NEW YORK CITY — A mixed-use building at 5008 Broadway, located on the corner of Broadway and West 213th Street in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood, was sold in an all-cash transaction for $9.8 million. The sales price equates to $201 per square foot. The six-story, 52-unit building spans approximately 48,576 square feet and consists of five commercial and 47 residential units. Robert Shapiro of Massey Knakal arranged the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
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FARMINGTON, CONN. — Raymour & Flanigan Properties LLC has acquired a freestanding 21,600-square-foot Barnes & Noble store in the West Farms Mall section of Farmington. The purchase price was undisclosed. Barnes & Noble has occupied the property for the past 20 years. Matt Halprin, principal at New England Retail Properties Inc., represented the buyer in the transaction. LA Drinkwater and Seth Richards of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, BN (CT) QRS-1157 LLC, in transaction.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Westmount Realty Capital LLC has acquired Alta Vista Ridge Apartments, a 270-unit multifamily complex in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville. Constructed in 2006 and 2007, the Class A garden-style community is located at 2241 S. Business Highway 121. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom residences plus amenities such as a fitness center, swimming pool and game room. The site is in proximity to Grapevine Mills Mall, Vista Ridge Mall and Lake Grapevine. Westmount will renovate the property over 18 months beginning in the first quarter of this year and rebrand the community as Westmount at Vista Ridge. The brokerage of Moran & Co. represented the seller, while the buyer represented itself in the transaction. NorthMarq Capital provided acquisition financing. Knightvest Management of Dallas will manage the property going forward.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — The Silver Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail building leased to Academy Sports + Outdoors in the Metroplex suburb of Flower Mound for $8.2 million. Constructed in 2013 and sold upon completion, the 72,000-square-foot structure is located at 3621 Justin Road, near the street’s intersection with Long Prairie Road. Academy, which developed the property, sold the asset to a West Coast partnership completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Both the buyer and seller were represented by The Silver Group.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — CASE Commercial Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of Vineyard Centre I & II, a 68,755-square-foot office complex in the Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. Built in 1997, the two-building property is located at 1450 Hughes Road, offering access to Highway 121 and Highway 360. The asset is in proximity to DFW International Airport, as well as amenities such as Bear Creek Golf Club, Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center and Grapevine Mills Mall. Susan Gwin Burks, Bruce Butler and John Bowles of CASE represented the buyer, Dallas-based Menyon Capital Partners. CASE will assume marketing duties for the property, which was 80 percent leased at the time of the sale.
HOUSTON — NAI Houston has brokered the sale of a 67,000-square-foot industrial property in northwest Houston to Leeco Steel, a plate steel distributor. Situated on seven acres of land at 8655 Golden Spike Road, the crane-served facility offers rail service capabilities and a build-out configuration. Clay Pritchett of NAI Houston represented the buyer in the transaction. John Ferruzzo and Michael Keegan, also of NAI Houston, represented the seller, 8655 Golden Spike LLC.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – Blackstone Group has purchased a pair of Class A office buildings inside the mixed-use MacArthur Place development in Santa Ana for $82.5 million. The buildings are located at 1 and 2 MacArthur Place in the Airport submarket. They contain a total of 409,762 square feet. The seller was GLL Real Estate Partners. The transaction was executed by Michael Zietsman and Baker Morphy of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Market.
SAN FRANCISCO — Mesa West Capital has provided a $60.8-million first-mortgage loan to finance the fee acquisition of a 142,900-square-foot, mixed-use development in San Francisco. The development is located at 1700 California Street. The Hill Companies, which owns the property’s leasehold improvements, has acquired the fee interest under the development. The funds will cover the property’s fee acquisition, as well as the existing leasehold mortgage refinance. The property features 87,852 square feet of office and medical office space, 47 luxury multifamily units and 7,938 square feet of street-level retail, which is anchored by Ruth’s Chris Steak House. The development was built in 1987 and acquired by Hill in 2001. The property’s commercial component is fully leased, while the residential component is 95 percent leased. Financing was arranged by Ramsey Daya and Chris Moritz of Regency Capital Partners. It was originated by Ronnie Gul of Mesa West.
SAN DIEGO – A joint venture between McCarthy Cook & Co. and AllianceBernstein U.S. Real Estate Partners, L.P. has purchased Canyon Plaza, a 213,000-square-foot office campus in the San Diego submarket of Sorrento Mesa. The purchase price was not disclosed. The two-building plaza was built in 1986 and expanded in 1993. It is currently 49 percent leased to CareFusion Corporation. Conexant Systems previously held a master lease at the property. The Class A plaza currently has about 100,000 square feet of vacant space. The joint venture plans to redevelop its common areas and lobbies. It also intends to add a tenant lounge, café and fitness center. Gensler Architects will lead the redevelopment design efforts. Jones Lang LaSalle will market the campus to both full-campus and multi-tenant users. This is McCarthy Cook’s first venture with AllianceBernstein. The JV represented itself in this transaction. The seller, a real estate investment fund advised by LaSalle Investment Management, was represented by Lynn LaChapelle and Bob Prendergast of Jones Lang LaSalle.
MIAMI — The Astor Cos. has announced its plans to develop InTown, a $95 million condominium project in Miami’s historic Little Havana neighborhood. The 14-story, two-tower community will be located at 1900 S.W. 8th St. The units will include one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, as well as townhome suites. The project will include 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a 14,000-square-foot pool deck, a 65-foot swimming pool, fitness center, business center, club room with billiard tables and a theater room. The project team includes architect Behar Font & Partners, interior design architect Steven G. Inc. and general contractor Milton Construction.