SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — A private investor has acquired the 80-unit Hillside Apartments in San Bernardino for $10.2 million. The community is located at 2156-2196 Kendall Drive. It is situated just one mile from Cal State San Bernardino. Warren Berzack of Berzack Investment Property Advisors and Slavic Zlatkin of Lee & Associates represented the buyer. Lee’s Ryan O’Connor represented the seller, SB Hillside Properties, in this transaction.
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — Commercial Properties Inc. (CPI) has arranged the sale of a 12,849-square-foot strip center located in Casa Grande. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Cold Stone Creamery, UPS Store, Supercuts and Firehouse Subs. Sarge Glenn of CPI’s Industrial Team represented the seller, LBUBS 2004-C8 Retail 1664 LLC. Mike Sayre of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, SimonMed Imaging, which purchased the property for $1.8 million.
BALTIMORE — A partnership between funds managed by Ares Management and TruAmerica Multifamily has purchased a 1,402-unit multifamily portfolio in suburban Baltimore for $236 million. The acquisition included Dominion at Eden Brook and Dominion Kings Place in Columbia, Lakeside Mill in Owings Mills, Ellicott Grove in Ellicott City, Arborview at Riverside & Liriope in Belcamp and Dominion Constant Friendship in Abingdon. The partnership will implement a multimillion-dollar renovation and repositioning program across the portfolio. Exterior upgrades will consist of landscaping, painting, updated signage and common area updates. Approximately half of the residential units will be renovated to include new appliance packages, faux-wood hard-surface flooring, new countertops and upgrades to existing cabinets.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated two 15-year loans totaling $90 million for a pair of office buildings in downtown Washington, D.C.’s central business district. The properties include a recently renovated, 10-story building at 1620 Eye St. N.W. and a 12-story building at 1156 15th St. N.W. New York Life Real Estate Investors originated the loans on behalf of the borrower, TF Cornerstone Inc.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Blackbaud, a Charleston-based cloud software provider for nonprofits and similar organizations, has selected Holder Properties to develop the company’s new corporate campus in Charleston. Blackbaud’s new campus will consist of a two-phase project situated on 13 acres in the Daniel Island community. Phase I will consist of a four-story, 172,000-square-foot office building and a 650-space surface parking lot located at the corner of Fairchild and Central Island streets. The site is planned to accommodate a second phase expansion for up to 175,000 square feet of additional office space. Construction began in October and Blackbaud will occupy the building upon its completion in the first quarter of 2018. The project team includes architect ASD and general contractor Balfour Beatty. Lee Allen, Chase Monroe, Graham Summers, Denice Michel and John Robinson of JLL represented Blackbaud in the transaction.
OXFORD, MISS. — A joint venture between Homestead Development Partners, Columbus Pacific and Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors is set to develop HELiX Oxford, a 790-bed student housing community located near the University of Mississippi in Oxford. The property will offer one-, two- and four-bedroom, fully furnished flats and townhomes. Community amenities will include a circular, beach-entry pool; a health and fitness center with cross fit space, multipurpose yoga studio and cardio and weight equipment; study labs devoted to individual, small and large group study; an interactive gaming center; media center; event space; and a summer kitchen. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2018. The architect for the development is Charlan Brock and Associates, and Childs Dreyfus Group will be in charge of interior design. The project team includes general contractor The Construction Enterprises Inc., engineer Williams Engineering Consultants and landscape architect Dalhoff Thomas Design Studio. Asset Campus Housing has been tapped to manage the property upon completion.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — CREC has brokered the $36.2 million sale of The Ellington, an apartment and condominium residential property located on County Line Road in Miami Gardens. Included in the sale were 260 apartments and 87 condominiums with the 412-unit community, which was built in 1974. Peter Mekras represented the undisclosed seller, a repeat client of CREC’s. The buyer, a private investor, was self-represented in the transaction.
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — HFF has facilitated the sale of La Rochelle, a 25-story luxury apartment building located at 255 Huguenot St. in New Rochelle. Boston-based DSF Group acquired the 412-unit property from 255 Huguenot Street Corp. for $148.5 million. The property features 43 studios, 142 one-bedroom, 185 two-bedroom and 42 three-bedroom units, including loft-style apartments and penthouse suites. Additionally, the building features 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a 422-space parking garage and rights for the development of an additional 40-story residential tower. On-site amenities include an outdoor swimming pool with sundeck, clubroom with fireplace, conference room, state-of-the-art fitness center, yoga room and a landscaped courtyard with grilling area. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Andrew Scandalios of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Urban Edge Properties has entered into a $43.7 million contract to acquire Hudson Mall, a retail center located in Jersey City. Developed in 1966, the 383,000-square-foot property is occupied by Marshalls, Toys R Us, Staples and Old Navy, among other retailers. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017 and includes the assumption of a $23.8 million, 5.07 percent mortgage maturing in 2023. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $30 million in financing for the refinance of an office property located at 264-268 W. 40th St. in Manhattan’s Garment District. The 10-year loan, provided by a national balance sheet lender, features a competitive fixed rate of 3.5 percent. Avi Weinstock, Josh Rhine and Luke Hingson of Meridian secured the financing for the borrower, Renaissance Properties. The 20-story, 120,000-square-foot office building is occupied by 40 tenants, including two restaurants as retail tenants.