PHOENIX – A 355-unit apartment complex in Phoenix has sold to SPL Real Estate & Management Co. for $12.5 million. The community is located at 2912 E. Indian School Road. It was built in 1979. The buyer was represented by Todd Braun and Will Barnard of Lee & Associates. The seller, Bella View Apartments LLC, was represented by Karl Abert of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
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OAKLAND, CALIF. – Avison Young has opened a new office in Oakland. The outpost will be located at 300 Lakeside Drive within the Kaiser Center in downtown Oakland. Charlie Allen will head up the office as managing principal. This is the Canadian firm’s 42nd office in the U.S. and its 10th in California.
AUSTIN — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s Austin office has originated $20.3 million in financing for a multifamily property in Austin. Senior vice president Andy Hill worked with borrower Atlantic Pacific Cos. to arrange the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Berkadia’s Freddie Mac program. The borrower will use the loan for the refinancing of Atlantic Grand Oaks, a 240-unit unit property 10 miles southwest of downtown Austin. Loan terms include an interest rate below 4 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule. Atlantic Grand Oaks is located at 9323 Manchaca Road in Austin. The complex consists of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, volleyball and basketball courts, playground and fitness center.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — Mason Joseph Co. Inc., a San Antonio-based FHA multifamily lender, has arranged the refinancing of Oak Hollow Apartments, a 152-unit apartment complex in Seguin, 36 miles northeast of San Antonio. Mason Joseph obtained a new insured mortgage of $11 million with a 40-year term and amortization schedule. The borrower is Wonder Properties LLC, a Seguin-based private investment firm. The complex was built in 2012 with amenities including a clubhouse, business and fitness centers, volleyball court pool and outdoor kitchen.
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Christian Brothers Automotive, a 4,921-square-foot, net-leased property in Houston. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Vitorino also represented the buyer, a local private investor. Farhan Kabani, of Mark One Capital’s Dallas office, arranged financing. The loan was structured with a 10-year term amortizing over 25 years with a fixed rate of 4.25 percent. Christian Brothers Automotive is located at 7937 Westheimer Road in Houston.
DALLAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage executive vice president Dan Spika has arranged the sale of an 11,857-square-foot office/showroom building in southwest Dallas. The building is located at 327 Cole St. on nearly one acre in the Dallas Design District. Chirnsley LLC purchased the property and intends to use it as office and showroom space. Jeff Swaney of JAS Realty represented the seller, 327 Cole Street Partners LLC.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II has sold City Place Tower, a 295,933-square-foot office building in West Palm Beach, for $150 million. KBS REIT II purchased the 18-story asset for $126.5 million in April 2011. City Place Tower is located in West Palm Beach’s central business district approximately 2.5 miles from Palm Beach Airport.
SMYRNA, GA. — Atlanta-based Halpern Enterprises has begun construction on Belmont, a 48-acre mixed-use development in Smyrna, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. The property will feature restaurants, retail, single-family homes and luxury rental apartments at the site of the former Belmont Hills Shopping Center. David Weekley Homes will build 153 detached single-family homes at the intersection of Windy Hill and Atlanta roads in a neighborhood dubbed the Village of Belmont. Homes will be priced from the high $200,000s to more than $400,000. Wood Partners will build the multifamily portion in a 274-unit property known as Alta Station at Belmont. Pre-leasing is expected to begin in the spring of 2015. Halpern Enterprises will develop the retail portion with the first stores expected to open in the summer of 2015.
FARMVILLE, N.C. — Crayton Commercial has completed the redevelopment of Brightleaf Shopping Center, a 98,150-square-foot shopping center in Farmville, about 14 miles west of Greenville. The property is located at the intersection of East Marlboro Road and Main Street. Brightleaf’s tenant roster includes a 43,200-square-foot Roses Discount Store and an 8,470-square-foot Dollar Tree. Crayton Commercial is also launching Phase II of the project on an adjacent 7.8-acre tract of land that calls for an anchor structure and two outparcels. Mike Morton of Morton Commercial Inc. served as the general contractor on the redevelopment project, and Bank of North Carolina and BB&T provided construction financing for the project.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Prospect Park IV, a 68,500-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility located at 3600 N.W. 54th St. in Fort Lauderdale. KTR Capital Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Prospect Park IV features 16,171 square feet of corporate offices and a showroom, 26-foot ceiling heights, two dock-high doors, four grade-level doors, two van-high doors, a 110-foot truck court and fire sprinklers. Larry Genet, Harry Tangalakis and Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE represented KTR Capital Partners in the transaction.