PLYMOUTH, MICH. — Party City Corp. has signed a 38,640-square-foot industrial lease in Plymouth, about 30 miles west of Detroit. The property is located at 41100 Plymouth Road. Larry Kelly of Signature Associates represented the landlord, Plymouth 1848 LLC, in the lease transaction.
CORONA, CALIF. — Passco Cos. has acquired Temescal Village, a 102,976-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Corona, for $17 million. A retail brokerage team led by Dixie Walker and Charley Simpson of Cushman & Wakefield’s Irvine office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Located at 1181-1199 Magnolia Ave. and built in 1983, Passco plans to modernize the property through a series of renovations and capital improvements. Planned renovations include redesigning the landscaping and updating the façades throughout the center, as well as adding a social gathering, outdoor dining and seating areas. The center is 93.5 percent leased to 19 tenants including CVS Pharmacy, Citibank, Carl’s Jr., Wells Fargo, H&R Block, the UPS Store, County of Riverside and Metro PCS. Architecture Design Collaborative will design renovations for the center. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing for Passco through Fannie Mae.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Sterling Organization has acquired Pavilion Plaza West, a 75,890-square-foot vacant retail building located at 9852 Chapman Ave. in Garden Grove, for $11 million. The property was once a Vons Supermarket. The sellers were a group of five individuals in a tenant-in-common ownership agreement via Sterling Organization’s institutional fund, Sterling Value Add Partners II LP. Sterling Organization has acquired a total of five properties in California in just over a year, including assets in the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco markets.
MAULDIN, S.C. — NAI Earle Furman has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Terrace at Butler Apartments, a 132-unit multifamily community located on East Butler Road in Mauldin, roughly eight miles south of Greenville. Engel Realty purchased the property from 771 East Butler Investors LLC. Built between 1999 and 2000, Terrace at Butler was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tony Bonitati, Kay Hill and Bern DuPree of NAI Earle Furman represented the seller in the transaction. Engel Realty was self-represented.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Vesper Holdings has acquired Campus Crossing Sherwood Forest, a 790-bed student housing community located near the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, for $36.5 million. The property comprises one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, rock wall, spin and yoga studios, a computer lab, game room, movie theater, tanning beds and a volleyball court. The new ownership plans to rebrand the community and execute $1.8 million worth of renovations to units, shared amenities and the property’s exterior. Vesper acquired the asset from an undisclosed, local owner in the off-market transaction.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — NAI Saig and Avison Young have arranged the $33.1 million sale of a nine-property, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located within Memphis International Airport Center (MIAC). Faropoint Ventures purchased the portfolio from Connecticut-based Greenfield Partners LLC. The portfolio was 93.1 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as FedEx, Kohler, United States Postal Service and DHL. Brian Califf of NAI Saig represented Faropoint in the transaction, and Shane Soefker and Jacob Biddle of Avison Young represented Greenfield Partners. Faropoint has retained Califf and Elliot Embry of NAI Saig to handle the portfolio’s leasing assignment.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $3.8 million sale of a six-unit, multifamily townhouse complex at 331 W. 87th St. in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Four of the units in the five-story, 4,109-square-foot property are rent-stabilized, one is rent-controlled and the sixth is market-rate. The sale price equaled $922 per square foot. Cushman & Wakefield did not disclose the identity of either the seller or buyer. Stephen Palmese, Hall Oster, Teddy Galligan, Michael Mazzara, James Berluti and Bryan Smadbeck led the Cushman & Wakefield team in the transaction.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Healthcare Trust of America has purchased an 11-property medical office building portfolio based in Southern California and Arizona for $150 million. The portfolio contains a total of 592,000 square feet. The assets are 83 percent leased. They are primarily situated on the Dignity Health campuses. The acquisition includes McAuley Medical Center on the St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center campus in downtown Phoenix.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $8.5 million sale of a 400,000-square-foot industrial development located at 1440 London Bridge Road in Virginia Beach. A local investment group purchased the facility from General Foam Plastics Corp. The property comprises two 200,000-square-foot warehouses on 33 acres, with 10 acres reserved for future development. Lindsay Himelright of Harvey Lindsay represented the seller in the transaction, and John Lee & Associates represented the buyer.
AUGUSTA, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $6.8 million sale of Oak Hill, a 120-unit apartment community located at 817 Hickman Road in Augusta. Nashville, Tenn.-based Augusta Hickman Road Multifamily Partners LLC purchased the asset from Lakewood, N.J.-based Oak Hill 2008 LLC. Built in 1972, Oak Hill comprises all three-bedroom units with community amenities including two swimming pools, two laundry facilities, new windows and new roofs. The community was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Boyce and Blake Coffey of Berkadia’s Charleston office and Jeremiah Jarmin of the firm’s Atlanta office represented the seller in the transaction.