PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Continental Properties Acquisition Corp. (CPAC) has sold Palm Johnson Plaza, a 90,000-square-foot shopping center located in Pembroke Pines, for $8.5 million. Bar Invest, a Miami-based private investment group, purchased the center. Prior to the sale, CPAC completed a repositioning program, including parking lot upgrades, landscaping and new tenant build outs. Tenants of the center include anchor Winn-Dixie and junior anchor Planet Fitness. CPAC purchased the center in 2012 for roughly $3.2 million and has since brought the center’s occupancy from 54 percent to 86 percent.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Arizona State University (ASU) and Catellus Development Corp. will develop an urban community adjacent to ASU’s Tempe Campus. Catellus, in collaboration with ASU, has developed a preliminary master development plan to transform the 330-acre Athletic Facilities District at the northeast end of the Tempe campus. The plan includes new and renovated NCAA athletic facilities, and more than seven million square feet of office, multifamily residential, hospitality and retail space, interconnected with sidewalks, bicycle paths and urban open spaces. The facilities district will generate revenue to help fund the renovation and reinvention of Sun Devil Stadium and other University athletic facilities, without the use of tax dollars, through payments made by new private real estate development projects on University-owned land. ASU will oversee the development, marketing, leasing and management of the district. The district’s preliminary land use plan reflects a phased approach to private development over the next 20 years. An initial phase that may include office, multifamily and retail development is expected to be underway as soon as 2016. The district encompasses most university-owned property generally bounded by Sun Devil Stadium, Veterans’ Way, University Drive, McClintock Road and Tempe Town Lake. Until a permanent name is selected …
MCKINNEY, TEXAS —Sewell Automotive Cos. has purchased 10.5 acres to build an Audi dealership at Craig Ranch at the northwest quadrant of SH 121 and Stacy Road in McKinney. The new dealership will span 65,000 square feet, which includes a separate certified pre-owned vehicle building, and will employ 100 people. Brian Murphy with Edge Real Estate represented Sewell Automotive Cos., and Tey Tiner and W. Thurston Witt, Jr. of CBRE | UCR represented Craig Ranch.
SPRING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Learning Experience, a 10,000-square-foot net leased property located in Spring. The asset had a list price of $3.4 million. Nate Newman and Aaron Morris of Marcus & Millichap’s office in The Woodlands represented the buyer, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The Learning Experience is located at 9554 Louetta Drive.
HOUSTON — San Diego-based developer OliverMcMillan has arranged the lease of additional boutiques and restaurants joining River Oaks District. Stella McCartney, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vince, Vilebrequin, Planet Blue, St. Nicola, Davidoff and Steak 44 have signed agreements to operate locations at the open-air shopping dining and entertainment destination. Previously announced River Oaks District tenants include Akris, American Food and Beverage (AF+B), Anne Fontaine, BONOBOS, Brunello Cucinelli, Canali, Cartier, Chopard, Patek Philippe at deBoulle, Dior, Diptyque, Dolce & Gabbana, Equinox, Etro, Giuseppe Zanotti, Hermès, INTERMIX, iPic Theaters, John Lobb, Kiton, Le Colonial, L’Occitane, Moncler, Roberto Cavalli, Taverna, Thirteen Pies, Tom Ford, and Toulouse Café and Bar. River Oaks District is expected to open this fall.
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.