VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — ARA has brokered the sale of Woodshire Apartment Homes, a 288-unit apartment community in Virginia Beach. Built in 1975, the property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mike Marshall, Drew White and Wink Ewing of ARA represented the seller, Chandler Management Corp., in the transaction. The Bainbridge Cos. purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
DEER PARK, TEXAS — NAI Houston represented 1101 Howard LLC in the lease of a 15,300-square-foot industrial spec building on one acre in Deer Park. Standard Alloys Inc. is the tenant for the space, which is located at 1101 Howard Drive. John Ferruzzo of NAI Houston represented the landlord in the negotiations. Thomas Leger and Chase Cribbs of The National Realty Group represented the tenant.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Louisville-based PRG Investments has brokered the sale of three restaurants in Kentucky and South Carolina. PRG brokered the sale-leaseback of two Raising Cane restaurants in central Kentucky: 551 Keene Center Drive in Nicholasville and 2555 Nicholasville Road in Lexington. Fred Sutterlin and Reed Weinberg of PRG represented the buyer, an individual investor based in Louisville, in the transaction. David Graves of Cypress Property Group represented the seller. Sutterlin also brokered the franchise sale-leaseback of a Dunkin’ Donuts located at 754 Folly Road in Charleston, S.C. on behalf of the buyer, a private investor based in Louisville.
NORCROSS, GA. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has brokered the $1.2 million sale of a 16,983-square-foot office building located at 3135 Avalon Ridge Place in Norcross, an eastern suburb of Atlanta. Denton Shamburger and Jeff Henson of Lincoln Property represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Paul Hanna of JLL represented the buyer, Custard Insurance Adjusters, which currently occupies 6,000 square feet at the property. Custard plans to expand its presence at the building in the near future.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of K2 Plaza, a 9,600-square-foot retail property located in Round Rock. Michael Buckner and Richard Mireles of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Gus Lagos and Nik Kapetanakis of the firm’s Houston office represented the buyer, also a partnership. K2 Plaza is located at 399 W. Louis Henna Blvd. in Round Rock, a quarter-mile west of I-35. The property was built in 2001 on one acre.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE Group Inc. has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 3208-3210 Boardwalk West in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood. The 11-unit property sold for $3.78 million. The 16,336-square-foot oceanfront property is newly renovated after suffering severe damage from Hurricane Sandy. The apartments feature granite countertops, kitchen islands, stainless steel appliances, tiled bathrooms, beautiful hardwood floors and floor-to-ceiling windows. Additionally, all units are equipped with washer and dryer hook-ups and designated parking spaces. Charles Berger, Elli Klapper, Matthew Giordano and Justin Aronson of CBRE Group represented the seller in the transaction.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — MJ Partners Self Storage Group has sold the Planet Self Storage facility, which is located at 555 Mitchell Ave. in Burlington. Winter Garden, Fla.-based iStorage purchased the property for $2.97 million. The property consists of 54,165 square feet of rentable space and 565 storage units. At the time of sale, the facility was approximately 70 percent occupied. The property will be rebranded as an iStorage self storage facility. iStorage operates 60 self-storage facilities in 11 states across the country. David Kohn of MJ Partners represented both parties in the transaction.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Vornado Realty Trust has leased 470,000 square feet of office space to Amazon at 7 West 34th St. in the Penn Plaza District of Paramus. Amazon has inked a 17-year lease for the office space. Vornado, a fully integrated real estate investment trust, owns approximately 9 million square feet of commercial space in the Penn Plaza District.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC has secured a $55 million loan for the construction of Discovery at the Realm, an apartment complex that will be located in Lewisville. Joseph Hevey of Berkadia worked with the borrower, Bright Realty, to secure the three-year, interest-only loan through Mutual of Omaha Bank. The bank provided $43 million in senior debt financing. Great Southern Bank of Springfield, Mo., also participated in the construction loan, and Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC provided $12 million in mezzanine debt financing. Construction will begin on Discovery at the Realm in December. The property will be located at the southeast corner of Windhaven Parkway and Castle Hills Drive, 25 miles north of Dallas. The complex will consist of 423 units located across three buildings on more than 20 acres of land. The total cost for the project will be more than $75 million. BB&M Architecture is providing architectural services, while Andres Construction of Dallas will serve as the general contractor.
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. — HLC Equity, a national real estate investment holding group and property manager, has sold a retail property located at 12-14 Cedar St. in Bronxville. The 27,699-square-foot building sold for an undisclosed price. The retail property currently houses a longtime tenant, A&P, under the terms of a triple-net lease. Lawrence Porter and George Valliades of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Capital Markets represented HLC Equity in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
