CALEXICO, CALIF. — San Diego-based Canada Investments has acquired Emerson Plaza, a shopping center located at 724 Emerson Ave. in Calexico. Gastone and Maria Elena Lopez sold the property for $700,000. The 6,000-square-foot property features a gas station and four retail units. Rob Bloom of Duhs Commercial represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
WICHITA, KAN. — Ferguson Property Group has acquired the former Winfield Wholesale Grocery Building, a warehouse building located at 701 E. Second St. in Wichita’s historic district. SBJ Properties sold the 50,000-square-foot building for an undisclosed price to Memphis, Tenn.-based Ferguson. The buyer has a $20 million renovation planned for the property to convert it into retail and office space. Built in 1910, the property features underground parking. Patrick Ahern of NAI Martens represented the seller, while Mike Marrara of First Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.
ANNA AND CARBONDALE, ILL. — Capital One has provided two fixed-rate, HUD 232/223(f) loans totaling $10.3 million to refinance two skilled nursing facilities in Anna and Carbondale. Joshua Rose of Capital One originated the transaction for the borrower, a skilled nursing specialist with a portfolio of properties in Illinois and Indiana. The 70-bed facility, built in 1974, in Anna received a $5.9 million loan, while the 131-bed facility in Carbondale, which was built in 1965, received $4.4 million in financing.
GRAND RAPIDS, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Wannigan Apartments, an apartment community located at 1607 E. Highway 169 in Grand Rapids. A private investor acquired the property for $1.7 million. The residential community comprises a six-unit, market-rate apartment building and a 24-unit student housing complex that serves the nearby Itasca Community College. Chris Collins, Adam Haydon, Evan Miller, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg and Mox Gunderson of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer in the deal.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has arranged the sale of a vacant 6,000-square-foot building, located at 532 Ottawa Ave. NW in Grand Rapids’ North Monroe District. Tom Korest and Peter Mason sold the property to Promotional Impact/Green Giftz for an undisclosed price. The buyer is currently renovating the space and plans to move into the location by the end of the year. Mary Anne Wisinski-Rosely and Jason Makowski of NAI Wisinski of West Michigan represented the sellers, while Joe Rizqallah of Signature Associates represented the buyer, business owner Karen Scarpino, in the transaction.
CLAWSON, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the acquisition of an industrial building located at 1303 Anderson Road in Clawson. Stelkic Industrial LLC sold the 13,050-square-foot property to Electric Blue LCC for an undisclosed price. Electric Blue is the holding company for Detroit Tuned, which will move into the building later this year. Detroit Tuned is currently located in Clinton Township, Mich. The company specializes in selling, installing and developing aftermarket and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts for Mini Coopers. Josh Miller of Friedman represented the buyer in the transaction.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Morgan Properties has purchased an 11-property multifamily portfolio that spans four states for $316 million. The assets, collectively known as Star Portfolio, contain a total of 2,826 units across Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. The transaction includes the Greens at Westgate in Pennsylvania; the Waterway and Forest Oaks in South Carolina; Falls Creek and Heather Park in North Carolina; and Silver Spring Station, Westerlee, the Willows, St. Mary’s, Taylor Park and Willowood in Maryland. The assets have an average age of 29 years. All the properties are situated in high-barrier submarkets close to major development hubs and public transit. Morgan Properties plans to execute a multi-million-dollar, value-add repositioning plan at each property. The renovation strategy will include premium kitchen and bath renovations and amenity upgrades. Morgan Properties acquired Star Portfolio through an affiliated joint venture. David Oakley and Scott Melnick of Berkadia represented Morgan Properties in the transaction. Deutsche Bank represented the unnamed seller. The firm also recently purchased three separate Maryland multifamily assets, including the 325-unit Grand Pointe in Columbia; the 606-unit Avery Park in Silver Spring; and the 450-unit Henson Creek in Temple Hills. Morgan Properties owns and manages 132 apartment …
HARRISON, N.J. — Inspira Health Network has selected Skanska USA to build its new $350 million Gloucester County hospital in Harrison. The five-story, 204-bed hospital will be the fourth in-patient facility for the South Jersey health system, which has medical centers in Vineland, Elmer and Woodbury, N.J. Inspira purchased the land for the new hospital from Rowan University in an $11.5 million deal, which was finalized in March. The new hospital will include the construction of a main patient tower with operating rooms, an emergency department, imaging suites, as well as administrative, dining and support services. Additionally, the project will include building a new central utility plant that will provide electrical power, heating/hot water and chilled water to the new hospital. Project members include Array Architects and Leach Wallace Associates. Construction is slated to begin during the first quarter of 2017, with completion expected by December 2019.
FARMINGTON, ENFIELD, VERNON, ELLINGTON AND NEWINGTON, CONN. — Navarino Acquisition LLC has purchased a six-property, 741-unit multifamily portfolio located in central Connecticut. A series of Delaware limited liability companies sold the portfolio for $90 million, or $121,457 per unit. The properties are the 13-building, 186-unit Summit and Birch Hill Apartments in Farmington; the 23-building, 168-unit Fox Hill Apartments in Enfield; the 15-building, 150-unit Briar Knoll Apartments in Vernon; the six-building, 100-unit High Meadow Apartments in Ellington; the eight-building, 64-unit Bradford Commons in Newington; and six-building, 73-unit Woodbridge Apartments in Newington. Victor Nolletti, Steve Witten, Still Hunter III and Eric Pentore of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) represented the seller, while Nolletti and Pentore also represented the buyer in the deal. IPA is a division of Marcus & Millichap specializing in serving institutional and major private real estate investors.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield advised L.H. Charney Associates Inc. on a $185 million senior mortgage financing for 10 Times Square, also known at 1441 Broadway, in New York City. The fixed-rate financing was provided by an affiliate of Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. The 36-story building features more than 540,000 square feet of office/showroom and retail space, including 31 floors of fully-leased office/showroom space and 55,000 square feet of ground-floor, concourse and second/mezzanine-level retail space. The building’s newly designed retail space and lobby will be delivered in 2017. Alex Hernandez, Steve Kohn, Chris Moyer and Alex Lapidus of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt and Finance team arranged the the financing.