ALLENTOWN, PA. — City Office REIT has completed the sale of its office property located on Corporate Parkway in Allentown. The 178,330-square-foot building sold for $44.9 million, with an expected 6.6 percent net operating income yield. Proceeds from the sale were used to repay approximately $4 million of mortgage debt. Additionally, the seller plans to acquire assets as part of a like-kind 1031 exchange. With the sale of this non-strategic asset, the City Office REIT has been able to align its portfolio entirely within its target markets.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Chelsea Pines Inn, located at 317 W. 14th St. in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood for $13.7 million. The five-story, 8,550-square-foot hotel features 23 rooms and an additional 8,625 buildable square feet of air rights. The hotel features movie-themed rooms, high-end luxury linens, bath amenities and WiFi. Brock Emmetsberger, Jonathan Hageman and Andy Posil of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Jay Lesiger and Tom Klebba, in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has arranged the sale of two contiguous three-story residential buildings located at 316 and 318 E. 81st St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. An undisclosed buyer acquired the assets for $9.2 million, or $750 per buildable square foot. With a total of 12,232 buildable square feet, the buyer plans to develop the properties in luxury residential housing. The asset at 316 E. 81st St. is a single-family property and the property at 318 E. 81st St. is a seven-unit multifamily building. Jess Cirolli-Quinones of Besen & Associates represented the buyer, while Rolfe Haas, also of Besen & Associates, represented the undisclosed seller.
HILLSBORO TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Hampton Inn Hillsboro, a 70-room hotel in Hillsboro. Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office, Allan Miller of the firm’s San Antonio office, and Skyler Cooper of the Houston office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Gomes and Miller also procured the buyer, also a private investor. Hampton Inn Hillsboro is located at 102 Dynasty Drive, just east of I-35 near Old Brandon Road. Built in 2007, the three-story hotel features a wood frame, stucco and brick exterior and a flat roof. Amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, business center, complimentary breakfast bar and 691 square feet of meeting space. Rooms are equipped with a desk, microwave, refrigerator and flat-screen television with cable.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $77 million sale of Arbor Oaks Apartments, a 360-unit luxury multifamily community located at 9817 Arbor Oaks Lane in Boca Raton. Built in 1995 by Altman Development Corp., the gated complex features a clubhouse and 18 residential buildings surrounding a lake. The property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, including flats and townhomes. The average unit size is 1,105 square feet. Still Hunter III, Steve Witten and Victor Nolletti of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
ATLANTA AND NORCROSS, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the sales of two apartment communities in metro Atlanta totaling $28.8 million. The transactions included the $14 million sale of The Retreat located at 3475 Pleasantbrook Village Lane in Atlanta and the $14.8 million sale of Huntington Ridge located at 2400 Windsor Woods Lane N.W. in Norcross. Atlanta-based Marquis Investments purchased The Retreat from Atlanta-based Rosdev Group, and Atlanta-based Sabra Associates bought Huntington Ridge from Atlanta-based Greentree Real Estate Services. Paul Vetter, Andrew Mays and Judy MacManus of Berkadia’s Atlanta office brokered both deals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — MakeOffices, a shared workplace platform, has signed a long-term, 45,000-square-foot office lease at The Wharf, a $2 billion waterfront development underway in southwest Washington, D.C. MakeOffices will lease the entire second and third floors of 800 Maine, a 220,000-square-foot, Class A office building. Situated at the corner of 9th Street and Maine Avenue S.W., the 11-story property is set to deliver in the third quarter of 2017. MakeOffices joins the American Psychiatric Association and bipartisan lobbying firm Van Scoyoc Associates as tenants of 800 Maine. MakeOffices typically offer flexible month-to-month leases and space options for member companies, as well as shared amenities including Wi-Fi, 24/7 access and onsite refreshments such as coffee, tea, fruit, beer and filtered water. The Wharf’s master developer, Hoffman-Madison Waterfront, signed MakeOffices to the lease at 800 Maine. Hoffman-Madison Waterfront’s members include PN Hoffman, Madison Marquette, ER Bacon Development, City Partners, Paramount Development and Triden Development.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Mohr Capital has acquired a 90,000-square-foot industrial building in the northwest Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The building, located at 651 E. Corporate Drive, is the U.S. headquarters for HOYA Corp., a Forbes Global 2000 company and a supplier of medical and optical products. Cushman & Wakefield’s Randy Baird, Jud Clements and Robby Rieke represented the seller, Cohen Asset Management, in this transaction.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Baker Katz has redeveloped a fully leased retail site in Beaumont. The company demolished a building that had been located on the property to create five new spaces for retail tenants. Starbucks, Mattress One and Wingstop will occupy a 6,100-square-foot building at the site, and T-Mobile and Access Dental will each lease 2,800 square feet in the second building. The property is located at the northeast corner of I-10 and College Street.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shawnee Sevilla Apartments, a 31-unit apartment property located in Dallas. John Barker and Daniel Burton of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Barker and Burton also secured the buyer, a limited liability company. The Shawnee Sevilla Apartments was built in 1972 and is a Class C multifamily asset located in a residential neighborhood at 9633 Old Seagoville Road. The property is located near two Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) bus stops, along with Crawford Memorial Park and Fireside Park. The Southeast Dallas Health Center is less than one mile from the property. The property includes 28 two-bedroom units, two one-bedroom units and one three-bedroom unit. Shawnee Sevilla has a total rentable square footage of 29,810, with an average unit size of 962 square feet. The building is constructed with wood siding and brick with concrete slab foundations. On-site amenities include storage, a mechanical room and an on-site laundry facility totaling 2,046 square feet.