BOSTON — Moody National REIT I Inc. has entered into a contract to acquire Hampton Inn Boston for an aggregate purchase price of $57 million, excluding acquisition costs. The 227-room hotel is located within close proximity to Boston Logan International Airport and five miles from downtown Boston. The acquisition of the hotel is subject to substantial conditions to closing.
NAPLES, FLA. — Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) has purchased the office and retail portion of The Mercato, a 456,359-square-foot mixed-use development in Naples, on behalf of institutional investors. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Mercato’s retail portion is anchored by Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom Rack, a 12-screen Silverspot Theatre, The Capital Grille, McCormick & Schmick’s, Sur La Table and The Paper Source. The office portion is leased to tenants such as Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch and regional law and financial service firms. PREI has retained Madison Marquette to manage and lease the office and retail portions of Mercato. Daniel Finkle, Manuel De Zárraga, Luis Castillo and Kim Flores of HFF marketed The Mercato on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Madison Marquette, Barron Collier Cos. and The Lutgert Cos. In late November 2013, GE Capital Real Estate provided a $145 million refinance for The Mercato.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid, a new national destination experience located in downtown Memphis, is now open to the public. Located inside a massive transformed sports arena, the project includes a wilderness hotel called Big Cypress Lodge, nearly 600,000 gallons of water features, a cypress swamp with 100-foot-tall trees, the interactive Ducks Unlimited Waterfowling Heritage Center and The Lookout, a glass-floored cantilevering observation deck at the top of the steel Pyramid. Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid represents the largest investment in size and scope that Bass Pro Shops has ever made outside of its national headquarters in Springfield, Mo., and includes a number of amenities and attractions including the first hotel located inside a Bass Pro Shops store. Standing 32 stories tall along the banks of the Mississippi River, the Pyramid is an icon of the Memphis skyline. First envisioned as a sports and entertainment venue, the complex opened in 1991 and hosted professional sports and concerts until it closed in 2004. After years of uncertainty about the Pyramid’s future, the city of Memphis invited Bass Pro Shops to establish an innovative retail destination that could revitalize the building. After four years of design and …
LAKELAND, FLA. — AEW Capital Management LP has purchased two land parcels totaling 46.6 acres at Lakeland Logistics Center, an existing business park in Lakeland. A joint venture between AEW, Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (MassPRIM) and Ridge Development Co. plans to develop two Class A distribution centers on the land parcels. The facilities will each span 245,000 square feet and feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, cross-dock configurations, 185-foot private truck courts, 45 trailer parking spaces and a 200-foot shared truck court. AEW, MassPRIM and Ridge Development plan to develop the facilities in two phases with construction slated to begin in June. Upon completion, Julia Silva Rettig, Jeff Lamm, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield will provide leasing services for the two distribution centers.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group has announced that its new mixed-use development in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood will feature 376 upscale apartment units, 9,000 square feet of retail space and a parking garage. Pollack Shores recently closed on the purchase of the site, which spans an entire city block and contains the Gossett Building and several land parcels. The site is bordered by Church Street and 12th Avenue North. Pollack Shores plans to salvage and restore the vintage neon M.T. Gossett sign outside the building for future use in the development. The new development’s apartment units will be outfitted with quartz countertops, European cabinetry, plank flooring, under mount sinks and stainless steel appliances. Matrix Residential, Pollack Shores’ multifamily management division, will manage the asset upon completion. The first residential units are expected to be available beginning in spring 2018.
DURHAM, N.C. — Rubenstein Partners LP and Grubb Properties have sold Newcastle South, an 86,895-square-foot office asset located at 1015 Swabia Court Road in the Imperial Center business park in Durham’s Research Triangle submarket. Drawbridge Realty, a San Francisco-based real estate investment firm, purchased the asset for $14.8 million. In December 2014, the sellers net-leased the entire property to Nimble Storage, a tech company based in Northern California. Prior to the lease, Rubenstein and Grubb renovated and rebranded the property with a new landscaped courtyard, roof and HVAC equipment. Ben Kilgore and Jeff Glenn of CBRE|Raleigh represented the sellers in the transaction.
WESTPORT, CONN. — HK Group has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 44 Main St. in Westport. An affiliate of Westport-based Paragon Realty Group, in partnership with Clarion Partners, purchased the property for $22.5 million from 44 Main Street Inc. Built in 1909, the 22,873-square-foot three-story property is currently occupied by Banana Republic and The Nail Spa Bless Corp. The property is zoned BCD – Business Center District. Matthew Keefe, David Lindland and Franco Fellah of HK Group were the sole brokers in the transaction. Steven Siegelaub of Berkowitz, Trager & Trager and David Godfrey of Gunn Godfrey Allison provided legal counsel for the seller.
NEW YORK CITY — Sweden-based Akelius through its U.S. company, Akelius US LLC, has acquired an apartment building along East 21st St. in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park for an undisclosed price. Built in 1930, the property features 196 apartment units. This is the company’s second acquisition in the United States. Additional details of the transaction were not disclosed.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — DiNapoli Capital Partners has acquired the 489-room Marriott City Center in downtown Oakland for a reported $84 million. The hotel is located at 1001 Broadway. The property is attached to the Oakland Convention Center. It is one block from a BART station. The seller, CIM Group, renovated the hotel in 2011, modernizing all common areas and guest rooms. It also partnered with the City of Oakland to renovate the hotel and convention center’s combined 89,000 square feet of meeting space. CIM acquired the Oakland Marriott in 2007. It was the company’s first asset in downtown Oakland. The firm currently maintains a Bay Area portfolio of about 3 million square feet of Class A space. CIM has disposed of a total of 570 residential units, 908 hotel rooms and about 1,420,000 square feet of retail space, including this latest sale, since the beginning of the year.
MESA, ARIZ. — The 392-unit Stone Canyon apartments in Mesa has sold to Olen Residential Realty Corp. for $47 million. The community is located at 5210 E. Hampton Ave. Stone Canyon was built in 2000. Community amenities include two resort-style pools, a fitness center, clubhouse and resident lounge, outdoor fire pit with cushioned seating, barbecue grilling stations with entertainment areas, nine-hole putting green, an outdoor water feature, mountain views and gated entrance. Notable employers near the complex include Banner Gateway Hospital, Banner Baywood Hospital and the Boeing Company. Stone Canyon is situated near US-60. The sellers, a group of tenant-in-common co-owners, were represented by CBRE’s Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch. The co-owners were supported throughout their hold period and the sales process by National Asset Services.
