LOS ANGELES – A 143,000-square-foot office park in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge has sold to a local developer for $6.1 million. The building is located at 8350–8454 Reseda Blvd. It is currently occupied by three tenants in six buildings. The buyer, Harridge Capital Group, was represented by Lynwood Fields of Madison Partners. The seller, Lehr Properties, was represented by David Young and Chad Gahr of NAI Capital.
SAN DIEGO – A 9,157-square-foot retail portfolio in the San Diego submarket of Pacific Beach has sold to Dayani Partners for $4.6 million. The property is located at 1036-1038, 1757-1765 and 1775 Garnet. It includes five bungalows adjacent to the PB Fish Shop and an additional parcel several blocks to the west. Kipp Gstettenbauer and Ryan King represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Admiral Capital Group has sold a 74,276-square-foot office property in Santa Clara for an undisclosed sum. The buyer was not named. The building is located at 4500 Great America Parkway. It was built in 1983. Admiral’s joint venture partner in this transaction was South Bay Development Company.
CINCINNATI — Gilbane Development Co. has begun development on The Verge, a student housing project near the University of Cincinnati. Located at the corner of West McMillan St. and West Clifton Ave., The Verge is located one block from the university’s main campus. The 245,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed for August 2016 occupancy, and will feature 495 beds within 178 apartment units and 380 parking spaces. Residents will have access to amenities including a clubhouse, gaming tables, cyber cafe, media room, fitness center with tanning room, seating areas, group study rooms and a private landscaped courtyard featuring a barbecue grill and fire pit with seating areas. High-speed Internet and Wi-Fi will be available throughout the building. The project is eco-friendly, and will attain LEED Silver certification. Additionally, 7,500 square feet of commercial space will be located along the prominent commercial corridor along West McMillan and Clifton.
PHOENIX – A 61,729-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix has sold to MLCY Investment for $3.1 million. The property is located at 3000 E. Chambers Street. It was built in 1987. The space was previously occupied by Fluoresco. The seller, WE Valoroso Holding Corporation, was represented by DTZ’s Paul Boyle, Rick Danis and Pete Klees. The firm’s Andy Cloud represented the buyer.
CLEVELAND — Asset Campus Housing has purchased the 140-dorm facility and YMCA in Cleveland’s downtown campus district for $4.5 million. Euclid Avenue Development Corp. sold the facility, built in 1912, after purchasing it in 2009 to eliminate a troubled loan. Asset Campus will convert the facility into private student housing. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction. The 152,390-square-foot, nine-story building is situated on three acres, includes 175 parking spaces and has been the longtime home of the Downtown Cleveland YMCA, which will relocate in March 2016. Asset has renamed Heritage Hall as The Domain at Cleveland and plans to revamp the property with a clubhouse featuring group fitness classes, a computer lab with dedicated study rooms and a resident lounge with free coffee. The studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units will be renovated with new appliances, cabinets and countertops in the kitchenettes, upgraded bathrooms and new A/C and heating systems. The company is leasing apartments for the fall 2015 academic year.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. has closed the acquisition of a €1.1 billion ($1.2 billion U.S.) pan-European office portfolio that the company entered into an agreement to purchase in 2014. The approximately 186,000-square-meter (2 million-square-foot) portfolio comprises 11 Class A office properties located in seven of Europe’s top markets: London, UK; Paris, France; Hamburg, Germany; Milan, Italy; Brussels, Belgium; Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands; and Gothenburg, Sweden. NorthStar Realty financed the acquisition with €530 million of the seven year senior mortgages, denominated primarily in the local currencies of the respective properties, with a current weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.8 percent. NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. is a diversified commercial real estate company that is organized as a REIT. NorthStar Realty is managed by an affiliate of NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE: NSAM), a global asset management firm.
CRANFORD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Cranford Square, a retail property located on South Avenue in Cranford. Situated on 2.2 acres, the two-building asset features 34,573 square feet of retail space. Michael Lombardi, Robert Angus and Julienne Pape of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, while Lombardi and Angus represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
LINDEN, N.J. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 386,296-square-foot port-proximate industrial facility located at 1800 Lower Road in Linden for an undisclosed price. Situated on 18 acres, the fully leased property features 600 car parking spots, 30-foot ceiling heights, 59 docks and six drive-in doors. The property is currently leased to Waitex Group, a worldwide conglomerate of companies focusing on supply chain logistics, apparel, retail and real estate investment and development. Jeffrey Miller of Lee & Associates represented CenterPoint Properties in the transaction. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
BUFFALO AND SOUTH WALES, N.Y. — Hanley Investment Group has brokered the sale of four triple-net-leased 7-Eleven stores in Buffalo and South Wales for a combined total of $3 million. In Buffalo, a Tacoma, Wash.-based private investor purchased two 7-Eleven stores from a Buffalo-based investor. The 2,835-square-foot property at 741 Kenmore Ave. sold for $800,000, and the 2,842-square-foot property at 975 Abbott Road sold for $800,000. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley Investment Group represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction. Also in Buffalo, a private investor from San Francisco purchased a 7-Eleven property at 959 Niagara St. for $851,000. Michael Chow of Jones Pacific Land Co. represented the buyer, while McChesney represented the seller, a local private investor, in the deal. In South Wales, a Hermosa Beach, Calif.-based private investor sold a 2,080-square-foot 7-Eleven store at 6444 Olean Road to a San Francisco-based private investor for $525,000. McChesney represented the seller, while Chow represented the buyer in the transaction.