WOODBRIDGE AND UNION CITY, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the sales of two apartment properties in New Jersey. Jeremy Wernick assisted in the $2.55 million sale of a 22-unit garden apartment complex in Woodbridge. The sale closed at a 6.2 percent cap rate. Wernick also located a Florida investment property for the seller to purchase to complete a 1031 exchange. In Union City, Redwood’s Steven Matovski and Saul Ramirez brokered the sale of a 19-unit garden apartment complex for $1.15 million. The names of the buyers and sellers were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Simone Development Companies has added a 40,000-square-foot self-storage facility to its Hutchinson Metro Center in the Pelham Bay section of the Bronx. CubeSmart is managing the climate-controlled facility. The new facility at 1260 Waters Place offers a variety of storage unit sizes in a well-lit site with 24-hour video surveillance. Amenities include hand-carts and dollies, availability of packing supplies and boxes, and printing/copy/fax services. The facility also offers a complimentary truck and driver through A Super Move. Delivery services directly to storage units are available. The facility has bi-lingual managers, and offers insurance services and discounts for military personnel.
BLOOMINGTON, IND. — Alex. Brown Realty Inc. (ABR) and Asset Campus Housing have acquired The Fields, a student housing project near the main campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. ABR Chesapeake Fund V, a value-add real estate fund sponsored by ABR, invested $11.7 million in the joint venture. The acquisition was financed with a first mortgage loan from Texas Capital Bank N.A. Built as a conventional apartment community between 1997 and 2001, the property was recently converted to a 537-bed student housing community by the prior owner and includes two pools, two 24-hour fitness centers, a business and media center, a 10-acre park and a clubhouse. At closing, The Fields was 98 percent leased for the 2016-2017 school year. The joint venture plans to complete $3.4 million of value-add improvements to cure deferred maintenance, upgrade select unit interiors and refresh the property’s curb appeal.
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — Brian Bocci of Entre Commercial Realty LLC represented Vinayaka Holdings Corp. in the purchase of a 204,345-square-foot office building located at 1000 E. Woodfield Road in Schaumburg. Entre Commercial Realty has also been retained to market the refurbished building for lease. The building’s lobby was recently renovated and the exterior was painted. The parking lot will be refurbished and new landscaping will be installed as well. The property is within walking distance to Woodfield Mall. Steve Kling, Jason Simon and Tom Gorman of Colliers International worked on behalf of the unnamed seller.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Morgan/Harbour Construction has completed an office renovation for Cour Pharma Development Co. Inc. at 2215 Sanders Road in Northbrook. Founded in 2012, Cour Pharma is a nanobiotechnology company that focuses on the development of novel immune therapies. Morgan/Harbour was hired to complete a 4,400-square-foot build-out for Cour Pharma’s space within CVS Health Towers. The interior build-out consisted of the addition of two glass conference rooms and an open office layout for the break area. Morgan/Harbour’s construction team included Joe Zosky as project executive and Erick Hodorowicz as project manager and superintendent. JDJ Architects provided the architectural services for the design.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — CBRE represented the owners of Kingston Pointe in the $42 million sale of a 144-unit multifamily property located at 1646 River St. in Des Plaines. San Francisco-based Friedkin Realty Group was the buyer. Kingston Pointe, located in downtown Des Plaines, includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units featuring floor-to-ceiling windows, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and in-unit washer/dryers. Amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, on-site management and heated garage parking. John Jaeger and Dan Cohen of CBRE represented ownership in the sale.
ADRIAN, MICH. — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the $3.95 million sale of a multi-tenant retail building in Adrian. Reichle Klein Group’s Duke Wheeler represented the seller, Blitz Hutton One LLC. The 13,000-square-foot retail center, which is 100 percent occupied, is located at 1515 E. U.S. Route 223. Wheeler has been involved with the leasing of this asset since 2008.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (RH) has opened RH Austin, The Gallery at The Domain at 11720 Domain Blvd. in Austin. The design gallery spans four stories and over 60,000 square feet. The property features installations of home furnishings in a gallery setting, including a floor dedicated to RH Modern with an integrated RH contemporary art gallery. RH Austin also includes an interactive design atelier, which is a workspace that allows customers, designers and architects to conceptualize and customize a home. Architect James Gillam of Backen, Gillam & Kroeger designed the property.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ debt and structured finance team has arranged debt financing for Tollway Towers, a three-building office asset in Dallas. CBRE arranged the $32 million non-recourse loan on behalf of Champion Partners and CrossHarbor Capital Partners. Tollway Towers comprises two office towers and a garden office building totaling 341,836 square feet. Tollway Towers is located along the Dallas North Tollway, two miles north of I-635. The property was built in 1983 and renovated in 2007. The new ownership plans to invest several million dollars into the buildings for both capital upgrades and a speculative suite program tailored to attracting tenants seeking 750 to 5,000 square feet. Scott Lewis, Greg Greene and Matt Ballard of CBRE’s Dallas office originated and secured financing on behalf of the borrowers.
SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Commercial Advisors (SACA), an independently owned and operated member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, has brokered the sale of two grocery-anchored shopping centers located in San Antonio. The first property, located at 3614 Pleasanton Road near its intersection with Formosa Boulevard, spans 30,675 square feet on 2.9 acres. The second property, located at 340 Enrique Barrera Parkway, includes 50,240 square feet on 4.3 acres. Arlan’s Market, a local grocery store chain with 20 locations across south Texas, and Family Dollar anchor both properties. SACA’s Bradley Suttle negotiated the sale on behalf of the seller, 2ML Real Estate Interests Inc., and procured the buyer, a Texas-based investment group.