NEW YORK CITY — American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust Inc. (ARC Hospitality) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 13 hotels from affiliates of Noble Investment Group LLC for $300 million. The Noble portfolio includes 12 select-service and extended-stay hotels and one full-service hotel, totaling 1,913 rooms. The hotels are located in Boston; Atlanta; Monterey, Calif.; Columbus, Ohio; Fort Worth, Texas; Chicago; Minneapolis; Birmingham, Ala.; and Northern and Central New Jersey. The hotels are franchised by major global brands including Hyatt Hotels, Hilton Hotels & Resorts and Marriott International. Hotel flags include Hyatt Place, Hilton Garden Inn, Hyatt House, Courtyard by Marriott and Hilton. ARC Hospitality was represented by Hunton & Williams LLP. The acquisition is subject to franchisor approvals and the completion of due diligence; the acquisition is expected to close in three separate tranches (which are not conditioned on each other) during the fourth quarter of 2015 and first quarter of 2016.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Londonderry Apartments, a 240-unit apartment property located in Fort Worth. Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, J Alexander Realty Group of Dallas. Silva also secured the buyer, a private investment group. Londonderry Apartments is located at 1401 Morrison Drive. The location offers access to I-30 and is located near AT&T Stadium. The new owner plans to make interior and exterior renovations to make the property more competitive in its rental market. The subject property was built in 1980 and consists of 18 buildings comprising pitched composition roofs with wood frames and brick and siding exteriors on concrete slab foundations. Amenities include a pool, a gazebo with a park area, washer/dryer connections, patios and outside storage.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — A local investor has acquired a commercially zoned 30,000-square-foot lot in Arlington. The site at 2317 W. Arkansas Lane is close to the Pantego-Arlington line and zoned for office, retail and select shop uses. Nearly 14,000 vehicles per day travel the north-south artery, used by local residents looking to avoid freeway congestion. Wayne Burgdorf of Coldwell Banker Commercial Alliance DFW in Arlington represented the seller, the Schnitzer Grandchildren’s Trust. Steve Turnbow of MGM Equity Partners in Dallas handled negotiations for the buyer, TPS Family LP.
MINNEAPOLIS — NAI Everest has arranged the sale of a 5.45-acre property located at 315 First Avenue NE, two blocks from the Mississippi River, in Minneapolis for $13.7 million. Superior Plating previously owned the site for nearly 90 years. The company went bankrupt in 2011. The property was then sold to First & University Investors LLC, which sold the site to Lennar Multifamily Communities. The first phase of development will include 278 apartment units as well as 22,000 square feet of commercial space.
ROMULUS, MICH. — Signature Associates has brokered the lease of 18,300 square feet of industrial space located at 28420-28448 Highland Road in Romulus. Brad Viergever and Larry Kelly of Signature Associates represented the tenant, Morse Moving & Storage Inc., in the transaction. Signature Associates is an independently owned and operated company that is a member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Colliers International has brokered the $21.5 million sale of Renaissance at Peacher’s Mill, an upscale 216-unit apartment community in Clarksville, roughly 40 miles northwest of Nashville. PEM Real Estate Group purchased the asset from JA Murphy Group. Will Mathews, Ron Cameron and Bart Johnston of Colliers International’s Nashville office represented JA Murphy Group in the transaction. According to Colliers, the transaction is the highest price per unit trade in the history of Clarksville.
JACKSON, MISS. — Duckworth Realty Inc. has brokered the sale of the Plaza Building, a 12-story, 80,000-square-foot mixed-use tower in downtown Jackson. The property comprises ground-floor retail and restaurants, eight floors of office space and three floors of luxury apartments. The Plaza Building LLC purchased the tower for an undisclosed amount. John Michael Holtmann of Duckworth Realty Inc. represented the seller, GECMC 07-C1 Downtown Plaza LLC, a subsidiary of GECMC 2007-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust that is specially serviced by Torchlight Loan Services. According to Duckworth, the Plaza Building was 71 percent occupied at the time of sale.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. – Blue Sky HB LLC has purchased a few structures at Huntington Beach Medical Campus for $7.8 million. The acquisition includes a 19,288-square-foot surgery center, a 29,398-square-foot medical office building and a four-level parking structure. The building is located at 17752-17762 Beach Blvd. The campus includes Huntington Beach Hospital, Huntington Beach Diagnostic Imaging & Breast Center and Huntington Professional Tower and Pharmacy. Tenants within the campus include Quest Diagnostics, Beach Pediatrics, Surf City Pediatrics and other medical offices. The seller, KO’s HB Medical Building, was represented by Tom Nguyen of NAI Capital.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Rochelle Park, N.J.-based Tulfra Real Estate has purchased Totowa Business Center, a 225,000-square-foot, Class A mixed-use building at 930 North Riverview Dr. in Totowa from a New York-based investment group for $13 million. The property was constructed in 1962 and redeveloped in 1998. It is located on 17.38 acres at Interstate 80 and routes 46 and 23. Tulfra plans more than $5 million of improvements for the property, which includes the 105,000-square-foot, two-story mixed-use portion fronting on Riverview Drive and a 120,000-square-foot section facing on Taft Road, as well as 800 parking spaces. The Riverview space will be retrofitted to attract technical, quasi-retail and recreational tenants. According to the company, the 65,000-square-foot first floor encompasses four units of that would work for tenants such as child and adult daycare, a gym or fitness center, kids’ amusements, or other retail-type recreational uses. The 40,000-square-foot second floor would work well for training, trade and polytechnic schools, an art gallery, or mini-storage. The one-story section of the building houses tenants Tyco, RDD and Passaic County.
SHELTON, CONN. — CBRE Group has arranged the $16.73 million sale of 6 Armstrong Rd. in Shelton on behalf of an entity controlled by Marcus Partners Inc. New York-based Windsor Management Corp. purchased the property, a 163,287-square-foot office building located between exits 11 and 12 off Route 8. The property was 87 percent leased at the time of sale. Occupancy increased from the 50 percent mark 12 months earlier, thanks to a $2.2 million capital investment program that included HVAC, restrooms, lobby and common area upgrades as well as expanded parking. Jeffrey Dunne and Steven Bardsley of CBRE’s Institutional Properties team negotiated the transaction; CBRE also procured the buyer.