NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 731 Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn. The 8,800-square-foot mixed-use property sold for $1.8 million. Shaun Riley, Michael Salvatico and James Saros of Marcus & Millichap’s Brooklyn office represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, and the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty has brokered the sale of the company’s former headquarters located at 4228 N. Central Expressway in Lewisville, a Dallas suburb. The four-story mid-rise, known as the Bright Building, spans 54,000 square feet with three levels of underground parking. Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Caddo Holdings, in the transaction. Shawn Hall of Bright Realty worked on behalf of the seller. The building is located on the east side of Central Expressway and served as the corporate headquarters of Bright Realty for more than 12 years. The company relocated to a brand-new office in Castle Hills, a master-planned community in Lewisville developed by Bright Realty in 2013.
AUSTIN — BMC Capital’s Austin office has arranged a $1.9 million loan for the acquisition of a 42-unit apartment complex in Austin. The seven-year, fixed-rate loan includes a 4.75 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Patrick Short of BMC’s Austin office arranged the loan through a local bank.
KENILWORTH, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. (BRC) has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 25 Sidney Circle in Kenilworth. Scheininger Real Estate purchased the 17,200-square-foot property for $1.5 million from BPS Company. The property features 16-foot ceilings, one loading dock, one drive-in and 1,410 square feet of office space. The buyer purchased the facility for Flexline and plans to use it to manufacture specialty hose assemblies for the pharmaceutical, steel, food and aviation industries. Gregory Irving of BRC represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEWARK, DEL. — NAI Emory Hill has brokered more than 278,000 square feet of office space leases at its White Clay Corporate Center in Newark. CitiGroup Technology renewed its lease for approximately 88,000 square feet of office space and JP Morgan Chase inked a deal for several spaces totaling 190,000 square feet to accommodate an expansion. Neil Kilian of NAI Emory Hill brokered the transactions, which total more than $11.6 million.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Transwestern | RBJ has brokered a lease between BioMed Realty Trust Inc. and MPM Capital Inc. at the recently completed 450 Kendall Street in Cambridge. MPM Capital, a venture capital firm focusing on the biomedical industry, will occupy 14,511 square feet at the building starting in April 2015. Steven Purpura and Eric Smith of Transwestern | RBJ represented the building owner, BioMed Realty, while John Barry and Jeff Landers, also of Transwestern | RBJ represented the tenant in the transaction. The 60,117-square-foot property is the first speculative office building to be constructed in Cambridge since 2001.
HASTINGS, MINN. — Dougherty Funding LLC has closed $6 million in acquisition financing for Oak Ridge Assisted Living of Hastings. The 67-unit property is located in Hastings and sits on nearly three acres. The facility, built in 2001, is comprised of both assisted living and memory care units and was 96 percent leased as of August 2014. Dougherty Funding LLC serves as lead lender for the loan, which was arranged for the borrower, Hastings ACQ LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pappas Properties has commenced construction on Berewick Town Center, a Harris Teeter-anchored shopping center in Charlotte’s Steele Creek neighborhood. The asset will be located at the intersection of Dixie River Road, Steele Creek Road and Shopton Road West. The $60 million Phase I of Berewick Town Center includes a town center structure with a 53,000-square-foot Harris Teeter, Walgreens drug store, retail space, restaurants and a hotel. Pappas Properties plans to deliver Phase I in summer 2016. Phase II will feature medical office space, office space, multifamily residences and additional retail space. Shelco is the general contractor, and Shook Kelley and LandDesign are providing architecture and engineering services for the project. Brian Roth of Pappas Properties is handling outparcel sales and office space interest for Berewick Town Center, while Gwen Glaeser of CNL represents the development and its retail and shop space leasing needs.
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILL. — IMPACT Strategies has completed construction of a HomeGoods store in Fairview Heights. The 24,000-square-foot store is located at U.S. Highway 159 across from St. Claire Square in the new Fairview City Centre. MCG Architecture of Cleveland designed the store. Since August 2013, IMPACT Strategies has built nearly 112,000-square-feet of new retail space as part of Fairview City Centre for retailers including Sports Authority, Petco, OfficeMax and Fresh Thyme Farmers Market. In phase I, IMPACT demolished the existing structure, which formerly housed a Kmart and other retailers. In spring 2014, IMPACT began phase II of construction, which included building Fresh Thyme and the space for the center’s fifth tenant, HomeGoods. Kimco Realty Corp. owns the shopping center.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Avison Young has brokered the $33 million sale of 595 Financial Center, a two-building, Class A office portfolio totaling 116,000 square feet. The properties are located at 555 and 595 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Keith O’Donnell and Jonathan Senn of Avison Young represented the buyer, Pinnacle Holdings Inc., in the off-market transaction. Pinnacle Holdings purchased the office campus in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Charles Shane of Bryason Realty Corp. represented the unnamed seller. Morgan Stanley is the anchor tenant of 595 Financial Center.
