THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp., along with its subsidiary The Woodlands Development Co., is developing Creekside Park Apartments, a multifamily property within Creekside Park Village Center in The Woodlands. Located on Kuykendahl Road, the gated residential property will feature 292 apartment units designed for young families, empty nesters and seniors. Once completed, the property will feature 10 two-story buildings totaling 100 units and two four-story buildings totaling 192 units. Community amenities will include a clubhouse; resort-style pool with outdoor kitchen and grilling areas, cabanas, lounge seating, sundecks and hammocks; a 24/7 fitness center; dog park; bike storage; package delivery lockers; and children’s play area. Designed by Humphreys & Partners Architects, Creekside Park is slated for completion in mid-2018.
WILMER, TEXAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 930 E. Pleasant Run Road within Sunridge Business Park in Wilmer, a southern suburb of Dallas. Makita U.S.A. Inc. acquired the 227,230-square-foot property for an undisclosed price and plans to use it for a regional distribution center. Chris Teesdale, Tom Pearson and El Segundo of Colliers represented the seller, Scannell Properties, and the buyer in the deal.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Shops at Bethany, a retail property located at 740 S. Greenville Ave. in Allen. A private investor acquired the 9,467-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Bill Jordan of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and secured the buyer in the deal.
PLAINFIELD, CONN. — Tomasso Group has completed the disposition of Medical Arts Center at The Hartford Healthcare Cancer Institute, located at 201 N. Mountain Road in Plainfield. A publicly traded REIT acquired the property for $30.2 million. At the time of sale, the 72,022-square-foot property was 95 percent leased to Hartford Healthcare, Orthopedic Associates of Hartford and a variety of Hartford Healthcare-employed physicians. Ben Appel, Phil Mahler, Evan Kovac and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Tunxis Management Co., an affiliate of Tomasso Group, will continue to manage the property.
ROCKY HILL, CONN. — CBRE/New England has brokered the sale of a portion of Greenfield Village, a condominium property located in Rocky Hill. An affiliate of The Simon Konover Co. acquired 151 units of the 231-unit condominium community from an undisclosed seller for $13.6 million. The acquired portion features 79 one-bedroom and 72 two-bedroom townhouses with an average size of 778 square feet. Built in 1965, Greenfield Village comprises 56 two-story garden-style buildings offering a total of 231 condominiums. Simon Butler, Biria St. John, Jeff Dunne and Gene Pride of CBRE/NE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
WALTHAM, MASS. — Colliers International Boston has arranged the $9 million sale of a two-building office and flex portfolio on behalf of Schernecker Property Services. Boston-based btcRE acquired the portfolio, which includes a 40,000-square-foot office and warehouse building at 179 Bear Hill Road and an 18,000-square-foot flex building at 283 Second Ave. in Waltham. MSPCA, a local non-profit that protects animals, fully occupies the property on Second Avenue. Doug Jacoby, Scott Dragos, Tony Hayes, Tim Mulhall and Dan Hines of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, Tom Welsh, Adam Coppola and John Poole, also of Colliers, arranged $9 million in acquisition and bridge financing for a Massachusetts-based loan fund on behalf of the buyer.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., AND PORTLAND, MAINE — Horvath & Tremblay has arranged two retail property sales totaling $4 million in Providence and Portland. In the first deal, an undisclosed investor purchased a 10,920-square-foot retail property located in Providence for $2.5 million. Family Dollar occupies the property under a new 10-year double-net lease with six five-year extension options. Bob Horvath, Todd Tremblay and Brian Ahrens of Horvath & Tremblay represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the second deal, an undisclosed buyer acquired the ground lease to a freestanding restaurant property located on Riverside Street in Portland for $1.5 million. Burger King fully occupies the 2,622-square-foot building and has more than 12 years remaining on its original 20-year ground lease. Horvath, Tremblay and Ahrens represented the buyer in the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has expanded its affordable housing lending group in New York City. The company has hired three team members to exclusively focus on Federal Housing Administration lending in the New York region. Hadley Bressman and John Mannix have joined the company as senior vice presidents and loan originators, and Nicole Bressman has joined as an analyst. Hadley Bressman and Nicole Bressman most recently served at the Hadley Group, while Mannix previously served at Merchant Equity Group. Bellwether Enterprise is a national, full-service commercial and multifamily mortgage banking company and a subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment Inc.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trammell Crow Co., along with joint venture partners Cottonwood Partners and a subsidiary of a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital – Real Estate, has signed a long-term lease for nearly 473,000 square feet with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) signed the lease on behalf of the FCC at Sentinel Square III, an 11-story office building that is under construction at 45 L St. N.E. in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa district. The FCC will occupy a portion of the first two floors and the entirety of floors three through 10 by November 2019. The 545,000-square-foot Sentinel Square III is part of the ownership’s 1.3 million-square-foot, mixed-use development. The building is designed to meet Level IV security protocols and LEED Silver standards. Kevin Terry of GSA and the CBRE team of Henry Chapman, Sara Dunstan, Richard Downey and Sarah Maxwell represented the FCC in the lease transaction. The FCC is the first committed tenant at Sentinel Square III.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Steadfast Apartment REIT III Inc. (STAR III) has purchased Reflections on Sweetwater, a 280-unit apartment community located in Lawrenceville, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. STAR III purchased the asset from the undisclosed seller for $32.4 million. Built in 1996, Reflections features one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 933 square feet, with rents averaging $965 per month. Unit interiors include 9-foot ceilings, washer/dryer connections, crown molding, built-in bookshelves, breakfast bars, ceiling fans and private balconies or patios. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with a sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, playground, clubhouse with resident lounge, outdoor grills, business center, lighted tennis-courts, walking trail, on-site lake, car-washing station and detached garage parking. The property was 95.7 percent occupied at the time of sale. The previous owner upgraded half of the apartment units, and STAR III plans to renovate and paint the remaining units when turning the apartments between residents.