TENAFLY, N.J. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the Clinton Inn Hotel & Event Center located at 145 Dean Drive in Tenafly. The buyer, 145 Dean Drive LLC, acquired the 119-room property for an undisclosed sum. Ketan Patel and Geoff Davis of HREC represented the seller, Concord Hospitality Enterprises, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — JLM Commercial Advisors has negotiated a build-to-suit lease of an 8.5-acre industrial tract with 21,500 square feet of workshop space and 8,500 square feet of office space. The space will be used for Pipeline Research Council International’s technology development center. The complex is located at 6410 Langfield Road in the Northwest Crossing Industrial Park. The property will be one of the largest independent pipeline testing facilities of its kind in the world. Lane Guinn of JLM Commercial Advisors represented the tenant in the negotiations. Dan Zoch of The Carson Cos. represented the landlord, Carson-VA Industrial.
WACO, TEXAS — Global packaging company Sonoco plans to expand its Waco location this year, with the project seeing completion in early 2016. Sonoco will install a new rotary die-cut machine, slitter and rotogravure printing press, investing $13.5 million in equipment at the facility and adding an estimated 15 jobs to the area, which is a 27 percent increase to its employment base. Sonoco produces a variety of flexible packaging options, including easy open/reseal packaging systems, bags and pouches. Sonoco’s flexible packaging technologies include roto and flexo printing, high-barrier laminations, precision scoring, integrated open and reclose features, specialty coatings and films, prototyping and graphics management.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Jim Turano of Henry S. Miller Brokerage’s office division represented the buyer in the acquisition of a 30,000-square-foot site in Arlington. TNA Realty LP purchased the site, located at 2712 Matlock Road, from an undisclosed seller. The new owners plan to construct an 8,000-square-foot medical office building on the property. Bobby DeRiso of DeRiso Development represented the seller in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Motel 6 Fort Worth South, a 146-room hospitality property located in Fort Worth. Chris Gomes and Skyler Cooper of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office, along with Allan Miller of the firm’s Marcus & Millichap’s San Antonio office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Cooper sourced the buyer, a local investment group and an experienced Motel 6 operator. Motel 6 Fort Worth South is located at 6600 S. Freeway in Fort Worth, directly off I-35 and just south of Altamesa Boulevard. Constructed in 1981, the asset is situated on 3.3 acres. The two-story property features a guest laundry facility, new televisions, updated guest room flooring, new bedding and desks with seating areas. At the time of listing, Motel 6 Fort Worth South was in the process of implementing a new design concept.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Old Capital has provided a 12-year, non-recourse Fannie Mae loan with 80 percent leverage for the purchase of the Lodge at Timberglen apartments in Carrollton. A local investment group has acquired the property. The new owners plan to add more than $2 million in updated interiors, along with a new swimming pool at the 260-unit, Class B complex.
MURRAY, UTAH — A new 5,000-square-foot Starbucks location has debuted in Murray. It is located at 5141 South State St. The building is situated across from Intermountain Medical Center. Wadsworth Development Group developed the center.
BETHESDA, MD. — HFF has arranged $66.3 million in joint venture financing for the acquisition of Atrium at Rock Spring Park, a three-story, 237,000-square-foot office building in Bethesda. Located at 6555 Rock Spring Park Drive, the office asset was 86 percent leased to seven tenants at the time of sale, including The National Institute of Health and SAIC. Dek Potts, Stephen Conley, Jim Meisel, Andrew Weir and Matthew Nicholson of HFF arranged the equity venture between affiliates of Meritage Properties and an unnamed institutional equity investor.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Ziff Properties Inc. has purchased The Shops at Collierville, a 60,000-square-foot retail center located in Collierville, a Memphis suburb, for $7.4 million. The property’s tenant roster includes Starbucks Coffee, Medpost Urgent Care, Back Yard Burgers, Pizza Hut, Baskin Robbins and The UPS Store. Sheldon Griffin of Baker Storey McDonald Properties represented Ziff Properties in the transaction.
GULF BREEZE, FLA. — Westwood Financial Corp. (WFC) has purchased Tiger Point Shopping Center, a 147,400-square-foot shopping center located at 3303 and 3371 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Gulf Breeze near Pensacola. WFC purchased the Winn-Dixie-anchored shopping center from Moulton Properties for an undisclosed price. Built in 1984, the retail property was 87 percent leased at the time of sale. WFC plans to construct 9,000 square feet of new retail shop space at Tiger Point. In addition to Winn-Dixie, the shopping center’s tenant roster includes Beall’s, Papa Murphy’s Pizza and The UPS Store. WFC represented itself in the transaction, and Fain Hicks of DTZ represented the seller.
