WACO, TEXAS — BH Properties has completed the disposition of Waco Commons, a shopping center located at 300 N. Valley Drive and 4125 Franklin Ave. in Waco. B.H. Waco Retail Mills LLC, as the selling entity, sold the property to Johnson Family Shopping Center LLC for $9.7 million. At the time of sale, the 128,769-square-foot property was 82 percent occupied by tenants including Dirt Cheap, Tractor Supply Co., Planet Fitness, Firehouse Subs, CSL Plasma and Brident Dental. Pat Farrar of Reid Co. was the sole broker in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Prologis has leased industrial space to Mahi Granite at its facility located at 8255 Kempwood in Houston. The tenant will occupy 36,750 square feet of space. Greg Barra and David Boyd of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC International represented the landlord, while Bobby Daush of Fischer and Grant Hortenstine of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
LIVONIA, MICH. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Awrey’s Bakery building in Livonia, a western suburb of Detroit. The sales price was not disclosed. The 219,225-square-foot building sits on 20 acres and is located at 12301 Farmington Road. Raffi Derbabian of Colliers International represented the seller, NJ Ventures LLC. The buyer was undisclosed. Awrey’s bakery production will continue to operate out of the building. Originally founded in 1910, the bakery remains one of the largest, privately owned bakeries in the country.
QUINCY, MASS. — Campanelli, in partnership with TriGate Capital, has sold Heritage One and Heritage Two, two office buildings located in Quincy. Foxrock Properties has purchased Heritage One, a 173,000-square-foot office building, while Grander Capital Partners has acquired Heritage Two, a 183,000-square-foot office building. State Street Corp. occupies more than 50 percent of Heritage One, while Heritage Two is 93 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Massachusetts Teachers Association, Healthcare Financial, G-Force Shipping, Pharmalogics Recruiting and Stran Promotional Services. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, Judy Ravech, Samantha Hallowell, Michael Frisoli and David Douvadjian of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal. The acquisition prices were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Fairfield Properties has acquired a multifamily property located at 365 Stewart Ave. in Long Island’s Garden City for $36.5 million. Built in 1938, the four-story building features 80 apartment units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer and the seller, Va Garden City LLC National Registered Agents Inc., in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two multifamily buildings located at 234 E. 95th St. and 446 E. 88th St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A local investor acquired the properties, which total 40 apartment units. The property located at 234 E. 95th St. features 20 one-bedroom units and sold for nearly $670 per square foot. The 8,200-square-foot building also features additional 7,508 square feet of air rights. The 9,000-square-foot property, located at 446 E. 88th St., features 20 one-bedroom, rent-stabilized units and 1,988 square feet of additional air rights. The property sold for $760 per square foot. Guthrie Garvin, Thomas Gammino and Michael Gembecki of Cushman & Wakefield. The buyer, a local investor, was self-represented in the transaction.
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. — Nedde Real Estate has brokered the lease of 5,808 square feet office at 1891 Williston Road in South Burlington. The tenant, Ideas Well Done, will move into the space in early December. Fernando Cresta and Doug Nedde of Nedde Real Estate co-own the property. Meg McGovern of Donahue & Associates represented the tenant in the lease.
NORCROSS, GA. — A joint venture between PointOne Holdings and Biscayne Atlantic has sold Steeple Chase Apartments, a 306-unit, garden-style multifamily community in Norcross, for $26 million. The joint venture originally purchased the property in March 2013 for $13.3 million. During the joint venture’s ownership, the companies invested roughly $1.8 million in capital improvements at Steeple Chase to upgrade interiors, improve the infrastructure and enhance curb appeal. During that time occupancy increased from 92 percent to 97 percent and average effective rental rates increased by 29 percent from $673 to $868 monthly. Monthly net operating income jumped 75 percent during that time frame from $82,100 to $143,900. The name of the buyer was undisclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust Inc. has executed more than 100,000 square feet of leases this year at 80 M Street, a 285,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C., that the company has owned since 2004. The Class A office building is located in the Capitol Riverfront submarket and is within walking distance of the Washington Nationals’ ballpark and the Navy Yard/Ballpark Metrorail station. The leases include a 15-year deal with WeWork, a shared office space provider, for 68,673 square feet; a 24,224-square-foot renewal with Gryphon Technologies, a military engineering company; and a new 14,990-square-foot lease with General Dynamics Information Technology, a defense services provider. Columbia Property Trust is also investing $3 million in renovations at the office building that will add a new entrance, collaborative main lobby, outdoor terrace and tenant lounge. The investment will also include renovations of the building’s elevators, fitness facility and restrooms. WeWork will occupy portions of the first, second and third floors and will feature a dedicated entrance within the main lobby. The company is expected to open its offices in the third quarter of 2017.
GLEN ALLEN, VA. — BH Properties has sold the Owens & Minor office building to Real Estate Value Advisors for $8.3 million. The 62,941-square-foot property is located at 4800 Cox Road in Glen Allen, a suburb of Richmond. The building was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to three tenants: The Winebow Group, Covington Travel and Free Agents Marketing. Eric Robison, Mark Douglas and Mac Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer brokered the transaction.