PORTLAND, ORE. — JLL Capital Markets has secured $37.3 million in acquisition financing for Fremont Place I and II, a two-building office campus in Portland’s Pearl District. The borrower is a Rialto Capital Management fund along with one of the company’s subsidiaries, Rialto Capital. Loan proceeds will be used to acquire and transform the urban, waterfront property through series of interior and exterior renovations. Located at 1650 and 1750 Naito Parkway, Fremont I and II offer 123,600 square feet of office space spread across a two-story building and a three-story building. Originally built in 1987, the asset was recently renovated and renovations, including an outdoor amenity space, are scheduled for the near future. At the time of sale, the property was 62 percent leased to a variety of tenants in the telecommunications, engineering and healthcare industries, among others. Casey Davidson and Zachary Kersten of JLL Capital Markets arranged the five-year, floating-rate acquisition bridge loan through a debt fund.
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METUCHEN, N.J. — JLL has arranged the $29.6 million sale of The Hub at Metuchen, a Class A residential and retail property located southwest of New York City. Located at 656-660 Middlesex Ave., the property includes 79 apartment units and 11,203 square feet of retail space. Residential amenities include a fitness center and a resident lounge. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli and Michael Oliver led a JLL team that represented the seller, Renaissance Properties. A private buyer purchased the asset.
ROWLETT, TEXAS — Barings Real Estate Capital has provided a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of Terra Lago, a 451-unit apartment community located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas, a business center and a bocce court. The borrower was a partnership between Transcontinental Realty Investors Inc. and Abode Properties.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc. to acquire a Field & Stream store in Kalamazoo. The store will be rebranded as Sportsman’s Warehouse. The company is also purchasing a Field & Stream store in Crescent Springs, Kentucky, and the total purchase price of $5 million for both stores will be funded through borrowings under Sportsman’s revolving credit facility. Sportsman’s will sublease the two locations from Dick’s and the transactions are expected to close this month. Field & Stream is a retailer of hunting, fishing, camping and outdoor recreation merchandise that is a subsidiary of Dick’s. Sportsman’s says the acquisitions are consistent with its “growth strategy of opportunistically expanding its store footprint in strong markets with well-established customer bases.”
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has sold Village 21 and Belcourt Park, two multifamily communities in Nashville, for a total of $52.2 million. Atlanta-based TriBridge Residential acquired both properties. The 101-unit Village 21 sold for $31.7 million. The property is situated at 1620 21st Ave. S., two miles southwest of downtown Nashville. The community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and communal amenities including a pool, fitness center, business center, pet washing station, car charging stations and a clubhouse. Village 21 features ground-floor retail space that was not included in the sale. Brentwood, Tenn.-based GBT Realty also sold Belcourt Park, a 76-unit community, for $20.5 million. Belcourt Park is situated at 1710 Belcourt Ave., three blocks from Village 21. The community also offers studio to two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center and a lounge.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Federal Realty Investment Trust, a Maryland-based REIT, has acquired a 39-property multifamily and retail portfolio in Hoboken, an eastern suburb of New York City, for $203 million. Concentrated primarily along the Washington Street retail corridor, the portfolio includes 129 residential units and 171,959 square feet of retail space. The portfolio totals 278,879 square feet. Retail tenants include French beauty chain Sephora, CVS and several restaurants. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Dean Tselepis of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, a private owner. The team also procured Federal Realty as the buyer.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $3.8M Sale of Apartment Community in New Haven, Connecticut
by Alex Patton
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.8 million sale of Georgetown Apartments, a 32-unit apartment community in New Haven. Located at 241 Quinnipiac Ave., the property features townhouse-style apartments with two-bedroom floor plans. The property offers convenient access to Yale University, Albertus Magnus College and University of New Haven. Wes Klockner and Eric Pentore of Marcus & Millichap brokered the sale and arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of the buyer. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.
NAI Hanson Negotiates Sale of 10,761 SF Office, Residential Building in Hawthorne, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
HAWTHORNE, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has negotiated the sale of a 10,761-square-foot office and residential building in Hawthorne, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 297-301 Lafayette Ave., the property includes 7,381 square feet of office space and two apartments. Andrew Somple and Justin Allessio represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center, which will use the property as its headquarters. The sales price was undisclosed.
SALT LAKE CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 9669 S. Prosperity Road in Salt Lake City. KPFN Properties sold the asset to ARKA Properties Group for $30.1 million. Visible SCM Logistics, a supply chain management company, occupies the single-tenant, 363,996-square-foot facility. The property is located near Mountain View Corridor, a phased transportation infrastructure project that when complete will offer a 35-mile freeway spanning from Interstate 80 in Salt Lake City to State Route 73 in Utah County. Bryce Blanchard, Kyle Roberts and Lucas Burbank of represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
ROMEOVILLE, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $18.6 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Jewel-Osco in Romeoville, located about 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The 67,507-square-foot building sits on 7.5 acres at 20 S. Weber Road. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented the seller, a Southwest-based private real estate investment company. A West Coast-based private investor purchased the asset in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Jewel-Osco has operated at the property since 2002 and recently executed a 20-year lease.