WARREN, MICH. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 62,900-square-foot industrial facility in Warren, a suburb of Detroit. The sales price was not disclosed. The building is located at 25200-25700 Malvina Ave. A large portion of the building is currently leased to TVI Logistics, a specialty warehousing and distribution company. Gary P. Grochowski, Justin Francek and Bryan Barnas of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — Metro Commercial Real Estate has brokered leases for six small-format Target stores in Philadelphia. The company’s Steve Niggeman and Tom Londres represented Target in the following leases: Lincoln Square: Store opening in October 2018 at 1000 S. Broad St. Alterra Property Group and Kimco Realty Corp. will be the owners of the 36,000-square-foot location. Northern Liberties: Store opening in July 2018 at 456 N. 5th St. Alliance Partners HSP will own the 47,000-square-foot location. Ivy Ridge Shopping Center: Store opened in March at 7162 Ridge Ave. Brixmor Property Group owns the 47,000-square-foot location. 2100 Pennsylvania Ave.: Store opening in October. Range Properties will own the 32,000-square-foot location. 1122-28 Chestnut St.: Store opened in July 2016. Brickstone Co. owns the 19,000-square-foot location. 1900-06 Chestnut St.: Store opened in October 2016. Pearl Properties owns the 23,000-square-foot location.
NEW YORK CITY — Bestreich Realty Group has arranged the $11.4 million sale of a six-story mixed-use building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The property is located at 66 Graham Ave. and features 30 rent-stabilized apartments and six retail spaces including two clothing stores, a jewelry store, a 99-cent store, a barbershop and a newsstand. The 25,900-square-foot building was built in 1925. Bestreich Realty Group’s Luke Sproviero and Derek Bestreich represented both the buyer, local investor Morris Weinberg, and the seller, father and son clothing moguls Ruby and Victor Azrak, who had owned the building since 1986.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated’s capital advisory division has secured a $6 million loan to refinance the ground lease for a 33,636-square-foot shopping center. The property is located at 945 White Plains Road in the Soundview neighborhood of The Bronx. Tenants at the center include Modell’s Sporting Goods, Party City and GameStop. Sam Zabala and Charles Han of Eastern Consolidated represented the borrower, M&M of Bruckner LLC, which is operated by the Modell family, and secured a loan from Signature Bank.
WHITEHALL, PA. — Derek Zerfass of Colliers International’s Allentown office represented BB&T in the $1.2 million sale of a 3,061-square-foot former bank branch building at 2545 Mickley Ave. in Whitehall. The building will be demolished to make way for a Wendy’s restaurant. Steve Clipman of ROCK Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Starwood Capital Group has agreed to acquire Forestar Group Inc., a residential and mixed-use real estate development company, for $605 million. Starwood will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Forestar’s common stock for $14.25 per share in cash. The Forestar Board of Directors has unanimously approved the merger agreement and has recommended approval of the merger by Forestar’s stockholders. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2017. “Over the past 18 months Forestar has significantly reduced costs and outstanding debt, exited non-core assets and focused on its core community development business. While executing these key initiatives, the board and management have been evaluating longer term strategic alternatives,” says James Rubright, chairman of the Forestar board. “After conducting a thorough review assisted by highly experienced financial and legal advisors, the board believes that engaging in the transaction with Starwood is the best option to maximize stockholder value.” JMP Securities LLC is serving as financial advisor to Forestar, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is serving as legal advisor. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is serving as legal advisor to Starwood. Austin, Texas-based Forestar Group maintains a portfolio of 50 residential and mixed-use …
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — NewMark Merrill Cos., a Woodland Hills-based retail shopping center development company, has completed a $19.1 million recapitalization of Bristol Warner Village in Santa Ana. NewMark Merrill’s Sandy Sigal, Susan Rorison, James Patton and Sandra Kist made up the finance team. Bristol Warner Village is located at the southeast corner of Bristol Street and Warner Avenue. The 80,865-square-foot property recently underwent redevelopment and is 98.5 percent occupied by tenants including Starbucks, 99 Cent Only, Chase, T-Mobile and MetroPCS.
LANCASTER, CALIF. — Fident Capital has provided a $9.5 million permanent loan for the recently constructed Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) in Lancaster. The 29,000-square-foot facility is located at 721 W. Ave L6. The State of California signed a 20-year lease for the space once the loan was closed. Magnon Cos. developed the property.
OXNARD, CALIF. — Integral Senior Living has been selected to manage Laurel Riverpark, a 136-unit independent living community currently under construction in Oxnard, located midway between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The Wolff Company, a private equity firm based in Arizona, is developing the property. Pre-leasing is currently open. This will be the third community Integral operates for Wolff. Laurel Riverpark will be located within the larger Riverpark master-planned community, putting it directly adjacent to dining, shopping and entertainment. Integral Senior Living, headquartered in Carlsbad, operates 58 independent living, assisted living and memory care properties throughout California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Texas, Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida and Indiana.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Warner Courtyards, a 113,586-square-foot flex office building in Tempe, is now fully leased due to Cenlar FSB’s recent agreement to occupy 60,103 square feet. The building is located at 301 W. Warner Road. Other tenants to lease space at the property include CEC Educational Services and Yokowo American Corp. Cenlar, a loan servicing provider, originally occupied the building in August 2016 before expanding to its larger space. NGKF’s Jerry Jacobs represented Cenlar. Matt Nebeker of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Hannay Realty Advisors, in all three lease transactions.