WESTON, FLA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has purchased Weston Pointe, a 388,112-square-foot, four-building office park in Weston, a town in Broward County. Built between 1999 and 2006, Weston Pointe was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, BB&T, Merrill Lynch, Regus, Ultimate Software and the General Services Administration. New York Life Real Estate Investors purchased the asset on behalf of the Madison Core Property Fund.
DAVIE, FLA. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has finished construction on a speculative industrial warehouse in Davie, a town in Broward County. The 145,800-square-foot project, known as Bridge Point Davie, is located at 3501 S.W. 46th Ave. PREMIER completed the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners LLC. Bridge Point Davie is a Class A facility featuring 32-foot clear heights, 43 truck dock positions, four drive-in doors, an ESFR fire protection sprinkler system and 241 parking stalls. Mark Melone and Michael Pacini of PREMIER were the project managers and Ed Lebak, also with PREMIER, was field superintendent. RLC Architects provided architectural services, and Landplan Engineering Group Inc. was the civil engineer. David Wigoda and Steve Wasserman of JLL are leasing the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners.
CHAPIN, S.C. — Aztec Group Inc. has secured a $14 million construction loan for Chapin Crossing Shopping Center, a Publix-anchored project underway in Chapin. The shopping center will feature a 45,600-square-foot Publix, roughly 36,000 square feet of inline shop space and three outparcels that can span up to 41,000 square feet. The project will be situated on a 20-acre lot near Lake Murray. Jason Shapiro and Sean Harrington of Aztec Group originated the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Chapin & Lex LLC, a joint venture between Mayan Properties, Elion Partners and CF Properties. The loan features a four-year extension option.
HOUMA, LA. — Venture Commercial Real Estate and SRSA Commercial Real Estate, two X Team International partners, have arranged a 20,023-square-foot lease for Northern Tool + Equipment in Houma. The family-owned and operated chain of hardware stores will occupy space at Houma Power Center, joining Old Navy, Burkes Outlet, Shoe Carnival and Pier 1 Imports. The shopping center is located between Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Main Street. Clay Mote of Venture Commercial and Kirsten Early of SRSA Commercial represented Northern Tool in the lease deal. Austin Lavin of Corporate Realty represented the landlord, Andrew Associates LLC. The Houma store will be Northern Tool’s second location in Louisiana.
NORTH AURORA, ILL. — American Realty Advisors has acquired a 604,565-square-foot industrial property in North Aurora, approximately 40 miles west of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The I-88 Gateway Logistics Center is fully leased to a single tenant through 2022. Built in 2014, I-88 Gateway Logistics Center is situated on 33 acres and features 32-foot clear heights, 60 cross-dock truck doors, four drive-in doors, ESFR fire protection, a fully air-conditioned food grade warehousing facility, 63 trailer stalls, 46 trailer staging bays and 300 parking spaces. A joint venture between Opus and USAA Real Estate Co. sold the asset to American Realty Advisors. Jeffery Devine and Steven Disse of Colliers represented the joint venture in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of two multifamily properties in Chicago for a total of $8.5 million. In the first deal, 606 Capital LLC acquired a 26-unit building from Fullerton Condominiums LLC for $5.9 million. The asset is located at 3045 W. Fullerton Ave. in the Logan Square neighborhood. The building has recently been fully rehabbed and consists of two-bedroom units and has 13 parking spaces. In the second deal, an eight-unit apartment building at 2053 N. Sheffield Ave. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood sold for $2.6 million. Dowdell Sheffield LLC sold the property to Lakeview Associates Inc. The building was renovated in 2007 and 2008. Brad Feldman of Interra Realty represented both parties in the two transactions.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $3.5 million supplemental mortgage loan for a 250-unit multifamily property in Columbus for an undisclosed borrower. The Orleans is a Class A apartment complex that features a movie theater, car wash center, laundry facility, business center, furniture rental service and valet dry cleaning service. Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged the loan, which features a six-year term and 30-year amortization schedule, through Freddie Mac. Ted Schmidt of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital arranged the financing.
The New Orleans office market remains dynamic. The city has obviously changed dramatically in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and is on a continued path of change going forward. Positive change. In the past 12 to 18 months, more than 1 million square feet of what used to be considered office space in downtown New Orleans has been converted to retail, hotel, residential or multifamily use. Projects such as 225 Baronne Street, the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue, 600 Carondelet Street, Factor’s Row redevelopment and approximately 130,000 square feet of space at 1250 Poydras Street (a 423,000-square-foot, Class A tower) are just a number of examples. More of this space was unoccupied than occupied at the time of the conversions. The most recent of these conversions, 600 Carondolet Street, resulted in the largest absorption of Class A office space in the market. Additionally, URS, now AECOM, leased approximately 70,000 square feet of space in 1515 Poydras, a 530,000-square-foot building located across from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. In the central business district (CBD), Class A office occupancy is a healthy 90 percent and average rental rates have increased in the past 12 to 24 months to approximately $19 per square foot. …
SCHILLER PARK, ILL. — Transwestern has brokered the sale of a four-building industrial property in Schiller Park, approximately 16 miles northwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. A trust in the name of Howard Bernstein, the late founder of Atlas Cos., sold the 7.3-acre site to Skyline Properties LLC. The four buildings total 160,961 square feet. The property currently serves as the Atlas corporate headquarters. The distributer and servicer of material handling, construction and floor cleaning equipment will relocate to Elk Grove Village in March as part of an expansion. Phillip Rosenberg and Ryan Phillips of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction. Nick Saraceno of CTK Chicago Partners represented Skyline Properties.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged a 2,034-square-foot retail lease in Pleasant Prairie, approximately 37 miles south of Milwaukee. Fast Signs will occupy the space at Center 50, which is located at 4623 75th St. Center 50 LLC is the landlord. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
