FREEHOLD, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. (BRC) has arranged the $7.5 million sale of Fairfield Industrial Park, a nine-building park totaling 165,000 square feet located at 912 Route 33 in Freehold. Jordan Metz and Eduard Skutelsky of BRC represented an unnamed seller in the transaction. Imperial Real Estate represented the buyer, Fairfield Industrial Park LLC. The property includes 20 tenants and the new owners plan capital improvements at the industrial park.
MOOSUP, CONN. — KeyBank’s community development lending and investment team has financed a $6 million bridge-to-HUD loan for Vesta Corp. for the acquisition of Moosup Apartments. The property is an 89-unit multifamily complex consisting of nine two-story buildings in the rural community of Moosup. Moosup Apartments includes one-, two- and three- bedroom townhomes. Of the 89 units, 27 are covered by a Section 8 HAP contract. KeyBank’s Kelly Frank arranged the financing.
WINDSOR, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the $5.2 million sale of 100 Corporate Drive, a 100 percent leased, 69,000-square-foot office building in Windsor. An affiliate of Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US sold the property to Bradstreet & Chandler, a Boston-based real estate firm. CBRE’s John McCormick and Patrick Mulready represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. CBRE will also handle leasing and property management of the building. 100 Corporate Drive is a two-story property located near I-91 in the Day Hill corporate area of Windsor. Constructed in 1984 and recently renovated, the property’s tenants include ADP, Sedgwick Claims Management, Health Management Services, Oxford Global and LGCY Power.
PLANO, TEXAS — Encore Commercial will develop a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot office tower at the Shops at Willow Bend as part of the shopping mall’s $125 million expansion. The Class A office property will be located adjacent to the food court and integrated into the Dillard’s parking deck. The building will accommodate up to 800 employees who will have access to the mall’s 60,000-square-foot restaurant district and 30,000-square-foot fitness club, which is currently under development.
DALLAS — Development partners Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. have opened Victory Place, a 25-story multifamily property located within the 75-acre Victory Park development in downtown Dallas. Located at 1701 Payne St., the 352-unit property features amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, a yoga and Pilates studio, a business center with a coffee bar and retail space anchored by Italian Bistro restaurant. Lincoln Property Co. will manage the complex.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA) has arranged the sale of Callaghan Road Shopping Center, an 11,369-square-foot retail asset situated on 1.1 acres near Callaghan Road and Loop 410 in San Antonio. Built in 1960, the center was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Zito’s Deli and Sandwich Shoppe, Lux Nails and Danny’s Cocina. Bradley Suttle of SACA represented the seller, a local family trust, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a Texas-based limited liability company.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of A Discount Mini Storage, a 338-unit self-storage facility located at 3735 Mangum Road in Houston. Dave Knobler, Justin Miller, Derek Hargrove and Davis Hansen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer, a Houston-based limited liability company.
IRVING, TEXAS — Sirius XM Connected Vehicle Services Inc. has signed two office leases, one of which is a renewal, at Freeport Corporate Center in Irving. The company now occupies 43,403 square feet of Class A space within the building, which is located at 8650 Freeport Parkway South near the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Kevin Brookmole of Bradford Commercial represented the landlord, Slate Freeport Holdings LLC, in the lease negotiations. Kelly Winn of Savills Studley represented Sirius.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Waypoint Residential, a multifamily real estate investment firm, has officially launched its student housing affiliate, Waypoint Campus Housing LLC. The launch was marked by the new company’s acquisition of a four-property student housing portfolio for $102 million. The seller of the properties, which total 2,638 beds, was Chicago-based investment firm Blue Vista Capital Management. The properties in the portfolio include High View Place near the University of Texas at San Antonio; Maverick Place near the University of Texas at Arlington; Rebel Place near the University of Nevada at Las Vegas; and Spring Place near the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A fifth property was not disclosed because the transaction has not yet officially closed. “We are excited to officially expand our platform to include student housing as one of our key strategies within our core business, which focuses exclusively on the rental housing sector,” says Scott Lawlor, CEO of Waypoint Residential. “The addition of student housing aligns with our overall strategy to diversify our product offerings within the rental housing market, and we believe it provides terrific risk-adjusted opportunities.” Jeremy Pemberton will lead Waypoint Campus Housing as CEO. Pemberton was previously focused on acquisitions and sourcing …
Over the past two years, quarterly earnings results that followed holiday shopping seasons have come with a side of fresh store closures as well as new bankruptcy filings by major retailers. In the first few weeks of 2017 alone, long-established chains such as RadioShack, JCPenney, Macy’s, CVS, and Gordmans announced plans to shutter hundreds of underperforming store locations from their portfolios, putting added pressure on numerous commercial real estate landlords and mall center operators. The trend reflects the ongoing effort of retailers to reduce costs and focus on new showrooming and omnichannel strategies that better cater to the purchasing tendencies of today’s consumers, a sizable portion of which includes millennials. The confluence of e-commerce, changing consumer shopping habits, and new technological enhancements has shifted the retail landscape away from traditional uses of large physical footprints and the one-dimensional approach to sales as discount, experiential, and specialty retailers continue to rise in popularity. Historical Performance The national delinquency rate (categorized as 30 or more days past due, in foreclosure, REO, or non-performing balloons) for loans securitized into private-label CMBS deals has been steadily increasing during the “wall of maturities” period, as the large wave of more than $300 billion in legacy …
