SEATTLE — Terreno Realty Corp. has purchased a 35,000-square-foot industrial building in Seattle for $5.9 million. The building is located at 25-29 S. Hanford St. It is 72 percent leased to two tenants. It is situated on 1.1 acres within the SoDo district, adjacent to the port. Terreno Realty Corp. acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets.
CHICAGO — Chase Bank will open a retail branch at the new Sienna apartment community located at 423 Ohio St. in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The branch will occupy 3,600 square feet on the ground floor and is slated to open this spring. Chase Bank will relocate from a branch approximately two blocks south. Sienna, which opened to residents in September 2016, consists of 50 apartment units. Golub & Co. and Diversified Real Estate Capital own the property.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Coro Realty Advisors has purchased The Shops at Spire, the final component of a portfolio in Midtown Atlanta comprising 87,905 square feet of ground-floor retail and over 600 parking spaces in five residential condominium buildings. Coro purchased the portfolio from The Loudermilk Cos., an Atlanta-based commercial real estate developer and owner. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the portfolio traded for $47 million. The properties include retail space at 800 Peachtree, 805 Peachtree, Shops at Seventh, Shops at Spire and Shops at Viewpoint, as well as a nearby parking lot on Juniper Street. Tenants at these properties include Starbucks, BB&T, Einstein Brothers Bagels, Fresh 2 Order, World of Beer, Sprint and Atlanta’s first urban QuikTrip. When added to Coro Realty’s Gordon Biersch at 848 Peachtree St., the portfolio gives Coro Realty control over almost all of the public parking and retail on Peachtree Street between 5th and 7th streets. Kenny Holzer and Elliot Kyle of Skyline Seven brokered the sale of The Shops at Spire.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $7.5 million sale of the Econocaribe Building, a 164,432-square-foot warehouse distribution facility located at 2401 N.W. 69th St. in Miami. ECU Worldwide, an international transportation company formerly known as Econocaribe Consolidators, fully leases the cross-dock facility. RLF Acquisitions LLC purchased the property from the sellers, Econo1 LLC, Joseph P. Luchese Jr. and Michelle Gersten. The fenced facility comprises a one-story warehouse and two-story office and features 27 dock-high loading positions that can accommodate up to 40 trucks, a receiving ramp that can accommodate an additional 13 trucks and 22-foot clear heights. The site also includes 180 total parking spaces.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — NAI Miami has brokered the $4.4 million sale of the SAAM Building, a 24,039-square-foot office building located at 3195 Ponce De Leon Blvd. in Coral Gables. 3195 Ponce LLC purchased the asset from SAAM Building Inc. Tom Smith of NAI Miami represented the seller in the transaction.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — FourPoint Student Housing Investments has arranged the sale of College Vue, a 408-bed student housing community located near the University of West Florida in Pensacola. The property offers fully furnished two- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities include a modern clubhouse, fitness center and lap-style pool. Chris Epp, Chris Bancroft and Meredith Wolff of FourPoint led the sales effort on behalf of the seller, Next Chapter Development. A private buyer purchased College Vue for an undisclosed amount.
LYNWOOD, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has acquired a 23-acre industrial land site called Alameda Distribution Center for $31.4 million. The site is located at 11840 and 11852 Alameda St. and 2800 Lynwood Road in the South Bay submarket of Lynwood. Travelers Insurance and Cargill occupy the space. CBRE’s Robert Flores and Andrew Briner represented the seller, Lynwood-Alameda Corp., in this transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Azusa Pacific University (APU) has leased 48,000 square feet of office space at Mission Center in San Diego. The space is located at 5333 and 5353 Mission Center Road. It will continue to serve as the university’s San Diego regional campus. CBRE’s Greg Nassir and Scott Kincaid represented APU. JLL’s Richard Gonor, Tony Russell and Brandt Riedman represented the landlord, Kearny Real Estate, in this transaction.
CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $68.2 million sale of Forest Apartments, a 400-unit luxury multifamily community in Coral Springs. Built in 1989, the recently renovated property is surrounded by the 29-acre Sherwood Forest Park and features a lake with fountains, two resort-style swimming pools and a 24-hour fitness center. Steve Witten and Victor Nolletti of IPA, along with Evan Kristol of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a Canadian limited partnership. The team also procured the buyer, a value-add institutional investor based in Manhattan.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty/CORFAC International has brokered the $14.8 million sale of East Port Center, a 108,500-square-foot industrial park located at 1881-1887 State Road 84 in Fort Lauderdale near Interstate 95. The property features 20-foot clear heights, parking, frontage on State Road 84, a glass façade on the storefront and rear dock-high loading. St. George Guardabassi and Judy Dolan of Berger Commercial represented the seller, EJP East Port LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, East Port Center LLC, has retained Berger Commercial to market East Port Center, which was fully leased at the time of sale.