BENSALEM, PA. — HFF has brokered the sale of Crestwood Apartments, a 165-unit multifamily community in Bensalem. Situated on 5.14 acres at 3241 Hulmeville Road, the community features 15 three-story buildings offering a total of 65 one-, 95 two- and five three-bedroom units and 240 parking spaces for tenants and guests. Mark Thomson and Zac Pierce of HFF represented the seller, 3241 Associates LP, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 190 Morgan Ave. in Brooklyn. The 14,875-square-foot property sold for $3.5 million. Jakub Nowak and James McGuckin of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, a private investor, and the buyer, a limited liability company, in the deal.
BENSALEM, PA. — Bensalem-based Roddy Inc. has brokered the sale of an industrial building located at 1436 Wells Drive in Bensalem. Alexandria Ventures III LLC sold the property for $2.5 million to 1436 Wells Drive Associates LLC. The 42,000-square-foot building consists of three industrial condominium units featuring 19-foot ceiling heights and 1,798 square feet of office space. Universal Asset Recovery LLC, a wholesale supplier of used office equipment, occupies the facility. Robert Olender of Roddy Inc. represented the seller.
LOS ANGELES — Essex Property Trust has acquired 8th+Hope, a 290-unit high-rise apartment complex in Downtown Los Angeles, for $200 million. The luxury community is located at 801 S. Hope Street, at the intersection of its namesake, 8th and Hope streets. The glass complex is one of the first high-rise apartment buildings to be built and listed for sale in Downtown Los Angeles since the recession, according to the seller, Wood Partners. The company also notes 8th+Hope sold for a higher price per square foot than any previous multifamily project in Downtown Los Angeles. 8th+Hope opened last summer. It is currently 55 percent occupied. The community is anticipated to reach stabilized occupancy by the third quarter of 2015. Common-area amenities include a 10,000-square-foot rooftop deck and club room with retractable glass walls that lead to an outdoor social/dining area, spa, fire pit and garden. It also includes a private film theater, guest suites, in-unit salon and spa services, 24/7 concierge service, car sharing and covered parking. Housecleaning, pet care, grocery delivery and porter services are also available. Units feature floor-to-ceiling glass, expansive balconies, and high-end interior finishes like wood flooring, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances.
SAN DIEGO — Brookwood Financial Partners has received an $89.9-million loan to acquire a 484,573-square-foot office portfolio in San Diego. The portfolio contains three properties in seven Class A and B buildings. The Newport National Portfolio includes Civic View Corporate Centre at 300 Rancheros Blvd. in San Marcos; Ventana Real at 2173, 2175 and 2177 Salk Ave. in Carlsbad; and The Campus at 5962, 5964 and 5966 La Place Court, also in Carlsbad. Acquisition financing was arranged by CBRE’s Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone. Blackstone provided the two-year, interest-only loan.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Velocis Partners has purchased Camelback Square, a 174,917-square-foot office building in Scottsdale, for $42.3 million. The center is located at 6991 East Camelback Road. The three-story office building was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Notable tenants at the building include ZocDoc, Regus, Ashton Woods, Echo Global Logistics, Digital Airstrike and Mastro’s City Hall Steakhouse. The property is situated near Scottsdale Fashion Square and the Scottsdale Waterfront. This is Velocis’ first Phoenix-based acquisition. Velocis also received an acquisition loan totaling $26.5 million. The loan was arranged by Bruce Francis, Dana Summers, Bob Ybarra and Shaun Moothart of CBRE’s Capital Markets’ Debt and Structured Finance team. It was provided by JP Morgan Chase. CBRE’s Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon, Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Paul Jones represented Velocis and the seller, a joint venture between Lincoln Property Company and Oaktree Capital, in this transaction.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Wig Properties has acquired the 181-room Red Lion Hotel Bellevue for $35.4 million. The five-building hotel is located at 11211 Main Street. Red Lion Hotel Bellevue was built in 1969 and contains 5,700 square feet of meeting space. The hotel is situated in the planned East Main light rail station’s transit-oriented development overlay. It includes more than six acres of land, with Interstate 405 to the east and the Bellevue CBD to the north. The seller, Red Lion Hotels Corporation, was represented by Jason Rosauer, Gary Guenther and Rob Anderson of Kidder Mathews.
LOS ANGELES – A joint venture between BLVD Partners LLC and Arris Investments has acquired a 25,000-square-foot, mixed-use building in the Los Angeles submarket of Venice Beach for $11.5 million. The two-story building is located on Lincoln Boulevard at Rose Avenue. It is divided between retail and office space, with a 30 percent occupancy rate at the time of closing. The creative office space will be marketed by Industry Partners. The acquisition also included an adjacent 55-stall surface parking lot. CBRE’s Jeff Pion represented both the buyer and seller, a private partnership, in this transaction. Acquisition financing was provided by Latitude Real Estate Investors. Sklar Kirsh attorney Andrew Kirsh also advised the JV on the purchase and acquisition financing.
While it was unfortunate to see retail vacancy in Eastern Massachusetts on the upswing during 2014, it was more than offset by new retail construction as major development resurfaced. At year-end, total retail inventory was 191.6 million square feet, an increase from the prior year of approximately 2.1 million square feet. Vacant retail space in the region was up more than 1.3 million square feet, due to major contractions and liquidations such as Building 19, Dots, and Shaw’s Supermarkets. Net absorption ended the year ahead by 712,500 square feet. The 10 towns with the greatest retail supply remain in place from a year ago with one exception: thanks to new Walmart Supercenter and Sam’s Club locations, Fall River replaced Peabody. The top retail hub is Boston, followed by Cambridge, Natick, Brockton and Framingham. Among communities with at least 500,000 square feet of retail space, five towns broke into the top 10 with lowest vacancy rates: Foxboro, Hingham, Hudson, Danvers, and Everett. Abington remained at the top with a 1.2 percent vacancy rate. Foxborough made the biggest leap — up from 58th last year — as the result of Patriot Place filling significant vacancy, and Ocean State Job Lot opening in …
IRVINE, CALIF. – A 44,800-square-foot industrial property in Irvine has sold to 17392 Daimler LLC for $7.2 million. The building is located at 17392 Daimler Street, near the 55 and 405 freeways. The property includes three ground-level loading doors and a dock-high truck well-located at the rear of the building. The LLC was represented by Doug Killian of VRES. The seller, Burke Daimler LLC, was represented by Alan Pekarcik and Dan Vittone of Avison Young and Sam Olmstead of Voit Real Estate Services.
