LONG BEACH, CALIF. – The 44-unit Ocean Plaza Apartments in Long Beach has sold to Joda Investments for $6.2 million. The community is located at 633 E. 1st Street in Downtown’s East Village Arts District. It was built in 1956. Robert Stepp of Stepp Commercial represented both the buyer and seller, Luna Bear Investments, in this transaction.
FONTANA, CALIF. – A 7,194 square-foot retail center in Fontana has sold to a private Riverside investor for $2.6 million. The center is located at 17218 Foothill Blvd. It is shadow-anchored by Brunswick Foothill Bowling Center. The property, which was built in 2008, is situated across from a Walmart-anchored shopping center. The buyer was represented by Janet Valentin of VRE Commercial. The seller, a private, Los Angeles-based trust, was represented by Brad Umansky, Frank Vora and Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners.
SAN DIEGO – An 18-unit apartment community in the San Diego submarket of Fallbrook has sold to the Wood Family Trust for $2 million. The community is located at 1133 Old Stage Road. It was built in 1987. The trust was represented by Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International. The seller, Lucy Nannizzi Living Trust, was represented by CBRE’s Merrick Matricardi.
TRUMBULL, CONN. — Massachusetts-based National Development, in partnership with EPOCH Senior Living, has begun construction on Bridges by EPOCH at Trumbull, a state-of-the-art memory community in Trumbull. Located at 2415 Reservoir Ave., the 64-unit apartment complex is slated to open in summer 2015. Bridges by EPOCH will feature a 24-hour specially-trained health care staff. The project team includes Boston-based CBT as architect; Portsmouth, N.H.-based JSA Inc. as interior designer; and Middletown, Conn.-based C.E. Floyd Company as general contractor.
DUNKIRK, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has completed the sale Chautauqua County Home, a 133-room skilled nursing facility located near Lake Erie in Dunkirk. The asset sold for $16 million, or $74,000 per bed. The buyer has upgrades planned for the 216-bed facility that will improve operations and profitability. Joshua Jandris and Mark Myers of IPA Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, Chautauqua County, and procured the buyer, a regional provider.
CALVERTON, N.Y. — Riverhead Charter School (RCS), a $14.1 million charter school, has opened in Calverton. Situated on 5.8 acres at 3685 Middle Country Road, the 50,000-square-foot school features a two-story classroom wing with 16 classrooms, an auditorium/gymnasium, a library, an administration wing and a kitchen wing. The new school building was financed through two bonds totaling $21.3 million. Capital Markets Advisors served as RCS’s independent financial advisor for the transaction. RCS is the only K-8 charter school in New York’s Suffolk County. The project team includes Stalco Construction as general contractor; BBS Architects, Landscape Architects and Engineers as architect, interior designer, site designer, and mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer; SCC as construction manager; and PW Grosser Consulting as civil engineer.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 7508 and 7524 Broadway in Queens. The 7,940-square-foot property sold for $5.9 million. The property is located between Broadway and 41st Avenue in the Woodside/Elmhurst section of Queens. Matthew Fotis, Lazarus Apostolidis and Tae Lee of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
SOUTH HACKENSACK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has facilitated the lease of an industrial space in South Hackensack. Publishers Circulation Fulfillment Inc. has leased 22,203 square feet of space at 60 Saddle River Ave. The industrial space features two loading docks, one drive-in and 1,500 square feet of office space. Jeff DeMagistris and Tom Vetter of NAI Hanson represented the landlord, Safer Development and Management Inc., in the transaction.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Truluck’s and Starbucks are set to join Hughes Landing, a 66-acre mixed-use development in The Woodlands. Truluck’s will be located in restaurant row in Hughes Landing, while Starbucks will be located on the retail level of One Lakes Edge, a 390-unit multifamily development. Hughes Landing features a mixture of restaurants and retail, entertainment venues, up to 800 multifamily residences, Class A office space and a full-service Embassy Suites scheduled to open in late 2015. Truluck’s plans to begin construction on its 10,000-square-foot space this spring, and expects to complete construction this fall. The restaurant features seafood, steaks and wine. The 1,820-square-foot Starbucks location is expected to open in March and will provide coffee, teas and snacks. Rip Reynolds of The Howard Hughes Corp. represented The Woodlands in the transactions. Pete Stewart Properties Inc. represented Truluck’s. Walter Salek and Lasater Miller with The Retail Connection represented Starbucks.
MILWAUKEE — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $21.5 million Freddie Mac CME loan for Presidio Square Apartments in Milwaukee. The 248-unit, garden-style apartment complex was built in 1991. Jeannie Johnson of KeyBank Real Estate Capital Markets’ multifamily team arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The financing will be used to pay off an existing loan.
