LOS ANGELES – A private Dallas investor has purchased the Shops @ The Mercury in Los Angeles for $15.7 million. The retail and commercial center is located at 3800 Wilshire Blvd. in Koreatown. The center was originally known as the Getty Oil Building. The space was renovated in 2007 to include 23,328 square feet of retail and commercial space beneath 238 luxury condos. The Shops was 89 percent occupied at the time of closing. Notable tenants include Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Jamba Juice, T-Mobile, Wells Fargo Bank and United Dental Group. The transaction was executed by Eric P. Wohl of Hanley Investment Group and Carlos J. Lopez of Hanley Investment (HI) Urban Retail Advisors.
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ATLANTA — Novare Group, Batson-Cook Development Co. and Ackerman & Co. have broken ground on SkyHouse Buckhead, a $72 million luxury apartment building. The 26-story SkyHouse Buckhead, located on Stratford Road just off Peachtree Road, will include 362 one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The high-rise building will be connected to the Buckhead Marta station. SkyHouse Buckhead will feature a clubroom, fitness area and outdoor plazas with an infinity swimming pool and fireplaces. The property is the eighth SkyHouse branded project for the team and its third in Atlanta, following SkyHouse Midtown and SkyHouse South. The building is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2015.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cassidy Turley has arranged $65.5 million in acquisition financing for 1401 New York Avenue, a 210,260-square-foot office building located in Washington, D.C. The building is located a block away from the White House. The property was 40 percent occupied at the time of sale. John Campanella and Paul Spellman of Cassidy Turley arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Minshall Stewart Properties and an affiliate of Heitman LLC.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tampa, Fla.-based Blue Rock Partners LLC, in a partnership with Konover South LLC, purchased a 512-unit multifamily portfolio in Fort Myers from IMT for approximately $28.2 million. The portfolio includes two communities: Reflections located at 3891 Solomon Blvd. and The Place at Summerlin located at 4757 Barkley Circle. The properties will be rebranded as The Park at Veneto and The Park at Murano, respectively. Blue Rock and Konover South plan to invest $4.3 million to renovate the two properties. Hampton Beebe of ARA brokered the transaction, and Ares provided acquisition financing. The communities were 95 percent occupied at the time of the sale.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hendricks-Berkadia Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sales of three apartment communities in Alabama totaling $14.6 million. The communities include the 180-unit Chadwick Place in Huntsville, the 160-unit Alpine Village in Hoover and the 27-unit Medford Manor in Fairfield. Dexter, Mo.-based Southeast Holdings purchased Chadwick Place from The Hallmark Cos. of Atlanta for $7.5 million. David Oakley, Hal Warren, Cole Whitaker and Jason Stanton of Hendricks-Berkadia represented The Hallmark Cos. of Atlanta in the transaction. Oakley also represented the seller, Birmingham-based Ruffner Mountain Management in the sale of Alpine Village. Hackensack, N.J.-based Cofinance Inc. purchased the community for $6.5 million while also assuming the existing Fannie Mae loan. David Etchison and Josh Jacobs of Hendricks-Berkadia represented a California-based seller in the sale of Medford Manor. In 2013 alone, the Alabama office of Hendricks-Berkadia brokered the sale of 39 communities spanning more than 9,050 units for approximately $510 million.
FRIDLEY, MINN. — Tri-Land Properties Inc. is on track to complete the extensive renovation of the 20-acre Fridley Market in metro Minneapolis by September. The $21 million redevelopment of the 165,000-square-foot center will include significant building, infrastructure, lighting and paving improvements, along with new construction. Tri-Land negotiated new long-term leases with tenants Cub Foods and Fridley Liquor Store, as well as updated their store layouts. Cub Foods downsized its former 104,000-square-foot location to a new 65,000-square-foot store. New tenants at Fridley Market include Great Clips, McDonald's and Teppanyaki Grill.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $2.4 million loan for the acquisition of Dryden Apartments, a 48-unit multifamily property in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. Dean Giannakopoulos, a director in MMCC’s Chicago office, arranged the 30-year, self-amortizing loan, which carries a 3.56 percent interest rate.
INDIANAPOLIS — Tikijian Associates has arranged the sale of Orchard Apartments, a 378-unit apartment community located in Indianapolis. Tikijian Associates represented the seller, a New York-based private real estate investment group. The seller acquired the property from its lender in 2011 and completed needed repairs to stabilize property operations before listing it for sale. Herman & Kittle Properties Inc., an Indianapolis-based real estate owner and developer, purchased the property. The new owner renamed the property The Landings at 56th Street and plans to spend approximately $1.5 million on capital improvements to further improve operations. Improvements include clubhouse and property common area amenity enhancements and upgrades of kitchens and bathrooms. Merchants Bank provided the financing for the acquisition.
WATERBURY, CONN. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $8.6 million loan for the refinancing of Scott Gardens & PR Scott Apartments, a 276-unit multifamily property located at Stonefield Drive in Waterbury. The 10-year loan includes one-year of interest only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged the loan for the borrower, Scott Gardens LLC & P. R. Scott LLC through Freddie Mac.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $4.7 million sale of a two-property, 74-unit multifamily package in East Orange. The buildings are located at 112 Lincoln St. and 444-450 Prospect St. and include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Both properties feature on-site laundry facilities and parking, with 20 garages available to tenants at the Prospect Street property.David Oropeza, managing director, and Stephen Tragash, vice president of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented the seller while Nicholas Nicolaou, vice president at the firm, procured the buyer.