LOS ANGELES — Paragon Commercial Group, LLC, has purchased the 112,649-square-foot Woodland Hills Shopping Center for an undisclosed sum. It was purchased through PCG Woodland Hills Topanga LLC, an affiliate of Paragon. The center is located at 6201-6263 Topanga Canyon Blvd. in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills. It sits across from Westfield’s two existing Warner Center malls, as well as the proposed Village at Westfield Topanga, which is designed to be a 1-million-square-foot retail and entertainment complex. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Toys “R” Us, Office Depot and Off Broadway Shoes.This is Paragon’s second acquisition in the San Fernando Valley. Both the company and the seller, Woodland Hills Retail, LLC, were represented by Bill Bauman and Kyle Miller of Studley’s National Retail Services Group.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Michaels Plaza, a 62,834-square-foot community shopping center in Riverside, has sold to The Krausz Companies for $15 million. The center is located at 10321-10357 Magnolia Ave. It was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants at the center include Michaels, David’s Bridal, Lamps Plus, AAA Gold Exchange, Armed Forces, GameStop and The Flame Broiler. Edward B. Hanley, William B. Asher and Kevin T. Fryman of Hanley Investment Group represented both the buyer and the seller, an Orange County, Calif.-based private partnership, in this transaction.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Sharp Electronics Corporation has leased 13,472 square feet at Ridgewood Corporate Squareoffice complex in Bellevue. The seven-building, Class A park is located at 120th Avenue NE. Sharp was represented by Tom Wilson of Cushman and Wakefield. The seller, was represented by CBRE’s Scott Davis.
ATLANTA — Wood Partners has plans to break ground on a new multifamily project in Midtown Atlanta that will be the first high-rise in the area to solely use natural gas for heating, hot water and cooking. The property will be located on West Peachtree Street and will include approximately 20,000 square feet of retail space. Wood Partners is working with Atlanta Gas Light on the project. The development is within walking distance to the Midtown MARTA station, as well as Piedmont Park, Georgia Tech and Midtown Atlanta's central business district. The property will feature a resort-style pool deck, club rooms and an urban park/courtyard. Wood Partners expects to break ground on the project in the first half of 2014.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Taylor & Mathis has arranged a 12-year lease deal with Akerman Senterfitt LLC, Florida's largest law firm, for 40,000 square feet of office space in downtown West Palm Beach. In the $25 million deal, the law firm is leasing space for two-and-a-half floors at Phillips Point, a 500,000-square-foot office and retail complex located in West Palm Beach's central business district. Other notable tenants of Phillips Point include Global Capital Econometrix LLC, BMO Harris Bank, Goldman Sachs, Squire Sanders, Morgan Stanley and Greenberg Taurig. Brian Gale of Taylor & Mathis, along with Matt Cheezem of CRESA Partners, brokered the lease transaction.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Tampa, Fla.-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Konover South LLC, have purchased the 220-unit Madison at Lake Gibson apartments in Lakeland for nearly $12 million. The property is located at 5233 U.S. Highway 98 N. and will be rebranded as The Park at Cortona. The partnership between Blue Rock and Konover South will spend approximately $1.8 million in exterior renovations in the next 12 months and interior renovations in the next 24 months. The partnership purchased the apartment community from Lake Gibson Apartment Associates LP. Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. This is Blue Rock Partners' fifth Tampa Bay/Orlando acquisition in the past 12 months.
DECATUR, GA. — UC Funding has provided a $10.5 million loan to purchase a discounted mortgage note secured by a 1,069-unit, Class C, garden-style apartment complex in Decatur. The property consists of 41 two- and three-story buildings. The borrower, a repeat sponsor of UC Funding, will complete a $6.3 million renovation to the complex. The borrower has more than 35 years of real estate experience and its portfolio consists of 10,000 multifamily units 490 hotel rooms and 750,000 square feet of office space.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone's capital markets group has arranged the $6 million sale of three distribution centers in Nashville. Atlanta-based Johnson Hailey Investments purchased the facilities from ProLogis-Nashville. The properties total 174,600 square feet and are located at 1416 and 1418 Antioch Pike and 1914-1919 Elm Tree Drive.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — The Alter Group has announced it will develop Corridors North, a 600,000-square-foot, four-building office campus in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. The buildings will feature all-surface parking, on-site food service and a fitness center. The Alter Group will seek LEED certification for the development. The development is located at the intersection of I-88 and I-355 expressways and is part of the 108-acre Corridors – Chicago office campus.
TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Thompson Thrift Construction will begin work on the $11 million Warren Village Apartments project in Terre Haute later this month. The development will include the transformation of the vacant Warren Elementary School and an attached three-story building into 111 one-bedroom affordable apartments. Construction is slated for completion in 2015. The Warren Village Apartments project will seek LEED Silver certification. The Terre Haute Housing Authority is the developer, and Milestone Ventures Inc. is serving as a consultant. The school has been vacant since 2000.