NEW YORK CITY — HAP Investment Management has acquired a development site at 2211-2217 Third Avenue and 214-216 East 121st Street in Harlem. Tahl Propp Equities sold the property for $13 million. Located on the southeast corner of 121 Street and Third Avenue, the 17,661-square-foot site includes 100 linear feet of Third Avenue, ideal for retail, and is zoned for 91,600 residential buildable square feet. Matthew Sparks of Eastern Consolidated arranged the transaction. Brian Beller of Phillips Nizer LLP and Neda Barzideh of Tahl Propp Equities provided legal services for the buyer, while Adrian Zuckerman of Seyfarth Shaw advised the seller.
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NEW YORK CITY — AVANT Capital Partners has originated a $3.28 million bridge loan on an apartment building in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Garden neighborhood. The interest-only, 24-month loan carries an interest rate of 8 percent and refinanced the first mortgage. The 11,943-square-foot property has four ground-floor retail units and five second-floor apartments. Adam Luysterborghs of AVANT originated the loan, which was brokered by Marko Kazanjian of Meridian Capital Group.
HOUSTON — Hartman Mitchelldale Business Park LLC, an affiliate of Houston-based REIT Hartman Short Term Income Properties XX Inc., has purchased Mitchelldale Business Park from AFS NW Business Park LP, an affiliate of Falcon Southwest. Mitchelldale Business Park is a 12-building, 377,752-square-foot industrial park located in the northwest industrial submarket at Highway 290 and Mitchelldale. The park is currently 92 percent occupied. Lead tenants include Craven Carpet, a locally owned, family-operated flooring installation company; A Better Trip, a Houston-based moving company; GC Services, one the industry’s leading business processing outsource providers; and LOYC Investments, an international import/export and distribution company. Rusty Tamlyn and Trent Agnew of HFF represented the seller and Dave Wheeler, Julian Kwok and Russell Turman of Hartman represented the buyer.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — NorthMarq Capital’s Dallas office has arranged the $10.2 million refinancing of West Side Village, a 50,107-square-foot retail and office property located at 1214 W. Sixth St. in Austin. The transaction was structured with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. Paul Brighton of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through NorthMarq’s relationship with a CMBS lender. Long-time Austin fashion retailer Julian Gold anchors the property.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — California-based Brookline Investment Group has purchased Manchester Park, a 126-unit, value-add apartment complex located at 2011 Lincoln Dr. in Arlington from Landmark Apartment Trust. Chris Deuillet and Dirk Goris of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The complex is currently 97 percent occupied. Among the community’s amenities are a clubhouse, pool, tennis court, picnic area, gated access and planned activities for residents. Units feature wood-burning fireplaces, full-size washer and dryer connections, black appliances, wood-style flooring, balconies and private patios. Brookline Investment Group plans to revitalize 10,000 square feet of unused clubhouse space, including six racquetball courts, at Manchester Park.
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS — Studio Movie Grill has opened a 51,935-square-foot location at Town Center of Colleyville, a Dallas/Fort Worth suburb. John Zikos and Chris Booras of Venture Commercial represented American National Bank Special Assets LLC in the sale and assignment of two leases on the building to Studio Movie Grill Holdings LLC. Larry Leon and Ross McCook, also of Venture, assisted in the transaction. The center was recently acquired by Velocis, a Dallas-based private equity real estate fund.
Las Vegas – The 240-unit Cimarron Apartments in Las Vegas has sold to FF Realty II LLC for $24.5 million. The community is located at 8301 W. Flamingo Road. The seller, 8301 W Flamingo Road Holdings LLC, was represented by the Sauter Multifamily Group of NAI Vegas.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — ValueRock Realty Partners has acquired a 120,437-square-foot retail property in San Jose for $18.2 million. The Target-anchored center is located at 2155 Morrill Ave. This is ValueRock’s first Silicon Valley acquisition.
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. — Foster City Medical Pavilion, a 39,842-square-foot medical office building, has received $11.1 million in non-recourse financing. The pavilion is located at 1241 E. Hillsdale Blvd. in Foster City. Proceeds were used to acquire the building. The loan was structured to finance capital expenditures with a secondary funding for 100 percent of the projected tenant improvements and leasing commissions. It represents 60 percent of the borrower’s cost to acquire, upgrade and re-tenant the building. The loan is interest-only for the duration of the term and carries an attractive floating-rate spread with prepayment flexibility. It was secured for Swift Real Estate Partners by Michael Walker of CBRE’s San Francisco office. Financing was placed with a publicly traded mortgage REIT.
LOS ANGELES — Glumac Engineering has signed a 12-year lease for 17,500 square feet of office space in Los Angeles. The building is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd. in Downtown. The firm, which has worked on the Wilshire Grand Hotel and the Shanghai Disneyland, will be relocating this August from an office on nearby 7th Street. Glumac was represented by Joe Faulkner of CRESA Partners. The landlord, Beacon Properties, was represented by JLL’s John McAniff.