LOS ANGELES — Sears Logistics Services Inc. (SLS) has leased an 85,418-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in the north San Fernando Valley. The space is located at 14090 Balboa Blvd. in the Los Angeles submarket of Sylmar. The five-year lease is valued at $3.1 million. John DeGrinis, Patrick DuRoss and Jeff Abraham of Colliers represented both the supply chain and delivery company for Sears, Roebuck & Co. and the landlord, Skypark Industrial Project LLC.
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WOODSTOCK, GA. — The LaSalle Group has opened Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake, a 28,000-square-foot, $9.8 million memory care facility at 1962 Eagle Drive in Woodstock, about 30 miles north of Atlanta. The facility will serve residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Each unit will feature the Vigil System, a motion sensor program. This project is the first freestanding memory care facility in Woodstock, according to Susan Tidwell of Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake.
CARY, N.C. — A joint venture between Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. and Spectrum Properties has acquired a four-story, Class A office building in Regency Park in Cary. Regency Park includes a dozen office buildings, three hotels, a 110,000-square-foot fitness club, retailers and upscale housing. The property will be rebranded and marketed as Regency Pines. Spectrum also purchased 17 adjacent acres, which can house an additional 250,000 square feet of office space. Spectrum Properties will handle the leasing and management for the new property.
MIAMI — New Boston Fund Inc. has sold Waterford Centre, a six-story, Class A office building in Miami, for an undisclosed price. The 91,285-square-foot asset is located at 6205 Blue Lagoon Drive in the Blue Lagoon Business Park. Ivy Realty purchased the office building, which was 91 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as McAfee, a subsidiary of Intel; Whirlpool Corp.; Travel Traders; Xerox Corp. and Remy Cointreau. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Charles Foschini and Chris Apone of CBRE represented New Boston Fund in the transaction. Danet Linares of Blanca Commercial Real Estate assisted CBRE in the transaction.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — The Opus Group will begin development on a 13-story student housing complex near the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor this month. ArborBLU will include a total of 123 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The luxury apartment complex will be built directly above family-owned pizzeria Pizza House, which is located at 624 Church St. in the South University district. ArborBLU will feature a fitness studio, study space, a rooftop patio and a clubroom with stadium views. The apartments will also offer in-house tanning, free 24-hour delivery from Pizza House, bike storage and Wi-Fi. The project will be built to meet LEED Silver certification. ArborBLU is scheduled for completion in fall 2015. Opus Development Company LLC is the developer for the project. Opus Design Build LLC is the design builder, J. Bradley Moore & Associates is the design architect and Opus AE Group LLC will serve as the architect.
BERKELEY, ILL. — NAI Hiffman has arranged the lease of 75,200 square feet of industrial space in Berkeley. Diversified Entities LLC will occupy space in a 218,749-square-foot building located at 5600 Proviso Drive. Diversified Entities plans to utilize the space for bulk commodity storage. The building is near I-294 and the Union Pacific Global II intermodal terminal in Northlake. Joe Bronson of NAI Hiffman and Colin Green and Larry Goldwasser of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Proviso Partners LLC, in the transaction. John Cash, David Haigh and Adam Naparsteck also of NAI Hiffman, represented Diversified Entities.
CHICAGO —Essex Realty Group has brokered the $4.1 million sale of a 52-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. The property is located at 2420 N. Kedzie Blvd. The building features studio and one-bedroom units. Jim Darrow and Jordan Gottlieb of Essex Realty were the brokers in the transaction.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — The Opus Group will begin renovation of a 280,000-square-foot industrial building in Plainfield this month. Airwest Building 9, which is in the Plainfield Business Center, is located north of I-70 near Indianapolis International Airport. Ford Motor Co. will use Airwest Building 9 as a distribution center for automotive parts. Building improvements include constructing an office area, expanding the dock capacity with new equipment and additional doors, new lighting and paint, and upgrades to the HVAC system. Construction is expected to be complete in August. Founders Properties LLC owns Airwest Building 9 and negotiated the lease with Ford Motor Co. Opus Design Build LLC managed the tenant improvement contract and will be the general contractor for the project. Opus AE Group LLC provided design services for the facility improvements.
NEW YORK CITY — An undisclosed investor has acquired a six-story multifamily property in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights section for $15.4 million. Located at 410 Eastern Parkway, the 72-unit, 58,200-square-foot building was constructed in 1928. The building remains fully occupied by the previous owner, Bernard Miller of EPark LLC. Alex Freund of Eastern Union Funding brokered a $9.4 million acquisition loan from Customers Bank on behalf of the buyer. The loan features a 3.38 percent interest rate on a five-year term without recourse.
LATHAM, N.Y. — First Columbia is breaking ground for the development of a two-story office building in Century Hill Plaza business park in Latham. Located at 40 Century Hill Dr., the 30,000-square-foot building will be the seventh out of eleven approved buildings within the 625,000-square-foot office park. Each floor of the building will consist of 15,000 square feet of professional, high-tech space. The building will fulfill demand for Tier 1 properties in the area.