PALMDALE, CALIF. – The 626-unit National Storage Center in Palmdale has sold to an unnamed buyer for $5.7 million. The 78,630-square-foot, Class A facility is located at 3305 East Palmdale Blvd. The seller, a partnership, was represented by Christopher R. Secreto and Nicholas Walker of Marcus & Millichap.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — LivingSocial has leased 19,311 square feet at Pacific Center in Torrance. The center is located at 21250 Hawthorne Blvd. Other notable tenants at the center include Bank of America, Wells Fargo Insurance and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.The landlord, Bixby Land Company, was represented by Eric Lastition, Doug Brawnand Thacher Goodwin of Colliers International. They are the exclusive leasing agents for the property.
ATLANTA — HFF has arranged $114 million in non-recourse financing for Promenade, a 775,089-square-foot, Class A office tower located in Atlanta's Midtown submarket along Peachtree Street. The property, built in 1990 as a build-to-suit for AT&T, is adjacent to The Four Seasons, Colony Square and the High Museum. The office tower is currently 87 percent leased. Mark Sixour and Bill Ireland of HFF arranged the nine-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual on behalf of the borrower, Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc.
ACWORTH, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Acworth Crossing and Acworth Avenue Shops in Acworth, a northwest suburb of Atlanta. Acworth Crossing sold for $12.5 million and Acworth Avenue Shops for $3.6 million. Acworth Crossing, a 118,829-square-foot center located at 3335 Cobb Parkway N.W., is 83 percent leased to tenants Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. Acworth Avenue Shops, a 16,130-square-foot, unanchored retail strip center, is fully leased to national and local tenants. Joseph Montgomery and Tony D'Ambrosio of Colliers International represented the sellers in the transactions. A CMBS bondholder was the seller of Acworth Crossing and a national shopping center owner was the seller of Acworth Avenue Shops.
NAPLES, FLA. — Stevens Construction has been selected as the construction manager for Landmark Hospital of Southwest Florida, a 50-bed, acute-care facility located on Goodlette-Frank Road in Naples. The three-story, 86,676-square-foot hospital will specialize in wound care, low-tolerance rehabilitation, mechanical ventilation and treatments. The first floor of the hospital will be shell space available for lease; the second floor will accommodate operating rooms, conference rooms, CT scans and administrative offices; and the third floor will feature a 10-bed ICU, 10-bed progressive care unit and 30 medical and surgical beds. Construction is slated to begin in early 2014. HuntonBrady Architects designed the new hospital.
MIDDLE RIVER, MD. — Washington, D.C.-based Greysteel has arranged the sale of Miramar Plaza Shopping Center, a 37,000-square-foot, unanchored retail center located at 901-915 Middle River Road in Middle River, about 12 miles outside Baltimore. Gil Neuman of Greysteel represented the seller, Vanguard Equities, and procured the buyer, Aasan Investment LLC, in the transaction. The property is currently 92 percent leased.
MIAMI — Sedgwick LLP and Veritext Legal Solutions have signed leases totaling 27,000-square-foot at One Biscayne Tower, a 700,000-square-foot office tower located in downtown Miami. The two 10-year leases have a combined value of $9 million. Ryan Holtzman of Taylor & Mathis represented the landlord in the two lease transactions. Catarina Jimenez of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Sedgwick LLP and Ryan Ackerman of CBRE represented Veritext Legal Solutions.
GERMANTOWN, WIS. — Electrical equipment maker Trans-Coil International is developing a new manufacturing and office building in Germantown Industrial Park, shifting operations from two facilities in Milwaukee and Menomonee Falls. The new 66,000-square-foot facility at W132 N10611 Grant Drive in Germantown, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee, is slate for a spring 2014 completion. Trans-Coil, with 123 employees, currently operates at 7878 N. 86th St. in Milwaukee, and W142 N9039 Fountain Blvd. in Menomonee Falls. The company plans to add 55 to 60 jobs during the next three years. The company is negotiating with Economic Development Washington County for a low-interest loan to help finance the development, according to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel.
CHICAGO — Centerline Capital Group has provided a $6.7 million bridge loan to refinance and provide funds to expand a multifamily property in Chicago. The 24-unit, five-story apartment property is located at 914 W. Hubbard St. Built in 2006, the property is currently 95.8 percent occupied and includes 25 garage parking spaces. Proceeds from the floating-rate loan will be used to retire existing debt and complete the build-out of several new units. A Chicago-based developer was the borrower. Anthony Longo, managing partner at Alpha Alternatives LLC, brokered the deal.
OAK CREEK, WIS. AND AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap is marketing a $36.3 million two-property, single-tenant industrial portfolio. The properties are a $19 million, 279,828-square-foot Staples distribution facility located in Oak Creek, Wis., and a $17.3 million, 63,740-square-foot FedEx freight terminal located in Aurora, Ill. Nick Manganais, a vice president of investments in Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago O’Hare office, is representing the seller, an Illinois-based family partnership. The Staples distribution center is located in the southeastern Milwaukee metro area at 120 W. Opus Drive and features 259,828 square feet of warehouse space and 20,000 square feet of office space. The FedEx freight terminal is located at 3883 Butterfield Road in Aurora, the second-largest city in Illinois and part of Chicago’s Naperville/Aurora metropolitan trade area. The property features a 55,120-square-foot main building with 6,800 square feet of office space.