FAIRFIELD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Angel Commercial has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot retail property in the southern coastal Connecticut city of Fairfield. The property at 1610 Post Road is located in the downtown area and is fully leased to tenants such as Greek restaurant Lantern Point Taverna, confectionary Bonkers Cupcakes and boutique clothing store BoHo Prep. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Hudson Atlantic Realty has brokered the $2.3 million sale of Grand Gardens, a 16-unit apartment complex located in the Bergen-Lafayette area of Jersey City. The property was originally built in 1950 and houses one- and two-bedroom units. Ben Susskind and Adam Zweibel of Hudson Atlantic brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The deal traded at a cap rate of 4.46 percent.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Six new tenants are slated to open at Hawthorn, a regional shopping center undergoing redevelopment in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. Sephora, Anthropologie, FP Movement and The Lovesac Co. will open this year at the new Hawthorn Row outdoor streetscape. Also this year, Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille will open on an outparcel along Milwaukee Avenue. In 2025, Dom’s Kitchen & Market will open along Townline Road next to the Sleep Number store. The Domaine, a 311-unit luxury apartment complex, recently opened on the east side of the Hawthorn property. The next phase of development calls for another 250 apartment units and a three-acre amenitized plaza, a new food gallery on the upper level, and the addition of curated food and beverage tenants for the center’s ring road outparcels. Hawthorn originally opened 50 years ago.
MIDDLETON, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $27.3 million sale of a 200,000-square-foot office building in Middleton near Madison. The fully leased property is located at 7974 UW Health Court. UW Health occupies the four-story building and utilizes it for its administrative departments, including management, information services, compliance and patient billing services. Jaime Fink of JLL represented the seller, Investors Associated LLP. Fink also procured the buyer, AJC Investment Group, a family office located in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
RAYMORE, MO. — Brinkmann Constructors has completed the conversion of a 1 million-square-foot speculative warehouse into a 600,000-square-foot industrial facility for Urban Outfitters Inc. in Raymore, a southern suburb of Kansas City. The renovated space will accommodate dry cleaning and laundry operations as well as function as a distribution hub for Nuuly, a subscription-based clothing rental service from Urban Outfitters. Tenant improvements involved the separation of the additional 400,000 square feet to allow for future operational expansion or tenant use. The project also included the addition of a boiler room, chiller system, custom modular central plan, washers and dryers, and an automated carousel that can hold up to 2 million garments simultaneously.
BERWYN, ILL. — Interra Realty has brokered the $10.4 million sale of reVerb Century Station in the Chicago suburb of Berwyn. The 52-unit apartment building features 10,662 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The sales price represents a record price for multifamily or mixed-use properties in Berwyn, according to CoStar. Constructed in 2010 and located at 3200 S. Oak Park Ave., the property features four ground-floor retail suites, 12 one-bedroom apartments and 40 two-bedroom units. Joe Smazal, Patrick Kennelly and Paul Waterloo of Interra represented the undisclosed seller. The team also represented the buyer, an investment group that assumed the loan from the seller. The buyer plans to renovate common areas and add a package system for residents.
WOOD DALE, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group has acquired a seven-building industrial portfolio in the Chicago suburb of Wood Dale for an undisclosed price. The portfolio totals 280,947 square feet across 12.5 contiguous acres. The assets had been institutionally owned for over 20 years and are fully leased to a variety of tenants. Brennan owns roughly 10 million square feet in Chicagoland.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — Gantry has secured a $91 million construction loan for the development of Gillespie Field iPark, a speculative industrial building at 1756 Weld Blvd. in El Cajon, an eastern suburb of San Diego. George Mitsanas, Peter Hillakas, Drit Shoemaker and Austin Ridge of Gantry arranged the financing for the borrower, Chesnut Properties. 3650 REIT, an institutional debt fund, provided the construction loan with terms including two extension options and nonrecourse covenants. Slated for completion in second-quarter 2025, the 386,336-square-foot facility will feature 30-foot to 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers with K-25 heads, 64 loading docks, four grade-level doors and rare excess land providing 115 additional truck trailer stalls. The building is designed to achieve net zero emissions from its rooftop solar array and will offer charging stations for electric vehicle semi-trucks. Gillespie Field iPark is 44 percent pre-leased to an aerospace manufacturer and negotiations are underway for the remaining units.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of The Place at Spanish Trail, an apartment property in Tucson. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Clint Wadlund, Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Completed in 1979, The Place at Spanish Trail features 256 one- and two-bedroom apartments with white Shaker-style cabinet fronts, new appliances, wood-plank laminate flooring and new electrical and plumbing fixtures. Community amenities include barbecue areas, a renovated clubhouse with full kitchen and coffee station, a renovated fitness area, Amazon package lockers, a new pool fence and furniture, and entry gate.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — KT Development has acquired a three-acre land site within Potomac Park & Industrial Complex in Centennial, just south of Denver. Paragon Financial Partners sold the plot for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a WoodSpring Suites Hotel on the site. Slated for completion in late 2024, WoodSpring Suites Hotel will feature 122 guest rooms. The hotel is an extended-stay brand from Choice Hotels International Inc. Rick Egitto and Howard Schmidt of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Bo Pitto, Chris Schultz and James McGill of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.