QUINCY, MASS. — Chicago-based investment firm Waterton has acquired The Amelia, a 200-unit apartment community located in the southern Boston suburb of Quincy. The 10-story property was built on 1.2 acres in 2006 and offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center, resident clubhouse and an outdoor deck. Waterton will implement a value-add program focused on unit interiors and amenity spaces. The seller was not disclosed.
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Bridge Industrial Sells Box Yard Creative Industrial Park in Downtown Los Angeles to Rexford for $94M
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Bridge Industrial has completed the sale of Box Yard, a four-building, creative industrial business park in downtown Los Angeles. Rexford Industrial acquired the asset for $94 million. Located at 2425, 2445, 2460 and 2535 E. 12th St., Box Yard offers a total of 261,528 square feet of flex space. At the time of sale, the property was 94 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including e-commerce, tech, entertainment/studio, fashion, arts and creative tenants. The asset features 24-foot clear heights, dock- and grade-level loading for each unit and a fully gated and secured site. The property recently underwent interior and exterior renovations, including upgraded office finishes, LED lighting and warehouse air circulation fans, exterior paint, new signage, landscaping and improved site security. Gensler was the architectural firm for the renovations. Andrew Briner, Bret Hardy, Jim Linn, Kevin Shannon, Scott Schmacher and Laura Stumm of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
SOLON, OHIO — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the $10.1 million sale of Uptown Solon Shopping Center in Solon, about 20 miles southeast of Cleveland. The 182,334-square-foot property is home to Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, Ulta, Petco, Lumber Liquidators and Orange Theory Fitness. Ben Snyder and Zack Bates of Matthews brokered the sale. The seller was a subsidiary of Retail Value Inc. The buyer, United Growth, is a development and investment company that targets value-add properties.
DUNWOODY, GA. — Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) has acquired Twelve24, a 345,917-square-foot, Class A office property in Dunwoody, for $195 million. Trammell Crow Co. was the developer and seller. Will Yowell, Will Pike and Devon Huseman of CBRE brokered the sale, which sold to OPI at a 6.3 percent cap rate. Twelve24 is 96 percent leased to Insight Global for its corporate headquarters and 98 percent leased overall, with a weighted average lease term of 14.2 years. Located at 1224 Hammond Drive, the property includes direct access to MARTA. Built in 2021, the property’s amenities include a fitness center, outdoor patio, café, ground-floor retail and a total of 1,023 parking spaces. The property is within Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket which is a home to Fortune 500 headquarters for Mercedes-Benz USA, State Farm and Nasdaq. OPI is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on owning, operating and leasing properties. OPI is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc., an alternative asset management company that is headquartered in Newton, Mass.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $110 million sale of Mallory Square, a 365-unit mid-rise apartment community in Rockville. Walter Coker, Brian Crivella, Robert Jenkins and Bill Gribbin of JLL represented the seller, Woodfield Development, which sold the property to Nuveen Real Estate. Mallory Square totals 330,117 rentable square feet and includes a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 1,600 square feet of retail space leased to Dunkin’. Community amenities include three private courtyards totaling 25,000 square feet, a lounge with a grilling area, sun shelf with pool, media center with a TV, fire pits, 24-hour fitness center and a yoga studio with ballet barre. Located at 15251 Siesta Key Way, the property is situated in Maryland’s Interstate 270 Biotechnology and Life Sciences Corridor, which is a medical testing and research cluster that features The National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute and The Food and Drug Administration.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Galaxy II, a 106,168-square-foot office building in Webster, located southeast of Houston. Built in 2009, the five-story complex was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including United Fire Group, IBI Group and APNetwork. Marty Hogan and Rick Goings of JLL represented the seller, an entity doing business as Houston-MDL LLC, and procured the buyer, an investment group led by TRC Capital Partners LLC. James Brolan of JLL arranged a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Independent Financial on behalf of the new ownership.
Newmark Negotiates Sales of Two Grocery-Anchored Retail Centers in Phoenix Totaling $14M
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — Newmark has arranged the sales of two grocery-anchored shopping centers located in Phoenix for a combined total of $14 million. Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of Newmark facilitated the transactions. In the first deal, Boros Investments sold Safeway Shops at 83rd & Camelback, a multi-tenant retail center located at 4819 N. 83rd Ave. and 8141 W. Camelback Road, to an entity doing business as Reel Retail Fund I LLC. Tenants at the fully occupied property include H&R Block, Great Clips, One Main Financial, a donut shop, dentistry office and a Mexican restaurant. Newmark represented the buyer and seller in the deal. In the second transaction, Desert Canyon Investment Properties III acquired Happy Valley Walmart Shops, located at 25155 N 67th Ave. and 6520 W. Happy Valley Road, from BevNorm Olive LLC. Tenants at the property include Pacific Dental, Edward Jones, a bagel shop, bike store and a sushi restaurant. The property includes the shops on other side of a Walmart Neighborhood Market store.
CHICAGO — Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: OPI) has acquired 1K Fulton in Chicago’s Fulton Market district for $355 million. The 531,190-square-foot office property serves as the Midwest headquarters for Google, which leases 73 percent of the building. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale, with a weighted average lease term of six years. Built in 1923 and redeveloped in 2015, the building features amenities such as two fitness centers, multiple roof decks, a steak house restaurant, ground-floor retail space and 157 subterranean parking spaces. Stephen Livaditis, Matthew Graham and Bryan Rosenberg of Eastdil Secured brokered the sale. American Realty Advisors was the seller, according to local media reports. Office Properties Income Trust is managed by The RMR Group and is based in Newton, Mass.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Avison Young’s Capital Markets Group has brokered the sale of a retail center in Alexandria. An entity doing business as Santay Realty of Alexandria LLC purchased the property, known as 6001 Kingstowne Village Parkway, from The Halle Cos. for $14.2 million. Jonathan Hipp, Richard Murphy, Chip Ryan and Matt Weber of Avison Young represented the seller in the transaction. Michael Patz of KLNB represented the buyer. The center is fully leased to Aldi, La-Z-Boy furniture and a newly opened Ashley Furniture HomeStore. Built in the late 1990s, the property spans approximately 72,000 square feet of retail space.
DALLAS — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Granite Tower, a 241,378-square-foot office building in North Dallas. The 10-story, recently renovated building offers amenities such as a tenant lounge, conference center and fitness center. Gary Carr, Robert Hill, Chris Murphy, John Alvarado and Chase Tagen of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed. Granite Tower was 92 percent leased at the time of sale.