MALVERN, PA. —Hayden Maguire Real Estate Fund has made its second acquisition. The fund acquired a 151,447-square-foot office building, located at 1200 Atwater Dr. in Malvern, for $23 million. The property features modern architectural design, light-filled lobbies under glass canopies and an on-site café. The property is situated on 388 acres surrounding an 80-acre spring-fed lake. Hayden Maguire Real Estate Investments and Maguire Investment Management are partners of the fund.
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Jeanette Apartments, an apartment building located in Bloomfield. The 34-unit building sold for $1.75 million. Located at 268-272 Bloomfield Ave., the building consists of 34 sponsor-held apartments in a garden-style condo complex with parking for 50 cars. The building offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a small office space. Nat Gambuzza, Kevin Taub and John Veniero of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented both parties in the transaction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners has acquired Riverplace Tower, a Class A, 28-story office building in Jacksonville’s central business district. The 425,223-square-foot tower is located at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. The property was built in 1967 and renovated in 1994 and 2005. Gate Riverplace Co., a subsidiary of Gate Petroleum, sold the office tower to Lingerfelt CommonWealth. Riverplace Tower’s tenant roster includes Rogers Towers PA, Rayonier Inc., Adecco USA and ClubCorp USA Inc. The buyer has selected a property management affiliate, CommonWealth Partners, to manage the property. JLL will handle leasing the property.
MIAMI — Miami-based Mayan Properties, 3H Group Hotels and Arti Hersi Inc. have teamed up to break ground on the new Hampton Inn & Suites in Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard corridor. The 151-room hotel will be located at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and Northwest 35th Street. The hotel will feature 4,400 square feet of street-level retail space and an eight-story parking garage. 3H Group Hotels will manage the hotel upon completion, which is slated for first quarter 2016. The design team includes architect Israel Bigelman, exterior architect Kobi Karp and interior designer Monioni Design. Michael Comras of Comras Co. will handle leasing the retail space.
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has purchased Spivey Junction, an 81,475-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Stockbridge, a southern suburb of Atlanta, for approximately $11.7 million. The property’s tenant roster includes Kroger, Kroger Fuel Center, Great Clips, Workout Anytime, Domino’s Pizza, Subway, Goodwill and Miracle Ear. The seller was MK EP Spivey LLC, a Delaware-based limited liability company. As of Dec. 9, Phillps Edison Grocery Center REIT II owned and managed 17 grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling 1.9 million square feet.
MARIETTA, GA. — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $8.5 million sale of the Village at Old Trace shopping center, a 40,985-square-foot retail property in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The property was built in 2006 and was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial’s Cleveland, Ohio office represented the seller, a private investment group based in Ohio. The buyer was a local entity.
SAN ANTONIO — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of a 194-room Holiday Inn San Antonio NW SeaWorld located in San Antonio. Pacifica Cos., a San Diego-based investment firm, was the buyer. Mike Armstrong and Hank Wolpert of HREC represented the seller, a private equity fund, in the transaction. The hotel opened in 2009 as the first LEED-certified hotel in Texas. It is the preferred hotel of the 250-acre SeaWorld San Antonio, the world’s largest marine life theme park.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — NorthMarq Capital’s Minneapolis office has arranged a $203.5 million loan on behalf of an investment partnership between MetLife and Allstate Insurance Co./Allstate Life Insurance Co. for the acquisition of Normandale Lake Office Park. Northwestern Mutual is the lender. Located in the southwest suburb of Bloomington, Normandale is situated on 23 acres overlooking the 2,500-acre Normandale Lake recreational area. Amenities include a childcare facility, two full-service restaurants, conference space and two fitness centers. The complex consists of 1.7 million square feet of Class A office space in five towers, which are connected by enclosed skyways. The park is 93 percent occupied, an increase of 10 percent in the last two years. Tenants at the park include Prime Therapeutics, Aon Benfield, Schwan’s, Towers Watson, Tata Consultancy Services, Emerson Corporation and Oracle Corp. The sale was the second largest suburban office sale in the United States year-to-date in 2014. NorthMarq’s Minneapolis team also included James Hoopes, Daniel Trebil, Michael Padilla and Jon Miller.
HOUSTON — Rosemont Realty LLC has acquired Kirkwood Tower in Houston. The 15-story tower located at 11757 Katy Freeway includes 285,682 rentable square feet of Class A office space. The acquisition brings Rosemont’s total square footage in metro Houston to nearly 2.5 million square feet. The company also owns the adjacent Kirkwood Atrium II property. Rosemont purchased the office building in a joint venture with new Rosemont investor Central Properties. A joint venture between Denver-based Amstar and Dallas-based Frontier Equity was the seller. The building was constructed in 1984, with major capital improvements made between 2008 and 2013. Tenants include Texon LP, Skyline Executive Suites Ltd., KCA Deutag LLC, First Solar Inc., Greene’s Energy Group LLC and Mac Haik Holding Co.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Boxer Property has arranged a 23,893-square-foot office lease for Nurtur Health Inc. at 4001 McEwen Road in Farmers Branch. Gil Engelhardt, Jillian Brody and Mark Dowdle of Boxer represented the landlord. Cassidy Turley represented the tenant. 4001 McEwen Road is part of a three-building office complex. Amenities at the property include a walking trail, a gym, cafeteria and on-site security. The property is located 15 miles from DFW.
