FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Swedish furniture giant IKEA has nixed its plans to build a 289,000-square-foot store in Fort Worth, according to an emailed statement sent to the Dallas Business Journal. The store was slated to be part of a 478,000-square-foot development. Construction was scheduled to begin this year with the store targeting summer 2019 for opening. According to the statement and industry sources, the abandoning of the project stems from a changing retail landscape, not an issue with financing or incentives from the city.
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HOUSTON — Friedman Real Estate, a full-service real estate firm that manages more than 140 commercial properties across the country, has opened a new office at 333 Cypress Run in Houston. The location will be the company’s seventh regional office and first in Texas. Mark Zeidman, vice president of brokerage services, will oversee the new office.
HOUSTON — NewQuest Properties has brokered the sale of a 4,100-square-foot office building located in the River Oaks/Montrose area of Houston. The property will serve as the new headquarters for oil and gas firm Pioneer Exploration LLC. Austen Baldridge and Brad Elmore of NewQuest represented the buyer of record, State Venture LLC, in the transaction. Mark Nicholas and Cliff West of JLL represented the seller, Canret LLC.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Hot Shots Storage, a 198-unit self-storage facility in the North Texas city of Wichita Falls. The facility spans 21,950 square feet of net rentable space. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson and John Arnold of Bellomy & Co. represented the Dallas-based buyer in the transaction. Chris Storm of Henry S. Miller (HSM) represented the undisclosed seller.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Phillips Edison & Co. (PECO), an owner and operator of grocery-anchored retail centers, will build an 8,500-square-foot retail property in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. Expected to be completed later this year, the property will be part of McKinney Market Street, an 88,389-square-foot shopping center anchored by Market Street, a subsidiary of Idaho-based grocer Albertsons. Tenants that have preleased space at the new development include Sport Clips, The Gelato Cone and Credit Union of Texas.
WEXFORD, PENN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $61 million sale of Ascent Four Thirty, a 319-unit apartment community located in Wexford, roughly 15 miles north of Pittsburgh. A joint venture between Buligo Capital and Graycliff Capital acquired the asset from The NRP Group. Constructed in 2014, Ascent Four Thirty includes 17 three-story buildings and features a fitness center, resort-style swimming pool with a sundeck and a conference room. Joshua Wintermute, Michael Barron, Daniel Burkons and Victor Nolletti of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, and procured the buyer.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $45M Sale of Multifamily Portfolio in White Plains, New York
by Jeff Shaw
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a three-property, 104-unit multifamily portfolio in White Plains. A Westchester-based investor acquired the properties for $45 million, or $433,000 per unit. Victoria Fisher of Marcus & Millichap’s Westchester office represented the sellers, Lighthouse Living and The Daten Group, which originally developed the properties. All three communities were completed in 2015 in downtown White Plains. The portfolio includes The Dylan, a four-story apartment building located at 42 Waller Ave.; La Gianna, a five-story property located at 10 Dekalb Ave.; The Reed, a three-story building located at 115 N. Broadway. The new owner plans to hold the properties for the long term, according to Marcus & Millichap.
MORRIS PLAINS, N.J. — PCCP and Vision Real Estate Partners have acquired 185 and 201 Tabor Road in Morris Plains, about 20 miles west of Newark. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 66-acre office campus is comprised of two properties. Built in 2006, 185 Tabor Road is a 240,000-square-foot Class A office building. Constructed in phases from the 1950s to the 1990s, 201 Tabor Road is a series of Class B and C buildings totaling 644,000 square feet. The buyers plan to demolish the existing structure and redevelop the site at 201 Tabor Road. The previous occupant, Johnson & Johnson, was the seller. John Alascio, Sridhar Vankayala and Noble Carpenter III of Cushman & Wakefield acted as exclusive advisor to Vision Real Estate Partners in arranging joint venture equity for the acquisition.
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — New Jersey-based NAI Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 3,321-square-foot retail building located at 491 Grand Ave. in Englewood. The property is directly across the Hudson River from The Bronx. The price was undisclosed. The building, which is currently unoccupied, consists of two retail storefronts on the main level and a two-bedroom apartment on the second floor. The buyer, NWR Realty Corp., plans to convert the retail space into offices for its business. Pablo Castro of NAI Hanson represented the seller, 491 Grand Avenue LLC, in the transaction.
FORT WASHINGTON, MD. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has sold River Pointe, a 170-unit apartment community located at 8340 Indian Head Highway in Fort Washington, about 19 miles south of Washington, D.C. Aulder Capital purchased the property for $24.5 million. River Pointe includes a new playground, picnic area, central courtyard, pet walk and on-site maintenance and management. Robin Williams, Dean Sigmon and Justin Shay of Transwestern’s Mid-Atlantic Multifamily Group brokered the transaction on behalf of FCP.