CHICAGO — NAI Hiffman has brokered the sale of a 74,997-square-foot industrial building located at 830 W. 40th St. in Chicago. The building features 9,150 square feet of office space, 18-foot clear heights and three interior loading docks. Chris Gary and Joe Bronson of NAI Hiffman represented the buyer, Hog Shed Ventures LLC. George Maragos, Mitch Adams and Nicole Mentone of CBRE represented the seller, VK 830 W. 40th LLC. The building will be home to Frost Lighting, a full-service event production company.
CARMEL, IND. — Veritas Realty has negotiated leases for Planet Fitness and Homenclature at Merchant’s Square in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. The shopping center is located at 2192 E. 116th St. Planet Fitness leased 16,860 square feet and Homenclature leased 8,181 square feet. Seth Biggerstaff and Amy Winchell of Veritas Realty represented the landlord, Ramco-Gershenson Properties LLC. Bart Jackson of Lee & Associates represented Planet Fitness, while Jeff Hubley of Midland Atlantic represented Homenclature. Planet Fitness is a franchise of fitness centers based in Newington, N.H. Homenclature offers both new and used furnishings for homes in offices. The company is headquartered in Valparaiso, Ind.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. AND GREENBELT, MD. — Hersha Hospitality Trust has sold the 203-room Courtyard by Marriott in Alexandria and the 120-room Residence Inn in Greenbelt for a combined $62 million. The two suburban Washington, D.C., hotels have an average age of 13 years. The Philadelphia-based lodging REIT sold the hotels to the undisclosed buyers at a 7.4 percent cap rate, based on the hotels’ net operating income for 2016. The company’s current portfolio spans 51 hotels totaling 7,675 rooms in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, select markets on the West Coast and Washington, D.C.
TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based Plaza Advisors has brokered the $51 million sale of three Publix-anchored shopping centers totaling nearly 300,000 square feet in Florida and Alabama. The assets include Magnolia Plaza in Panama City Beach, Fla.; Palmer Ranch in Sarasota, Fla.; and Magnolia Place in Daphne, a suburb of Mobile, Ala. The shopping centers had an average occupancy rate of 98 percent at the time of sale. Jim Michalak and Mike Cvetetic of Plaza Advisors were the sole brokers involved and represented the seller, which developed all three shopping centers. The buyer was undisclosed.
HOLIDAY, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $15.2 million in construction financing for Park at Wellington II, an affordable housing apartment community located in Holiday, a Tampa Bay area town in Pasco County. Combined with Phase I, the Low Income Housing Tax Credit property will span 110 units comprising one- to three-bedroom layouts. The units are designated for households earning 40 percent or 60 percent of the area median income. Set to open later this year, the four-story property will feature elevator service, shared amenities with Phase I of the development and supportive services, including financial literacy training, employment assistance and after-school programs on-site for children. Jeff Rodman and Kyle Kolesar of KeyBank arranged the financing, which included a $10.6 million tax-exempt construction loan and a $4.6 million Freddie Mac loan.
ROYSTON, GA. AND SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. (Wheeler REIT) has acquired two BI-LO-anchored shopping centers located in Georgia and South Carolina for a combined $11 million. The acquisitions include Tri-County Plaza, a 67,577-square-foot shopping center located in Royston, Ga.; and Sangaree Plaza, a 66,948-square-foot shopping center located in Summerville, S.C. BI-LO recently executed lease extensions at both locations. Tenants at Tri-County Plaza include Maxway, Shoe Show and Snap Fitness. Tenants at Sangaree Plaza include H&R Block and Check Into Cash. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Wheeler REIT in the transaction.
GREENBELT, MD. — Rubenstein Partners LP and partner Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) have closed nearly 33,000 square feet of leases at Maryland Trade Center III, a 192,000-square-foot office building in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Greenbelt. The Class A building is located at the intersection of the Capital Beltway and MD 295. The transactions include a 18,280-square-foot lease renewal with The Retina Group, a healthcare firm specializing in retinal and macular practices; a new 4,214-square-foot lease with Allstate Insurance Co.; and three additional leases totaling roughly 10,000 square feet. Since purchasing Maryland Trade Center III in 2012, Rubenstein and TCC have upgraded the building’s lobby, restrooms and mechanical systems and installed a new HVAC system. Niel Beggy of Avison Young, Bill Zonghetti of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank and Todd Bosley and Tim Jaeger of CBRE provided tenant representation for the transactions.
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — Investment advisor Monticello Asset Management LLC has originated $28.5 million in financing for The Alameda Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, a skilled nursing facility in the New York City suburb of Perth Amboy. The bridge-to-HUD loan provided capital for the acquisition of the property by a seniors housing owner-operator. The property consists of a six-story, 82,205-square-foot structure containing the healthcare facility and a detached one-story, 3,400-square-foot retail building. The facility contains 130 resident rooms and is licensed for 250 skilled nursing beds.
SEATTLE — Schnitzer West has sold Urban Union, a Class A office building in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, for $268.9 million, according to The Seattle Times. A joint venture between TriStar Capital and RFR Holding purchased the property. The building opened last year and recently underwent a $10.5 million alteration project for Amazon, the building’s main tenant, according to The Times. Totaling 12 stories and 291,000 square feet, Urban Union features a coffee shop, restaurant, rooftop conference deck, fitness center, locker rooms, bike lockers and concierge services. Seattle-based architecture firm CollinsWoerman designed the building. Just north of downtown, the South Lake Union neighborhood stretches from the Space Needle along the southern waterfront of Lake Union. The area is known for its restaurants, art galleries and museums. Schnitzer West is a real estate developer and manager of office properties, largely in the Seattle and Denver metros. TriStar and RFR are both New York City-based investment firms. — Jeff Shaw
The Atlanta office market has continued down a path of steady recovery and absorption, although the pace remains somewhat muted from prior recovery cycles. As outside investors have warmed up to the city of Atlanta, they have been comforted by a safe and positively boring period of growth. For the last couple of years, investors have been committed strongly to value-add opportunities throughout metropolitan Atlanta, including areas that have historically been out of favor like Alpharetta and Peachtree Corners. The fundamental improvements in the market rents and occupancy continue to support bullish forecasts for office space in Atlanta with significantly low vacancy and steady rent growth. Atlanta’s office market sits at 12.1 percent vacancy, 6 percent rent growth and 3.6 million square feet of positive net absorption after several years of consistent absorption and falling vacancy. With value-add being a buzz word throughout the Southeast, many investment sales brokers have taken core assets and found ways to present them as opportunities for value-add in an effort to reach a larger pool of investors. Investor appetite continues to be measured and very focused on downside risk versus upside potential. This has inflated the return expectations for very solid real estate, making …