft office space is located on the eighth floor and includes an outdoor deck area. The 2 million-square-foot Ponce City Market is an adaptive reuse of the 1920s-era Sears, Roebuck & Co. building on Ponce de Leon Avenue, which is located along the Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district. In addition to creative office space, the mixed-use development includes a food hall, loft apartments and retail space. Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Instacart operates as a same-day grocery delivery service. Customers select groceries through a web application from various retailers and the order is delivered by a personal shopper.
MELBOURNE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $13.1 million sale of Rialto Place, a 150,962-square-foot office building located at 100 Rialto Place in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. Ron Rogg and Chip Wooten of CBRE brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. The 10-story office building is home to tenants including Apple, Northrop Grumman, Thales and Leidos. The property is located adjacent to a 240-room Hilton hotel, which features a full-service restaurant and bar and a conference facility.
LEXINGTON, KY. — NAI Isaac has secured the $8.5 million sale of Stonewall Shopping Center, a 79,142-square-foot retail center located at 3101 Clays Mill Road in Lexington. Al Isaac of NAI Isaac arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller. Eli Mashni of Keller Williams represented the buyer. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stonewall Shopping Center was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bargain Hunt, Dollar Tree, Domino’s, Goodwill and Peoples Exchange Bank.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Multinational chemicals firm LyondellBasell has begun work on a $2.4 billion manufacturing plant in Pasadena, a suburb of Houston located near the port. Spanning 140 acres, the plant will manufacture propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol, two chemicals used in the production of a variety of consumer goods, including bedding, furniture, carpeting, building materials and adhesives. The plant is expected to begin operations by 2021. An analysis from the Greater Houston Partnership states that the project will have more than $450 million in economic impact on the region.
IRVING, TEXAS — Trammell Crow Co. and Elm Tree Funds will build a 259,947-square-foot government office building on a 27-acre tract in Irving. The project is a build-to-suit for the General Services Administration, which has signed a 20-year lease. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will use the property as its Texas Service Center. Construction is scheduled to begin in August and to be completed in early 2020. Gensler is serving as the project architect and Manhattan Construction Co. is the general contractor.
KATY, TEXAS — NewQuest Properties will develop a 66,000-square-foot expansion project at Grand Morton Town Center, located in the western Houston metro of Katy. Several retailers, including HomeGoods, Michaels, Petco and Hallmark have already preleased space at the property. NewQuest plans to break ground in the coming months, with the first stores opening in early summer 2019.