DALLAS — Agellan Commercial REIT has completed the sale of 5800 W. Kiest Blvd. in Dallas to a third-party purchaser. The property, Kiest Distribution Center, is a single-tenant building containing 343,617 square feet. It is 100 percent leased to RSI Home Products Manufacturing Inc. with 2.8 years left on the lease. The sales price was $11.6 million before closing costs, representing an in-place capitalization rate of 7.4 percent. The sales price is an increase of $1.6 million, or 16 percent, from the price paid by the REIT when it bought the property in January 2013.
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HARLINGEN, TEXAS — Strategic Behavioral Health will begin construction on Palms Behavioral Health, a 72-bed acute behavioral health hospital, on Aug. 28 in Harlingen. The company already operates a behavioral health hospital in College Station and in other locations around the country. The hospital is expected to bring about 200 new jobs to the area, part of metro Brownsville in far south Texas. The hospital will employ psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and nurses treating patients with depression, anxiety, grief and personal crisis situations. The 52,000-square-foot hospital will serve all ages. It is expected to open in late 2015 at a cost of $12 million.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Skillman Apartments, a 12-unit property in Dallas. Stephen Crittenden, William Jarnagin and Michael Ware marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The three also procured the buyer, another private investor. Skillman Apartments is located at 811 Skillman St. in Dallas, just off Gaston Avenue. The property was built in 1961.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Behringer and PegasusAblon have formed a joint venture to develop The Ablon at Frisco Square. The 275-unit apartment complex will be located in Frisco Square, a mixed-use area north of Dallas. PegasusAblon, the venture’s general partner, will develop the property, which is expected to be finished in late 2015. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, outdoor kitchen and gym. Frisco Square is located at the intersection of the Dallas north Tollway and FM 720 and is home to restaurants and entertainment options, apartments and a medical center. Toyota Stadium, home of the FC Dallas professional soccer team, is also located in Frisco Square.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Dominion Realty Partners has begun developing Wade III, a four-story office building joining the existing Offices at Wade development in the PNC Arena district in west Raleigh. Dominion is seeking LEED-Gold certification for the project, which will include card access control systems, an outdoor plaza courtyard, underground parking, Wade park amenities, on-site management staff and an on-site restaurant. Dominion is partnering with Prudential Real Estate Investors on the 105,000-square-foot project. The project team includes architect Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, general contractor Choate Construction, civil engineer Piedmont Land Design and leasing agent Avison Young. Regions Bank provided construction financing, and Dominion will provide on-site property management upon completion, which is slated for August 2015. The property is currently 25 percent pre-leased and building naming and signage rights are still available for the development.
SMYRNA AND NEWNAN, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has purchased two multifamily communities in metro Atlanta totaling 553 units from Fannie Mae. RADCO purchased the 439-unit Keeneland Farms in Smyrna and the 114-unit Brown Ridge in Newnan for a combined $33.2 million. Both properties include one- to three-bedroom apartments, as well as townhomes. RADCO financed the acquisition through a mixture of privately funded equity and bridge debt from Fannie Mae and Hamilton State Bank. RADCO plans to invest $5.8 million in capital improvements to the two properties, including adding a pool to Brown Ridge. The Atlanta-based multifamily investor also plans to rebrand Keeneland Farms and Brown Ridge as Ashford Woods and Ashford at Brown Ridge, respectively. Including these two properties, RADCO has purchased nine apartment communities spanning 2,264 units so far this year.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Hilton Worldwide has opened its 600th Hilton Garden Inn hotel: Hilton Garden Inn Falls Church in Falls Church, about seven miles from Washington, D.C. The hotel features a 24-hour business center, fitness center, indoor pool and in-house restaurant. Inns of Falls Church LLC owns and manages the asset.
JACKSON, TENN. — Phillips Edison & Co. has purchased Lynnwood Place, a 96,666-square-foot, Kroger-anchored shopping center located at 941 N. Parkway in Jackson, for an undisclosed price. The asset is 89 percent leased to Kroger, Charter Communications Inc., Cato Fashions and Youfit Health Clubs. Greg Hausfeld represented Phillips Edison & Co. internally in the transaction, and Fred Victor of Transwestern represented the Columbia, S.C.-based seller, EDENS.
APEX, N.C. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $2.3 million sale of a two-tenant strip center located at 720 W. Williams St. in Apex, part of the Raleigh MSA. The property is fully leased to Verizon Wireless and Yong-In Martial Arts. Both tenants have roughly five years remaining on their lease terms. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented both the seller, a North Carolina-based partnership, and the buyer, an East Coast-based private investment firm, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Thorofare Capital has funded a $28 million short-term loan to finance a partnership buyout of a seven-building, 254-unit multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn and the Bronx. The borrower sought financing to buy out its institutional investment partners that originally acquired a majority equity stake in a larger portfolio, including the seven multifamily properties, seven years ago. The portfolio includes three properties in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood: a four-story, 24-unit residential building on East 21st Street; a seven-story, 39-unit apartment building located on Ocean Avenue; and four-story residential building on Beverly Road. The portfolio also includes four properties in the Bronx: a six-story, 54-unit mixed-use property on East 168th Street a six-story; 56-unit residential building on Franklin Avenue; a five-story, 36-unit apartment building located on Franklin Avenue; and a five-story residential building on Hull Avenue. Thorofare placed the loan through its third discretionary investment vehicle, Thorofare Asset Based Lending Fund III.