BELLEVUE, WASH. — Madison Marquette’s newest investment vehicle has purchased Bellevue Galleria, a 202,000-square-foot, mixed-use property, for a reported $88 million. It is located at 550 106th Ave. NE in Bellevue. Bellevue Galleria contains a mix of retail and creative office space. It is currently 97 percent leased.The investment vehicle is composed of a joint venture with two foreign institutional investors. Its goal is to build a national portfolio of infill retail and mixed-use assets in key markets throughout the nation.
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Curtis Park Village, a 71-acre, mixed-use development in Sacramento, has received a $41-million refinance. The vacant land is currently entitled for 181 single-family homes, 334 multifamily units, three commercial sites, open space, parks and public property. It is located at the intersection of Sutterville Road and 24th Street near Sacramento City College. The land is an infill location between Land Park and Curtis Park. It was formerly home to the Western Pacific rail yard. Petrovich Development acquired the site in 2003 and has spent more than $30 million over the past decade to clean up and entitle the site for development. It recently began Phase I infrastructure construction, which should be complete by next April. The full recourse senior loan was provided by PCCP, LLC. It will be used to refinance an existing senior loan and to provide future funding for the infrastructure’s completion.
LOS ANGELES — The Mercer at Warner Center, a 477-unit multifamily complex in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, has sold to a private investor for $88 million. The community is located at 22100 Erwin Street.The sale completes a 1031 exchange for the buyer, who acquired the property in an up-leg exchange for Crenshaw Village, a $60-million, 669-unit apartment portfolio in the Los Angeles submarket of Baldwin Hills. That sale closed last month.The institutional seller was represented by Greg Harris, Ron Harris, Kevin Green and Joseph Grabiec of Institutional Property Advisors. Financing was arranged by Danny Abergel of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Forum, a 105,000-square-foot boutique retail center located at 1125 Military Cutoff Road in Wilmington, for $24.7 million. Lori Schneider of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, Swain & Associates, the developer of The Forum. Schneider also represented the buyer, L&B Realty Advisors LLP, a Texas-based pension fund advisor.
LILBURN, GA. — Kimco Realty Corp. has purchased Five Forks Crossing, a 73,910-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center located at 3050 Five Forks Trickum Road in Lilburn, a suburb of Atlanta. Kimco acquired the fully leased center for $10 million. Kroger anchors the center, which also includes Coast Dental, The UPS Store, Wood Eye Care and Great Clips on its tenant roster. Fred Victor of Transwestern represented the seller, SWA Investment, in the transaction. Kimco was represented internally by Ross Cooper.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — The owners of Palmetto Gardens Plaza, a planned 63,000-square-foot retail center located at 3799 N.W. 167th St. in Miami Gardens, have avoided the property’s foreclosure by reaching a settlement with lender PNC Bank. The owners have since secured a new $4.5 million loan with Hudson Financial Services and signed a 41,000-square-foot lease with Walmart to have a Neighborhood Market Store anchor the property. David Larson of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank secured the financing from Hudson Financial Services. Richard Schermer of Pathman Lewis LLP served as legal counsel during the lease negotiations and assisted in the final closing of the loan. Ravi Batta of Rosenfeld Stein Batta PA and The Law Firm of Michael L Feinstein PA represented the owners during the litigation and final settlement negotiations with PNC Bank.
MIAMI — Blanca Commercial Real Estate has completed four new leases for 28,000 square feet at Waterford Centre, a 91,285-square-foot, Class A office building in Miami’s Airport submarket. The office building, owned by New Boston Fund, is located at 6205 Blue Lagoon Drive. The four new tenants include Whirlpool, Remy Cointreau, Franklin Street Real Estate Services and McAfee Inc. Danet Linares and Andres del Corral of Blanca Commercial Real Estate negotiated the four lease transactions on behalf of New Boston Fund. Waterford Centre’s other tenants include Xerox, The Parker Co. LLC, Travel Traders and OMD USA.
ELGIN, ILL. — DCT Industrial Trust Inc. has acquired DCT Fox River Business Center, a six-building industrial portfolio in Elgin, a suburb of Chicago. The portfolio totals 1.1 million square feet and has a current occupancy rate of 59.1 percent. The buildings range from 73,000 to 431,000 square feet and are in proximity to the O’Hare Airport. Noel Liston, principal at Darwin Realty & Development, represented DCT Industrial in the transaction.
ADRIAN, MICH. — Landmark Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. has arranged the $8 million sale of a 108,000-square-foot building occupied by Lowe’s in southern Michigan. Daniel Kukes and Kevin Baker of Landmark represented the buyer, a non-traded REIT. Trio Commercial Group represented the seller, a Kentucky-based private family office, in the transaction. Lowe’s is located at 1369 Division St. in Adrian.
WAUKEGAN, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.6 millionsale of 1405 N. Ave., a 32-unit apartment property in suburban Chicago. Alan Katamanin, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Oak Brook office, represented the buyer and seller, both private investors, in the transaction. The property is located at 1405 N. Ave. in Waukegan and includes 12 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom units.