MILWAUKEE — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 7,757-square-foot retail building in Milwaukee. The Historic Third Ward Development LLC purchased the building from Jennaro Brothers LLC for an undisclosed price. Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of The Dickman Company represented the seller in the transaction. Marianne Burish of Siegel-Gallagher represented the buyer.
ACWORTH, GA. — Papa John’s International Inc. is locating its new regional hub in southwest Cherokee County. The 110,000-square-foot distribution and warehouse space will supply more than 400 Papa John’s stores across seven states. The Louisville-based pizza chain currently has 10 full-service regional production and distribution centers in the United States, which Papa John’s refers to as Quality Control Centers (QCCs). The QCCs manufacture and supply pizza dough, food and paper products, along with smallwares and cleaning supplies, to the stores in their region. The QCCs are operated by PJ Food Service Inc., a subsidiary of Papa John’s. The new QCC will occupy space at Majestic Realty Co.’s building located off of Highway 92 and Northpoint Parkway in Acworth. The new QCC will result in 106 jobs with an average wage of more than $60,000 per year and more than $15 million in capital investment. Papa John’s worked closely with Site Selection Group LLC, the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Georgia Power and the Cherokee Office of Economic Development in choosing southwest Cherokee for its new regional hub.
NICHOLASVILLE, KY. — Cypress Property Group has brokered the $2.6 million sale of a 4,850-square-foot Panera Bread restaurant located at 101 Cynthia Drive in Nicholasville. The single-tenant restaurant building is leased to Panera Bread on a triple-net basis. Cypress represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The asset sold at a 5.76 percent cap rate, according to Cypress.
PITTSBURG, CALIF. — Creekside Apartment Investors LLC has purchased Creekside Village, an 88-unit, market-rate seniors housing community in the Bay Area city of Pittsburg, for $11.4 million. The gated community was built in 2003 and consists of 82 one-bedroom units and six two-bedroom units. The five buildings sit on just over six acres of land. Based in Los Angeles, Creekside Apartment Investors is a project of the managing partners of L5 Real Estate Investments and Equity Consultants Real Estate. Rich Martini, vice president, and Bill Hillis and Curt Scheve, both senior vice presidents, of Colliers International arranged the deal on behalf of the seller, Lark Creek LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of the FreshDirect facility, located at 23-30 Borden Ave. in Long Island City. Fresh Property I LLC sold the property to Atlas Capital for $48 million. The property totals approximately 276,705 square feet on a 654-foot by 329-foot irregular lot, 90 percent of which includes state-of-the-art material management and refrigeration/freezer systems. Since acquiring the property in 1999, Fresh Property I had completed substantial capital improvements and upgrades to a majority of the buildings systems. Bob Knakal, Jonathan Hageman and David Chkheidze of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Scott Rosen of Akron Trotter Property Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA AND WARMINSTER, PA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has brokered the sales of two industrial properties in the greater Philadelphia area. In the first transaction, Wolf Pack LP acquired a 21,500-square-foot industrial building, located at 3015 Darnell Road in Philadelphia, for $1 million, or $47.67 per square foot. Neil Shupak and Justin Bell of NGFK represented the sellers, Jerry and Brenda Frebowitz, in the transaction. In the second deal, D&B Pharma Real Estate Partners acquired an industrial building located at 200 Park Ave. in Warminster for $3.8 million, or $25.67 per square foot. Situated on 5.8 acres, the 150,000-square-foot building features 26-foot ceiling heights, off-street parking and loading capabilities. Shupak and Bell represented the undisclosed seller, while Kurt Eisenschmid of Penn’s Grant Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of a Comfort Inn located in Binghamton. Shree Hari Holdings LLC acquired the 104-room property for an undisclosed price. Ted Anka, Ketan Patel and Geoff David of HREC Investment Advisors represented the seller, Binghamton Hotel Partners, in the transaction.
MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged the sale of a 3,026-square-foot mixed-use property in Milwaukee. Octane LLC purchased the building located at 4101 N. Port Washington Ave. from Pensco Trust Co. for an undisclosed price. Built in 1910, the two-story building consists of ground-level retail space and a two-bedroom/1.5-bathroom apartment. Devin Tessmer of Siegel-Gallagher.
LOS ANGELES – 1320 North Sierra Bonita Apartments LLC has purchased a 52-unit apartment building in the Los Angeles submarket of West Hollywood for $18.5 million. The community is located at 1320 N. Sierra Bonita Ave. The LLC plans to renovate the units to bring them to market rate. Travis Greene of Charles Dunn Company represented the buyer, while Hamid Soroudi of the same firm represented the seller, 27th/Pico Boulevard LP.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Huntington Orthopedics Institute has acquired a 22,000-square-foot medical office building in Pasadena for $9.2 million. The space is located at 837 S. Fair Oaks Ave., one block from Huntington Hospital. The building was constructed in 1962. It was fully leased at the time of sale. Michael Dettling of Avison Young’s Healthcare Practice represented Huntington Orthopedics. Bill Ukropina of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, Hollis Cotton, in this off-market transaction.