BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Beverly Hills-based BIG Shopping Centers USA and RED Development have added five retail assets totaling 1.5 million square feet to their recently launched joint venture BIG RED Portfolio LLC. Acquired properties include Chandler Festival, a 494,858-square-foot power center, Chandler Village, a 296,460-square-foot power center and Chandler Gateway, a 261,678-square-foot power center, all located in Chandler, Arizona; One Pacific Place, a 91,143-square-foot outdoor shopping center located in Omaha, Nebraska; and Greenway Station, a 291,315-square-foot lifestyle center located in Middleton, Wisconsin.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Six new restaurants are set to open at DeBartolo Development’s Ka Makana Ali’i, a 1.4-million-square-foot regional mall currently under construction in Kapolei in West Oahu. Openings will include a 6,200-square-foot California Pizza Kitchen, Luibueno’s, Nagoya Ramen, Auntie Anne’s, Cinnabon and Gloria Jean’s Coffee. Phase I of the center is expected to open in late 2016.
ATLANTA — Highwoods Properties Inc., a publicly traded REIT based in Raleigh, N.C., has purchased Monarch Centre in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket for $303 million. The office property is located adjacent to Phipps Plaza and The Ritz-Carlton. Monarch Centre comprises the 25-story Monarch Tower, a 528,000-square-foot office building, and the 15-story Monarch Plaza, a 368,000-square-foot office building. The REIT’s $303 million investment, which is 20 percent below estimated replacement costs, includes $5.4 million in capital improvements. Monarch Centre was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Baker Donelson, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley. In addition to Monarch Centre, Highwoods owns the nearby One and Two Alliance office towers in Buckhead. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Eastdil Secured marketed the office property on behalf of a partnership between the New York State Teachers Retirement System and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Blue Rock Partners LLC and Konover South LLC have partnered to purchase a three-property, 1,040-unit multifamily portfolio in Jacksonville for $64.8 million. The properties include Madison at Bay Pointe located at 4500 Baymeadows Road, Madison at Savannah Oaks located at 60174 Roosevelt Blvd. and Madison at Spring Woods located at 445 Monument Road. The communities will be re-branded and marketed as The Park at Avellino, The Park at Marbella and The Park at Via Veneto, respectively. The partnership will invest another $8.5 million in interior and exterior upgrades, including updated fitness centers, internet cafés and upgraded landscaping. Dhaval Patel of CBRE brokered the transaction, and Equus Capital Partners was the seller. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing on behalf of the partnership.
ATLANTA — Trammell Crow Co. and Allstate have acquired an additional 56.8 acres of land along I-75 in Henry County, part of the South Atlanta industrial submarket. CBRE Global Investors advised Trammell Crow and Allstate in the transaction. The land is adjacent to the venture’s 44-acre land site, which will house the King Mill Distribution Park, an 846,496-square-foot, Class A distribution center. The new 56.8-acre site will house Phase II of King Mill Distribution Park, which will comprise a 759,495-square-foot, Class A warehouse property. Phase II will feature 36-foot clear heights, trailer storage and employee vehicle parking, two separate entrances and a design that can accommodate multiple tenants served by separate entrances. Bill Hare of Burke Holdings represented the seller in the transaction. Mark Hawks and Trey Barry of CBRE will be the leasing team for Phase II of King Mill Distribution Park.
LAUDERHILL, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12 million sale of Royal Palms at Inverrary, a 208-unit midrise apartment community located at 2900 N.W. 56th Ave. in Lauderhill. Built in 1978 on seven acres, Royal Palms at Inverrary features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse and playground. Derek Gibbs and Daniel Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Felipe Echarte of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer, also a private investor.
SAVANNAH, GA. — SEDA (Southeastern Development Associates), formerly Blanchard & Calhoun, has brokered the $11.5 million sale of Fort Howard Square, a 113,00-square-foot retail center located in Savannah. The property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Goody’s, Fred’s, rue 21 and Hibbett Sports. Walmart shadow anchors the center. Ryan McArdle, David Rivers and Steve Collins of SEDA’s investment sales team represented the buyer, a publicly traded REIT, and the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the sales of two properties, totaling $11.7 million, in East Harlem. In the first transaction, a private investor acquired a six-story mixed-use property located at 124-128 E. 107th St. in East Harlem for $9.1 million, or $449 per square foot. The 20,395-square-foot building contains 34 residential units, two commercial units and two superintendent units. Victor Sozio, Shimon Shkury, Michael Tortorici, Josh Berkowitz and Matthew Gillis of Ariel Property represented the seller, a private real estate firm, and procured the buyer. In the second deal, a private investor purchased a development site located at 2282 Second Ave. in East Harlem for $2.6 million, or $215 per buildable square feet. The property offers approximately 12,191 total buildable square feet for mixed-use development. Samuel Atlas, Tortorici, Sozio, Gillis and Berkowitz of Ariel Property represented the seller, a private real estate firm, and procured the buyer in the transaction.
WESTPORT, CONN. — The Davis Companies has completed the renovation of an underutilized office park at 321-329 Riverside Ave. in Westport to create Westport Center for Health. The center offers 38,000 square feet of medical office space. The center is now open and The Davis Companies has executed leases with Village Pediatrics and Women’s Health Connecticut. The center is located directly off Interstate 95, less than one mile from the Westport Train Station and the town center. Sean McDonnell, Lori Baker and Eva Kornreich of Avison Young are handling leasing efforts for the property.
DOVER AND MANCHESTER, N.H. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged three loans totaling $9.7 million in permanent financing on three multifamily properties in Dover and Manchester. The loans were placed with a regional financial institution on behalf of a long-term client of the firm. The properties total 127 units and were acquired by the client in the early 1990s. Additionally, many of the units have received recent upgrades, including kitchen cabinets, appliances and ceramic tiling, as well as new carpet throughout the living areas. Mark Whelan of Fantini & Gorga arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.