NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $1.2 million loan to refinance a 22,500-square-foot apartment building in the Bronx. The 10-year loan includes a fixed interest rate of 3.9 percent for the first five years of the term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Anita Pins, associate director in the firm’s Manhattan office, arranged the refinancing. Built in 1910, the 21-unit apartment building is located at 444 E. 187th St. in the Fordham neighborhood.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. —Benefits Consultants Group Inc., has signed a 21,000-square-foot lease at a Class A office building in Cherry Hill. The 100,000-square-foot office building is located at 51 Haddonfield Road. A joint venture between Bergman Real Estate Group and Time Equities Inc. purchased the property in 2012. Since the acquisition, the joint venture has upgraded areas of the property, including the parking lot and lobby. Anne Klein, senior managing director, and Brian Sherlock, director at Newmark Grubb Knight Frank, represented ownership in the transaction. Ken Clyman of Ken Clyman Realty and Klein co-brokered the transaction on behalf of Benefits Consultants Group.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of and arranged the acquisition financing for Easton Commons, a 193,595-square-foot shopping center in Houston’s Copperfield master-planned community. The property, which was 86 percent leased at the time of the sale, is anchored by Kroger and Studio Movie Grill. Rusty Tamlyn, Ryan West and Matt Berry of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture between affiliates of The Hutensky Group and an investment account managed by American Realty Advisors. Adam Herrin, Andy Scott, Cameron Cureton and Michael George of HFF arranged the loan through BBVA Compass Bank. NewQuest Epic Investments and an institutional partner purchased the property.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — BNSF Logistics, a Berkshire Hathaway company and a subsidiary of railway company Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, will move its headquarters to the Lakeside Business District of Flower Mound, a northern suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The tenant will relocate from its current facilities in Grapevine to the 38,000-square-foot space in Lakeside Commerce Center, located at 1600 Lakeside Parkway, in November. Transwestern’s Brett Owens and John Fulton represented landlord Exeter Property Group in the negotiations.
HOUSTON — Moody Rambin has arranged the lease of 31,182 square feet at Houston’s Clay Hempstead Business Park for Continental Stone, a construction material wholesaler. The facility, which offers both office and warehouse space, is located at 8700 Clay Road in the Northwest Near Industrial submarket. Jim Autenreith of Moody Rambin represented the tenant in the negotiations. Jeff Barbles, also of Moody Rambin, represented building owner and landlord IVEST LP.
PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Houston has arranged a 30,000-square-foot warehouse lease for Seaway Crude Pipeline Co. in Pasadena, a southeastern suburb of Houston. The property is a freestanding facility located at 1605 Genoa Red Bluff Drive, in close proximity to the interchange of Beltway 8 and Interstate 45. John Ferruzzo and Chris Kugle of NAI Houston represented landlord Bart Industries LP in the negotiations.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. – The 27-unit Lanshire House apartment complex in Beverly Hills has sold to Palm Heights LLC for $8.8 million. The community is located at 3325 Canfield Ave. It was fully occupied at the time of sale. The buyer plans to reposition the property as a boutique/hotel-like community. Sami Dinar and Michael Balson of Keller Williams Commercial in Beverly Hills represented both the buyer and the seller, Redwood Residential Investments LLP, in this transaction. The acquisition’s financing was arranged by Todd Sherman of First Pacific Financial.
TIGARD, ORE. — Washington Gardens Memory Care, a 48-unit Alzheimer’s facility in Tigard, has received $7.3 million in refinancing. The facility is located at 9000 SW 91st Ave. near Downtown Portland. The cash-out refinancing was structured as a 20-year, fixed-rate, Freddie Mac loan. The loan was facilitated by Doug Harper of Berkeley Point. Washington Gardens is operated by Frontier Management, LLC and was developed by Seabold Construction Co.
SAN DIEGO — A 22-unit apartment community in the San Diego submarket of Ocean Beach has sold to an unnamed buyer for $4.7 million. The community is located at 5041-5043 Santa Monica Ave. The seller, U.S. Bank National Association as Successor Trustee of The Keen Family Trust, was represented by Raymond S. Choi of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office.
CARSON CITY, NEV. – The 98-unit Royal Vista Apartments in Carson City has sold to a Southern California-based apartment investment firm for $3.2 million. The community is located at 3230 Imperial Way. It was 86 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller, a Southern California-based limited liability company, was represented by Kenneth N. Blomsterberg of Marcus & Millichap’s Reno office.