NORMAL, ILL. — Triad Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of an eight-property, 391-bed student housing portfolio at Illinois State University in Normal. The sale price was not disclosed. The properties were built in the 1980s and are located within two blocks of campus. The portfolio was 99 percent occupied for the 2016-2017 school year. Green Street Realty purchased the portfolio with plans to renovate the units. An investment group based in Evanston was the seller. Young America Realty manages the properties.
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ONTARIO, CALIF. — Nellson LLC has leased a 302,080-square-foot industrial/R&D facility in Ontario. The space is located at 1000 S. Etiwanda Ave. The full-service bar and powder nutrition provider is relocating from its campus in Irwindale. Nellson plans to build out a lab to support corporate research and development efforts, commercial scale-up and testing of customer formulations. The firm will invest approximately $40 million to $50 million in the Ontario facility. The lease transaction was valued at $30 million. Frank Geraci of Voit’s Inland Empire office represented both the renter and the landlord, IDI Gazeley, in this lease transaction.
NEW BERLIN, WIS. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $4.7 million loan for the refinancing of an industrial property in New Berlin near Milwaukee. The building consists of 80,720 square feet and sits on approximately seven acres. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 15-year amortization schedule. An insurance company provided the capital.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — A partnership between West Point Partners, Lions Gate Capital LLC and the Harp Group has acquired the 309-room Marriott Colorado Springs for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 5580 Tech Center Drive. Marriott Colorado Springs was built in 1989. It contains 23,000 square feet of event and meeting space. The Marriott is situated near the U.S. Air Force Academy, the United States Olympic Training Center, and numerous aerospace, defense, and healthcare firms. Jeffrey Duni and Mike Dube, of HREC Investment Advisors’ Denver office, represented the Procaccianti Group in this transaction.
LISLE, ILL. — National Express has signed a new long-term lease for 54,000 square feet of office space at Navistar Headquarters Campus in Lisle, approximately 25 miles west of Chicago. The campus is located at 2601 Navistar Drive. National Express previously occupied office space at 4300 Weaver Parkway, and is expected to move into the new office in the second quarter of this year. Jon Springer and Gary Fazzio of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction. John Musgjerd of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the landlord.
AURORA, ILL. — INEOS Styrolution has signed a long-term lease renewal for 22,000 square feet of office space at 4245 Meridian Parkway in Aurora. The global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products has occupied the first floor of the building since 2012. The Class A office property consists of 140,000 square feet and is owned by a private account advised by UBS Realty Investors LLC. Ryan Moen of Bradford Allen arranged the lease transaction on behalf of ownership. Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and Sedgwick Claims Management Service also maintain leases within the building.
SMYRNA, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the $109 million sale of three multifamily properties totaling 680 units in Smyrna’s Vinings district, a submarket of Atlanta. The properties include The Peak at Vinings Mountain, The Views at Vinings Mountain and Lakeside at Vinings Mountain, collectively known as The Residences at Vinings Mountain. San Francisco-based Hamilton Zanze purchased all three properties. Will Mathews of Colliers International represented the seller, an institutional REIT, in the transaction.
First Potomac Realty Trust Sells Two Industrial, Office Buildings in Virginia for $88.7M
by John Nelson
ALEXANDRIA AND FAIRFAX, VA. — Bethesda, Md.-based First Potomac Realty Trust has sold Plaza 500, a 502,830-square-foot industrial property located at 6295 Edsall Road in Alexandria. Matan Cos. purchased the asset, which was 90.5 percent leased as of Sept. 30, 2016, for $75 million. First Potomac has also sold One Fair Oaks, a 214,214-square-foot office building located at 4114 Legato Road in Fairfax, for $13.7 million. CACI International, an information technology firm, fully occupied the property through the end of 2016. The buyer was an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners, according to the Washington Business Journal.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT), a publicly traded office REIT, has sold $53 million of suburban assets in Northern Virginia. The REIT sold a 190,500-square-foot office building located at 3120 Fairview Park Drive in Falls Church’s Merrifield submarket for $39 million. The asset was 87 percent leased as of Dec. 31, 2016. The company also sold 5.3 acres of land in northern Virginia for $14 million. COPT has an additional $10 million of asset sales under contract and between $37 million to $47 million in contract negotiations, all of which are expected to close during 2017.
MECHANICSVILLE, VA. — Morgan Property Group has purchased roughly 18 acres of land in Mechanicsville, about six miles northeast of Richmond, for the development of a new grocery-anchored shopping center with an outparcel. Publix will occupy about 50,000 square feet of the 63,000-square-foot property, which is situated along Mechanicsville Turnpike adjacent to Regency Centers’ Hanover Village. Zach Means of Divaris Real Estate Inc. represented the buyer in the land transaction, and Tred Spratley of Sigma National Inc. represented the seller. Morgan Property Group has selected Means to lease the project. Construction is expected to start in late summer, with an opening slated for fall 2018. This will be Morgan Property’s 31st development in Virginia since 2004 and its 11th retail project in the greater Richmond area.