NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Tenant Ducci Electrical Contractors and landlord 105 Hamilton LLC have signed a lease for 10,640 square feet of space at 105 Hamilton Street (Tile America Building) in New Haven. The space will accommodate Ducci’s warehousing and storage requirements for several new large multi-year projects in and around New Haven. The space also includes use of a secured outside yard for the storage of large machinery & equipment. Richard Guralnick of O,R&L Commercial was the sole broker in the transaction and represented both the landlord and tenant.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — SR International Rock, a wholesale marble and granite distributor, has leased 14,640 square feet at 7E Easy Street in Bridgewater, a 31,622-square-foot industrial facility. James Hodgkins, Jordan Metz, and Kevin Ranski of Bussel Realty Corp. represented the tenant in the transaction. 7E Easy Street is located near I -287 and Route 22. The property offers 14-foot ceiling heights, two drive-ins, eight loading docks, 1,200 amps of electric power, and 25 parking spaces.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Harsch Investment Properties has purchased an office and flex industrial portfolio in Tucson for an undisclosed sum. The portfolio includes two buildings that total 190,000 square feet. The acquisition consists of the 60,000-square-foot Butterfield Corporate Plaza office/R&D flex property and the Tucson Airport Center, a 130,000-square-foot project with office and industrial tenants. Both properties are situated near Tucson International Airport and Interstate 10. CBRE’s Bill DiVito and Jesse Blum acted as the leasing agents for both properties. The seller was not named.
HOUSTON AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Lloyd Jones Capital has acquired the Carol Oaks and Villa Oaks apartment communities in Fort Worth and Houston, respectively. Both properties are considered value-add opportunities, which the company anticipates improving and rebranding in order to enhance the asset value. The Carol Oaks is a gated community consisting of 224 units on 18 acres. It is now called The Vibe at Landry Way. The Houston property, Villa Oaks, with 212 units of affordable housing, will be rebranded as TownParc at Sherwood and is a townhouse community.
HOUSTON — Keener Investments has acquired a 62-unit multifamily property in an off-market purchase. The property will be rebranded as The Block at Montrose and will be managed by Allied Orion Group. The property is located in the Montrose neighborhood, just west of Houston’s central business district and just north of the Texas Medical Center and Museum District.
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS — Brian Gramlich of BMC Capital’s Dallas office has arranged a $7.6 million loan for the purchase of a mixed-use property located in Colleyville. The loan featured a five-year fixed term at 4 percent interest and a 30-year amortization schedule. The loan was arranged through one of BMC Capital’s corresponding banking relationships.
IRVING, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller’s Bill Bledsoe has arranged the sale of a single-tenant office building in Irving, The 3,900-square-foot building sits on .81 acres and is located at 727 W. Airport Freeway. The site was purchased by a local business for expansion and renovations are underway. Bledsoe represented the seller, Hargrove Interests LLC, while Luis Pina of Accent Commercial represented the unnamed buyer.
HARLINGEN, TEXAS — Kurt Dennis of LMI Capital has arranged acquisition financing for a garden-style apartment complex in Harlingen. Working on behalf of the borrower, Dennis secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a CMBS lender. The first mortgage represented 80 percent of the purchase price and featured five years of interest-only payments. The borrower plans to fully upgrade the property’s interiors, exteriors and amenities in order to maximize the asset’s potential cash flow.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — China City Construction Co. has purchased a one-acre, oceanfront development site at 6747 Collins Ave. in Miami Beach from The Peebles Corp. for $38.5 million. The site is zoned for multifamily and was previously approved for 60 residential units or 150 hotel rooms, with a gross building square footage up to 93,600. Robert Taylor and Paul Weimer of Miami-based CBRE Hotels, along with Gerard Yetming of CBRE Multifamily and Irving Padron of Engel & Volkers, represented the seller in the transaction. American Da Tang Group and Borda Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer.
CARY, N.C. — Capstone Capital has arranged a $37.6 million Fannie Mae loan for Amberton at Stonewater Apartments, a 348-unit community in Cary. The non-recourse loan features three years of interest-only payments fixed at 4.49 percent. Completed in 2014, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Jackson Howard of Capstone Capital arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, The Carroll Cos.