NASHVILLE, TENN. AND HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Andrew Agee of the SVN Multifamily group has brokered the $19.8 million sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Nashville and Huntsville. The communities include the 200-unit Millwood Manor in Nashville, the 110-unit Hartford House in Nashville and the 169-unit Summertree Apartments in Huntsville. A private buyer based in Nashville purchased the portfolio from Athens, Ala.-based J&J Properties for roughly $41,231 per unit. Agee represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
AURORA, ILL. — Amazon has unveiled plans to open two new fulfillment centers in Aurora, about 45 miles west of Chicago. The facilities will add more than 1,000 jobs. Amazon currently has fulfillment centers in Edwardsville, Joliet and Romeoville. A center is also under construction in Monee, about 40 miles south of Chicago. At the nearly 1 million-square-foot facility in Aurora, employees will pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and consumer goods. The other fulfillment center, spanning 400,000 square feet, will specialize in handling larger items.
BRIDGEVIEW, ILL. — Darwin Realty has arranged the sale of 9900 Industrial Drive in Bridgeview, about 17 miles southwest of Chicago. Welch Packaging Group Inc., a manufacturer of corrugated packaging, purchased the 215,000-square-foot building. The sales price was not disclosed. Welch will relocate from Countryside to the former crane facility to support its expanding Chicagoland operations. The facility offers heavy power, land for trailer parking and is located immediately off I-294. Welch also plans to add additional improvements to the building. Noel S. Liston and Kevin D. Cooney of Darwin Realty represented Welch in the transaction. Jeff Locascio of Transwestern represented the undisclosed seller.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Liberty Property Trust has acquired a five-acre industrial site in Bensenville in the O’Hare Airport metro area. Liberty plans to redevelop the site beginning in early 2017. The property is located at 350 N. York Road and includes a 60,000-square-foot building, which Liberty plans to replace with a 96,962-square-foot, high-efficiency building. Features will include 32-foot clear heights, 20 exterior docks and two drive-in doors. Shell completion of the $11.6 million project is expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2017. Matt Neumann of Liberty, along with Steve Stone and Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield, will handle the leasing of the property.
BROWN DEER, WIS. — Colliers International has brokered a 40,370-square-foot office lease renewal for BMO Harris Bank in Brown Deer, a suburb of Milwaukee. The building is located at 4701 W. Schroeder Drive. Lyle Landowski, Scott Welsh and Mike Fardy of Colliers International brokered the transaction.
PEWAUKEE, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 12,735-square-foot industrial building in Pewaukee, approximately 18 miles west of Milwaukee. The building is located at 633 Cecelia Drive. The buyer, James K. Ihn, purchased the building from Mainka Properties LLC. Cale Berg, Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of the Dickman Co. brokered the transaction.
DEERFIELD, ILL. AND CAMP HILL, PA. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) have agreed to sell 865 Rite Aid stores and some assets related to store operations to Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) for $950 million in an all-cash transaction. The agreement came about due to concerns by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its review of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s proposed acquisition of Rite Aid, which was announced in October 2015. That transaction is scheduled to close in early 2017. The 865-store sale would make Fred’s one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, with a significant presence in the South and on the East and West coasts. If the sale is approved, Fred’s will continue to employ all store associates and certain field and regional associates related to the operations. The stores will also continue to operate under the Rite Aid banner. Fred’s has also agreed to purchase additional Rite Aid stores if the FTC mandates additional divestments for the proposed merger. BofA Merrill Lynch acted as Walgreens Boots Alliance’s financial adviser. Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal counsel on transaction legal matters and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as its legal …
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Cap rates in the fourth quarter of 2016 for the single-tenant net lease sector increased or remained the same for office, retail and industrial assets, according to The Boulder Group’s quarterly Net Lease Market Research Report. Retail cap rates experienced their first increase since the third quarter of 2013 to 6.19 percent. The nine-basis-point increase is the largest quarterly increase in retail cap rates since the second quarter of 2011. Cap rates for the office sector remained unchanged at 7.08 percent, while the industrial sector increased by 3 basis points to 7.17 percent. The Boulder Group attributes the increase in cap rates for the retail sector to the rise of treasury rates during the fourth quarter. During the fourth quarter, the 10-year Treasury yield increased significantly to 2.45 percent, up from 1.62 percent at the start of the quarter. During the fourth quarter, the spread between asking and closed cap rates for retail properties increased by five basis points. This was the largest spread between asking and closed cap rates for retail properties since the fourth quarter of 2013. Cap Rates Likely to Rise More in 2017 The net lease market is expected to remain active in …
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Lincoln Property Co. has purchased LNR Warner Center IV, a 510,105-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, for $147 million. The property includes two Class A office buildings, as well as a 0.88-acre land parcel that can accommodate a 7,500-square-foot retail building. LNR Warner Center IV is located at 21255 and 21215 Burbank Blvd. It is the newest phase in LNR Warner Center’s four-phase, master-planned office campus, which includes 1.3 million square feet in seven office buildings. Notable tenants include Activision, New York Life Insurance, Wells Fargo, United Online and Kaiser Permanente. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of NGKF Capital Markets, along with JLL’s Dan Sanchez, represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction. David Milestone and Scott Selke of NGKF Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $220 million Freddie Mac credit facility for a 1,808-unit affordable housing project in East Palo Alto. The Woodland Park project will feature 118 individual land parcels, including a mix of small properties (one to 50 units), as well as conventional multifamily and commercial properties. The borrower was Woodland Park Property Owner LLC, an affiliate of Sand Hill Property Co. John Nelson and Erik Franks of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team represented the borrower. Rob Russell, head of CMBS production in Greystone’s New York office, originated the financing.