LONGMONT, COLO. — An affiliate of Pacific Acquisitions has purchased the 152,218-square-foot General Electric building in Longmont for $12.5 million. The single-tenant, office/flex facility is located at 1844 Nelson Road. General Electric fully occupies the facility, which was originally built in 1994. CBRE’s Jim Bolt represented the buyer, while the firm’s Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Geoff Baukol represented the seller, Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) Private Real Estate has purchased Quarry Oaks I and II, a two-building office complex located at 10900 Stonelake Blvd. in Austin. Principal Real Estate Investors sold the 292,421-square-foot complex for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants including Forepoint, Microsoft Corp. and Microchip Technologies. HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — Northwood Retail, a subsidiary of Northwood Investors, has acquired Hillside Village, a shopping center located at the corner of Mockingbird Lane and Abrams Road in east Dallas. Current tenants at the 169,299-square-foot property include Stein Mart, Olivella’s Neo Pizza Napoletana, Dream Café, White Rock Coffee and Manny’s Lakewood Tex-Mex. The buyer has engaged SHOP Cos. to assist with leasing the property. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released.
WESLACO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Weslaco Station, an office building located in Weslaco. U.S. Customs and Border Protection occupies the entire 54,483-square-foot property on a long-term lease through February 2024. Joshua Murphy of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private joint venture, and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. The acquisition price was not released.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Pearland-based Frontier Forklifts has acquired an industrial facility located at 3401 S. Main St. in Pearland. Baker Hughes Inc. sold the 30,000-square-foot property, which is situated on 6.5 acres, for an undisclosed price. Frontier Forklift offers sales, service, rentals and parts for forklifts and specialty equipment. Conrad Bernard of Boyd Commercial represented the seller in the deal.
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AND TOMBALL, TEXAS — NewQuest Properties has arranged two leases for retail space in North Richland Hills and Tomball. In the first deal, Cellphone Trendz leased 1,050 square feet of retail space at North Tarrant Marketplace in North Richland Hills. Josh Friedlander provided in-house representation for the landlord, NewQuest Properties, while Jack Burgher of Streetwise Retail Advisors represented the tenant. In the second transaction, PostNet TX 223 leased 2,095 square feet of retail space at Tomball Parkway Plaza in Tomball. Brad Elmore and Austen Baldridge of NewQuest Properties represented the landlord, Tomball Plaza LLC, while Caroline Howell of NewQuest and Josh Evans of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the tenant.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Haven Campus Communities plans to build an 887-bed student housing community located directly across from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus on University City Boulevard. The development will offer fully furnished one-, two-, four- and five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities will include a cyber lounge with charging stations; coffee bar; fitness center; tanning room; gaming room; computer center with private study rooms featuring Smart TVs; gathering areas with built-in seating; bocce ball and horseshoes; fire pits; an open courtyard; and a pool area with a large pavilion, TVs, a tanning deck, cabanas and built-in grilling stations. The development will also offer the company’s Smart Apartment technology, created in partnership with Airwave Networks that include voice command technology through Amazon Echo; keyless entry that can be integrated with smartphones through a mobile application; and voice-controlled smart lighting, thermostats and ceiling fans. Haven Campus expects to deliver the student housing property in fall 2018.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Holder Properties has begun construction on River Oaks Center, a 106,000-square-foot, Class A office building located on Leeds Avenue off I-526 in North Charleston. The four-story property is Holder’s fifth office development within Charleston’s largest office park, The Executive Park at Faber Place. The project team includes architect Warner Summers and general contractor Harper Corp. River Oaks Center will be ready for new tenants this fall.
ORANGE PARK, FLA. — Robbins Electra has acquired Maple Glen, a 358-unit apartment community located at 1863 Wells Road in Orange Park, a suburb of Jacksonville. Robbins Electra purchased the asset, which will be rebranded as The Parkland at Orange Park, from a Starwood entity for $35.1 million. The community features one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with average monthly rents of approximately $850. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include a business center, clubhouse, fitness center and two swimming pools. Robbins Electra will carry out a multimillion dollar property renovation, upgrading apartment interiors and adding or enhancing community amenities. This is Robbins Electra’s eighth property in the Jacksonville region and its first acquisition of 2017. Last year, the company completed over $1 billion in multifamily acquisitions across the Southeast.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — NAI/Merin Hunter Codman has brokered the $18.5 million sale of a 10-story office building located at 4400 PGA Blvd. in Palm Beach Gardens. Dr. A. John Merola of Jupiter, Fla., purchased the 80,300-square-foot building from Admiralty Acquisition Co. LLC, an entity formed by Ray Celedinas of Celedinas Insurance Group and local investors. The office building was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Pulte Homes, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, GAI Consultants, Celedinas Insurance, A Marsh & McLennan Agency and the Scott Harris law firm. Neil Merin of NAI/Merin Hunter Codman represented the seller, and Summit Commercial Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the transaction.