TULSA, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 38th Street Mini Storage, a 37,350-square-foot self-storage facility located in Tulsa. Trey Hammond and Michael Mele of Marcus & Millichap’s Tulsa office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Hammond and Mele also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. 38th Street Mini Storage is located at 7711 E. 38th St. with visibility from Highways 64 and 51. The facility consists of 354 non-climate controlled units ranging from 50 to 400 square feet. The facility, initially constructed in 1960 with a solid concrete slab and metal framing, is secured by electronic gate access and recorded video surveillance.
HANOVER, N.J. — Vision Real Estate Partners and Rubenstein Partners has completed the sale of the MetLife Investments Global Headquarters property located at 67 Whippany Road in Hanover. Salus Government Properties acquired the One MetLife Way property for $95 million. Part of the 194-acre Alcatel-Lucent Campus redevelopment, the 14-acre property features a 185,000-square-foot office building that was built to suit for MetLife under a lease agreement. Robert Donnelly, Rob Donnelly Jr., Marc Rosenberg, Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel and Brian Whitmer of Cushman & Wakefield represented Vision and Rubenstein in the redevelopment and sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Developed by Nissim Seliktar and designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, Aloft Long Island City-Manhattan View is slated to open in November. Located at 27-45 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City, the 18-story, 74,000-square-foot hotel will feature 176 rooms. The hotel also features W XYZ bar; Re:mix lounge; Re:fuel, a healthy snack bar; Re:charge gym; 1,500 square feet of meeting space; a pool; and a 1,700-square-foot ground-floor terrace.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — Colliers International has facilitated an industrial lease for Article in Elizabeth. The e-commerce furniture company will occupy 143,000 square feet of industrial space at 201 Bay Ave. Vancouver, Canada-based Article provides modern designer furniture direct to consumers at affordable prices. Mike Markey, Jon Tresser and Andrew Lord of Colliers represented the tenant, while Ernie Christoph and Charlie Reese served as in-house representation for the landlord, Hartz Mountain Industries, in the deal.
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — Stalco Construction, as construction manager, has completed the expansion and renovation of H.O. Penn’s parts and service departments and retail area at the company’s 42,000-square-foot building, located at 660 Union Ave. in Holtsville. The scope of the 5,000-square-foot project included relocating the entrance of the retail and parts departments, updating the reception lobby, the demolition of preexisting offices and retail area and the installation of a new storefront-type entrance, retail section, customer support counter and a new office for the department manager. Additionally, the renovated sales floor features seven desks for sales staff and a private manager’s office. The project team included Rosebery Architectural Studio, The Maude Group, 2 Gang Electric and KK Signs.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Elvis Presley Enterprises has opened a new $92 million, 450-room resort at Graceland, a tourist destination and home of Elvis Presley’s Graceland Mansion in Memphis. The project, known as The Guest House at Graceland, is the largest hotel project in Memphis in 90 years and is expected to create 200 jobs. The hotel will feature a 464-seat theater, outdoor pool, conference rooms, outdoor meeting space known as The Lawn at The Guest House and an 11,000-square-foot ballroom. Dining options at the resort include Delta’s Kitchen, E.P.’s Bar & Grill, The Lobby Bar and the Shake, Rattle & Go coffee bar. The resort is the first phase of Graceland’s expansion, which also includes the addition of a 200,000-square-foot entertainment complex known as Elvis: Past, Present & Future, set to open in March 2017. The resort’s development team includes construction manager DreamCatcher Hotels and architect Hnedak Bobo Group. Boston-based Pyramind Hotel Group manages The Guest House at Graceland on behalf of Elvis Presley Enterprises, a corporate entity founded by The Elvis Presley Trust.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $47.9 million sale of LeeVista Business Center, a 479,100-square-foot, three-building warehouse and distribution park adjacent to Orlando International Airport. Mike Davis, Michael Lerner and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Atlanta-based McDonald Development Co., in the transaction. Los Angeles-based Colony Capital purchased LeeVista Business Center, which was developed between 2009 and 2016 and was 84.4 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Thales USA, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services, Siemens Corp., Carrier and DHL Global Mail. The $100 per square foot price tag makes the transaction the record high per-square-foot sale of a multi-tenant warehouse and distribution project in Orlando.
BUFORD, GA. — Clarion Partners and Seefried Properties have started construction on Buford Mill Distribution Center, a $25 million industrial development in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Situated on 43.1 acres near the Highway 20/I-985 interchange, the project will feature two distribution buildings totaling 422,140 square feet with 32-foot minimum clear heights, T-5 lighting and trailer parking. Clarion is co-developing the project on behalf of a commingled fund it manages.
TYSONS, VA. — Atlantic Realty Cos. and New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co. LP have purchased Tysons Concourse, two Class A office buildings located at 1593-1595 Spring Hill Road in Tysons. The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) sold the 347,684-square-foot complex for $78.8 million. Situated one block from the newly opened Spring Hill station on Metrorail’s Silver Line, Tysons Concourse features a café, lighted basketball courts, theater-style conference center, fitness center with spa-style locker rooms and covered and surface parking. The buildings, joined by a shared atrium, were 76 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Frontpoint Security, Konica Minolta and MassMutual. The new ownership group plans to invest $6 million in capital improvement to Tysons Concourse. The property’s lobby will be upgraded with marble flooring, a concierge desk and interactive touchscreen directories. Renovations will also include upgrades to the front and rear entrances, new interior finishes and a redesigned tenant entertainment center. The improvement program will also include the transformation of part of the existing sports area into an outdoor lounge with seating and an additional court for playing paddle tennis. Eastdil Secured represented CalSTRS in the transaction. — John Nelson
Broward County’s office market continues to heat up like the South Florida summer. Vacancy is decreasing while office rental rates in the market increase. Broward County added 32,100 jobs in the past year, the 4 percent nonagricultural employment growth leading to a second quarter unemployment rate of 4.2 percent, outpacing the state (4.5 percent) and national (5.0) averages. “Many factors drive Broward County’s strong economy, including a talented and diverse workforce, our proximity to Latin America and the Caribbean, and access to three international airports and three seaports,” says Bob Swindell, president and CEO of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, the county’s public/private partnership for economic development. Broward County’s office sector performance is a big story in an area of very positive commercial real estate headlines. It can be argued that South Florida trails only the two Bay Area bellwethers, San Francisco and the Silicon Valley, in property performance nationwide. Office rental rates in the county — CoStar reported that the market’s average rate increased 1.4 percent during first quarter to $25.14 per square foot — are most likely reaching the top of the arc in the present economic cycle. “Some of our strongest job growth has been in high-wage …