INDIANAPOLIS — CBRE has arranged the sale of The Park at Eagle Creek, a 240-unit apartment community on the west side of Indianapolis. CBRE acted on behalf of Meridian Realty Investments, the asset manager for the property’s ownership group. Block Funds and Block Multifamily Group purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The Park at Eagle Creek was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Units at the property have an average size of 973 square feet.
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — CenterPoint Properties will develop a 250,575-sqaure-foot expansion for DS Containers Inc. at the DuPage Business Center in West Chicago. The expansion will bring the building to 550,853 square feet. The build-to-suit project will increase the building office space to 25,183 square feet and create 22 exterior dock doors and 139 car parking spaces across 25 acres. The new space will house DS Containers’ manufacturing operations. Rich Brolly and Gerard Keating represented DS Containers in the transaction, and Dominic Carbonari and Frank Griffin of JLL represented CenterPoint.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO — BMC Capital has arranged a $3.6 million acquisition loan for a property net leased to Walgreens in Liberty Township, approximately 30 miles north of Cincinnati. The 10-year, interest-only loan features a fixed rate of 5.23 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule. Jada Jordan of BMC Capital arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower through a CMBS lender.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has completed the sale of a 66,310-square-foot industrial building in Oak Creek, approximately 15 miles south of Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. Southbranch Property LLC purchased the building from 2250 W. Southbranch LLC. Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of The Dickman Company Inc. were the sole brokers in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Construction crews have begun infrastructure work on the redevelopment of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. The total development costs for the 10-year project will be $6 billion, according to the San Francisco Business Times. The development team, known as Treasure Island Community Development LLC, includes Lennar Urban (NYSE: LEN), Kenwood Investments, Stockbridge Capital Group and Wilson Meany. The San Francisco Planning Commission approved the project in 2011, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP developed the master architectural and engineering plan. The development will feature up to 8,000 residential units, including 7,700 to 7,850 on Treasure Island and 150-300 units on Yerba Buena Island. At least 25 percent of the multifamily units will be offered at below-market rates. The project will also include up to 140,000 square feet of new retail space, 300 acres of parks and public open spaces, up to roughly 500 hotel rooms, a joint police/fire station and 100,000 square feet of office space. The development team will also repurpose Building 1 and Hangars 2 and 3 on Treasure Island and the historic buildings on Yerba Buena Island. According to Kenwood Investments’ website, the development could feature a …
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based PREIT has sold three non-core malls in Alabama and Virginia for $66 million. The malls include Gadsden Mall in Gadsden, Ala.; Wiregrass Commons Mall in Dothan, Ala.; and New River Valley Mall in Christianburg, Va. All three malls are anchored Belk and JC Penney. As part of its disposition strategy, PREIT has sold 13 non-core malls since November 2012, as well as a few retail power centers and land parcels, for roughly $600 million in gross proceeds. Average gross rents for the 13 malls sold were $28.82 per square foot, nearly 50 percent lower than PREIT’s portfolio average of $54.56 per square foot, excluding non-core malls. Average non-anchor occupancy for the 13 malls at the time of sale was 82.1 percent, which compares to a portfolio average of 92.9 percent at the end of 2015, excluding non-core malls.
GRETNA, LA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $29 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Calypso Bay Apartments, a 280-unit multifamily community in Gretna, situated across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and features a swimming pool, fitness center, billiards room and a business center. Dougherty’s Dallas office arranged the 40-year HUD 223(f) loan on behalf of the borrower, Calypso Bay LLC.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $25 million loan for the refinancing of Plaza Towers Apartments in Hyattsville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Built in 1963, the 289-unit, 11-story property is located at 6700 Belcrest Road. The building features a key-controlled entrance lobby, an office with a conference room, fitness and laundry rooms and access to an adjacent pool and tennis courts. Doug Westfall and Jonathan Hiller of NorthMarq Capital arranged the refinancing through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9.5 million sale of a 14,820-square-foot Walgreens located at 10420 Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington, a suburb of West Palm Beach. The store is located at the entrance to The Mall at Wellington Green, a 1.3 million-square-foot regional mall anchored by Nordstrom, Dillard’s, JC Penney and Macy’s. The buyer, a limited liability company, purchased the Walgreens store at a sub 5 percent cap rate. Russell Malayery and Walter Chapman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Benjamin Silver, Douglas Mandel and Richard Niewiadomski of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer.
KENNESAW, GA. — Winter Construction has started the construction of Canterfield Senior Living of Kennesaw, a luxury seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Atlanta-based Medical Development Corp. (MDC) hired Winter to build the three-story, 74,000-square-foot community. The expected completion date for Phase I of construction is spring 2017. Number of units, continuum of care and development costs were not disclosed. MDC launched the Canterfield brand in 2011. Atlanta-based architecture firm Corcoran Ota Group designed the model. Winter Construction is a general contractor based in Atlanta.
