NEW YORK CITY — Admiral Capital Group and Four Winds Real Estate have acquired a three-building mixed-use portfolio in downtown Manhattan for an undisclosed price. The portfolio features 61 residential units and four commercial units at 106 Ridge St., 118 Ridge St. and 110 Ridge St. The acquisition is Admiral’s first investment in New York City, and it expands Four Winds’ existing multifamily portfolio on the Lower East Side. The seller was a private investor group that owned the properties for more than 30 years. Jarett Kaplus of Admiral and David Schneiderman and Joshua Landau of Four Winds led the transaction teams. The sale was brokered by Eastern Consolidated.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a multifamily property located at 15-21 Crooke Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park South district. A local investor acquired the property for $14.2 million, or $264,000 per unit, in an off-market transaction from an undisclosed buyer. The six-story elevator building features 54 residential units. Erik Yankelovich of GFI Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Press/Cuozzo Commercial Services has arranged the sale of a professional/medical building located at 100 Broadway in North Haven. 100 Broadway North Haven LLC purchased the 11,000-square-foot property for $1 million from Bass Inc. Stephen Press of Press/Cuozzo represented the buyer, while Susan Criscuolo, also of Press/Cuozzo, represented the seller in the transaction.
DALLAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ Investment Properties has arranged the sale of NBCUniversal Regional Headquarters, a 75,000-square-foot, single-story Class A office asset in Dallas. The LEED-certified building was completed in 2013. The property is fully leased to NBCUniversal Media LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Comcast Corp., and serves as the regional headquarters, broadcasting and multimedia news facility for NBC/KXAS-TV, Telemundo and NBCUniversal. Olympus Ventures purchased the asset from KDC for an undisclosed price. Eric Mackey, Gary Carr, John Alvarado, Robert Hill and Pete Van Amburgh of CBRE represented the seller.
BULVERDE, TEXAS —Trulan Property Advisors has brokered the sale of the Berry Oaks Shopping Center, a 19,000-square-foot building located at 19851 Highway 46 in Bulverde. The property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jason Middlebrook of Trulan Property Advisors represented the seller, a San Antonio-based development partnership. Jimbo Cotton of McAllister and Associates represented the buyer, a private partnership.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Chestnut Development Partners, in a joint venture with Benbrooke Realty Investment Co., has purchased The Shops at Hulen in Fort Worth. This is Chestnut’s second investment in Texas and second joint venture with Benbrooke. The Shops at Hulen is a 28,382-square-foot shopping center that was constructed in 2005. Currently 59 percent leased, it is shadow-anchored by a Walmart Supercenter and located near the South Hulen retail submarket. Southwest Bank of Fort Worth provided debt financing for the acquisition. Tommy Tucker of The Shop Cos. represented the seller. Pretium Property Management will manage the property.
ALLEN, TEXAS — The Allen City Council has approved a development agreement with TCH Altera LLC for the construction of The Convention Center at Watters Creek, an $85 million facility. The convention hotel will contain 290 guest rooms, a 64,500-square-foot convention center and a 1,000-car parking garage on seven acres at Bethany Drive and North Central Expressway. Projected to open in January 2017, the center will become the largest convention and exhibition space in the north Dallas suburbs. The multi-entity agreement provides for the city, Allen Economic Development Corp. (AEDC) and Allen Community Development Corp. to jointly contribute $12.3 million toward the capital investment in the project and to provide additional operational support over time. The AEDC also will contribute the land, which it has owned since the 1990s. TCH Altera has arranged construction financing and anticipates breaking ground by the end of this summer.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Passco Cos. has opened a new office in Austin. Shelli Cusack will oversee the company’s Austin office, and will also be responsible for a portion of Passco’s multifamily portfolio encompassing more than 3,000 units in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Cusack has been responsible for the management of more than $1 billion in real estate assets during her career. Passco Cos.’ new Austin office is located at 7000 N. Mopac Expressway, Suite 200. Passco focuses on the acquisition, development and management of multifamily and commercial properties throughout the United States.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Cushman & Wakefield and Commercial Kentucky Inc., a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance, have teamed up to broker the sale of three apartment communities in Lexington totaling 1,108 units. Priderock Capital Partners purchased the 480-unit Raintree Apartments and the 232-unit Stoney Brooke Apartments for $28.2 million and $13.9 million, respectively. Nashville-based Covenant Capital Group purchased the 396-unit Stoney Falls Apartments for $25.9 million. Mike Kemether of Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta office and Craig Collins of Commercial Kentucky represented the seller, Sterling Properties, a New York-based fund, in all three transactions.
COLUMBIA, MD. — Wood Partners LLC plans to break ground this month on Alta Wilde Lake, a $45 million, 230-unit multifamily community in downtown Columbia. The property will be located on 2.8 acres at 5420 Lynx Lane and be a component of the redevelopment at Wilde Lake Village Center. The property will feature two five-story apartment buildings connected via a three-level sky bridge over Lynx Lane. The property will feature a clubhouse with a sports lounge, café, business center, conference room, pet spa, bicycle storage and maintenance room, resort-style saltwater pool, fire pit, outdoor kitchen, grilling stations, fitness center and an aerobic studio. Alta Wilde Lake will also feature 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. JDavis Architects designed the project, and Wood Residential Services will manage the property upon completion. Apartments will be available for lease in summer 2016.