COSTA MESA, CALIF. – An 8,118-square-foot building in Costa Mesa that is triple-net leased to Citibank has sold to a Pasadena, Calif.-based family trust for $5 million. The building is located at 2700 Harbor Blvd. It sits adjacent to Mesa Verde Shopping Center. Shaun Riley of Faris Lee Investments represented the 1031 exchange buyer. The seller, CP Sunshine LLC, was represented by Equity Investment Advisors.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has purchased Union Station Hotel, Autograph Collection in downtown Nashville for $52.3 million. The 125-room hotel is located on Broadway in Nashville’s central business district adjacent to the Frist Center for Visual Arts and Vanderbilt University. Pebblebrook has tapped Sage Hospitality to operate the hotel. The hotel first opened in 1900 as L&N Railroad Station and was converted into a hotel in 1986. The hotel underwent an $11 million renovation in 2007 and a $1.9 million renovation to convert the property to an Autograph Collection by Marriott hotel in 2012. The hotel features 12,000 square feet of meeting space, a grand lobby with a 65-foot barrel-vaulted ceiling, Prime 108 restaurant, fitness center, business center and valet parking. Pebblebrook plans to invest $5 million to $7 million to upgrade the hotel’s guestrooms and public areas.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Carr Properties has begun the demolition and pre-construction phase for a 175,000-square-foot, eight-story office building located at 2311 Wilson Blvd. in Arlington. The building, which is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification, will be ready for occupancy in 2017. The office building will feature street-level retail space, a conference room, restaurant and café, childcare facility, health club, bike room, rooftop terrace and an 18,000-square-foot urban park with gardens. Carr Properties has hired Spencer Stouffer, Krysta Herring and Phillip Thomas of Cassidy Turley to handle leasing the office building.
FRANKFORT, KY. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., a public equity REIT, has acquired a newly built, 599,840-square-foot industrial building at 1509 Leestown Road in Frankfort for $28 million. The build-to-suit property is fully leased to Jim Beam Brands Co. for 10 years. The Class A property is situated on approximately 92.2 acres and is expandable by an additional 200,000 square feet.
ATLANTA — Moran & Co. Southeast has brokered the $23 million sale of Archstone Cheshire Bridge, a 164-unit multifamily community located at 2430 Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta. The five-story wrap apartment complex was built in 2005 and features a swimming pool, clubhouse, fitness center, business center and parking deck. Sean Henry, Joel Sasser and John Huckaby of Moran & Co. represented the seller, AvalonBay, in the transaction. The buyer was Chicago-based Mesirow Financial.
MIDLAND PARK, POMPTON LAKES, WYCKOFF AND KINNELON, N.J. — Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired four shopping centers, totaling 375,000 square feet, in Northern New Jersey. A New Jersey commercial real estate owner and developer sold the properties for an undisclosed price. The properties are the 130,000-square-foot Midland Park Shopping Center in Midland Park, the 125,000-square-foot Pompton Lakes Town Square in Pompton Lakes, the 43,000-square-foot Cedar Hill Shopping Center in Wyckoff, and the 77,000-square-foot Meadtown Shopping Center in Kinnelon. In total the properties are at least 92 percent leased to a variety of national, regional and local tenants, including Kings Supermarket, CVS, Petco, Starbucks, Hudson City Savings Banks, A&P supermarket, TD Bank, Wendy’s, Planet Fitness, Pet Valu, Hallmark, Walgreens, Chase Bank, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Supercuts and Rite Aid Pharmacy. Additional terms of the transactions were not released.
BLUE BELL, PA. — Keystone Property Group has unveiled VEVA, a 425,000-square-foot office complex in Blue Bell. Formerly known as Sentry Park West, the property features world-class lifestyle amenities and cutting-edge infrastructural upgrades. Situated on 16 acres on VEVA Boulevard, VEVA comprises seven mid-rise buildings, which have been completely renovated. The office campus is 83 percent leased by a variety of tenants, including Cigna, Citizens Bank, Fiberlink Communications, inVenity Health Clinical, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, and Fesnak and Associates.
BOSTON — ADD Inc., now with Stantec, has completed the design for One Channel Center, the final phase of the Commonwealth Ventures’ 2.1 million-square-foot Channel Center in Boston. The eleven-story, 500,000-square-foot One Channel Center will be home to 4,000 employees of State Street Bank and is part of a multi-building master plan that includes a new two-acre park and a ten-level, 900-car garage. Located at One Iron St., the $175 million project features a two-story lobby and various green elements, including continuous insulation on the facades, efficient mechanical systems, recycled and local materials, and low VOC materials. The building is expected to attain LEED Silver certification upon completion. ADD Inc. recently joined Stantec’s Buildings Group, a team of more than 2,500 design and allied professionals.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building located at 857-861 Union St. in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 14-unit building, which features 12 residential and two commercial units, sold for $8.63 million, or $842 per square foot. The new owner plans to reposition the 2,225-square-foot retail portion of the building. Adam Hess, Sam Shalumov and Edward Setton of TerraCRG negotiated the transaction.
MALDEN AND EVERETT, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of two apartment buildings in Malden and Everett. The properties are the six-unit building at 78 Florence St. in Everett and the seven-unit building at 23-27 Cedar St. in Malden. The properties sold for $1.85 million total. Evan Griffith of Marcus & Millichap’s Boston office represented the sellers, two private investors, and procured the buyers, also private investors, in the transaction.