BOWLING GREEN, OHIO — Reichle Klein Group has brokered the $4.15 million sale of Green Meadow Apartments, a 190-unit apartment complex in Bowling Green, about 25 miles south of Toledo. Located at 214 Napoleon Road, Green Meadows Apartments consists of one- and two-bedroom units. The apartment complex features a centralized laundry facility, 24-hour maintenance service, locked mailboxes and ample parking. Green Meadow Apartments is within walking distance of local drug, automotive, grocery and furniture stores. Walter (Tony) Plath and Harlan Reichle of Reichle Klein Group’s Investment Property Advisors Apartment Group represented the seller, a private investor from Santa Barbara, Calif., in the transaction. The buyer was Park Avenue Realty of Union, N.J.
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a lease for a 35,791-square-foot industrial space located at 1601 Lunt Ave. in Elk Grove Village, approximately 25 miles northwest of Chicago. Chris Nelson, principal at Lee & Associates of Illinois, represented the landlord, Colony Capital. Phil Reif of Paine Wetzel represented the tenant, Oakley Industrial Machinery Inc., a manufacturer of heating element production machinery and terminal pins.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Bradley Co. has arranged two leases totaling more than 15,000 square feet in Fort Wayne. In the first transaction, Mike Dahm represented the landlord, Industrial Road Enterprises, as well as the tenant, HD Supply Waterworks, in the lease renewal of 13,480 square feet of industrial space located at 5120 Industrial Road. In the second transaction, Dahm and Kelly Castle represented the tenant, RPM Pizza Midwest LLC, in the lease of 2,130 square feet of retail space located at 301 W. Jefferson Blvd. Bradley Co. has served the Northern Indiana and West Michigan commercial real estate market since 1978.
Blanchard & Calhoun Brokers $19.5M Sale of Two Publix-Anchored Centers in Metro Atlanta
by John Nelson
ALPHARETTA AND LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Blanchard & Calhoun Commercial has brokered the $19.5 million sale of two Publix-anchored shopping centers in metro Atlanta. The properties include the 82,905-square-foot Birmingham Village in Alpharetta and the 89,567-square-foot Shoppes at Locust Grove in Locust Grove. Birmingham Village was 78 percent leased and Shoppes at Locust Grove was 71 percent leased at the time of sale. Blanchard & Calhoun represented the buyer, an international REIT, in the transaction. The seller was the original developer of the two shopping centers.
OAKWOOD, GA. — Performance Food Group (PFG) has begun the expansion of its Performance Foodservice – Milton’s food distribution facility in Oakwood, a city in Hall County near Gainesville. PFG’s expansion project includes the construction of a new 174,000-square-foot building located at 3501 Old Oakwood Road. The new facility will feature a freezer, meat cutting operation, maintenance areas and space for fleet operations. The project is scheduled for completion in 2016 to be followed by the conversion of PFG’s existing freezer into a three-zone cooler section.
PALM SPRINGS, FLA. — Trinity Place Holdings has executed a long-term lease with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to bring a new Walmart Neighborhood Market to South Florida. The new 42,000-square-foot grocery store will anchor Trinity’s 112,000-square-foot Shoppes at Forest Hill, a shopping center located at the intersection of Forest Hill Boulevard and South Military Trail in Palm Springs. The Walmart Neighborhood Market is expected to open in the spring of 2016 and will bring approximately 95 new jobs to the area. David Lipp of Atlantic Commercial Group Inc. and David Emihovich of Katz & Associates were the broker and the agent, respectively, for the transaction.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Hotel Development Partners and funds managed by Ares Management LP have purchased three select-service hotels in North Charleston totaling 248 rooms. The properties include the Residence Inn by Marriott Charleston North/Ashley Phosphate, the Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Charleston North/Ashley Phosphate and an unnamed Choice Hotels-branded hotel. Including this transaction, HDP and Ares Management have purchased 10 hotels together, with the other seven hotels located in the metro Atlanta area. HDP is an Atlanta-based joint venture between Hotel Equities and IRE Capital. Hotel Equities has assumed management of the three hotels.
BALTIMORE — DTZ has brokered the $7.4 million sale of a 61,655-square-foot office building located at 300 W. Pratt St. in Baltimore’s central business district (CBD). Baltimore-based Valstone Partners purchased the property from Guggenheim Real Estate LLC. The office building was 55 percent leased at the time of sale. Jonathan Carpenter, Nicole Keelty and Graham Savage of DTZ’s Baltimore capital markets team represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — The McGrath Family has completed the disposition of a retail portfolio encompassing 294,428 square feet along Clairemont Mesa Boulevard and Shawline Drive in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. New York-based Clarion Partners and San Diego-based HP Investors acquired the portfolio on behalf of one of the partnership’s commingled funds for $107.1 million. Situated on 29 acres, the portfolio consists of six single-tenant retail properties and one retail strip center. Tenants at the fully leased portfolio include Walmart, LA Fitness, McDonald’s, Food 4 Less, Starbucks Coffee, Verizon and Chipotle, among others. Randy LaChance and Mark Caston of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented in the deal.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — KCI Warner has acquired a 45,597-square-foot office building in Huntington Beach for $7.5 million. The building is located at 4552 Warner Ave. Rob Rader of Wind Water Investment Co. represented KCI. David Romero of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach represented the seller, Twomey/Ezzell/Balfour.