WACO, TEXAS — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of The Hype, a 200-unit student housing community located near Baylor University in Waco. Community amenities of the 430-bed property include a resort-style swimming pool and hot tub, cabanas, water and sand volleyball courts, an outdoor theater, gas grills, an outdoor fire pit, a 24-hour fitness center, an off leash dog park and a five-acre play scape with hammocks and an organic garden. Ryan Lang of ARA Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
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HUNTLEY AND HAZEL CREST, ILL. — CBRE has brokered the $14.8 million sale of two retail properties located in the suburbs of Chicago. In the first deal, Interstate Partners sold a 43,361-square-foot shopping center known as Regency Square to Hamilton Partners for $10.8 million. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale and is located at 12200-12300 Princeton Drive in Huntley. Aldi anchors the shopping center, and other tenants include Athletico, Jimmy John’s, Little Caesar’s and SportClips. In the second transaction, Baceline Investments acquired The Commons of Hazel Crest for $4 million from an undisclosed seller. The 51,222-square-foot strip center is located at 18220-18244 Kedzie Ave. in Hazel Crest. Dollar Tree anchors the retail property, which was 76 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants at The Commons of Hazel Crest include CSL Plasma, Allstate Insurance and H&R Block. Derrick Almassy and Rich Frolik of CBRE represented the seller in both transactions.
LAKEMOOR, ILL. — Woodman’s Food Market Inc. has agreed to acquire a 74-acre parcel of land from Inland for an undisclosed price. Woodman’s Food Market, an employee-owned and-operated grocery company, plans to develop a 240,000-square-foot grocery store on the site located in Lakemoor, approximately 50 miles northwest of Chicago. Woodman’s Food Market also has plans to build a fuel center and automotive station. The deal is expected to close this summer and is slated for completion in late 2017.
NAI Partners, Logan Brown Investment Broker Sale of 78,000 SF Office Property in Houston
by Katie Sloan
HOUSTON — NAI Partners and Logan Brown Investment Real Estate have arranged the sale of 8700 Commerce Park Drive, a 78,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office property located in southwest Houston. Doug Pack of NAI Partners and Logan Brown of Logan Brown Investment Real Estate represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Khoshbin Co., in the sale of the property to an unnamed local investor.
WEST ALLIS, WIS. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a brokerage based in Chicago, has arranged the $6.5 million sale of Lamplight Inn of West Allis, a 118-unit assisted living community in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis. The seller was a private ownership group looking to divest non-core assets. The buyer is a publicly traded REIT, which will continue leasing the property to the current operator. None of the specific companies involved in the transaction were disclosed. The purchase price equates to approximately $55,000 per unit. Ben Firestone and Jacob Gehl led the Blueprint team, supported by Mike Segal and Mario Wilson.
SHERMAN, TEXAS — Pierson Retail Advisors has arranged the sale of Sherman Crossroads, a 37,088-square-foot shopping center located in Sherman. Pierson Retail Advisors represented the seller, T Sherman Crossing TX LLC, in the sale of the property to Dallas-based Tava Property LLC for an undisclosed price. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Anytime Fitness, Shogun Japanese Steakhouse, Jalapeno Tree and the Armed Forces Career Center.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a three-building flex park in Farmington Hills, approximately 22 miles northwest of Detroit, for an undisclosed price. Garrison Investment Group LP sold Discovery Centre to Haggerty 4 LLC. The 165,016-square-foot property was 81 percent occupied at the time of sale and is located on Country Club Drive. Rich Deptula of Friedman represented the seller in the transaction, and Todd Hawley of Friedman represented the buyer.
TEMPLE, TEXAS — HFF has arranged financing for Chappell Creek Village, a 148-unit, garden-style apartment community in Temple. Cortney Cole and Scott Galloway of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Chappell Hill Equity III Ltd., to place the 10-year, 3.86 percent fixed-rate loan with a life insurance lender. Chappell Creek Village is situated on the north side of Ira Young Drive, and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units in 12 two- and three-story apartment buildings totaling 147,220 rentable square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, business center and on-site laundry facilities.
WASHINGTON, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $1.3 million sale of a building net leased to PNC Bank. The facility, located at 1996 Freedom Parkway in Washington just east of Peoria, is an outparcel to a Walmart Supercenter. The seller was a West Coast-based private investor, and the buyer was a Midwest-based 1031 exchange investor. PNC Bank’s lease expires in December 2028 and features 14 percent rental escalations every five years.
RIVERDALE, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged a $36 million underlying cooperative loan and a $5 million line of credit for The Whitehall, a cooperative property located at 3333 Henry Hudson Blvd. in Riverdale, for Whitehall Tenants Corp. The 15-year loan, provided by a New York-based commercial bank, features a 3.7 percent fixed rate and interest-only payments for the initial 10-year term. Constructed in 1970, the 22-story property features 432 residential units, 21 office spaces, a health club and spa, indoor swimming pool, 496-car garage and 24-hour concierge. Allan Lieberman of Meridian Capital negotiated the transaction.