EAST HARTFORD, CONN. — Sentry Commercial has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located on four acres at 225 Prospect St. in East Hartford. Teds Fourth LLC acquired the 155,890-square-foot facility from The Mooney Family LLC for $1.2 million. Sentry Commercial was the sole broker in the transaction.
NEWTON, CONN. — RHYS represented Market Hospitality Group in the signing of a new lease at Village Lexington Gardens, located at 32 Church Hill Road in Newtown. The 3,500-square-foot space will be occupied by 5th Market Place Kitchen & Bar, a New American-style restaurant. The new restaurant is slated to open in July 2017. Ryan Stranko and Tyler Lyman of RHYS represented the tenant, while Doug Rose of Coldwell Banker Scalzo Group represented the landlord, Mesa General Contractors, in the deal.
DENVER — Castle Lanterra has acquired the 369-unit Alexan Sloan’s Lake apartment community in Denver for $102.8 million. The community is located at 1550 Raleigh St. Alexan Sloan’s Lake features 9,000 square feet of first-floor retail. The property is part of a 19-acre mixed-use redevelopment of the former Saint Anthony Hospital campus. The development will eventually contain up to 150,000 square feet of retail and office space. Jeff Hawks, Terrance Hunt, Doug Andrews, Shane Ozment and Chris Cowan of ARA Newmark represented the seller, a joint venture between Trammell Crow Residential and an institutional investor.
SAN DIEGO — Kearny Real Estate Company has purchased the 364,000-square-foot office component of Emerald Plaza in San Diego for $91.7 million. The office component features four hexagonal towers ranging from 20 to 30 stories. Emerald Plaza includes a connected 436-room hotel operated by Westin Hotel, which was not part of the transaction. Emerald Plaza encompasses a full city block at 402 W. Broadway in downtown San Diego. The plaza, which Deutsche Bank has owned since 2005, was 70 percent leased at closing. Local developer and entrepreneur Sandy Sharpery built the property in 1990. HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Nick Psyllos, Nick Frasco and Michael Leggett represented Deutsche Bank. CBRE’s Ryan Grant, Matt Carlson and Jeff Oesterblad will head up the leasing efforts at Emerald Plaza.
RENO, NEV. — SmartStop Asset Management LLC has acquired The Summit, a 709-bed student housing community located near the University of Nevada, Reno campus for $70 million. The seven-building, LEED Silver-certified property offers fully furnished units with washers and dryers. Community amenities include a two-story clubhouse, fitness center, game lounge, pool, spa, computer room and business center, campus shuttle service, common area barbecues, a tanning room and private study rooms. John Strockis, senior vice president of acquisitions for SmartStop Asset Management, facilitated the transaction on behalf of a SmartStop affiliate.
SAN DIEGO — TH Real Estate, a division of TIAA Global Asset Management, has acquired BLVD63, a 1,379-bed student housing community located near San Diego State University. Community amenities include a clubhouse, media room, game room, fitness center and study lounges. The seller was not disclosed.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $16.7 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the capital to refinance debt on Welbrook Arlington, a seniors housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Riverside. MBK Senior Living operates the community, which features 207 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Aron Will, vice chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the non-recourse, 10-year, floating-rate loan with full-term interest-only payments through the company’s Fannie Mae DUS Multifamily loan origination program.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of the 700,981-square-foot Crosslake Industrial Portfolio in Indianapolis. Partially developed by Duke Realty, the portfolio includes 14 light industrial/flex assets in the Park 100 area. Colliers marketed the property on behalf of Crosslake Partners, a Chicago-based real estate investment group. Nevada-based Shear Property Group purchased the portfolio. Alex Cantu and Jason Speckman of Colliers Indianapolis led the transaction along with Steven Disse and Jeff Devine of the Colliers Chicago office.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has brokered the sale of a 61,515-square-foot industrial building in Elk Grove Village adjacent to O’Hare International Airport. The sales price was not disclosed. The building is located at 1340-1400 Higgins Road. Northern Glass Inc., a general contractor that specializes in curtain wall, storefront and interior glazing, purchased the property and will occupy nearly 40,000 square feet of the 61,515-square-foot building at 1400 Higgins Road. Northern Glass will be moving from a 9,075-square-foot space at 800 Lee St. in Elk Grove Village. Northern Glass will lease the remaining space at 1340 and 1370 Higgins Road to Protopak Engineering Corp. and Impact Printing and Lithographers, respectively. Dan Brown of Brown Commercial represented Northern Glass, while Mason Hezner of Brown Commercial represented the seller, SLP Realty LLC.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 50,000-square-foot Planet Fitness in northwest Chicago for $11.5 million. The property is located at 3120 N. Pulaski Road. Nearby retailers include Walmart, Walgreens, Aaron’s, AutoZone, AT&T, Subway and Chase Bank. Eric Grad of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an owner and developer of Planet Fitness gyms. Harvey Schmidt, Donovan Mackey and Dana Newton of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer, a national real estate investment trust.