GREENSBORO, N.C. — Atlanta-based Hospitality Ventures Management Group (HVMG) has acquired the 299-room Greensboro-High Point Airport Marriott in Greensboro for an undisclosed amount. The company will manage the hotel, bringing its management portfolio to 38 hotels in 15 states. The hotel is located at One Marriott Drive, adjacent to the Piedmont Triad International Airport. HVMG will implement an $11 million renovation to update the hotel’s meeting space and guest rooms. The hotel underwent a $6 million renovation in 2012.
JACKSON, MISS. AND CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY. — Namdar Realty Group, a private real estate investment and management firm based in New York, has recently purchased a freestanding Dollar General store in Jackson and a freestanding Kroger in Campbellsville. CVS Caremark has subleased the 11,000-square-foot store in Jackson to Dollar General and the discount retailer has two years remaining on its lease agreement. Winston Rego sold the asset to Namdar Realty Group for an undisclosed price. Stan Johnson Co. brokered the transaction. The 34,000-square-foot Kroger is located at 1505 E. Broadway in Campbellsville and has three years remaining on its lease. The seller, a private group, sold the grocery store to Namdar Realty Group for an undisclosed price. Al Isaac of NAI Isaac brokered the transaction. Joel Gorjian of Namdar Realty Group led the company’s acquisition team in both deals.
The Kansas City industrial market continues to be an incredibly strong performer. At the end of the third quarter of 2014, the industrial vacancy rate stood at a tight 6.1 percent. Absorption totaled more than 2.5 million square feet during the first nine months of the year, while new deliveries were slightly over 2.6 million square feet in the same period. Let’s examine some contributing factors that are encouraging new deliveries while still driving vacancy rates down and absorption up. Spec Is King The biggest story in the Kansas City industrial real estate market during the first three quarters of 2014 was the delivery of over 2.5 million square feet of Class A distribution facilities on a speculative basis. It can be argued that, in the past, many prospective tenants considered locating a distribution center in Kansas City, but they ultimately selected a different market based on a lack of available inventory and the inability of some companies to wait on the extended timetable for a build-to-suit project. Developers that took notice of this trend and reacted by delivering space to the local market are currently being rewarded for their actions. Much of the speculative development in 2014 centered around …
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.9 million sale of Southwest Station, a 14,031-square-foot retail property located in Eden Prairie. The property is located at 13300 Technology Drive. Built in 2004, the property is fully occupied with five tenants. Cory Villaume, Sean Doyle and Brian Klancke of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the transaction.
LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS — NewQuest Properties will begin this year on Marketplace at Ninety-Six, a 36-acre retail development in League City featuring a 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace as well as several pad sites and 25,000 square feet of retail space. The project is set for completion in early 2016. There are more than 6,000 homes within the immediate area, with nearby residential communities including Brittany Lakes, Brittany Bay, Sedona, Westover Park and Magnolia Creek. The development is located less than half a mile from I-45.
HOUSTON — Carroll Organization has arranged the sale of ARIUM Westheimer and ARIUM Westheimer Villas. The properties are located at 13099 Westheimer Road and 2727 Synott Road in Houston. Carroll acquired the properties in 2013 with plans to implement a value-add renovation plan and streamline management operations. The two properties were built in 2006 and 2009 and are located within a block of the southern boundary of Houston’s Energy Corridor. The corridor includes more than 18 million square feet of office space, 1.4 million square feet of retail and 1.4 million square feet of industrial space. Each complex spans 330 units.
FREELAND, MICH. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.6 million sale of a single-tenant FedEx property located at 8273 Garfield Road in Freeland. The 27,000-square-foot FedEx was built in 1991. FedEx is located along Garfield Road, the main thoroughfare between the MBS Airport Terminal and US-10. The property includes 4,000 square feet of office space and 23,000 square feet of warehouse/distribution space with 16-foot clear height ceilings. FedEx has 11 years remaining on their lease, which expires June 30, 2026. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based private real estate investor. A Florida-based private investor purchased the property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Independence Realty Trust Inc. has acquired an apartment complex in Austin for $35.3 million. IRT used $26.7 million of cash and issued operating partnership common units valued at $8.6 million to acquire the complex. RAIT Presidential will provide property management services. The 300-unit apartment complex was built in 2001 and 2002 and has an average unit size of 1,055 square feet. The property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale with an average effective rent per occupied unit of $1,146.
SAN ANTONIO — HFF has arranged the sale of Highpoint Towers, two 11-story office towers totaling 301,118 square feet adjacent to the South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, DNA Partners. Highpoint Towers is situated on a 13-acre site at 8401 and 8515 Datapoint Drive, which is accessible from I-10, Loop 410 and Loop 1604. The assets are located in the northwest office submarket and include views of the San Antonio skyline and hill country. The new ownership plans to make renovations to the project including upgrading the lobbies, adding exterior aesthetics, elevators and bathrooms. John Taylor, Kelsey Roop, Patrick McCord and Ryan McBride led the HFF sales team representing the seller.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp.’s Investment Sales team has brokered the $1.7 million sale of a 4,991-square-foot, multitenant retail building in Brookfield. A private investor purchased the property located within Underwood Crossings, a 175,000-square-foot retail center. The development is located at the southeast corner of Bluemound Road and Columbia Drive approximately 12 miles west of downtown Milwaukee. The subject building features a Starbucks, Great Clips and T-Mobile. Target, Trader Joe’s and PNC Bank shadow anchor the property. Carly Gallagher of Mid-America and Dan Cohen of Mid-America Real Estate – Wisconsin LLC brokered the transaction on behalf of Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US Inc.