SAN FRANCISCO – Smashburger has opened two new restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area. The outposts are located at 1151 40th Street in Emeryville and 925 Blossom Hill Road, within the Westfield Oakridge shopping center in San Jose. Smashburger also recently opened stores at the Rivermark Village in Santa Clara and at Cherry Orchard Shopping Center in Sunnyvale. The quick-service restaurant was represented by Laura Tinetti of SRS Real Estate Partners. Federal Realty Investment Trust, the Emeryville landlord, was represented by AJ Schrader of Retail West. Westfield, the San Jose landlord, was represented by Daryn Gallaway of Westfield LLC.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. — DLC Management Corp. has acquired an 11-asset retail portfolio totaling 2.58 million square feet. The properties are located in New York, North Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee. The acquisition is the largest in DLC’s history and the properties match well with the company’s operations and represent large, high-quality assets with strong anchor tenants. Additionally, the portfolio offers value-add opportunities through property stabilization. The portfolio includes: 2015 Walden Ave. (26,500 square feet), Union Consumer Square (386,320 square feet), Walden Consumer Square (253,225 square feet) and Walden Place (68,002 square feet) in Cheektowaga, N.Y.; Batavia Commons (49,431 square feet) and BJ’s Plaza (95,846 square feet) in Batavia, N.Y.; Premiere Place (414,639 square feet) in Williamsville, N.Y.; River Hills (315,234 square feet) in Asheville, N.C.; Spring Creek (588,606 square feet) and Steele Crossing (261,665 square feet) in Fayetteville, Ark.; Towne Center (390,607 square feet) in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. has acquired additional ownership interest in the 674,000-square-foot office condominium at 1745 Broadway in New York City. The condominium is leased entirely to Random House. SL Green originally acquired a 32.26 percent stake in the property in 2007 and is now increasing its ownership to 56.88 percent as a result of recent transactions. The majority of the interests, consisting of general partnership and limited partnership interests, where purchased from The Witkoff Group in exchange for SL Green Operating Partnership units. By acquiring these interest, the company has consolidated management of the property. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the 50-story office building was completed in 2003.
IPSWICH, MASS. — LCB Senior Living has opened The Residence at Riverbend, located at 149 Country Road in Ipswich. The seniors housing property features 53 studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units for traditional independent and assisted living, and 22 studio and shared memory-care living apartments. Situated on the former Riverbend Estate along the Ipswich River, the community offers 24-hour security, on-site laundry and cleaning services, a restaurant, an activities program, and building and grounds maintenance. Peabody, Mass.-based Congress Building Corp. provided construction management services for the 75-unit, 73,674-square-foot facility. The developers have conveyed approximately 3 acres of the original 15.5-acre site to the town and the Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) as conservation land along the riverfront. Additionally, IRWA has been granted access to a wetland area of the site for public educational purposes. Norwood, Mass.-based LCB Senior Living was founded in 2010 by the management team of the former Newton Senior Living LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Chicago-based Acuity Capital Partners has purchased a six-building portfolio in Upper Manhattan for $30 million. The portfolio consists of 102 apartment units and 21 retail spaces. The buildings include 1697-1701 Amsterdam Ave. in Hamilton Heights, 2500-2504 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. in Harlem and 2090-2093 Amsterdam Ave. in Washington Heights. The portfolio sold for 12.88 times its current rent roll. Peter Vanderpool and Lazer Sternhell of Cignature Realty Associates represented the buyer and seller, a local real estate investor, in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates (KDA) has brokered a 10,000-square-foot lease for United Yoram, a 40-year-old national medical supply distributor. The company will relocate from a warehouse in Gowanus to 933 Stanley Ave. in Brooklyn. The new space offers two drive-in doors and finished office space. Allison Chambers of KDA represented the tenant, while Hillel Galosher of S&Z represented the landlord, Casella Food.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP LLC has purchased a 100,000-square-foot office building located at 2501 M St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s West End for $31.6 million. PRP acquired the property from the Association of American Medical Colleges on behalf of one PRP’s real estate funds in partnership with an institutional investor. PRP will convert the building into a 60-unit luxury residential condominium property with 11,475 square feet of retail space featuring outside dining. PRP plans to begin selling condo units in 2015 and deliver the finished homes by mid-2016.
LAUDERHILL, FLA. — Forest City Enterprises Inc. has completed the $18.5 million sale of Forest Trace, a 322-unit independent living seniors apartment community in Lauderhill. Forest Trace, which includes 40 assisted living beds, was purchased by Pacifica Lauderhill LLC. The buyer also assumed the existing mortgage on the property. The property was originally developed in 1989 and was acquired by a subsidiary of Forest City in 2000.
TAMPA, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Wells Fargo Center, a Class A, 389,608-square-foot office building located at 100 S. Ashley Drive in downtown Tampa. The 22-story LEED Gold-certified building was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, UBS, USAA, Valet Waste, Phelps Dunbar, AllegiantMD, Warren Averett and Carlton Fields. Wells Fargo Center features a fitness center, café, full-service bank branch, ATM, new conference center and a complimentary shuttle service. Christian Lee, Dale Peterson, Charles Foschini and Marcos Minaya of CBRE brokered the transaction.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Calkain Cos. has brokered the $9.6 million sale of a single-tenant office/industrial asset located at 1300 Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach. The 83,000-square-foot property is anchored by Booz Allen Hamilton. Stephen Counts and Brian O’Hear of Calkain Cos. represented the seller, Skyview Development, in the transaction.