UNION CITY, CALIF. — Spacesonic is relocating its operations from San Carlos to Union City. The new 70,800-square-foot space is located at 30300 Union City Blvd. Spacesonic manufactures and distributes custom sheet metals. CBRE’s Chip Sutherland and Soroush Kaboli of Soroush Kaboli Brokerage Services represented Spacesonic. Greig Lagomarsino, Sean Sabarese and Nick Ousman of Colliers International’s Oakland office represented the landlord.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Rdbh LLC has acquired a 27-uinit apartment building in Long Beach for $4.8 million. The community is located at 1101-1121 Gaviota Ave. It was built in 1988. The property is located within the Rose Park historical district near the neighborhoods of Carroll Park and Belmont Heights. The buyer plans to hold this asset long term, according to Stepp Commercial, which represented the buyer. The seller, Lunar Bear Properties II LLC, represented itself. Robert Stepp and Michael Toveg represented Rdbh.
CHICAGO — Prudential Real Estate Investors has acquired the Roosevelt Collection, a Class A mixed-use property in the South Loop of Chicago. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located at 150 Roosevelt Road, the LEED-certified, mixed-use property includes two eight-story buildings with 326,098 square feet of retail space, 342 loft-style apartment units, and a three-level parking garage. (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, a standard developed by the U.S. Green Building Council.) The acquisition also includes an adjacent land lot that is part of a planned 400-unit, 43-story high-rise multifamily project. Retail components of the Roosevelt Collection feature a 16-screen Kerasotes ShowPlace ICON Movie Theatre, Container Store, lululemon and Banana Republic.
HOUSTON — Boyd Commercial LLC/CORFAC International, a full-service commercial real estate services provider in Houston, has negotiated the sale of a 21-acre Houston property to Summer Street Retail LP, a business entity backed by Gulf Coast Commercial Group. The Houston Business Journal reported that the property sold for $40 million. Previously owned by Texas Tile Manufacturing LLC, an affiliate of Tarkett USA Inc., the property was marketed for sale by Conrad Bernard of Boyd Commercial/CORFAC, as well as the firm’s founder, J. Michael Boyd. They were the only brokers involved in the transaction. Tarkett ceased manufacturing at its facility located at 1705 Oliver St. in Houston last fall and used portions of the property as warehouse product as recently as June. The French-owned company had occupied the site since 1932, constructing in excess of 750,000 square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space in the ensuing years.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — NAI Partners and NAI Robert Lynn have represented GEICO with the relocation and leasing of its regional office. The new complex, located at 2280 N. Greenville Ave. in Richardson, is the former headquarters of Fossil Inc. The office spans 233,000 square feet and will serve more than 1,600 GEICO associates. Griff Bandy and Jon Silberman of NAI Partners, along with Tom Lynn and Nick Lee of NAI Robert Lynn, represented GEICO in the transaction. Chuck Sellers and Lauren Perry of Peloton Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord, CNL Commercial Real Estate.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of 14 multifamily properties, with 176 residential units and eight retail stores, located in Upper Manhattan, in two separate transactions. Morningside Partners I LP and 9-11 CPN LLC sold the properties for $58 million to an undisclosed private investor. Thirteen of the walk-up apartment buildings are located on one city block between Manhattan Avenue, Frederick Douglass Boulevard, West 114th Street and West 115th Street in Morningside Heights. The 13 properties, which total more than 125,000 square feet, sold for $47 million, or $376 per square foot. In a separate transaction, a five-story, 23,640-square-foot property located at 9-11 Central Park North sold for $11 million, or $465 per square foot.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has arranged the sale of Halsey Corporate Center, an office building located at 90 E. Halsey Road in Parsippany. Stockbridge Capital Group sold the property to Boxer F3 LLC for an undisclosed price. The 100,000-square-foot building features a three-story, glass-enclosed atrium lobby and full-service cafeteria. At the time of sale, the property was leased to eight companies, including Chemtrade. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver, Stephen Simonelli and Andrew Scandalios of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
HARRISON, N.Y. — Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. has acquired The Harrison Shopping Center in Harrison. Located on Halstead Avenue, the 25,000-square-foot shopping center is anchored by an A&P Fresh Supermarket, which will be replaced by a prominent grocer. Additional tenants include a bakery, hair salon, florist, restaurants and A&T. Urstadt Biddle acquired the property, which was built in 1957, for an undisclosed price in an all-cash transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Franklin Johnston Group has broken ground on Southern Pine Apartments, a $44 million, 240-unit luxury apartment community in Virginia Beach’s Princess Anne area. Upon completion, the property will feature a multi-story clubhouse with a fitness center, bowling alley and pool deck with grilling stations. Other amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, walking trails and a dog park. The first units will begin leasing next spring, and occupancy will begin in late summer. Rents start at $1,100 per month.
Grubb Properties Acquires Three Office Buildings in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter Submarket for $32.7M
ATLANTA — Grubb Properties has purchased three mid-rise office buildings in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket from Atlanta Property Group for $32.7 million. The buildings, known as The Park at Perimeter Center East, total 284,500 square feet and are located north of I-285 and east of Ashford Dunwoody Road. Grubb Properties plans to invest $5.2 million in capital improvements for the office assets. This is the first office acquisition in the Atlanta area for Grubb Properties.