LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 440 S. Rand Road in Lake Zurich. The 7,200-square-foot, dual-tenant property sold for $3.7 million. The property’s tenant roster includes Vitamin Shoppe and Sleepy’s. Chad Firsel of Quantum Real Estate represented the buyer, a Argentina-based private real estate investor, and the seller, an Illinois-based development group, in the transaction.
CLARKSTON, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of 54 approved lots located at 5470 Waldon Road in Clarkston. Julie Taylor sold the assets to Pinnacle North Ridge for an undisclosed price. Robert Hibbert of Friedman represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of 400 North Belt, a 230,872-square-foot, Class A office project in Houston’s Greenspoint office submarket. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the unnamed seller. Hartman 400 North Belt, a subsidiary of Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc., purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount. 400 North Belt is located at the southeast corner of the Sam Houston Parkway/Beltway 8 at Imperial Valley Drive between the Houston central business district and The Woodlands. The property is close to George Bush Intercontinental Airport, as well as I-45, Hardy Toll Road and I-69. Originally built in 1982, the 12-story property has undergone more than $2 million in capital upgrades during the last 10 years. Building amenities include a deli, bank facility with a drive-thru motor bank and a fitness center planned to open this year. 400 North Belt was 64 percent leased at the time of sale. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing director Dan Miller and director Trent Agnew. Dave Wheeler, Julian Kwok and Russell Turman of HFF represented the buyer.
HOUSTON — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed Transocean Ltd. to a lease renewal for 255,413 square feet at Greenway Plaza in Houston. Transocean, the fourth largest customer in Cousins’ Houston portfolio, currently occupies 4 Greenway Plaza in its entirety. The transaction renews 100 percent of Transocean’s current space at 4 Greenway Plaza and extends the company’s lease on the space through January 2023. Greenway Plaza is a 4.5 million-square-foot, Class A office complex located in the Greenway submarket of Houston. The property is 90 percent leased. Bob Boykin, Warren Savery, Bubba Harkins and Will Hightower represented Cousins internally in this transaction.
KATY AND SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sales of Center at Cinco Ranch, a 11,706-square-foot retail property located in Katy, and an 1,785-square-foot Starbucks in San Antonio. In the first transaction, James Bell of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office represented the buyer, a partnership. Center at Cinco Ranch is located at 23100 Cinco Ranch Blvd. in Katy. In the second transaction, Bell marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. The Starbucks is located at 3718 Horizon Hill Blvd.
DALLAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $3.5 million acquisition loan for a 67-unit apartment complex located in Dallas. The loan featured a five-year term with a fixed 3.8 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s correspondent agency relationships.
LANCASTER, TEXAS — NFI, supply chain solutions provider, will open a distribution center in in Lancaster in partnership with Rent-A-Center. The facility is the first of several distribution centers that will support Rent-A-Center operations across North America. Rent-A-Center offers furniture, electronics, appliances and computers through rental-purchase agreements at over 3,000 retail locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
LUNENBURG, MASS. — Boston Capital has invested in the construction of Tri-Town Landing Phase III, totaling 32 apartment units in Lunenburg. The developer is Manchester, N.H.-based Great Bridge Properties LLC. The development will be built with tax credit equity from the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. Apartment homes will be available to families and individuals earning 60 percent or less of the area median income, including eight families whose incomes are at or below 30 percent. The project is part of a master-planned 9.2-acre development, which includes the 66-unit Tri-Town Landing Phase I and the 33-unit Tri-Town Landing Phase II. All three tax-credit properties will operate as one development upon completion of the third phase. The third phase will feature five one-bedroom units, 23-two bedroom units and four three-bedroom units in one three-story building. Units will feature central air conditioning, balconies and ENERGY STAR appliances. The community will feature a common laundry room on each floor, a fitness center, a community room with kitchenette and a playground.
HOOVER, ALA. AND MARIETTA, GA. — Steadfast Apartment REIT has acquired two apartment communities in Alabama and Georgia in two separate transactions totaling a combined $88.5 million. The two properties total 900 apartment units and include the 720-unit Ridge Crossings Apartments in Hoover and the 180-unit Rosemont at East Cobb in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The REIT purchased Ridge Crossings for $72 million, making it the company’s first acquisition in Alabama. The property’s units average 1,107 square feet with average in-place rents of $862 per month. Ridge Crossings’ amenities include two swimming pools, a tennis court, playground, fitness center, laundry center, car wash area, pet park and walking trail. The property is currently 94 percent leased. Steadfast purchased Rosemont at East Cobb for $16.5 million, making it the company’s fourth acquisition in Georgia. The property is currently 96 percent occupied with in-place rents averaging $824 per month and unit sizes averaging 1,056 square feet. The property’s amenity package includes a fitness center, business center, tennis court, volleyball court, swimming pool and barbecue area. Steadfast is planning to extensively renovate both properties in the near future.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Los Angeles-based George Smith Partners has closed a $125 million construction loan for the development of Celebration Pointe, a large-scale mixed-use development underway in Gainesville. George Smith Partners secured the financing on behalf of the project’s developers, comprising Gainesville-based SHD Development, Atlanta-based Ra Co Real Estate Advisors and Miami-based 1220G. Located at the intersection of I-75 and Archer Road and anchored by Bass Pro Shops, the $200 million, 1 million-square-foot Celebration Pointe will feature a mix of approximately 400,000 square feet of entertainment, outlet retail and restaurants uses, as well as a new 137-room Hotel Indigo. Phase I of Celebration Pointe is slated to open in fall 2016.
