TEMPE, ARIZ. – HUB on Campus at Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe has sold to Inland American Communities Group (IAC) for $103 million. The HUB is located across from Sun Devil Stadium near the Mill Avenue entertainment district. It includes 640 beds, 21,842 square feet of ground-floor retail space and adjacent land for future development. HUB is set to be fully occupied for the 2013-2014 school year. IAC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust.
IRVINE, CALIF. — California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) has purchased Banting Corporate Center in Irvine for $30.5 million. The two-building center is located at 1 and 3 Banting. It contains a total of 140,000 square feet on 12.35 acres. CSUF signed a seven-year lease for 70,000 square feet at the center in 2010. The university plans to eventually occupy the entire property as other leases expire. This will allow CSUF to double the size of its Irvine campus branch. CSUF’s Auxiliary Services Corporation was represented by CBRE’s Peter Andrich and Gregg Haly.
TORRANCE, CALIF. – A 44-unit apartment complex located at 3708 Spencer Street in Torrance has sold to a local private investor for $9.9 million. It was built in 1968. Michael DiSimone, Ron Harris and Joseph Smolen of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office represented both the buyer and the seller, 3708 Spencer Ltd., in this transaction. This was the first time the property had been on the market in about 40 years, according to DiSimone.
ARVADA, COLO. — Phillips Edison–ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has purchased Westwoods Shopping Center, a 90,855-square-foot shopping center in Arvada. The purchase price was not disclosed. The center is located at 15530 & 15570 West 64th Ave. just northwest of Denver. It is currently 95.4 percent occupied and is anchored by King Soopers grocery store, a subsidiary of Kroger.
SAN DIEGO – Kiernan Companies has purchased 10.1 acres of industrial land in San Diego for $3.6 million. The land is located at 10138 Airway Road in the Otay Mesa submarket. It resides within the Airway Business Center. Kiernan was represented by Brian Rolens and Michael Bauer of Fischer & Company. The seller, MS Development Company LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Rob Hixson, Rich Kwasny and Alexandra Allsup.
BEND, ORE. — Walgreens preferred developer Seven Hills Properties has purchased a 1.8-acre land parcel in Bend for $2.8 million. The site is on the southwest corner of Third Street and Franklin Avenue. It stretches for a full city block. Construction on the new Walgreens will begin next month, with Kirby Nagelhout serving as general contractor.
DADE CITY AND FORT MYERS, FLA. — Ackerman & Co., an Atlanta-based commercial real estate brokerage, management, development and investment firm, has sold two net-leased CVS/pharmacy stores in Florida for nearly $14 million. Ackerman & Co. sold a CVS/pharmacy in Dade City for $5.7 million to a 1031 tax-deferred exchange buyer in an all-cash transaction. Patrick Whitney of Marcus & Millichap's Dallas office represented the buyer in the transaction. Ackerman & Co. also sold a CVS/pharmacy in Fort Myers to an affiliate of New Jersey-based Roebling Investment Co. for $8.2 million. The transaction included the buyer's assumption of the current CMBS loan. Ray Yung of Calhoun Cos. represented the buyer in the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greeysteel, a Washington, D.C.-based investment real estate services firm, has arranged the approximately $3.6 million sale of the 23-unit Delshah Valery Place, a boutique, walk-up apartment community located in Washington, D.C. The apartment community is situated at 2523 13th St. in northwest D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood. Ari Firoozabadi, Kyle Tangney, John Mullen, Caleb Brown and Lance Ahmadian of Greeysteel arranged the transaction between the seller, Manhattan-based Delshah Capital, and the buyer, New York City-based Aria Investment Group. Delshah Capital purchased the community five years ago and subsequently made renovations. According to Tangney, Delshah's focus has shifted to solely New York City acquisitions.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Columbus, Ga.-based Carmike Cinemas Inc. has purchased Stonybrook 20, a movie theater in Louisville that features an IMAX screen. Carmike Cinemas purchased the theater from Cinemark USA Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cinemark Holdings Inc. Carmike also purchased two other theaters from Cinemark — Ritz Center 16 in Voorhees, N.J., and Hickory Creek 16 in Hickory Creek, Texas.
LEESBURG, VA. — Towson, Md.-based KLNB Retail has brokered three leases totaling nearly 130,000 square feet of retail space at Tysons West, a new transit-oriented development in Leesburg. The development is located at 1500 Cornerside Blvd. The three tenants include an 80,000-square-foot Walmart Supercenter, a 45,000-square-foot 24 Hour Fitness and a 3,027-square-foot Noodles & Co. John Meyer and Brian Finkelstein of KLNB Retail represented Walmart and 24 Hour Fitness in the lease transactions. Andrew Feldman and Ryan Wilner, also of KLNB, represented Noodles & Co. The JBG Cos. developed Tysons West, which is configured to support more than 400,000 square feet of office space, more than 250,000 square feet of retail space, 700 residential units and a 350,000-square-foot hotel. The development is located adjacent to the Spring Hill Station of the Washington Metro system, which is expected to open later this year.