AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — SVN/ Stewart Commercial Group LLC has brokered the sale of a 15,600-square-foot shopping center for $6.9 million, or $445 per square foot. The property, located at 4901-4931 Baldwin Road in Auburn Hills, was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. Tenants in the shopping center, which is 33 miles northwest of Detroit, include Sherwin Williams, Chipotle, Aspen Dental, Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Visionworks. The property was built in 2015. Vladimir Hritcu and Dan Stewart of SVN/Stewart Commercial represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction. The seller in the transaction was also undisclosed.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged a 27,596-square-foot office lease in Farmington Hills, approximately 25 miles northwest of Detroit. AGC Flat Glass North America, one of the largest manufacturers of glass and glass-related products for the automotive industry in North America, will occupy the space located at 34505 W. Twelve Mile Road. The building will serve as the new headquarters location for AGC Flat Glass. David Friedman and Amit Hingorani of Friedman represented the landlord, Arboretum II, in the transaction.
LINCOLN CITY, ORE. — The 54-room Edgecliff Motel in Lincoln City has sold to an unnamed buyer for $1.6 million. The hotel is located at 3733 Highway 101. It overlooks the Pacific Ocean, and is about one mile south of the Tanger Outlet Mall. The hotel will undergo a $1 million remodel. Joseph P. Kennedy of Crystal Investment Property represented the seller in this transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has arranged the sale of an apartment building located at 415 Lincoln Ave. in Brooklyn’s Cypress Hill neighborhood. A local private investor acquired the property for $4 million, which is a gross rent multiple of 11.4x and a cap rate of 4.5 percent. The 22,400-square-foot asset features 31 apartment units. Lev Mavashev of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and seller, a local private investor, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an apartment property located at 2041 Palmetto St. in Queens. A limited liability company acquired the six-unit property for $1.8 million. Shaun Riney, Thomas Shihadeh and George Koncilja of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer in the transaction.
NEWARK, N.J. — Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., operating on behalf of The Prudential Insurance Co. of America, has provided $148 million (USD) in permanent financing to Prologis Inc. for an industrial portfolio in Toronto. This transaction marks the firm’s first loan origination in Canada for The Prudential Insurance Co. of America in 20 years. The 10-year loan is secured by an eight-property portfolio totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet across the greater Toronto area. The portfolio is 100 percent leased to 16 tenants, including major corporations such as PepsiCo and IKEA. Constructed between 2006 and 2014, the properties feature 28- to 32-foot clear heights, dock high doors and trailer parking. Newark-based Prudential Mortgage Capital is the commercial mortgage lending business of PGIM, the global investment management business of Prudential Financial Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Mercedes-Benz plans to open two facilities in Grapevine. The first is a regional parts distribution center (PDC) designed to support the sales and distribution of spare parts to the customers and dealer network of Mercedes. The second is a learning and performance center (LPC). The LPC is relocating from Houston to the Grapevine site and is planned to be a technical facility accommodating on-going training of Mercedes-Benz dealership technicians from around the Southwest region. Currently owned by the city of Grapevine, the site consists of around 31 acres along Lakeside Parkway at Enterprise Road. Once fully operational, both the training facility and parts distribution center will be staffed with 50 employees with the ability to train 150 technicians per week. The PDC is planned to be 254,000 square feet and the LPC is 59,000 square feet. Seefried Industrial Properties, in partnership with a long-time European capital partner, is the purchaser of the land and developer for this project. Mercedes has executed a development agreement with Seefried Properties and will purchase the project upon completion. Design of the two facilities is underway and will be submitted for permitting in February 2016. The initial site work will start this …
OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. — Altus Equity Group has acquired Rockwell Plaza Apartments in Oklahoma City. The complex is located along the Northwest Expressway, a major corridor in northwest Oklahoma City. The 304-unit property includes 152 one-bedroom/one bath, 76 two-bedroom/one bath and 76 efficiency units. The vacancy rate is 84 percent, and several units have already begun interior rehab. Altus Equity has completed more than $100 million in real estate transactions with average annual returns to investors in excess of 17 percent.
DALLAS — Ready Capital Structured Finance, a nationwide commercial real estate bridge and mezzanine lender, has closed an $18 million loan for the recapitalization and stabilization of an office building in Dallas. The 18-story, 183,000-square-foot property is located on Ervay Street in downtown Dallas’ central business district. Known locally as Alto 211, the building originally catered to traditional office users but has undergone substantial renovations transforming it into modern, creative office space. The non-recourse, three-year loan features flexible pre-payment options and two one-year extension options, including a facility to provide future funding encompassing tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capital expenditures.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Woodforest Plaza, a 13,568-square-foot retail property located at 13421 Woodforest Blvd. in Houston. Derek Hargrove and Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Houston-based limited liability company.