NEW YORK CITY — Sweden-based Akelius through its U.S. company, Akelius US LLC, has acquired an apartment building along East 21st St. in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park for an undisclosed price. Built in 1930, the property features 196 apartment units. This is the company’s second acquisition in the United States. Additional details of the transaction were not disclosed.
GEORGETOWN AND PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Granite Investment Group has sold two senior housing properties near Austin for $23.4 million. The sale included Park Place Care Center and Assisted Living, a senior care campus that includes a 116-bed skilled nursing facility and a 48-bed assisted living facility in Georgetown. Built in 1997 on nearly seven acres, Park Place offers 24-hour skilled nursing care, short- and long-term rehabilitation, common areas, private and semi-private rooms, activity directors, spiritual care and an order-by-menu dining program. An affiliate of Granite Investment Group originally purchased the property in 2007 for $9.2 million. The second property in the transaction is Pflugerville Care Center, an 111-bed skilled nursing facility built in 1991 on 3.2 acres. The facility provides residents with short- and long-term rehabilitation care. An affiliate of Granite Investment Group originally purchased the property in 2005 for $9.1 million. Mark Myers and Joshua Jandris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the transaction.
DALLAS, HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of a 27-building, 2.35 million-square-foot, 95.6-percent leased industrial portfolio located in Metro Dallas and Houston. HFF marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Mayfield Properties LP and AB Real Estate Group. A private fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital – Real Estate purchased the assets for an undisclosed amount. The eight Dallas-Fort Worth properties are located in the DFW Airport North, Great Southwest, Valwood and West Brookhollow industrial markets. The 11 buildings are 98 percent leased and total 1 million square feet. The eight Houston facilities are located in the Northwest and Southwest industrial markets and total 16 buildings with 1.3 million square feet. That portfolio is 93.6-percent leased. Randy Baird, Rusty Tamlyn, Jud Clements, Trent Agnew, Robby Rieke, Stephen Bailey and John Rogers led the HFF investment sales team representing the seller.
TYSONS CORNER, VA. — Finmarc Management Inc. and its partners have sold a 40,000-square-foot neighborhood shopping center located at 8459 Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner for $31.1 million. Retail Properties of America Inc. purchased the asset, which was fully leased at the time of sale. The shopping center’s tenant roster includes Golfsmith USA, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Roti Restaurant and Hamilton Sofa & Leather Gallery. Ken Goldberg of Uniwest Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the purchase of a development site located at 333 Johnson Ave. in Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood. Normandy Real Estate Partners, Royalton Capital LLC and Sciame Development purchased the site for $26.7 million. The buyers plan to develop a commercial complex on the site with retail, restaurant and office space. Additionally, the new property will feature 40,000 square feet of outdoor space and the restaurant space will be clustered on the White Street-facing courtyard with the opportunity for rooftop dining, as well as on-site artisanal food production space. Ofer Cohen, Melissa Warren, Dan Marks, Peter Matheos and Michael Hernandez of TerraCRG represented the buyers, while Sydney Blumstein of Corcoran represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has arranged the sale of two contiguous multifamily buildings located at 241-245 Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn’s Kensington section. The assets sold for $10.3 million, or $323,000 per residential unit. The properties consist of a combined 32 two- and three-bedroom apartment units and 24,000 square feet of air rights. The buyer plans to renovate the properties. Neither the buyer nor the seller were disclosed; Erik Yankelovich of GRI Realty represented the both parties in the transaction
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 14,490-square-foot, net-leased Walgreens property located in Georgetown. Jason Vitorino of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. An outside agent represented the buyer who acquired the asset through a 1031 exchange. Walgreens is located at 3204 Williams Drive, one mile west of I-35. Built in 2002, the asset is situated on 2.15 acres north of Austin. At the time of listing, more than 12 years remained on the initial 15-year lease term.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged a 15,089-square-foot office lease in Houston. NAI represented Noex Management LLC in the lease of space at 2500 Fondren Road. The property, known as Piney Point Offices, is located between the Galleria and Westchase submarkets just south of the Memorial Villages. Sam Hansen of NAI Partners represented the landlord, Noex, in the lease negotiations. Rich Pancioli and John Dolan of CBRE represented the tenant, American Cancer Society Inc.
HOUSTON — Houston-based Baker Katz, in collaboration with Lovett Commercial, has completed the sale of a 13,013-square-foot retail property in Houston. The building, currently occupied by a CVS Pharmacy, rests on over one acre located at 15411 Wallisville Road on the Northwest corner of Wallisville and Beltway 8. Nearby tenants include Walmart, Lowe’s and Buffalo Wild Wings. Baker Katz and Lovett Commercial originally purchased the property in 2007.
COLUMBUS, GA. — HFF has brokered the $20.2 million sale of Bradley Park Crossing, a 116,768-square-foot retail power center located at 1591 Bradley Park Drive in Columbus, roughly 100 miles south of downtown Atlanta. The property’s tenant roster includes The Fresh Market, PetSmart, Michael’s and Hibbett Sports. Jim Hamilton, Richard Reid and Mike Allison of HFF represented the seller, DDR Corp., in the transaction. The Rosen Group purchased the asset free and clear of existing debt.