AUSTIN, TEXAS — Karlin Real Estate has closed out the 1 million-square-foot first phase of PARMER Technology and Office Park with the sale of Parmer 6.2, a 292,000-square-foot office/flex building, to Casa Marco. Located at 301 Howard Lane, the building is one of three similarly sized institutional quality buildings that make up PARMER’s first phase, known at Sector 6. Karlin acquired the buildings from Dell in December 2012 when the computer maker moved to consolidate its operations to a 350-acre complex in Round Rock. Since then, the Los Angeles-based investor has backfilled 100 percent of the vacant buildings with a variety of companies including GM, Allergan and Met Labs. CBRE’s Mark Emerick and John Barksdale represented both parties in the transactions. Karlin and Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co. are developing the 400-acre technology and office park.
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DALLAS — SHOP Cos. Investment Sales has arranged the sale of three retail properties in metro Dallas totaling 47,476 square feet. Tommy Tucker and Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented three different sellers in each transaction. The sales included: Custer Plaza, a 29,152-square-foot retail center located in Frisco. At the time of closing, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants including Texas Family Fitness, Subway, Rosatti’s, Asiana Biztro, Life Changing Chiropractic and Serene Dentistry. SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited partnership. SHOP Cos. also procured the buyer, a private investor from metro Dallas; Ridgeview Village, a 16,474-square-foot shopping center located in Allen on Watters Road off of its intersection with Highway 121. The property was 100 percent leased to tenants including The Brass Tap, The Cryo Center of Allen, Max Muscle, Nail Trends, Laser Beauty Medical Spa, Shaiwase Japanese Restaurant and S J Lee Taekwondo. SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a Texas limited liability company, and procured the unnamed buyer; Starbucks, a new-construction 1,850-square-foot restaurant as a pad to a new Kroger Marketplace in Granbury. Starbucks signed a 10-year lease and sits along the frontage of U.S. Hwy 377 and FM 4/Acton Highway.
DESOTO, TEXAS — Alliance Architects, Inc. has completed design services for a speculative industrial building in DeSoto. Located on 64 acres in USAA Real Estate Co.’s Southfield Park 35, building one totals 1.1 million square feet and is being developed by Seefried Properties. Alliance Architects designed the 157-acre master plan, which features Class A building designs with build-to-suit flexibility and direct access to I-20 and I-35 in south Dallas, for Seefried.
NEW YORK CITY — Silvershore Properties has completed the disposition of a 10-building portfolio of walk-up residential buildings in Brooklyn and Queens. Related Cos. acquired the portfolio for $39.4 million. Totaling 66,500 square feet, the portfolio features 76 residential units and two stores. The portfolio includes seven Brooklyn buildings in Greenpoint, Clinton Hill, Carroll Gardens, Prospect Heights, and three properties in Queens in Long Island City and Astoria. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer, while Devin Cohen of Rosewood Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. — Rubenstein Partners has received $28.5 million in refinancing for 211 Mount Airy Road, a 305,000-square-foot office property in Basking Ridge. Rubenstein Partners along with its partner, Onyx Equities, recently completed a redevelopment plan to improve and modernize the property. The partnership additionally signed a 61,676 square feet lease with Avaya Inc. The property features a full cafeteria, state-of-the-art fitness facilities and a 127-seat auditorium and conference center. Wells Fargo is providing the five-year loan facility.
ELIZABETH, N.J. — CBRE Group has arranged the sale of the former Elizabeth General Hospital site in Elizabeth for an undisclosed price. Situated on five acres, the 350,000-square-foot vacant facility has been on the market for approximately 10 years, since Trinitas relocated the hospital to a new facility. The site also includes a 500-car parking structure. The private, out-of-state buyer plans to redevelop the site into a multifamily and retail complex. Charles Berger, Mark Silverman, Elli Klapper and Gil Medina of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a retail condominium located at 205 Bleecker St., also known as 1 Minetta St., in Greenwich Village. At more than 6,000 square feet, the corner site sold for $9.7 million. Max Hakim of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, Forest Hills Property Group, while Evan Street, also of Eastern, represented the buyers, Infinity Real Estate and Seven Equities, in the transaction.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 210-214 Franklin St. in Bloomfield. The 49-unit property sold for $4.4 million. Nat Gambuzza and John Veniero of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and secured the buyer, also a private investor, in the transaction.
RENO, NEV. — A privately held investment group has purchased the 350-unit Sundance West Apartments in Reno for $23.4 million. The community is located at 3285 Clover Way. Sundance West is situated near Washoe County Golf Course, Lakeridge Golf Course, Meadowood Mall, the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino and the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Kenneth Blomsterberg of Marcus & Millichap and Stanford Jones, Philip Saglimbeni and Salvatore Saglimbeni of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Manhattan Towers, 309,734-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of Manhattan Beach, has sold for $96 million. The unnamed buyer acquired the two-building asset through an online auction at Auction.com. It was the largest single e-commerce transaction to date, according to Guinness World Records. Manhattan Towers is located at 1230 and 1240 Rosecrans Ave. It was built in 1985. The Guinness record was previously held by Mark Cuban, who purchased a Gulfstream V private jet for $40 million in 1999. The office property’s auction concluded July 22. The seller was CWCapital. Eastdil Secured brokered the deal.