NEW ORLEANS — LaPhair Capital Partners and former or current members of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints have partnered to invest in Maidstone New Orleans, a boutique hotel redevelopment located at 3522 Tulane Ave. in New Orleans’ Mid-City district. The involved NFL players include current Saints defensive end Cam Jordan, former quarterback Jameis Winston and former running back Mark Ingram. Local media outlets reported last summer that the hotel was formerly known as The Drifter Hotel and sold in an off-market transaction. Further details about the renovations and offerings of Maidstone New Orleans were not disclosed.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — GI Alliance Management LLC, a network of medical providers focused on gastroenterology, has signed a 52,300-square-foot office lease in Southlake, located northeast of Fort Worth. The space is located within Cedar Ridge Office Park, a two-building, 128,000-square-foot complex. John Dickenson, Paul Hernandez and Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Jordan Wade, John Huff, Allie McCracken, Cece Conway and Larry Serota with Transwestern represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has arranged the sale of a 41,450-square-foot industrial building in northwest Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 14199 Westfair Drive E was constructed on 2.7 acres in 2008 and features 28-foot clear heights. Perry Mazzone and Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the buyer, Immobile Industrial LLC, in the transaction. Wyatt Huff, Hunter Stockard and Gray Gilbert of Partners Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller.
ABINGDON, VA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a newly built retail property in Abingdon, a city in southwest Virginia near the Tennessee border. Firestone occupies the 6,262-square-foot retail property on a 15-year triple-net lease. A developer based in Ohio sold the property to an out-of-state 1031 buyer for an undisclosed price. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of the Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller in the transaction. Located on a 1.5-acre site at 127 Cook St., the Firestone property serves as an outparcel to a Food City grocery store off I-81. The Taylor-McMinn Retail Group is marketing two other retail properties in the Southeast leased to Firestone, a retail automobile maintenance concept owned by Nashville-based tire manufacturing giant Bridgestone Americas Inc. “We continue to see increased demand and aggressive pricing for Bridgestone assets due to the strong credit, limited supply and growing buyer pool,” says McMinn. “Bridgestone assets continue to command aggressive pricing due to the long-term, triple-net leases backed by investment-grade credit.”
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Mack Real Estate Group, with Willmeng Construction as general contractor, is developing Mack Innovation Park Scottsdale (MIP Scottsdale), a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project in Scottsdale. The team has started vertical construction of the 305,400-square-foot Phase I of the project. Phase I of MIP Scottsdale will consist of two buildings with 32-foot clear heights, 53 dock-high doors, 20 grade-level doors and 516 parking stalls. Financing for the project includes $43 million in first mortgage construction debt provided by Bank OZK, and $19.8 million in construction mezzanine financing provided by PGIM Real Estate. Lenga Partners, a Chile-based real estate investment firm, is Mack’s equity joint venture partner in the project. The development team includes Butler Design Group and Withey Morris Baugh PLC. Mitch Stravitz and Rusty Kennedy of CBRE, James Cohn of Stream Realty and Randy Shell of Shell Commercial are handling leasing for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has broken ground on a 277-unit affordable housing project that will be located in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. The building at 2868 Webster Ave. will rise 12 stories and is backed by $190 million in financing from a variety of sources. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will be reserved for households earning up to 70 percent of the area median income. Sixty units will be set aside as supportive housing. The project represents the second phase of a two-phase development that also includes a 188-unit seniors housing complex that opened in fall 2023. Levine Builders, the general contracting affiliate of Douglaston Development, will construct the community. Construction is expected to be complete in 2027.
SPOKANE, WASH. — Burlington Stores Inc. has completed the disposition of a 9.4-acre retail property located at 5830 N. Division St. in Spokane. Burlington North LLC, a local development group led by Ben Hawkins and Kevin Edwards, acquired the two-building asset for $10.2 million. Totaling 175,612 square feet, the property consists of a Burlington-occupied, two-story 157,307-square-foot building with three loading docks and high clear heights, and a 17,305-square-foot building that is leased to Rite Aid. The Burlington store will relocate to a smaller space at Franklin Park Shopping Center in Spokane allowing for redevelopment options at the current site. Yohar Renaud, Kyle Herting and Sydney Dixon of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
DENVER — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Virginia Village Shopping Center, a neighborhood shopping center located at South Holly Street and East Florida Avenue in southeast Denver. A Denver-based private partnership acquired the property from Denver-based Virginia Village Associates LTD for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1957 and most recently renovated in 2020, Virginia Village Shopping Center offers 49,331 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 80 percent leased to 11 tenants. Offering 265 parking spaces, the asset is situated on nearly 5 acres at 1417-1495 S. Holly St. and 5595 E. Florida Ave. Jon Hendrickson, Aaron Johnson and Mitch Veremeychik of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
CASTLE PINES, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a net-leased retail property located at 7282 Lagae Road in Castle Pines. An Arizona-based developer/limited liability company sold the asset to a Colorado-based private investor for $4 million. Service Street Auto Repair occupies the 4,488-square-foot building under a 20-year absolute triple-net lease. The property is situated near the Castle Rock Promenade & Outlets and a King Soopers Center. Drew Isaac and James Rassenfoss of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale an industrial manufacturing/storage facility at 9348 N. Peninsular Ave. in Portland. Anlekus LLC acquired the asset from Miscoe Properties LLC for $2.3 million. Originally constructed in 1932 with additions in the 1950s and 1970s, the property consists of a main industrial building, a maintenance building and two separate outbuildings totaling 75,000 square feet. Formerly used for food production and storage, the asset features six loading docks, one drive-in door, 18- to 20-foot clear heights and a large office area. Greg Nesting of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.