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CHICAGO — Fundamental Advisors has sold The Clare, a 53-story, 338-unit continuing care retirement community in downtown Chicago, to LCS for an undisclosed price. Fundamental partnered with Senior Care Development and LCS to acquire the community out of bankruptcy in 2012. A renovation plan was implemented that expanded the health center and augmented programs and services for residents. Additionally, Life Care Services, the management arm of LCS, was brought in to operate the community. During the years since the acquisition, occupancy increased from 34 percent to 98 percent. Located at 55 E. Pearson St. within the Gold Coast neighborhood, The Clare was developed in 2008 and features 248 independent living units, 26 assisted living units, 14 memory care units and 50 skilled nursing beds. Allen McMurtry and David Kliewer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.

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ROSELLE, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP, has acquired an 80,704-square-foot industrial building in Roselle for an undisclosed price. The property sits on 5.1 acres at 31 Presidential Drive, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. Built in 1992, the facility features a clear height of 18 feet, five docks, three drive-in doors and parking for 232 cars. The single-tenant building was fully leased to an undisclosed tenant at the time of sale. Jeff Janda and Jeff Galante of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller.

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MONROE, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $32.3 million sale of Concordia Shopping Center, a 135,090-square-foot retail center in Monroe, located approximately 30 miles northeast of Trenton. Situated at 1600 Perrineville Road, the retail center was 95 percent leased to tenants including Stop & Shop, UPS and Monroe Physical Therapy at the time of sale. Chris Munley, Jose Cruz and James Galbally led a JLL team that represented the seller, Concordia Shopping Manager Corp., in the transaction. A joint venture of KPR and DRA Advisors was the buyer.

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FREEHOLD, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 154,824-square-foot industrial property located at 500 Halls Mill Road in Freehold, located approximately 30 miles east of Trenton. Situated at 500 Halls Mill Road, the property offers convenient access to the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway. The buyer, Treetop Development, plans to redevelop the site as an approximately 200,000-square-foot distribution facility with a clear height of 36 feet. Elli Klapper, Charles Berger and Kevin Dudley led a CBRE team that represented Treetop Development in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.

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LAS VEGAS — MGM Growth Properties has agreed to form a joint venture with Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. to acquire the Las Vegas real estate assets of the MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay casinos and resorts for $4.6 billion. MGM Growth (NYSE: MGP) will own 50.1 percent of the joint venture, and Blackstone Real Estate, a non-traded REIT managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX), will own 49.9 percent. The MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay comprise 9,743 hotel rooms combined, as well as approximately 3 million square feet of meeting space and approximately 300,000 square feet of casino space across 226 acres on the Las Vegas Strip. MGM Growth currently owns the Mandalay Bay’s real estate, and MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) currently owns the MGM Grand’s real estate. At closing, which is expected to occur this quarter, MGM Resorts will enter into a long-term, triple-net master lease with the new ownership for both properties and provide a full corporate guarantee of rent payments. MGM Resorts’ initial annual rent for both venues will be $292 million. MGM Resorts will continue to manage and operate all aspects of the properties on a day-to-day basis, with the joint venture owning the properties …

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SAN ANTONIO — Casoro Group, an Austin-based investment firm formerly known as The PPA Group, has purchased The Jax in San Antonio. The recently upgraded, 322-unit apartment community is located at 12222 Vance Jackson Road on the city’s northwest side. The purchase price was not disclosed, but Austin Business Journal reports the property traded for $90 million. Mark Brandenburg of JLL arranged a $35.5 million acquisition loan on behalf of Casoro. Nexbank provided the five-year, floating-rate loan. Units at The Jax feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 692 to 1,545 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, courtyards with barbecue grills, children’s play area, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse and a business center. CLEAR Property Management, an affiliate of Casoro, manages The Jax. The seller was not disclosed.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nuveen, the asset management unit of TIAA, has sold The Woodley, a 212-unit apartment community in Northwest Washington, D.C., for $180.3 million, according to The Washington Business Journal and land records from the D.C. Recorder of Deeds. Boston-based GID Real Estate Investments purchased the property located at 2700 Woodley Road NW for nearly $15 million less than what TIAA-CREF paid for The Woodley in 2014. The apartment complex features studio through three-bedroom units. Community amenities include a courtyard with reflecting pool, rooftop lounge and clubroom with kitchen, infinity pool, library and a fitness center. The Woodley is located adjacent to the Woodley Park Washington Metro station.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — JLL and Raleigh-based Capital Associates have co-brokered the $17.7 million sale of the Biomedical Partnership Center, a 44,835-square-foot flex/lab building in Raleigh. The newly built property is located at 1001 William Moore Drive on the North Carolina State University’s Centennial Biomedical Campus. Located on 2.6 acres at the corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hillsborough Street, the two-story property has nearby access to Interstates 40 and 440, N.C. Highway 54 and Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The Biomedical Partnership Center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to multiple tenants. JLL and Capital Associates represented the seller, CBC Flex Lab LLC, and procured the purchaser, Flex III Subsidiary LLC, a Tennessee-based entity that purchased the facility in a 1031 exchange. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey, Christopher Lingerfelt and Zack Drozda of JLL and Tom Huff of Capital Associates represented the seller.

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HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of The River Oaks Bank Building, a 170,233-square-foot office building located at 2001 Kirby Drive in Houston’s River Oaks District. A client of L&B Realty Advisors LLP sold the 14-story building to a joint venture between Houston-based Fuller Realty Partners and Independencia Asset Management for an undisclosed price. The recently renovated property features 185 surface parking spaces and an attached garage holding 323 spaces. Kevin McConn, Rudy Hubbard and Rick Goings of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. John Ream, Wally Reid and Cameron Cureton of JLL arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the joint venture.

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PHOENIX — A subsidiary of Marriott International has completed the disposition of Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, located at 340 N. Third St. in Phoenix. An affiliate of The Blackstone Group acquired the asset for $268 million. The hotel features 1,003 guest rooms, nearly 77,000 square feet of meeting space, a fitness center and lap pool. Marriott acquired the hotel in 2018 and began a major renovation to create a showcase hotel for the new Sheraton brand vision. The project is slated for completion in the first half of this year. Marriot will continue to operate the hotel under a long-term management agreement with the buyer.

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