PORTLAND, ORE. — Southgate Shopping Center, a 50,826-square-foot, multi-tenant strip center located in the Southgate area of Portland, has sold to a private buyer for an undisclosed sum. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Office Max, HobbyTown, Round Table Pizza, Starbucks Coffee, H&R Block, Arby’s and Sprint Mobile. Brian Hanson and Nick Kassab of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, ML Commercial Properties Inc.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Pierce Educations Properties has acquired The Junction at Iron Horse, a 232-bed student housing community located near the University of Arizona in Tucson. The community offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities include a swimming pool, lazy hammock courtyard, outdoor lounge area, 24-hour fitness center and computer center with a study lounge. The seller in the transaction and the sales price were undisclosed.
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII – Alexander & Baldwin has acquired five buildings within the Honokohau Industrial Park in Kailua-Kona for $10 million. The buildings are situated on two lots within the 37-acre industrial park. They are centrally located to service both Kailua-Kona and the Kohala Coast. The buildings contain a total of 73,200 square feet and are currently 94 percent leased to tenants in the construction, tourism, food distribution, automotive repair and transportation industries. The purchase was largely financed with sales proceeds from non-income producing properties.
DALLAS — PCCP LLC has provided development firm Dunhill Partners a $63.5 million loan for the construction of the Virgin Hotel Dallas, a 16-story, 268-room located at 1909 Hi Line Drive in the Dallas’ Design District. Scheduled to be complete in late 2019, the hotel will feature a lobby restaurant, poolside bar and a workplace lounge known as the Commons Club. Dallas-based Hamilton Realty Finance arranged the financing.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — NewcrestImage has begun construction on a hotel campus at the intersection of Interstate 40 Frontage Road and South Soucy Road in Amarillo. The project will deliver three hotels totaling approximately 300 rooms. The first property, a 94-room Tru by Hilton hotel, is expected to open in mid-2018. Construction of a Hyatt-branded hotel and Marriott-branded hotel is slated to begin by the end of the year.
SAYRE, OKLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Sayre Memorial Hospital, a 54,960-square-foot medical facility located at 911 Hospital Drive near Interstate 40 in the Oklahoma City metro of Sayre. Daniel Morris of CBRE and Allen McMurty of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Sayre Memorial Hospital Authority, in the transaction. Healthcare Properties Transaction Group of Oklahoma LLC purchased the property for an undisclosed price.
HOUSTON — Boyd Commercial has negotiated a 50,400-square-foot lease at Apex Distribution Center, a 410,000-square-foot industrial property located at 5750 Brittmoore Road in Houston. David Boyd, Greg Barra and Wes Williams of Boyd represented the landlord, Crow Holdings, in the transaction. Richard Chen of Richard’s Investments represented the tenant, an affiliate of furniture manufacturer Furinno.com. The new lease brings the property, which houses the former Goya Foods Building, to 86 percent occupancy.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — RealtyLink LLC plans to deliver the $80 million Freedom Town Center located at Skibo and Cliffdale roads in Fayetteville. The 50-acre, 385,000-square-foot retail project will house tenants such as Field & Stream, HomeGoods, Hobby Lobby, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petco, Sprouts Farmers Market, Burke’s Outlet, DSW, buybuy Baby and World Market. Greenville, S.C.-based RealtyLink expects to start opening stores in the fall with full completion set for 2018. First Tennessee Bank arranged construction financing for Freedom Town Center, which broke ground in August 2016. Austin Wilson of RealtyLink is the leasing agent for the project.
CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — A joint venture between CREC and Lubert Adler, known as CPAC Royal University LLC, has sold Royal University Plaza in Broward County for $48 million. Located at 2556 N. University Drive in Coral Springs, the shopping center’s tenant roster includes Pet Supermarket, Jimmy John’s, Hertz Rental Cars, Smoothie King and AAA Auto Club. The CREC-Lubert Adler partnership purchased the asset in February 2015 for $26 million and improved the shopping center’s occupancy rate from 45 percent to 97 percent. During its ownership, the joint venture executed a 25,000-square-foot lease with Total Wine & More and a 37,000-square-foot lease with Orchard Supply Hardware.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Southeastern has brokered the $38.7 million sale of Greenbrier Square, a 260,602-square-foot shopping center located in Chesapeake, about seven miles south of Norfolk in Virginia’s Hampton Roads area. Principal Real Estate Investors purchased the asset from a regional developer. Anchored by the market’s first Kroger Marketplace, Greenbrier Square was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Five Below, Tuesday Morning and Field & Stream. Ryan McArdle, David Rivers and Steve Collins of Southeastern’s investment sales team brokered the transaction.
