CHICAGO — Essex Realty Group has brokered the $11.5 million sale of a 46-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood. The newly constructed property is located at 2601-2615 W. Belmont Ave. The building consists of two- and three-bedroom duplex apartments ranging from 1,040 to 2,109 square feet. The property also includes an underground parking garage with approximately 49 spaces. Matt Welke and Jason Fishleder were the brokers in the transaction.
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OSHKOSH, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.2 million sale of a CVS/pharmacy ground lease in Oshkosh. The 13,225-square foot net-leased property is located at 1736 W. 9th Ave. Adam Prins and Matthew Hazelton of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. An outside brokerage firm represented the buyer, a trustee. Matthew Fitzgerald also of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing this transaction.
MELROSE PARK, ILL. — Chicago-based Sitex Group has completed the redevelopment of a two-building industrial complex in Melrose Park. The properties are located at 2680-2690 and 2800-2840 W. Lake St. The 170,920-square-foot building at 2800-2840 W. Lake St. can accommodate two tenants and features 4,500 square feet of office space, 22-foot clear heights and 12 exterior docks. The 102,153-square- foot multi-tenant building at 2680-2690 W. Lake St. can accommodate three tenants and features 22-foot clear heights and 18 exterior loading docks. Reconstruction of the properties included a substantial exterior renovation featuring a new façade, parking lots and landscaping. Sitex also upgraded the office space and installed high-efficiency lighting and new dock equipment inside the buildings. The complex is 72 percent occupied with several units currently being marketed. Sitex purchased the 273,073-square-foot complex from the Village of Bellwood in April 2013.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance Group has secured a $69.5 million loan for the acquisition of two Class A office properties in Parsippany. Beverly, Mass.-based Brookwood Financial Properties purchased the properties, which total 529,362 square feet. Situated within a 182-acre corporate campus, Morris Corporate Center I offers 261,924 square feet and Morris Corporate Center II offers 267,438 square feet. The property is currently 78 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Zurich, ICAP-EBS, Ralcorp, Farmers Insurance and Medtronic. Brookwood plans to invest approximately $3 million in property upgrades. Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance Group brokered the three-year, interest-only floating rate loan, which was provided by Los Angeles-based Starwood Property Trust.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of 529 East 235th Street, a seven-story apartment building located in the Woodlawn section of the Bronx. The 53-unit apartment building sold for $9.3 million or $175,000 per unit. Josh Orlander and Aron Taub of GFI brokered the transaction for both parties. Constructed in 1938, the property is located within close proximity to Woodlawn Metro-North train station, the 233rd Street subway station and Van Cortlandt Park.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of Brooklyn properties totaling more than $5 million. In the first transaction, One Sullivan Place, a 40-foot-wide development site with 20,400 buildable square feet, sold for $2.5 million. The property is located at the corner of Washington Avenue in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn. Jonathan Berman, Akil Rossi, Daniel Tropp and Mark Spinelli of Ariel Property Advisors represented the buyer, a local developer. In the second transaction, a local investor acquired a three-story, 4,500-square-foot mixed-use building at 156 Graham Ave. from a private owner. Located in the East Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, the property sold for $1.6 million. Berman, Tropp and Spinelli represented both parties in the transaction. In the last transaction, a local business owner purchased a three-story, mixed-use property located at 486 Halsey St. in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn for $975,000. Berman, Rossi, Tropp and Spinelli represented the buyer and seller, a private owner, in the transaction.
LEVITTOWN, PA. — Levittown Partners LLC has purchased the former Giant supermarket at 4595 New Falls Road in Levittown. The 40,045-square-foot building was sold by Levittown – ARC L.P. for an undisclosed price. Situated on 4.6 acres, the property is being redeveloped into a new shopping center that will be anchored by Retro Fitness and Dollar Tree. The property has a 12,000-square-foot end-cap space and a 5,000-square-foot future pad site available for lease. Retro Fitness signed a 10-year lease to occupy a 13,000-square-foot space and Dollar Tree signed a 10-year lease for 12,000 square feet in the redeveloped building. Richard Soloff and David Dunkelman of Soloff Realty & Development represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
ERIE, PA. — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the leasehold interest sale of a Rite Aid store located along Peach Street in Erie. A Cleveland-based private investment group purchased the 10,908-square-foot property for $1.14 million. The property is on an absolute triple-net lease structure that leaves ownership with no daily management responsibilities. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of three multifamily properties totaling 295 units in Corpus Christi. The complexes include the 96-unit Woodlake Apartments at 1901 Rodd Field Road; the 89-unit Bluff Manor Apartments at 2360 Waldron Road; and the 110-unit Country Estate Apartments at 3720 Brookside Drive. Jeff Smith of Marcus & Millichap marketed the assets on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company, and also procured the buyer, another limited liability company.
SAN ANTONIO — Transwestern has brokered the sale of Texas Center for Athletes, a 128,347-square-foot medical office building in San Antonio. Located at 21 Spurs Lane within the South Texas Medical Center, the four-story, Class A property was 98 percent leased at the time of the sale. Built in 2006, the facility includes a surgery center, pharmacy, therapeutic spa and on-site deli. Alan Grilliette and Russell Noll of Transwestern represented the seller, Sports SA Holdings LP, in the transaction. A subsidiary of Senior Housing Property Trust acquired the asset and retained Transwestern to lease the building.