FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has arranged the $1.2 million sale of a 17,800-square-foot industrial property, located at 840 N.W. 57th Place in Fort Lauderdale. The property features 18-foot clear ceiling heights, three docks, a drive-in ramp door and a fenced side yard. A marine engineering company will be the tenant at the property. St. George Guardabassi represented the seller, Baer Investment Management, in the transaction. The buyer was Mareleng Inc.
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ORLANDO, FLA. — Jones Lang LaSalle has arranged a 15,559-square-foot lease at The Exchange, a 87,952-square-foot office building located at 101 S. Garland Ave. in downtown Orlando’s Church Street District. Technology firm PlanSource signed the lease to bring its headquarters to the property. Aaron Gray of Jones Lang LaSalle represented The Exchange’s ownership, Boston-based Tremont Realty Capital, in the lease transaction. Jason Schrago of CNL represented the tenant.
CHICAGO – NorthMarq Capital’s Dallas-based regional office has arranged $57 million for the acquisition of the Premier Chicago Portfolio, eight industrial properties that total 1.5 million square feet in metro Chicago. Ronald Reese of NorthMarq arranged the financing for Westmount Realty Capital LLC through Goldman Sachs. The properties are located in the O‘Hare and Midway submarkets and include a mixture of single-tenant and multi-tenant properties.
MINNEAPOLIS – Local developer Alatus has chosen Doran Construction to build Latitude 45, a 319-unit, market-rate apartment project Alatus is developing on Washington Avenue South in Minneapolis. Construction of the 13-story multifamily property is slated to start later this month and be completed in 2015. Finance & Commerce reported that Alatus expects to close on a deal for the site (owned by Mikulay Trust) shortly. The property is assessed at $2.4 million.
WARREN, OHIO – Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.4 million sale of Trumbull Plaza, a 189,996-square-foot retail property located in Warren, a city in northeast Ohio. Erin Patton, Scott Wile, and Craig Fuller investment specialists in Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus and Cleveland offices, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer, and represented the buyer, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Trumbull Plaza is located at Parkman Road and Route 422. Kmart and Sparkle Market are the two largest tenants at the center.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. – Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a freestanding 37,582-square-foot, single-tenant ground lease in Naperville, a western suburb of Chicago. The developer of Freedom Commons in Naperville sold the property. A Florida-based company purchased the property, which is occupied by iFly and located at I-88 and Naper Boulevard. Chad Firsel and Dan Waszak at Quantum Real Estate Advisors represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY – Prince Realty Advisors has arranged the acquisition of a 49.5 percent, non-controlling interest in a 55,565-square-foot retail condominium at 510 Sixth Ave. in New York City, valued at just under $68 million, for Madison International Realty. David Ash of Prince Realty Advisors arranged the purchase for the buyer and worked with the seller, Ark Partners, in the transaction. Located on corridor between 13th and 14th streets, 510 Sixth Ave. is at the cusp of the West Village and Chelsea and close to the High Line and Union Square. Current tenants at the property include Urban Outfitters, Chipotle and LensCrafters.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — On behalf of Equus Capital Partners, Jones Lang LaSalle’s (JLL) capital markets team has sold 1000 Continental, a Class A office building located in King of Prussia, a Philadelphia suburb. KBS Capital Advisors LLC purchased the property for $63 million, or $307 per square foot. The 205,424-square-foot office building was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. It features floor-to-ceiling window lines, a two-story entrance lobby and is LEED Silver certified. Jim Vesey, Doug Rodio, Jim Galbally and John Plower led the JLL team in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY – A $15 million capital improvement plan is underway for 211 East 43rd St., a 210,000-square-foot office property located in Manhattan’s Midtown East neighborhood. The plan includes updating the building’s common areas and strategically attracting new media and tech firms. Meadow Partners, a real estate investor and asset manager with offices in New York City and London, acquired 211 East 43rd St. in March 2013. The company plans to bring it to a standard that is comparable to other Class A buildings in the Midtown East neighborhood. In addition, William Cohen and David Emden of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank were retained as the leasing agents for the property. Starting in 2013, Cohen began executing a new leasing strategy for the property and secured seven transactions totaling nearly 60,000 square feet. New tenants include AWS Construction, Caliber Associates, the Costa Rican Mission to the United Nations, Reger Designs Inc., Rennert International, the Republic of Mauritius Mission to the United Nations and Set Physical Therapy.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The Hampshire Cos. has sold a 135,498-square-foot industrial building located at 25 East Union Ave. in East Rutherford. Spanning nearly five acres, the industrial building features amenities such as 18-foot clear ceiling heights, four grade-level overhead doors, a mezzanine office area and three dock doors. The single-story industrial building is 98 percent leased to Mount Pleasant Ice Cream Co., Selco Associates and Steamaster Co. Inc. CBRE represented The Hampshire Cos. in the transaction.