DOUGLASVILLE, GA. — Lee & Associates has arranged an 88,300-square-foot industrial lease at 9850 Commerce Way in Douglasville, roughly 22 miles west of Atlanta. Joseph Mullican and Lee Steed of Lee & Associates’ Atlanta office represented the tenant, Peco Fasteners, a distributor of industrial fasteners and electrical products, in the lease negotiations. The landlord was Ridgeland, Miss.-based EastGroup Properties and the deal totaled $10.7 million, according to Lee & Associates.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CP Group has signed General Dynamics Corp., a publicly traded aerospace and defense corporation, to a 50,368-square-foot office lease renewal in Orlando. The Reston, Va.-based tenant will continue to occupy Resource Square III, an office building located within Central Florida Research Park. Diane Drobia and Chris Sproles of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Madison Kimbell of JLL represented CP Group. In addition to General Dynamics, other recent leases at Resource Square III include American Electronic Warfare Associates Inc. signing a 10,420-square-foot lease and Florida Office Group renewing its 4,249-square-foot lease. Central Florida Research Park is situated adjacent to the University of Central Florida (UCF). CP Group has owned Resource Square I and III within the park since January 2020.
LEESBURG, FLA. — Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group in Atlanta have brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 27417 US Highway 27 in Leesburg, about 45 miles northwest of Orlando. Built on 1.1 acres in 2002, the property was leased to Heartland Dental, which operates the 4,296-square-foot building as South Leesburg Dental Care. The dental practice recently opened at the property, which is an outparcel to a Winn-Dixie grocery store. Heartland Dental has a 10-year corporate lease at the property with rent increases and extension options. McMinn and Koriwchak represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in the transaction. The locally based buyer purchased the property for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash transaction. “Investor demand for single-tenant medical properties remains strong, driven by the stability of the healthcare sector and quality of the locations,” says McMinn. “We are currently marketing additional Heartland Dental properties in Cape Coral, Fla., and McDonough, Ga.”
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local owner-operator The Kaufman Organization and Beacon Capital Partners is underway on the repositioning of 875 Sixth Avenue in Manhattan’s NoMad district. The 26-story, 265,000-square-foot office building, which is known locally as One NoMad, was originally constructed in 1926. Designed by Olson Kundig, the repositioning will feature a redesigned street-level facade with a revised steel and aluminum curtain wall system with stone elements that complement the historic design of the upper floors. The project will also introduce a steel canopy at the main entry area on West 31st Street and deliver improved connectivity between the lobby and concourse-level space. The development team will also expand the property’s shared amenity spaces via the addition of flexible conference, hospitality and lounge spaces. Lastly, construction is underway on five new suites on the 18th and 19th floors of the building that range in size from 2,700 to 5,700 square feet. The full repositioning is expected to be complete before the end of the year.
SAN DIEGO — Diversified Healthcare Trust, which is managed by The RMR Group, has completed the sale of MUSE, a three-building life sciences campus in San Diego, to Breakthrough Properties for $159 million. Substantially renovated between 2020 and 2022, the 186,000-square-foot asset consists of two fully leased wet lab buildings and one vacant office building. Overall, MUSE is 49 percent leased to Merck, Aegis Life, Organogenesis and Halloran. The renovation included the addition of a fitness center, full-service cafe and an indoor/outdoor conference center. MUSE is located at 3030, 3040 and 3050 Science Park Road in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego. JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory team led by Kurt Luedkte and Zac Saloff represented the seller. JLL also arranged post-closing financing for the two buildings and will continue to handle leasing for the entire MUSE campus.
NEW YORK CITY — A&E Real Estate has purchased Rivers Bend, a 22-story, 179-unit apartment building located at 501 E. 87th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, for $116.5 million. The sales price equates to roughly $547,000 per unit. The doorman- and elevator-served building was originally constructed in 1963. Select units feature private balconies/patios, and amenities include a rooftop terrace with an enclosed pool and a fitness center. Jack Brick of S. Charatan Realty represented the seller, locally based investment firm Soloviev Group, in the transaction.
LYNNWOOD, WASH. — IRA Capital has received $58 million in financing for Quail Park of Lynnwood, a 253-unit seniors housing community located at 4015 164th St. in Lynnwood. Alanna Ellis, John Chun and Zach Brantley of JLL Capital Markets Seniors Housing team placed the three-year, floating-rate senior loan with a regional bank. Additionally, Dean Ferris of JLL handled the sale of the property to IRA Capital in June 2024. Built in two phases in 2013 and 2020, the first phase consists of 131 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, and the second phase features 122 independent living and assisted living units, including 26 cottages and 16 enhanced assisted living units for a full continuum of care. Units offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, averaging 720 square feet with full kitchens. Community amenities include a fitness center, movie theater, putting green, walking trails, bistro and pub, meditation room, sustainable gardening and a host of activities, outings and social celebrations.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Terraza Hills Apartments, a multifamily property in El Cajon. Terreza TI CI LLC sold the asset to Sunstone Two Tree Acquisitions LLC for $45 million. Located on East Bradley Avenue, Terraza Hills Apartments offers 200 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a swimming pool, laundry facilities, gated access, garage parking, on-call maintenance and onsite management. Tyler Sinks, Ed Rosen and John Chu of Northmarq’s San Diego Multifamily Investment Sales team represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Specialist Staffing Group, which coordinates talent placement within the STEM fields, has signed a 13,715-square-foot office lease in Lower Manhattan. The space is located on the 79th floor of One World Trade Center. Scott Bogetti and William Demuth of Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. David Falk, Peter Shimkin, Hal Stein, Jason Greenstein and Nathan Krop of Newmark, along with internal agents Eric Engelhardt and Karen Rose, represented the landlord, a partnership between The Durst Organization and The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Faropoint has entered the Los Angeles market with the purchase of a multi-tenant industrial property at 605-655 Hawaii Ave. in Torrance, a suburb 20 miles south of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $9.9 million. The name of the seller was not released. Built in 1963, the 36,491-square-foot facility is leased to four tenants. The property features tilt-up construction, a clear height of 18 feet and six double dock-high loading doors. Faropoint plans to implement a value-add strategy for the property, including targeted capital improvements and lease optimization.
