MONROVIA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of Huntington Professional Center, an office and medical center in Monrovia. The asset traded for $7.6 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Located at 831 E. Huntington Drive, the two-story, 20,574-square-foot property offers 76 surface parking stalls. At the time of sale, the building was fully occupied by a variety of tenants, including Optum Healthcare, Tomdan (parent of Tommy Burgers) and Select Physical Therapy.
CROWN POINT, IND. — Venture One Real Estate has unveiled plans to build VenturePark65, a 135-acre logistics campus in Crown Point, a city in northwest Indiana. The development, located at the southeast corner of 101st Avenue and I-65, will encompass up to 2 million square feet of modern industrial space. Flexible building designs will accommodate large-scale users, with spaces ranging from 500,000 to 2 million square feet. Brian Vanosky and Michael O’Leary of Lee & Associates will market the property for lease.
CHICAGO — Skender and its joint venture partner Blackwood Group have completed extensive renovations of two senior living apartment towers in partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority and Michaels Development. Canopy Architecture designed the 400,000-square-foot renovation project. Located at 3700 W. Congress Parkway in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Irene McCoy Gaines Apartments rises 17 stories with 150 units. The property was built in 1964. All units underwent substantial renovations, including updated HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems. Skender added new amenity spaces such as a redesigned dining and community room, exterior courtyard and upgraded laundry spaces. Albany Terrace Apartments, located at 3030 W. 21st Place in the South Lawndale neighborhood, rises 17 stories with 350 units. The property was built in 1974. The building received upgrades to resident units, common spaces and HVAC systems, including electrical and plumbing systems. Skender also installed a new elevator. Each unit in both buildings received new flooring, paint, LED lights, kitchens and baths, and air conditioning and thermostats. Common areas and units received upgraded internet connectivity and Wi-Fi.
COLLINSVILLE, ILL. — Gantry has arranged a $14.7 million permanent loan for the acquisition of Eastport Tech Center in the St. Louis suburb of Collinsville. The four-building industrial property, located on Eastport Plaza Drive, totals 202,508 square feet. The asset is fully leased to multiple tenants. Joe Monteleone and Bonnie Monteleone of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate company. A life insurance company provided the five-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization.
LAKE ZURICH, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $7.7 million sale of Lakeview Plaza, a retail strip center totaling 52,400 square feet in the Chicago suburb of Lake Zurich. Built in 1987, the property is home to restaurants, health and fitness tenants, and automotive service users. Adrian Mendoza, Sean Sharko and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investment group, and procured the buyer, a family office specializing in owning and operating shopping centers.
DWG Capital Partners Acquires 84,612 SF Industrial Facility in Southeast Michigan Via Sale-Leaseback
HUDSON, MICH. — DWG Capital Partners, in partnership with MAG Capital Partners, has acquired an 84,612-square-foot industrial facility in southeast Michigan’s Hudson. The purchase price for the sale-leaseback transaction was undisclosed. Kecy Metal Technologies, a precision metal stamping company within ARC Group Worldwide’s portfolio, occupies the property at 4111 Munson Highway. Built in 1988, the facility features a 20-foot ceiling height. Doug Passon and Robert Bender of Fortis Net Lease represented the seller, while Aaron Eichenberg of Pantheon Commercial represented DWG. The transaction marks the first purchase in Michigan for DWG.
TAMPA, FLA. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has acquired Henley Tampa Palms, a 315-unit apartment community located at 15350 Amberly Drive in Tampa. 29th Street Capital sold the asset to CRC for $82 million. Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction. CRC purchased the community on behalf of one of its sponsored private equity funds called Value-Add Multifamily I LP. Built in 1997, Henley Tampa Palms was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 1,375 square feet in size, as well as a large clubhouse and fitness center with an indoor racquetball court, conference room, laundry room, package retrieval system, a resort-style swimming pool, picnic area, dog park and a car wash. CRC intends to implement a multi-year property improvement strategy at Henley Tampa Palms to enhance the exterior curb appeal, address exterior deferred maintenance and upgrade common area amenities as well as unit interiors. The previous owner recently completed interior upgrades to approximately 25 percent of the units.
OXFORD, MISS. — Seven Hills Realty Trust has provided a $42 million bridge loan for the refinancing of The Domain at Oxford, a 642-bed student housing property located near the University of Mississippi. Newmark arranged the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Sausalito, Calif.-based Shore to Shore Properties Inc. The loan features two one-year extension options. Located at 2002 Oxford Way, The Domain features 216 one-, two- and four-bedroom apartments, each furnished with a 43-inch TV. According to Apartments.com, the gated community was built in 2016 and features an onsite property manager and maintenance team, valet trash pickup, package retrieval services, campus shuttle and community-wide Wi-Fi. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, business center, clubhouse, fitness center, conference rooms, a tanning salon, movie theater, basketball and volleyball court and a game room. Tremont Realty Capital manages Seven Hills Realty Trust.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial has signed an unnamed building materials supply company to a 154,440-square-foot lease at Upstate Trade Center, a 266,760-square-foot industrial building in Greenville. The facility is located two miles from I-185 and 3.5 miles from I-85. Rich Commercial Realty represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
LYNCHBURG, VA. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Read & Co. has brokered the $6 million sale of Forest Hill Shopping Center, an 82,000-square-foot retail center located at 2820 Linkhorne Drive in Lynchburg. Rick Read and Ricky Read of Coldwell Banker Read represented the seller, an entity doing business as Lynchburg Investment Co. Inc., in the transaction. The brokerage firm has served as the landlord rep for the retail center for the past 20 years. The buyer, Swintstorage Conversion Fund LLC, plans to convert the shopping center’s anchor store into a self-storage facility with some outdoor RV and boat storage space. The new owner will also rehabilitate the balance of Forest Hill’s retail space.