HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shadowbriar Shopping Center, a 16,400-square-foot retail property located in Houston. James Bell of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Marc Irvin of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. Shadowbriar Shopping Center is located at 12303 Westheimer Road.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Hunt Cos. has secured financing, project development and construction for 1,590 units across 13 properties in the city of El Paso. The project is Phase I of a rental assistance demonstration project. In December 2013, the Department of Housing and Urban Development approved The Housing Authority of the City of El Paso’s (HACEP) application to convert 6,100 units through the rental assistance demonstration initiative (RAD). RAD allows public housing agencies to leverage public and private debt and equity in order to rehabilitate public housing. HACEP selected Hunt Cos. as its development partner for Phase I of the project in 2014. The partnership will revitalize the properties over the next two years. Hunt Development Group will act as the development manager; Moss Construction will be the project’s master subcontractor; Hunt Mortgage Group provided the debt through a Freddie Mac tax-exempt loan direct purchase program; and Hunt Capital Partners secured the tax credit equity from Aetna, MetLife and USAA. The project represents a $250 million initial public/private investment, which could grow to a total of $1 billion over the next five years.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 58,000-square-foot industrial building in Stafford. The property is located on six acres at 10905 Cash Road. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners represented the buyer, OHK LLC. Marc Drumwright of Southwest Realty Advisors represented the seller, Satake USA Inc.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crescent Communities has broken ground on Air Park West Three, a 209,000-square-foot industrial building in the AirPark West industrial facility in northwest Charlotte. Merriman Schmitt Architects designed the property to achieve LEED certification and feature 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 60 mil TPO roof, 46 insulated overhead doors and two drive-in doors. The Class A front-loading building will be 200 feet deep. General contractor Myers & Chapman expects to complete the facility in September. AirPark West is located at I-85 and Sam Wilson Road and offers close proximity to I-485, Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility. The park features two fully leased industrial buildings, also developed by Crescent, that total 276,000 square feet.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a four-property multifamily portfolio in Central Florida that totals 1,075 residential units. The portfolio includes Vinings at Hunter’s Green in Tampa and Heritage on Millenia, Summit at Metrowest and Legends at ChampionsGate in Orlando. The portfolio was acquired by affiliates of Dallas- and New York-based The Milestone Group LLC and Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust and represents the largest apartment transaction in Central Florida in 2015 to date, according to CBRE. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
TITUSVILLE, FLA. — Sean Glickman of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT and Glickman Retail Group brokered the $16 million of Crossroads Marketplace, an 89,200-square-foot shopping center located at 3065 Columbia Blvd. in Titusville, a town in Central Florida. The asset was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Marshalls, Petco, Parish Medical, AT&T, GNC and Dollar Tree. The asset is also shadow-anchored by a Super Target. The buyer is an international investment firm. Glickman represented the seller, a 106-year-old family-owned company that owns shopping centers in 12 states in the Southeast.
GLADSTONE, MO. — Flaherty & Collins Properties will host a grand opening ceremony for The Heights Linden Square, a luxury mixed-use development in Gladstone, on Thursday, April 16. The $26 million project features 222 market rate luxury apartments and 10,000 square feet of street-front retail. The property is located 601 NE 70th St. The ground level of The Heights includes 40 two-level apartment homes, each with their own attached single car personal garage. Above the two-level apartments are two levels of flats. The average apartment home is 942 square feet. Community amenities include a fitness center, tanning salon, cyber cafe, business center and a game and leisure center. In addition, the property features a pool that includes a wet deck and an “outdoor living room,” which includes fire pits, grills and outdoor furniture.
SOUTH EUCLID, OHIO — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $15.4 million sale of Cedar Center North, a 61,466-square-foot shopping plaza in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid. The property is located at the intersection of Cedar Road and Warrensville Center Road at 13991 Cedar Road. John Carroll University is located less than a mile from the property and two super-regional shopping centers, Legacy Village and Beachwood Place, are within two miles. IPA senior directors Erin Patton, Craig Fuller and Scott Wiles represented the seller, a local northeast Ohio development group. The buyer is Inland Real Estate Corp.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Rosemont, Ill.-based First Hospitality Group Inc. has reopened The Drake Oak Brook hotel in Oak Brook. The boutique hotel recently underwent extensive renovations to the exterior, lobby, an 11,300-square-foot meeting space, a 2,000-square-foot outdoor patio, office space and its 84 guest rooms. Originally built in 1961 as the suburban counterpart to Chicago’s famous Drake Hotel, Jim Nagle and Tely Nagle own the independent hotel. First Hospitality Group manages the hotel. Unique details of the property include a piece of floral, floating artwork composed of 1,000 pieces of glass and a gold-leafed table in the lobby designed by an artist who’s work also appears in the Vatican, and original murals. The hotel is accessible to downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport via I-88 and I-294.
MIAMI — FA Commercial has brokered the sale of retail spaces at Millecento, a 42-story mixed-use tower located at 1100 S. Miami Ave. in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. A group of unnamed investors based in South America purchased the ground-floor retail spaces, totaling 17,500 square feet, for $10.5 million. Fabio Faerman of FA Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction. Since the sale, Faerman has leased the retail spaces to tenants such as Freddo Gelateria, Pizza Tonda, Prime Cigar and Level 1 Restaurant & Lounge.
