SHERWOOD AND BEAVERTON, ORE. — SR Watt Co. has acquired a two-property apartment portfolio, including Cannery Row at 22550 SW Highland Drive in Sherwood and Westline at 4545 SW Angel Ave. in Beaverton. Madison Park Financial Group sold the assets for $60 million. Built in 2013, Cannery Row features 101 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with an average unit size of 840 square feet. Community amenities include a resident lounge, fitness center, community patios and pet grooming station. Constructed in 2017, Westline offers 87 studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with an average size of 737 square feet. Onsite amenities include 2,280 square feet of retail space, pet/bike wash station, fitness center and a rooftop deck with barbecue grills, fire pit and views of Mt. Hood. SR Watt Co. was self-represented, while Ira Virden, Carrie Kahn and Frank Solorzano of the JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales Advisory team represented the seller in the transaction.
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HOUSTON — Southern California-based investment firm Magma Equities has purchased Village at Bellaire, a 580-unit apartment community in West Houston. Built in 1990, Village at Bellaire consists of 25 three-story buildings that house one- and two-bedroom units on a 14.4-acre site. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, brushed nickel hardware, granite countertops and full-size washers and dryers. Select apartments also offer private balconies/patios. The amenity package consists of two pools, a fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining stations, clubhouse, game room, business center and package concierge services. Magma Equities, which acquired the asset in a joint venture with Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners and Pacific Life as part of a $189 million off-market portfolio deal, plans to upgrade the unit interiors and building exteriors. Moody National Cos. sold the property for an unspecified price.
DENTON, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of a 374,560-square-foot cold storage facility in the North Texas city of Denton. Delivered on a speculative basis in 2022, Cold Creek Solutions Denton features 45-foot clear heights, 60,000 pallet positions, 53 dock positions, 147 car parking spaces and 85 trailer parking stalls. The breakdown of the square footage translates to 306,240 square feet of freezer/cold storage space, a 59,320-square-foot refrigerated dock and 9,000 square feet of office space. An undisclosed institutional investment firm purchased the asset from developer Cold Creek Solutions for an undisclosed price. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Wells Waller and Cole Sutter of JLL brokered the deal. The property was 50 percent leased to Southwest Warehouse Services at the time of sale.
CHICAGO — Waterton has acquired Alta Roosevelt Apartments in Chicago’s South Loop. Atlanta-based Wood Partners sold the property for $170 million, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Located at 801 S. Financial Place and built in 2017, Alta Roosevelt features 496 units. Amenities include 50,000 square feet of common area space, which features an outdoor pool and spa, outdoor lounge with grilling stations and TVs, a dog park, bike room, package room, game room with bowling lanes, fitness center, yoga studio and entertainment kitchen. The property also includes a four-story parking garage. Waterton plans to rebrand the asset as The Elle, a nod to both Eleanor Roosevelt and Chicago’s elevated train station known as the “L.” Waterton will also make upgrades to the amenities. Danny Kaufman, Trent Niederberger, Lucas Borges and Mike Halbach of JLL arranged $99.5 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Waterton. The Freddie Mac loan features a seven-year term and a fixed interest rate.
FORT LEE, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $116.5 million sale of Hudson Lights, a 276-unit apartment community located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fort Lee that was completed in 2016. According to Apartments.com, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 666 to 2,072 square feet. The amenity package comprises a pool with cabanas, fitness center with a yoga studio, resident lounge with a billiards table and catering kitchen and a children’s playroom. Jeff Dunne, Stuart MacKenzie, Eric Apfel, Zach McHale, Fahri Ozturk, Richard Gatto and Travis Langer of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a joint venture between Skylight Real Estate Partners and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $19M Sale of Village Courtyard Apartments in Stanton, California
by Amy Works
STANTON, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Village Courtyard Apartments, a multifamily community in Stanton. A private individual sold the asset to another private individual for $19 million, or $328,017 per unit. Village Courtyard Apartments features 58 units. The property has an average occupancy of 97.7 percent, according to Marcus & Millichap. Tyler Leeson and Matt Kipp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
MCDONOUGH AND JONESBORO, GA. — A partnership between Birmingham, Ala.-based Growth Capital Partners (GCP) and AEW Capital Management LP has purchased a 2.9 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Atlanta’s I-75 South industrial submarket. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The portfolio comprises three Class A facilities in McDonough and Jonesboro that house four tenants, including Whirlpool Corp. and Caterpillar. The assets include 195 King Mill Road in McDonough, 150 Greenwood in McDonough and 9250 S. Main St. in Jonesboro. GCP’s existing portfolio spans 6.7 million square feet in Sun Belt markets such as Atlanta, Nashville, Houston, San Antonio, Charlotte and Jacksonville.
CHESTERFIELD, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the $6.4 million sale of Georgetown Manor Apartments in Chesterfield, about 30 miles north of Detroit. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Constructed in 1968, the complex is home to 97 units, according to Apartments.com. Peter Jankowski and Rich Deptula of Friedman represented the undisclosed buyer. The seller was also undisclosed.
SAN DIEGO — A private exchange buyer and a single-tenant REIT have purchased The Shops at Palm Promenade, a newly constructed shopping center in San Diego, for a combined value of $41.5 million. El Warner, Caitlin Zirpolo, Charley Simpson, Jordan Gomez and Alyssa Mera of Colliers’ Orange County-based National Retail Capital Markets team represented the sellers, Citivest and Hutensky Capital Partners, in the transactions. The private exchange buyer acquired 765, 762, 764, 780 and 804 Dennery Road for a total of $25.8 million. Chick-fil-A, Starbucks Coffee, Jersey Mike’s Subs and The UPS Store are tenants at the 24,120-square-foot space. The single-tenant REIT purchased the 45,308-square-foot Burlington building at 760 Dennery Road for $15.7 million.
LOCKHART, TEXAS — San Antonio-based multifamily developer The Lynd Group has acquired a 30.5-acre parcel in Lockhart, about 35 miles south of Austin, for the development of a 174-unit build-to-rent community. Lynd is developing the project, which carries a total price tag of $61 million, in partnership with T.R. Inscore. Residences will come in two- and three-bedroom formats and will have an average size of 1,530 square feet. Communal amenities will include a pool, fitness center, dog park, a clubhouse and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Construction is scheduled to begin in January, with the first homes slated to come on line in the third quarter of 2023.