HOUSTON — Wood Partners hosted a grand opening event for Alta City West, a 133-unit apartment complex in Houston. The 119,000-square-foot complex sits on three acres at 9233 Westheimer Road and is currently 29 percent leased. Good, Fulton & Farrell designed the building. Alta City West includes five studios a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, and 188 parking spaces. Amenities include a clubhouse, gym, outdoor kitchen areas and a pool. The complex is located close to major local employers including Phillips 66, Chevron, Halliburton, BP, Shell and Exxon.
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KATY, TEXAS — Q10 | Kinghorn, Driver, Hough & Co. has arranged a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Entrust Office Building in Katy, a suburb of Houston. The 32,382-square-foot building, located near the Grand Parkway and Westpark Tollway, is the result of a collaboration between The Mission Cos. and Entrust Inc. Thrivent Financial provided the 10-year loan, which includes a 25-year amortization schedule. Ray Driver III and Dave Holland of Kinghorn worked to arrange the transaction.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged both the sale and financing for 8 West Centre, a new Class A office building on the Houston Tollway in Houston. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Core Real Estate. Azrieli Group, a real estate investment company based in Tel Aviv, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. HFF assisted Azrieli in securing a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Aegon USA Realty Advisors LLC. Completed in 2013, 8 West Centre is a 227,045-square-foot, four-story property with a 938-space parking garage. The LEED Silver designated building is fully leased to two tenants, Cameron International Corp. and Helix Energy Solutions. The property sits on nine acres at 3505 W. Sam Houston Parkway North inside the Beltway 8 loop road. The HFF team representing the seller included Dan Miller, Rusty Tamlyn, Mark West and Trent Agnew. HFF’s debt placement team included Matt Kafka and Wally Reid.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 18170 Hillcrest Road, a 12,654-square-foot office property in Dallas. Ron Hebert of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. An outside broker represented the buyer, an owner-user. The property was built in 2001 on 1.2 acres at the northeast corner of Hillcrest Road and Frankford Road. The building includes a loading dock and a separate 1.6-acre parcel of undeveloped land.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Steelbridge Capital has purchased Cypress Financial Center, an 11-story, Class A office tower in Fort Lauderdale, for $32.6 million. The 198,528-square-foot property is situated on I-95 at Cypress Creek Road. Steelbridge Capital’s principals were part of the prior ownership from 1998-2006 and were able to now buy the asset back from the owner it had sold the property to in 2006. Steelbridge is planning a multi-million dollar capital improvement program for the property and has tapped Kravit Architectural Associates to design the upgrades to the lobby, common area, exterior, landscaping and elevator systems. The property is currently 76 percent leased to tenants such as MetLife, TD Bank, BDO, Altadis and Marcus & Millichap. Steelbridge Real Estate Services will provide property management services for Cypress Financial Center. Hermen Rodriguez, Ike Ojala and Jorge Portela of HFF represented the seller, Tricony CFC LLC, in the transaction.
ABERDEEN, MD. — CBRE has brokered the $31 million sale of Advantage Business Park, a 528,780-square-foot industrial bulk warehouse at 504 Advantage Way in Aberdeen, part of Baltimore’s I-95 North industrial submarket. SK Realty Management purchased the property from 504 Advantage Way LLC. The property is fully leased to three tenants and anchored by Gordon Food Service. Jonathan Beard, Bo Cashman and Bill Pellington of CBRE’s Baltimore office brokered the sale.
ATLANTA — Coral Gables, Fla.-based America’s Capital Partners (ACP) has acquired the Towers at Wildwood Plaza, a 700,000-square-foot office development in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria submarket. The asset is leased to tenants such as General Electric, Allstate Insurance, Vonage Communications, Alere, Tenet Healthcare and IBM Credit Union. The property, designed by I.M. Pei, is considered the top-quality office building in the Cumberland/Galleria area, according to ACP.
CLERMONT, FLA. — An entity controlled by Continental Properties Acquisition Corp. (CPAC) has sold Hancock Village Shopping Center for $4.3 million. The 25,000-square-foot retail center is located at the intersection of North Hancock Road and State Road 50 in Clermont. The property is nearly 90 percent leased to tenants such as Tijuana Flats, Anytime Fitness, Little Caesars Pizza, Ritter’s Frozen Custard and Direct Auto Insurance. The seller originally purchased the asset in May 2011 for $2.1 million. CPAC selected its affiliate CREC to lease and manage the asset, and CREC brought the property from 50 percent occupancy to nearly 90 percent occupancy. Peter Mekras of CREC represented CPAC in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty Associates has brokered the sale of a six-building portfolio in northern Manhattan. Adam Mermelstein/Tree Top Development purchased the portfolio, which features 147 apartments and four retail stores, from a local real estate fund for $24.5 million. The portfolio includes 565 West 139th Street, 27-29 Audubon Avenue, 79 Audubon Avenue, 516 West 169th Street and 507 West 170th Street. Located in Hamilton Heights, 565 West 139th Street is a six-story, 75-foot-wide elevator building. The remaining buildings are located in Washington Heights across the street from Columbia Medical Center. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature Realty represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated’s Capital Advisory Division has arranged an $18 million short-term bridge loan on behalf of East 47th Street LLC (City Centre Properties). The loan will be used to facilitate the sale of a multi-lot development site assemblage in the Rockefeller Center area of Manhattan. HID Acquisition Group LLC, affiliated with Hidrock Realty Inc., is acquiring two 25-foot-wide lots — 12 East 48th and 13 East 47th streets — from City Centre Properties. Additionally, Hidrock acquired 14 East 48th Street from the First Church of Religious Science through an assignment of a contract between the church and City Centre. The sale price for the entire assemblage was $47 million. HID Acquisition plans to raze the existing structures and develop a 31-story residential condo tower on the site. The project will include a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as amenities targeting the international pied-a-terre market. Jonathan Aghravi and Matthew Hirsch of Eastern Consolidated’s Capital Advisory Division arranged the new financing. City Centre Properties was represented in the assemblage sale transaction by R. Stuart Gross and Chris Matousek of Eastern Consolidated. Additionally, Eastern Consolidated acted as the sole intermediary in both the assemblage site …