CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the $2 million sale of The Columbian Retail Shops in Chicago. Chicago-based Newcastle Limited purchased the 6,600-square-foot, two-tenant retail property for $2 million. The Columbian Retail Shops is located at the northwest corner of S. Michigan Ave. and E. Roosevelt Road. The center features retailers Burger Bar and Elements Therapeutic Massage.Joe Girardi and Carly Gallagher of Mid-America were the exclusive brokers in the transaction on behalf of Boston-based Long Wharf Real Estate Partners LLC.
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VASSAR, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has arranged the sale of 6,800-square-foot Vasssar Theatre in Vassar. The one-screen, 371-seat movie theater located on Huron Avenue was originally built in 1937 and restored in 2005. The Vasssar Theatre was fully converted to digital movie presentation in 2013. The new owner, Andreas Fuchs of Creative Cinema who is a theatrical exhibition consultant and analyst/reporter, plans to reopen the property this year. Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the seller’s estate and procured the buyer in the sale.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Kushner Cos. and Extell Development Co. have closed on two phases of financing in conjunction with their purchase of Pier Village in Long Branch. The companies acquired Pier Village for $180 million in a transaction that closed in two phases over the last quarter of 2014. Pier Village consists of 492 residences and more than 100,000 square feet of retail, including restaurants, shops and a fitness center. Capital One provided bridge financing for the first phase of the acquisition in November 2014. In mid-December, the bank also originated and closed a $97 million long-term fixed-rate financing from Fannie Mae to take out the acquisition loan that it provided a month earlier. Both Capital One financings were arranged by Meridian Capital Group. Additionally, the partnership assumed a 7-year $32 million Freddie Mac loan originated by PNC Bank, which was originated a year and half ago by the prior ownership.
UNION, N.J. — Bridge Development has acquired 18.03 acres of land in Union for the development of a Class A institutional-quality industrial building. Industrial Realty Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. The site was originally developed in the 1920s as a milk processing plant operated by Tuscan and Lehigh dairies, but operations at the property ceased in 2006. Bridge Development plans to demolish the existing buildings and develop a speculative 263,415-square-foot industrial building with 36-foot clear ceiling heights. The facility, which will accommodate two tenants, will feature precast concrete construction, ESFR sprinkler systems, T-5 lighting, 50 docks, 55-foot column spacing, 66-foot staging bay at the loading dock and 111 trailer positions. The facility is slated for completion by November.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal, now Cushman & Wakefield, has arranged the sale of a development site located at 191-231 Moore St. in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood. The 2.3-acre site sold for $28.3 million, or $167 per buildable square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The site is located in a dual M1-1/M1-2 zone, which permits a total of approximately 169,496 buildable square feet for retail or commercial development. Additionally, the site features more than 1,100 feet of frontage on Moore, Seigel and White streets. The site current consists of five industrial buildings, totaling nearly 47,000 square feet. Brendan Maddigan and Stephen Palmese of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Miami-based Atlantic|Pacific Cos. has acquired four Class A multifamily communities in metro Atlanta. The properties include the 246-unit Carrington Green located at 745 Highway 42 S. in McDonough; the 297-unit Villas at Southpoint located at 1690 Highway 20 W. in McDonough; the 332-unit Harris Bridge Overlook located at 1175 Old Harris Road in Dallas; and the 300-unit Shiloh Valley Overlook located at 2100 Shiloh Valley Drive N.W. in Kennesaw. Atlantic|Pacific plans to make capital improvements to the four communities, including interior upgrades and common area improvements. Atlantic | Pacific Management, the property leasing and management platform under Atlantic|Pacific Cos., will handle all property management responsibilities for all properties. The acquisition of these four properties brings Atlantic|Pacific’s holdings in metro Atlanta to 10 communities totaling more than 2,600 units.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Kane Realty Corp. plan to develop and operate North Carolina’s first AC Hotel, a Marriott brand. The new 133-room hotel, known as AC Hotel Raleigh, will be located in Raleigh’s North Hills neighborhood. This is Concord and Kane Realty’s third hotel venture in the North Hills district. The hotel is slated to open in 2016.
CFI Buys Apartment Community in Midtown Atlanta, C&W Arranges $43.6M Acquisition Loan
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Cocke Finkelstein Inc. (CFI) has purchased Solace on Peachtree, an 18-story, 533-unit apartment tower located at 710 Peachtree St. N.E. in Midtown Atlanta. CFI purchased the asset from Lubert-Adler Real Estate Funds for an undisclosed amount. Mike Kemether, Chris Spain and Brandon Whitesell of Cushman & Wakefield’s (C&W) Atlanta office represented Lubert-Adler in the transaction. Additionally, Mike Ryan, Telly Fathaly, Brian Linnihan and Jeff Walker of Cushman & Wakefield’s equity, debt and structured finance team arranged a $43.6 million acquisition loan on behalf of CFI. C&W originated the GSE loan through its correspondent lender, Walker & Dunlop. Renovated in 2009, Solace on Peachtree was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The high-rise features a fitness center, clubroom with a business center and an updated rooftop deck.
PINELLAS PARK, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2 million sale of Cedar Hollow Apartments, a 42-unit apartment community located in Pinellas Park. Casey Babb of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the buyer, a limited liability company based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Cedar Hollow Apartments, which was constructed in the mid-1980s, was 88 percent occupied at the time of sale.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (ADID), a public-private partnership founded in 1995, has relocated its headquarters from the Olympia Building near Woodruff Park to 34 Peachtree St. in Atlanta. The Olympia Building had been ADID’s home for the past six years, but Illinois-based CSH-23 Peachtree LLC acquired the historic building in late 2013 and has begun renovating the property to bring a super-sized Walgreens to the neighborhood. ADID’s new headquarters occupy 8,200 square feet of space on the first floor and lobby level of 34 Peachtree, just one block north of Five Points. The Creations Group, in partnership with Fairlead Commercial Real Estate LCC, purchased 34 Peachtree around the same time that the Olympia Building was sold.