HOUSTON — Q10 KDH vice president Larry Peters has arranged $2.8 million in permanent financing for a mixed-use center in Houston through correspondent insurance company lender Symetra. Built in 1974 and located in north Houston, the mixed-use center offers 56,206 square feet of space divided into 75 percent retail use and 25 percent warehouse space.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Linear Retail Properties LLC has acquired the Giroux Building, an 18,228-square-foot multi-tenant retail property in Lexington, for $10.5 million. Located at 1833-1853 Massachusetts Ave., the fully leased property is occupied by Via Lago Restaurant, Yangtze River Restaurant, Eastern Bank and Dellaria Salon. Connie Neville of Sperry Van Ness/Neville & Associates represented the seller, The Giroux Building LP, in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Argent Ventures has received site plan approval for Baldwin Place, a mixed-use redevelopment in Jersey City’s Journal Square neighborhood. Plans for the redevelopment include 980 market-rate rental apartments in four buildings: two seven-story buildings that are part of the first phase and two 25-story buildings that are part of the second phase. When completed, the project will offer obstructed view corridors, rooftop pools, 36,447 square feet of ground-floor retail, a 502-car parking garage and bike storage locations. The property is within walking distance of the Journal Square PATH station and bus depot. Purchased by Argent Ventures in 2012, the site currently houses five commercial buildings originally belongings to C.F. Mueller Pasta Co. Argent Ventures plans to fully demolish the dilapidated structures in advance of the first phase of construction of the redevelopment. Genova Burns LLC is representing developer, Argent Ventures, and serving as counsel on the project.
MANVILLE, N.J. — Compass Self Storage, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has acquired a self-storage center in Manville. Located at 55 Beekman Road, the property offers 45,000 square feet of rentable space, drive-up access, indoor climate-controlled units, individual door alarms, digital surveillance, electronic access, online payments, outdoor parking and truck rental. The acquisition was made by separate affiliates of Amsdell Group LLC and Compass Self Storage LLC. The name of the seller and the acquisition price were not released.
MIAMI — Aztec Group Inc. has secured $20 million in financing for Crossings Shopping Village, a 109,000-square-foot shopping center located at 13047 S.W. 112th St. in Miami. The property’s tenant roster includes Publix, CVS/pharmacy and You Fit Fitness Center. Aztec Group arranged the loan through a Florida-based bank on behalf of the borrower, Michael D. Friedman. The seven-year loan has a fixed rate interest rate of 3.85 percent and is structured with one year of interest-only payments followed by a 29-year amortization schedule.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of the Pacific Building, an historic 16,274-square-foot, mixed-use property located in the Artist Village District of Santa Ana for $5.3 million. Dan Vittone and Alan Pekarcik of Avison Young, along with Gil Marrero of Voit Real Estate Services, represented the seller, Gumm Investments. Red Rock Capital Advisors LLC represented the buyer, Red Rock Management. The property is 100 percent leased to 11 tenants, including Chapter One, a metropolitan-style restaurant and bar, Downtown Sugar, a spa, and the Copper Door, a nightclub. The transaction closed at a capitalization rate of 6 percent.
PUEBLO, COLO. – A 7,371-square-foot retail strip center in Pueblo has sold to a local private investor for $3 million. The center is located at 1425 US Highway 50 West. It is full occupied by McAlister’s Deli, Papa John’s Pizza and Open MRI. The McAlister’s Deli franchisee has agreed to enter into a new 15-year, triple-net master lease once this transaction has closed. It will contain two, 10-year renewal options. The buyer was represented by Drew Isaac and Howard Stark of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office. The seller, a private investor, was represented by Barry Higgins and David Lee of the same firm.
NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has brokered the sale of four properties in Brooklyn totaling $7.4 million. In the first transaction, Jonathan Berman, Mark Spinelli, Daniel Tropp and Michael Tortorici of Ariel Properties represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the $2.3 million sale of a vacant lot at 876 Bergen Ave. in Prospect Heights. The property is zoned R7A and contains 10,847 buildable square feet as-of-right. In the second transaction, Tropp, Spinelli and Berman represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the trade of a property, which contains two residential units and one commercial unit, located at 154 Graham Ave. in East Williamsburg. The 4,500-square-foot asset sold for $1.9 million. In the final transaction, Shimon Shkury, Berman, Spinelli and Tropp represented the seller and buyer, both private investors, in the sale of two industrial properties, located at 402-422 Snediker Ave. and 485-515 Van Sinderen Ave. in East New York. The buildings, which total 33,500 square feet, sold for $3.2 million.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Next Door Storage, a self-storage facility located in Crystal Lake. Located at 7209 Teckler Blvd., the 58,100-square-foot property sold for an undisclosed sum. Originally constructed in 1977 and most recently renovated in 2014, the property features 579 storage units. Sean Delaney and Michael Mele of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, both limited liability companies, in the transaction.
ELMHURST AND MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Transwestern has brokered the sale of three commercial properties in three separate transactions totaling 82,285 square feet in Elmhurst and Mundelein. In the first transaction, Justin Lerner and Joe Karmin of Transwestern represented Venture One in the disposition of a 33,000-square-foot property at 899 Larch in Elmhurst. Craftwood Inc. acquired the building for an undisclosed price. In the second deal, Lerner and Karmin represented Terrence Sherman in the sale of a 29,000-square-foot building at 877 S. Route 83 in Elmhurst. U Store It LLC purchased the property for an undisclosed sum. In the final transaction, Tom Boyle and Jared Paff represented International Equipment Trading Inc. in the acquisition of a 19,295-square-foot property at 955 Campus Drive in Mundelein from G&M Enterprises for an undisclosed price.