NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.7 million sale of a 20-unit multifamily building in Manhattan’s West Village. The five-story building at 77 Barrow St. was originally constructed in 1900. Joe Koicim and Peter Dodge of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ROCHESTER, MICH. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the Henry Ford Health Rochester Hospital medical office building in Rochester, a northern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. The 113,687-square-foot property was built in 1994 and expanded in 2014. The facility is situated on the campus of Henry Ford Health Rochester Hospital, formerly known as Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital. Tenants include Henry Ford Health Providence Rochester, Henry Ford Health Family Practice and Contemporary Obstetrics and Gynecology PC. The hospital is part of the recently established partnership between Ascension Michigan and Henry Ford Health. Gino Lollio, Travis Ives, Sushil Puria, Tyler Morss and Garrett Keais of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Detroit-based KIRCO. The buyer was UDLR Healthcare.
ST. CHARLES AND LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.2 million sale of two retail properties net leased to O2B Kids in Missouri. The early childhood education facilities are located at 157 Hughes Lane in St. Charles and 1000 Wyngate Ridge Drive in Lake St. Louis. The 5,733-square-foot Hughes Lane property was built in 1997, and the 7,634-square-foot Wyngate Ridge building was constructed in 2006. Both assets operate under new 20-year triple-net leases. Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap procured the undisclosed buyer.
ALGONQUIN, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has negotiated the sale of a 13,070-square-foot industrial facility located at 910 W. Algonquin Road in the Chicago suburb of Algonquin. The sales price was undisclosed. The light manufacturing property features one exterior dock, one drive-in door and heavy power throughout. Marc Bartolini and Dan Jones of Entre Commercial Realty represented the seller, while Century 21 New Heritage West represented the buyer.
HOLMDEL, N.J. — Jersey Pickleball Club will open a 13,800-square-foot venue at the Bell Works mixed-use development in Holmdel. The venue, which is scheduled to open in mid-March, will have five courts, social areas and locker rooms. Other tenants that will be opening in 2025 at Bell Works, which is owned by Inspired by Somerset Development, include restaurant Mabel, barbershop Exclusive Cuts and fitness concept ARMR Studios.
By Taylor Williams “The greatest victory is one that doesn’t require a battle.” Ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu penned that line as part of The Art of War, but in applying the expression to the (almost) equally cutthroat business of developing and investing in retail real estate, there is some wisdom to be gleaned. In simple terms, sometimes the best decision, at least temporarily, is to do nothing. Passivity does not come easily to commercial builders and buyers. Where their investors are concerned, these companies often have strict timelines for deployment of funds and even stricter benchmarks for guaranteed returns. When market conditions are favorable, these groups are pressured to maximize growth, in terms of both direct mandates from shareholders and indirect obligations via competitors being aggressive in the market. For better or worse, the market sentiments surrounding real estate development and investment embody classic principles of capitalism, and that’s unlikely to ever change. But if there is one thing developers, investors, lenders and operators across all asset classes can likely agree on, it’s that market conditions in 2024 have not been favorable. Yet the push for growth has merely slowed, not disappeared. New product must get developed to …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Palladius Capital Management, an Austin-based investment management firm, has purchased a portfolio of nine multifamily and student housing communities. Palladius acquired the portfolio, which comprises five multifamily communities and four student housing properties, for $579 million. The names and locations of the nine properties were not released, but the communities total more than 2,500 apartments and student housing units and are located in high-growth markets and near universities with high application/enrollment growth. The seller was also not disclosed. Palladius acquired the portfolio on behalf of a recently closed, Palladius-sponsored private investment fund that raised approximately $112 million in equity, primarily via private wealth sources. “The successful deployment of this fund speaks to our team’s ability to invest throughout various macroeconomic environments,” says Marko Velazquez, senior managing director of Palladius. Palladius, through its affiliates, manages and operates approximately $950 million of real estate properties across the country. The firm was launched in July 2021 and primarily acquires value-add and core multifamily, student housing and hospitality properties. The company also originates debt investments and acquires whole loans through its privately held REIT, Palladius Income Fund. — John Nelson
SAN ANTONIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of a 230-unit multifamily property located in San Antonio’s Lower Broadway area. Built in 2013, 1800 Broadway offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 897 square feet. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, coffee bar and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Drew Garza and Will Balthrope of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Marko Kazanjian and Andrew Cohen, also with IPA, arranged $31.8 million in acquisition financing through Prime Finance on behalf of the buyer, a joint venture between Austin-based OTH Capital and Chicago-based Pearlmark.
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — General contractors Swinerton and Byrne Construction Services have broken ground on a mixed-use project in downtown Pflugerville, a northern suburb of Austin. Known as Pflugerville Downtown East, the development will feature a four-story, 104,000-square-foot city hall building that will house various public service departments, as well as a three-story, 140,000-square-foot recreation center that will also have 10,500 square feet of retail space. The project will also include an outdoor civic plaza. Completion is slated for fall 2026.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Locally based development and investment firm M2G Ventures has sold a 241,000-square-foot warehouse in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The building sits on a 9.7-acre parcel within Inbound on Inwood, a 1.1 million-square-foot campus that is a redevelopment of the former Tuesday Morning distribution facility. Rich Young Jr. of Rich Young Co. and Adam Graham and Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates represented M2G Ventures in the transaction. The buyer was Maryland-based WareSpace.