GAITHERSBURG, MD. — KLNB’s new multifamily team has arranged the sale of Governor Square Apartments, a 238-unit community located in Gaithersburg, approximately 26 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The property features units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, ranging in size from 720 to 1,290 square feet. Rawles Wilcox, Jared Emery and Dutch Seitz, part of a group of 18 brokers who joined KLNB through the firm’s acquisition of Edge Commercial Real Estate, represented the buyer, Acento Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BALTIMORE — Harbor Stone Advisors has brokered the $5 million sale of Astor Court, a mixed-use property located at 2440 St. Paul St. in Baltimore’s Old Goucher neighborhood. Built in 1930 and renovated in 2006, the property features 26 one-bedroom apartments, 10 two-bedroom units and four commercial spaces on the ground level leased to Subway, State of the Art Hair Studio, Maryland Healthcare Clinics and Charles Village Community Benefits District. Community amenities include controlled building access, an elevator, 24-hour fitness center, community multipurpose room with kitchen, shared workspace, private courtyard, bicycle storage and a laundry facility. A small parking lot adjacent to Astor Court was included in the sale. Justin Verner, Brooks Healy and Tom Wohlgemuth of Harbor Stone represented the seller, an entity doing business as Astor Court LLC that is led by investor Michael Rock, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
WALDORF, MD. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has purchased Waldorf Marketplace, a 359,484-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Waldorf, about 28 miles south of Washington, D.C. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The center is anchored by a 58,092-square-foot Safeway grocery store, which has been a tenant at Waldorf Marketplace since 2005. Other tenants include Hobby Lobby, Jared, Petco, Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo, Red Robin, TGI Fridays, Bath & Body Works and Famous Dave’s. FNRP’s other acquisitions in the Mid-Atlantic region include Brandywine Crossing in Maryland and Haymarket Village Center and Promenade at Manassas in Virginia.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Signs 90,473 SF Warehouse Lease in Landover, Maryland
LANDOVER, MD. — The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has signed a lease for 90,473 square feet of warehouse space at 6304 Sheriff Road in Landover, about nine miles east of Washington, D.C. Kenneth Fellows, Robert Pugh and Keiry Martinez of Edge represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Nuveen Real Estate is the landlord of the 540,000-square-foot facility, which is situated on a 22-acre site near I-495 and MD Routes 50 and 295. WMATA, the transit authority behind the Metrorail and Metrobus services, expects to occupy the warehouse beginning in the second or third quarter.
BALTIMORE — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Apartments at Park, an 11-unit apartment building in Baltimore’s Midtown district. The undisclosed buyer plans to complete approved plans for the addition of a five-story multifamily building at the site, located at 814 Park Ave., as well as make renovations to existing apartments. Aaron Inman, Kyle Tangney and Herb Schwat of Greysteel brokered the sale on behalf of the undisclosed seller.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Element Fleet Management Inc., a global fleet management firm for the automotive industry, has signed a 64,000-square-foot office lease at Metro Centre at Owings Mills, a mixed-use development in the Baltimore County city of Owings Mills. Kevin Keane of David S. Brown Enterprises negotiated the lease transaction. Element Fleet expects to occupy the space by the end of the year with 250 employees onsite. The new office is a relocation of the firm’s East Coast headquarters. In addition to Class A office space, Metro Centre features the Owings Mills Metro station, shops, restaurants, apartments and the newly opened Marriott Owings Mills Metro Centre Hotel & Conference Center. Other tenants at Metro Centre include The Tillery Restaurant and Bar, Baltimore County Public Library, World of Beer, Bee Inspired Honey House, Club Pilates, Eggspectation, Gannett Fleming, BDO, Myers & Stauffer and SB & Co.
ROSEDALE, MD. — KLNB has brokered the $7.2 million sale of Kenwood Shopping Center, a 90,961-square-foot retail center located at 6200 Hazelwood Ave. in Rosedale, a suburb of Baltimore. Pikesville, Md.-based America’s Realty and investment partners purchased the center from a private family that has owned the property since it was developed more than 40 years ago. Chris Burnham, Vito Lupo, Andy Stape and Jake Furnary of KLNB represented the seller in the transaction. Kenwood Shopping Center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Advance Auto Parts, Goodwill and a mix of service and food-and-beverage tenants.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — 29th Street Capital (29SC) has purchased Solaire Apartments, a 232-unit multifamily community located in Silver Spring. Amenities at the six-building community include a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool and sundeck, community room and a courtyard patio with a grilling station. 29SC plans to make upgrades to the property, which will be rebranded as Maven at Wheaton. Brian Crivella, Walter Coker, Bill Gribbin and Yalda Ghamarian of Berkadia represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Haven Residential, a company owned by 29SC, will oversee the leasing and management of the property. The sales price was not disclosed.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Edge Commercial Real Estate has secured the $4.1 million sale of a 32,000-square-foot office building located at 811 Russell Ave. in Gaithersburg, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Joe Friedman, Joshua Norwitz and Ken Fellows of Edge represented the seller, an affiliate of Finmarc Management Inc., in the transaction. Larry Rosen of Commercial & Investment Realty Associates LLC represented the buyer, an entity doing business as Russell Plaza LLC. Built in 1997 near I-270, the three-story suburban office building was leased to both office tenants and retail businesses at the time of sale.
WASHINGTON, D.C., AND ROCKLEDGE, MD. — KLNB has acquired Edge Commercial Real Estate, a Rockledge-based brokerage with offices in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The move increases the size of the Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate brokerage firm by 20 percent and serves as KLNB’s entry into the multifamily brokerage arena. KLNB is adding 32 total employees, 18 of which are brokers who specialize in multiple facets of office, industrial, tenant representation and multifamily investment sales. Six of the brokers will be immediately installed as principal partners at KLNB. “The acquisition of Edge fits perfectly in our timeline for smart and disciplined progression,” says Marc Menick, president of KLNB. “By acquiring Edge, we will be able to do virtually everything we’re already known for, but at an even higher level and a wider reach. And in the case of multifamily, this opportunity brings the KLNB customer experience to a whole new sector that we have wanted to approach for some time.” Additionally, KLNB will fold Edge’s property management division, which oversees a 1 million-square-foot portfolio, into its KLNB Asset Services platform, a joint venture between KLNB and Divaris Real Estate. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.