NEW JERSEY — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has negotiated the $65 million sale of the Golden Peak Portfolio, a collection of multifamily properties totaling 400 units in northern New Jersey. The portfolio’s 13 buildings are located throughout the North Hudson County cities of West New York (250 units), Union City (119 units) and North Bergen (31 units). Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer Associates represented the seller, a partnership of Urban American Management and Dixon Advisory. Nicolaou also procured the buyer, Tuli Realty LLC. Elliot Treitel of Meridian Capital Group arranged financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of the buyer.
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — JLL has arranged the $53 million sale of Bela Apartments, a recently developed, 104-unit luxury multifamily community in the Bergen-Lafayette neighborhood of Jersey City. The property features one- and two-bedroom apartments with amenities including a fitness center, yoga studio and a grilling area. The property also features approximately 2,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver and Kevin O’Hearn led a JLL team that represented the seller, a partnership between Alpine Development, Fields Development Group and Grade Development Co. Golden Glades Capital Management was the buyer.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Orange County, Calif.-based Dornin Investment Group has completed the disposition of an office building located at 2300 Market St. in Riverside. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Originally constructed in 2006, the three-story, 63,760-square-foot office building was fully occupied at the time of sale. The County of Riverside occupies 89 percent of the rentable area and recently signed a five-year lease extension that expanded its footprint at the property. Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Doug Mack, Bryan Johnson, Will Cole and Sammy Cemo of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. has sold a 208,000-square-foot healthcare building leased to cancer treatment and research group MD Anderson in The Woodlands, a northern suburb of Houston. The sales price was $115 million. Howard Hughes began development of the build-to-suit property, which is located at 100 Fellowship Drive, in 2017. MD Anderson, which operates seven facilities throughout the Houston area and collaborates with other hospitals and healthcare providers nationwide, will remain in place as building ownership transitions. The buyer was not disclosed.
READING, PA. — The Boulder Group has negotiated the $1.6 million sale of a single-tenant retail property net-leased to Dunkin in Reading, located approximately 60 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The property is located at 1350 Carbon St. in close proximity to the 910,000-square-foot Berkshire Mall, as well as a Walmart Supercenter, Home Depot and Best Buy. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the Pennsylvania-based seller in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
MARQUETTE, MICH. — Greystone Bel Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio totaling 117 units in Marquette, which is located in the state’s Upper Peninsula. The portfolio includes Northwoods and Ridgeview Apartments. Austin Hull of Greystone Bel brokered the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed. An out-of-state buyer purchased the properties from an undisclosed seller. Built between 2004 and 2011, Northwoods consists of three buildings totaling 48 units on 3.5 acres. Ridgeview is a 69-unit property built in 2002. It includes 10 buildings on four acres.
MAPLEWOOD, MINN. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $3.3 million sale of a newly constructed retail property net leased to AT&T in Maplewood, just east of St. Paul. The 4,305-square-foot building is located at 3070 White Bear Ave. across from Maplewood Mall. Jimmy Goodman and Randy Blankstein of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. An individual investor purchased the asset. The tenant, New Cingular Wireless PCS, is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp. New Cingular Wireless is the primary corporate entity for AT&T’s retail stores with over 2,200 locations worldwide.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Anaheim, Calif.-based Crowne Pointe Equity has purchased an office/flex building located at 914 S. 52nd St. in Tempe. A joint venture between Phoenix-based ViaWest Group and a capital partner sold the asset for $5.9 million. Situated on 2.7 acres, the property offers 32,350 square feet of Class A office/flex space. At the time of sale, two tenants fully occupied the property: La Frontera EMPACT Suicide Prevention and SISU Healthcare Solutions. Geoff Turbow, Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson and Doug Mack of CBRE Investment Properties – SoCal/Phoenix/Vegas and Pat Feeney, Dan Calihan, Rusty Kennedy and James Cohn of CBRE’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal.
HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of The Gardens at Spring Shadows, a 384-unit independent living community that is situated on 11.4 acres at 10100 Kempwood Drive in Houston. Units average 740 square feet and feature open floor plans with upgraded features like plank flooring, new cabinetry, granite-look countertops, kitchen pantries, walk-in closets and in-unit washers and dryers. Amenities include two pools, a salon, library, putting green, a dog park and various social areas. Chris Young, Joey Rippel and Bailey Crowell of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Mark Brandenburg and Chad Russell of JLL arranged a three-year, floating-rate acquisition loan for the buyer through Ready Capital. Both parties involved in the transaction requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Amazon has acquired the Lord & Taylor office building in Midtown Manhattan for $1.15 billion, according to the New York Post. The e-commerce giant will use the 660,000-square-foot building at 424-434 Fifth Ave as its New York City headquarters, which will house several thousand employees. A partnership of investors including WeWork-owner Rhone Capital and Saks Fifth Avenue-owner Hudson’s Bay Co. sold the building. The Post reports that as part of the agreement, Amazon will pay $750 million in construction loans that WeWork borrowed to renovate the building. The acquisition follows Amazon’s scrapped plan to open a 4 million-square-foot HQ2 headquarters in Queens, which would have housed 25,000 employees.