CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 50,400-square-foot concrete loft office building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood for $10.3 million. The property is located at 405 W. Superior St. Stephen Cusano and Jim Mead of SVN represented the undisclosed parties in the sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $3 million sale of a 5,736-square-foot retail strip in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. Located at 1326-1342 Beach Channel Drive, the seven-unit property includes approximately 115 feet of frontage on Beach Channel Drive. The tenant roster includes a Little Caesars pizzeria, a restaurant, deli and grocery store, hair salons and a barbershop. Stephen Preuss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Beach Channel 12 LLC / 1326 Beach Channel Realty Corp., in the transaction. The buyer was Deer Grow Developments.
BOISE, IDAHO — Kennedy Wilson has acquired Cottonwoods Apartments, a multifamily community in Boise, for $24 million. The company invested approximately $11 million of equity, including closing costs, and secured a $14 million loan from Freddie Mac at a fixed rate of 4.33 percent for 10 years. A private seller sold the property in an off-market transaction. Kennedy Wilson plans to immediately initiate a large-scale renovation and rebranding of the 188-unit property. The company plans to invest more than $6 million to upgrade the unit interiors, improve the clubhouse, fitness center and pool, and address deferred maintenance projects. Upon completion the apartment community, which was built in 1986, will be renamed Reedhouse. This transaction is Kennedy Wilson’s fifth significant purchase in the Boise market since the company started investing in the region in 2014. Kennedy Wilson’s other assets include Whitewater Park, Edgewater, River Pointe and Rosewood Apartments.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Joint venture partners Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC and Rockpoint Group have sold University View, a 1,573-bed student housing community located adjacent to the University of Maryland in College Park. The $235 million sale marks the largest single-asset student housing trade in U.S. history, according to Greystar. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht and Casey Schaefer of CBRE National Student Housing, along with William Roohan and Michael Muldowney of CBRE’s Washington, D.C., office, represented Greystar and Rockpoint in the sale. The buyer was undisclosed. Charleston, S.C.-based apartment management and investment firm Greystar and Boston-based real estate private equity firm Rockpoint Group purchased University View in 2016 and have since upgraded the interiors of all 507 units, as well as the property’s common areas. “The acquisition, investment in and sale of University View exemplify the power of Greystar’s value-add strategy,” says Kevin Kaberna, executive director and leader of Greystar’s U.S. Investment platform. “We were able to perform considerable interior upgrades while maintaining affordable rents for students.” University View is connected to the University of Maryland via a pedestrian bridge crossing Paint Branch, a 14-mile tributary of the Northeast Branch that flows to the Anacostia River. The property also features …
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the $48 million sale of an apartment community in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 80 and 86 Fort Washington Ave., the two building community totals 138,228 square feet. The building at 80 Fort Washington Ave. was built in 1920 and 86 Fort Washington Ave. was built in 1930. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood represented the buyer, RCR Management. David Berger of Rosewood represented the seller, a group of investors including Mike Spira and the estate of Josh Sternhell.
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Pointe Monterey Business Park, an industrial property at 34450 Gateway Drive in Palm Desert. Renken Consulting Group acquired the asset from Fullmer Construction for $10.2 million. Built in 2008, Monterey Business Park is a 113,945-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial property. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by 10 tenants. Kevin Struve of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the sale.
GRAYSLAKE, ILL. — Colliers International has negotiated the $6.5 million sale of Brittany Square Apartments in Grayslake, about 45 miles north of Chicago. The 83-unit apartment building, built in 1974, is located at 720 Brittany Square. Jack Maloney and Tyler Hague of Colliers represented the longtime family owner, Jim Freese. The undisclosed buyer plans to upgrade units and add a dog park and basketball court.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises and Pebb Capital have sold the Shoppes at Isla Verde, a 207,030-square-foot shopping center in South Florida’s Palm Beach County, to MetLife Investment Management for approximately $74 million. The Shoppes is situated on a 22-acre, four-parcel land assemblage in Wellington, a village in central Palm Beach County. Completed by PEBB Enterprises in 2008, the center was 94.2 percent occupied at the time of the sale to several national retailers, including CVS/pharmacy, Best Buy, Old Navy, Petco, Panda Express, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Ulta Beauty. PEBB Enterprises announced in July that Sprouts Farmers Market will also join the tenant roster. PEBB Enterprises, founded in 1972, is a family-owned and operated real estate investment company based in Boca Raton, Fla. Pebb Capital spun off of PEBB Enterprises in 2014. Daniel Finkle, Luis Castillo and Eric Williams of HFF represented the sellers in the transaction.
PLANTATION, FLA. — Bell Partners has purchased Broadstone Plantation, a 250-unit community located about eight miles from Fort Lauderdale in Plantation. Triad Business Journal reports the sales price was $67 million. The complex has been renamed Bell at Plantation and will be managed by Greensboro, N.C.-based Bell Partners. Bell at Plantation comprises five-story midrise buildings and three-story garden buildings with one- , two- and three-bedroom options. Amenities include a clubhouse, theater room, fitness center and a pool. The seller was undisclosed.
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY — Supermarket chains Lidl US and Best Market have announced an agreement in which Lidl will acquire 27 Best Market stores in New York and New Jersey. Beginning next year, the German discount retailer will convert the Best Market stores to the Lidl brand. The process will involve the remodeling, reinvestment and reflagging of Best Market locations as Lidl stores. Best Market is a privately owned fruit and grocery store chain headquartered in Bethpage, New York. Of the 27 Best Market locations, 24 are located in Long Island, two are located in New York City and one is located in New Jersey. The terms of the acquisition are undisclosed, and it is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.
