KENDALL, FLA. — Keystone Property Group has purchased Dadeland Towers South, a portfolio comprising two office buildings totaling 228,136 square feet and an on-site, 246,319-square-foot parking garage located at 9400-9500 S. Dadeland Blvd. in the Kendall submarket of Miami. Avison Young’s John Crotty and Michael Fay represented Keystone in the $36 million acquisition. Keystone simultaneously completed a 102,000-square-foot lease with the seller, AvMed Inc., a Florida-based health insurance company, which will remain at the property long-term. For more than 10 years, Keystone has owned Dadeland Towers North, the three-building and parking garage portfolio that makes up the northern section of the office campus. With this acquisition, Keystone now owns the entire property, which was 89 percent leased at the time of sale.
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SAVANNAH, GA. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a full city block in downtown Savannah, comprising two historic buildings and one shared parking lot located at 114 Barnard St., 104 W. State St. and 109-119 Whitaker St., for an undisclosed price. Ashley Smith, Rhett Mouchet and Tyler Mouchet of Colliers International’s Savannah office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The U.S. Post Office, Roly Poly, Alligator Soul and various office spaces are among the tenants at the 24,139-square-foot Barnard Street building. The LEED Silver-certified Whitaker Street building spans approximately 10,500 square feet and is home to Tequila Town Restaurant, Rocko Lounge and office spaces. Colliers International will handle the leasing and management of the properties.
CARLISLE, PA. — The United Parcel Service (UPS) has purchased LogistiCenter at Carlisle, a distribution center located at 1 Ames Drive in Carlisle. Dermody Properties sold the 595,000-square-foot center for an undisclosed price. The Class A bulk warehouse facility was built in 2015. Michael Hines, Brian Fiumara, Brad Ruppel and Lauren Dawicki of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
ALLENTOWN, BENSALEM AND HORSHAM, PA. — Brookwood Financial Partners has completed the disposition of three office properties totaling $22.7 million. In the first transaction, Infinera Corp., the sole tenant, acquired a 59,910-square-foot office building at 7360 Windsor Drive in Allentown for $12.4 million, or $207 per square foot. In the second deal, Police and Fire Federal Credit Union purchased One Greenwood Square, a 60,700-square-foot office property located in Bensalem, for $6.8 million, or $112 per square foot. In the third transaction, Pliner Properties acquired a 28,894-square-foot property located at 630 Dresher Road in Horsham for $3.5 million, or $122 per square foot. The buildings are part of a 29-building portfolio that Brookwood acquired in 2015 through its affiliates, Brookwood Philadelphia I and Brookwood Philadelphia II.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Avanath Capital Management LLC, an institutional fund manager that specializes in affordable and workforce housing investments, has acquired a three-property affordable housing portfolio in Sacramento for $56.5 million. The properties total 468 units and offer a mix of seniors housing, family housing and mixed-income housing. The acquisition nearly doubles Avanath’s footprint in Sacramento, which it cites as one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. The properties include: • Sierra Creek, a 144-unit property with all units reserved for seniors earning 50 to 60 percent of area median income (AMI). The property has a 200-person wait list and offers educational classes, transportation services and activities. • Lincoln Creek, a 172-unit community with 95 affordable family units, 48 affordable seniors housing units and 29 market-rate units. • Geneva Pointe, a 152-unit community reserved for families earning between 50 and 60 percent of AMI. There are no age restrictions on the property. Built in 2005 and 2006 under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, the three-building portfolio was 98.5 percent occupied at the time of acquisition. Units average 922 square feet. Planned renovations include upgrading exterior paint, installing LED lighting throughout the portfolio to optimize energy …
Care Investment Trust, Inspirit Buy Two Seniors Housing Communities in Pennsylvania for $13M
by Amy Works
MACUNGIE AND PALMERTON, PA. — A joint venture between Care Investment Trust LLC and Inspirit Senior Living has acquired The Villages at Palmerton in Palmerton and The Willow in Macungie for $13 million. Both towns are located in the Lehigh Valley, north of Philadelphia and west of New York City. The sellers are LifeCare Holdings LLC and The Weston Group Inc. The new owners will rebrand the properties as “The Willow, an Inspirit Senior Living Community” and “The Palmerton, an Inspirit Senior Living Community.” Both communities were built between 2002 and 2003 and were approximately 90 percent occupied at closing. The properties offer a combined 111 units of assisted living and memory care. Care and Inspirit plan to spend approximately $850,000 to refurbish the communities. Affiliates of Inspirit will operate and manage the communities. Care Investment Trust is a seniors housing real estate investor and wholly owned subsidiary of Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ: TIPT). Inspirit is a seniors housing owner-operator that, following this acquisition, now operates four communities in Tennessee, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 2015.
SEATTLE AND VANCOUVER, WASH. — Columbia Pacific Advisors, a real estate investment fund manager, has agreed to acquire Hawthorn Retirement Group, a seniors housing owner-operator, for an undisclosed price. Both firms are based in Washington state, Columbia Pacific in Seattle and Hawthorn in Vancouver. Hawthorn’s portfolio includes 55 communities in operation and 24 under construction or in pre-development across 20 states and two Canadian provinces. The acquisition includes the portfolio as well as Hawthorn’s management and construction business. Though terms of the deal are not disclosed, a press release from Columbia Pacific implied that the existing corporate structure of Hawthorn will be maintained. Pat Kennedy, CEO of Hawthorn, will stay on as a Hawthorn senior executive. Seniors housing has long been a focus of Columbia Pacific, which has developed or acquired more than 300 communities totaling 25,000 units over the last 10 years. The company also invests in standard multifamily and other commercial real estate sectors. The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the summer.
NEW YORK CITY — Fairstead Affordable, an affiliate of Fairstead Capital, has purchased four separate Section 8 properties in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn through a public-private partnership with New York Housing Partnership. The portfolio comprises 42 buildings with a total of 403 units. As part of the transaction, Fairstead entered into new regulatory agreements with New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development to ensure all 403 units will remain affordable for the next 30 years. Fairstead plans to implement a capital improvement program to modernize and enhance all of the properties, including common area improvements, in-unit repairs, energy system upgrades and other capital renovations. The price and name of the seller were not released.
LOS ANGELES — Harbor Associates has purchased a 30,000-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of Century City for $14.7 million. The four-story building is located at 10281 West Pico Blvd. It was built in 1981. NKF’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Brad Feld represented the seller, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS), in this transaction. SBS owned and occupied the building since 1994.
NorthMarq Capital Arranges $2.5M in Financing for Apartments in Morristown, Pennsylvania
by Amy Works
MORRISTOWN, PA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $2.5 million in supplemental financing for Castle Club Apartments in Morristown. The property features 158 multifamily units. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq secured the six-year loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule, through Freddie Mac for the undisclosed borrower.