WESTPORT, CONN. — Brett Sherman of Angel Commercial has arranged the $2.2 million sale of 1555 Post Road E. in Westport. Located on Route 1, the property consists of an 11,461-square-foot office building on .61 acres. Sherman represented the buyer, BAO Partners, which plans to update the building with a new roof, HVAC, windows, masonry and parking lot.
LANSDOWNE, MD. — SVN Affordable | Levental Realty has arranged the $30.5 million sale of Circle Terrace, a 303-unit affordable housing community located at 2926 Lakebrook Circle in Lansdowne, about seven miles south of Baltimore. Landex Corp., which developed Circle Terrace in 1977, sold the Section 8 property to Millenia Housing Development Ltd., which used short-term Freddie Mac financing in the acquisition via Pillar Financial. David Shlahtechman of SVN Affordable represented Landex in the sale. Nixon Peabody LLP served as Millenia Housing’s HUD counsel for the transaction, and Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP represented Landex.
PLANTATION, FLA. — The Green Cos. has purchased Sabadell Financial Center, a five-story, 102,007-square-foot office building located at 150 S. Pine Island Road in Plantation, a suburb in Broward County. Clarion Partners LLC sold the Class A office building to Green Cos. for $19.3 million. The property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Sabadell United Bank, Quest Workspaces and Ferencik Libanoff Brandt Bustamante & Goldstein PA. Hermen Rodriguez, Ike Ojala and Tracey Goo of HFF represented Clarion Partners in the transaction. James Bernstein, Elizabeth Green and George Brown led The Green Cos. internally. Paul Stasaitis and Maxx Carney of HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate, $12.5 million acquisition loan through Aegon USA Realty Advisors LLC.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Co. Inc. has arranged the sale of 11.7 acres of land at the corner of McKinney Ranch Parkway and South Hardin Boulevard in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. The tract is located across the street from the site of the new McKinney Stadium, a $70 million project currently under construction that will service three high schools in McKinney. Lane Kommer of Henry S. Miller represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
SEATTLE — Capitol Hill Partners has acquired the 58-unit Carroll and Kensington Apartments in Seattle for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 305 Bellevue Ave. E. The acquisition includes two mid-rise buildings with shared parking. The Carroll and Kensington Apartments were built in 1908 and 1994, respectively. The historic Carroll Apartments were upgraded in 2003. Marty Leith of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Family Apartments LLC, in this transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Copper Creek, a 14-building, 274-unit apartment community located at 6011 Oakland Hills Drive on Fort Worth’s eastern side. Community amenities include two pools, on-site laundry facilities and patios with outdoor storage. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Lubbock-based Madera Residential, in the transaction. Silva and Ford Braly, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, an undisclosed, out-of-state investment firm.
RICHMOND, VA. — The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has leased 81,553 square feet of office space in downtown Richmond. The agency will occupy four floors at Bank of America Center, an office building located at 1111 E. Main St. With the Virginia DEQ lease, the office building is 88 percent leased to tenants including the Virginia Cable Telecommunications Association, Haneberg Hurlbert PLC and the Virginia Bar Association. Malcolm Randolph and Scott Durham of CBRE | Richmond represented the owner, a joint venture between District Bay Realty Advisors and developer Joe Ersek, in the lease transaction.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has announced the tenant lineup at Village 21 at Regions Park, a $45 million mixed-use development under construction near Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Situated at the intersection of 21st Avenue South and Wedgewood Avenue, the property will include 101 apartment residences, community amenities, 250 surface and below-grade parking spaces and 22,000 square feet of retail space that is 95 percent pre-leased. Committed retail tenants that are set to open this summer include Regions Bank, Mountain High Outfitters, The Urban Juicer, South Boutique and Taco Mama. By May, GBT Realty expects to announce a celebrity-backed restaurant concept to fill the property’s two-story restaurant and rooftop bar overlooking the intersection of 21st and Wedgewood avenues.
SHERRODSVILLE, OHIO — Vortech Contracting has signed a 7,100-square-foot industrial lease in Sherrodsville, located in eastern Ohio. The oil and gas services company will occupy the warehouse and office space on a three-acre site at 20 S. Church St. Bryce Custer of NAI Spring represented both Vortech Contracting and the undisclosed landlord in the lease transaction.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the $6.4 million sale of a 40,000-square-foot office property known as Exchange Place in New Haven. The property is located at 123-127 Church St. Edward Jordan and Bradley Balletto of the firm’s Connecticut office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. William Jekiel Forbes built the Exchange Place property in 1832 and it was renovated in 2003. The seller, Connecticut-based 123-127 Church Street Associates LLC, purchased the property in 2013 shortly after its primary tenant The Annie E. Casey Foundation ceased activities. The company signed a lease for the upper floors with a rapidly growing technology company, and signed a net lease for the ground-floor retail space with a national pharmacy. The property was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer, Boston-based New England Investment Partners, purchased the property for roughly $160 per square foot.
