HARLINGEN, TEXAS — The Woodmont Company has brokered the sale of Creekside Plaza, a 45,902-square-foot retail center in Harlingen. Located along South Sunshine Strip and adjacent to HEB Grocery, the property was 67 percent occupied at the time of the sale by tenants including anchors Family Dollar and Sherwin Williams. Brad Cruickshank of Woodmont represented the seller, Torchlight Investors, in the transaction. The buyer, an undisclosed private investment firm, represented itself.
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SAN ANTONIO — Retail Solutions has arranged a 25,000-square-foot lease in San Antonio for Blast Fitness. The gym will occupy space at Westpark Plaza, located at 6703-6759 N.W. Loop 410 and in proximity to Ingram Park Mall. Tim McBrearty of Retail Solutions represented the tenant in the negotiations, while Transwestern represented the undisclosed landlord.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Morgan Stanley Real Estate has paid $65 million for a full leasehold interest in a 75,875-square-foot office building in Palo Alto. The building is located at 1117 South California Ave. within the Stanford Research Park. Its main tenant is Paul Hastings law firm, among others. Morgan Stanley acquired the building for its commingled fund, The Prime Property Fund. This is the fund’s first Palo Alto investment. Northern California is one of seven markets preferred by the fund. Additional markets include Southern California, Chicago, South Florida, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. About 9 percent of the fund’s portfolio is based in Northern California. This includes a mix of office and industrial properties throughout San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, Hayward and Stockton. The fund’s counsel was provided by Doug Praw and Lewis Feldman of Goodwin Procter LLP.
SACRAMENTO, SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Ridge Capital Investors, LLC, has acquired a Sacramento apartment complex and a San Jose office building for a total of $31.8 million. The firm purchased the 105-unit Lesarra Apartments in the Sacramento suburb of El Dorado Hills for $22.8 million. The community is located at 2230 Valley View Parkway near El Dorado Hills Town Center. Ridge Capital partnered with an affiliate of Andell, Inc. on this transaction. This is Ridge Capital’s fifth apartment investment in the past 18 months, and its first in Sacramento. Both the buyer and the unnamed seller were represented by Jason Parr of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Francisco office. Ridge Capital also recently acquired the 109,200-square-foot Balentine Park in Silicon Valley for $9 million. It is located at 39889 Balentine Drive, just off Interstate 880. The property was 70 percent occupied at the time of foreclosure. It will undergo extensive renovations this year. Ridge Capital partnered with Contrarian Capital Management, LLC on this trustee sale. This is Ridge Capital’s third Silicon Valley office investment in the past 18 months.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A family trust has purchased the 197-unit Parkwood apartment building in the Sacramento suburb of Carmichael for $14.2 million. The community is located at 6930 Fair Oaks Blvd., across from Carmichael Park. It was built in two phases that commenced in 1973 and 1985. Eric Price of Marcus & Millichap’s Sacramento office represented both the buyer and the seller, another family trust, in this transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — L’Enfant DC Hotel LLC has purchased L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, a landmark, 372-room hotel in downtown Washington, D.C., for an undisclosed amount. The hotel is located near The National Mall, The Washington Monument and The Smithsonian. L’Enfant Plaza Hotel features 21,000 square feet of conference and banquet space, a 700-seat ballroom, two restaurants, two bars, a coffee kiosk, retail spaces, health club, business center and a rooftop pool. The buyer plans to renovate the hotel and bring it to Four Diamond status. The hotel is slated to re-open in 2015.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Velocis, a private equity real estate fund, has purchased Royal Center I, a 152,057-square-foot, Class A office building located in the Royal 400 master-planned office park in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The office building is the first purchase for Velocis in the Atlanta market. Jones Lang LaSalle will provide property management and leasing services for the asset.
ATLANTA — PMZ Realty Capital LLC, a real estate investment/banking firm, has arranged a $20 million loan for The Glenn Hotel in Atlanta. The Glenn Hotel is a 110-room property located in downtown Atlanta’s Luckie Marietta district. The hotel is part of the Marriott Autograph Collection.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged a 101,500-square-foot industrial lease at 7391 Pepperdam Ave. in North Charleston. Philip Owens of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the tenant, Brown Distribution Centers Inc., a third-party logistics company.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 24,000-square-foot office building in downtown Fort Lauderdale for approximately $2 million. The four-story property is located at 955 S. Federal Highway. Sapphire Investment Fund LLC purchased the office asset from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation Inc. Sapphire plans to invest $2 million to renovate the office building.