NORWALK, CONN. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of the Matrix Corporate Center in Norwalk. The sales price was not disclosed. Located at 535 Connecticut Ave., the five-story property is currently 74 percent leased to a tenant roster that includes Crius, UBM and Belvoir. Sean Cahill, Gary Lyons and Blake Thomas of Avison Young represented the seller, Matrix Norwalk LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Hanover Norwalk Investors LLC.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Grandbrier at Prospect Heights, a 101-unit assisted living and memory care community in suburban Chicago. The sales price was not disclosed. A joint venture between Virtus Real Estate Capital and Pathway to Living acquired the asset. Built in 2017, the property features 69 assisted living units and 32 memory care units. Amenities include an outdoor terrace, theater, living rooms and lifestyle programming. Oz Real Estate was the seller.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a four-story loft office building in Chicago’s West Loop for $13.1 million. The 30,620-square-foot building is located at 1027-1031 W. Madison St. Schafer Condon Carter (SCC), an independent creative and technology agency, occupies floors two through four. CrossTown Fitness and Madison Bar + Kitchen occupy the first floor. Built in 1872, the historic property underwent a $4 million renovation in 2011 to restore the façade and modernize the interiors. Stephen Lieberman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private partnership including principals of SCC. The company will remain a tenant at the building as part of a sale-leaseback agreement. Lieberman also procured the New York-based buyer.
FARGO, N.D. — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. in Fargo for $5.7 million. The property is situated on 19 acres next to Hector International Airport. There are over 17 years remaining on the lease, which expires in November 2035. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder brokered the sale. An institutional investor purchased the asset from a Southwest-based private developer.
LAWRENCE, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has arranged the sale of an 83,217-square-foot retail center in Lawrence for an undisclosed price. The property, formerly a JC Penney store, was recently redeveloped into a multi-tenant center. Tenants include Hobby Lobby, Five Below and HomeGoods. An undisclosed buyer purchased the asset from 3311 Iowa Investors LLC as part of a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — San Diego-based MG Properties Group has purchased Country Brook Apartments, a multifamily property located at 4909 W. Joshua Blvd. in Chandler. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $74 million. The 396-unit community features three resort-style swimming pools with outdoor televisions and shade sails, two whirlpool spas, gas barbecues, a picnic area and ramadas surrounded by landscaping. The apartments feature in-unit washers/dryers and an average size of 936 square feet. Cindy Cooke and Brad Cooke of Colliers International handled the marketing and sale transaction.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the $14.7 million sale of 206,068-square-foot office building located at 6606 W. Broad St. in Richmond. Thalhimer Realty Partners (TRP), the investment and development subsidiary of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, acquired the asset from Southern States. TRP will rename the building Brookfield Place. The property, which was 70 percent leased at the time of sale, serves as the headquarters for Southern States Cooperative. Additional tenants include Virginia Urology, Wiley Wilson and Keener Communications. Brookfield Place will continue to serve as the headquarters for Southern States, which has signed a long-term lease with plans to renovate its office space. Evan Magrill and Baker Lynn of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will handle Brookfield Place’s leasing assignment, and Lindsay Mujacic of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will manage the property.
HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIF. — Sterling Organization, on behalf of Sterling United Properties I LP, has acquired Margarita Plaza. The grocery-anchored shopping center located at the northeast corner of Santa Fe Avenue and East Florence Avenue in Huntington Park, approximately four miles from downtown Los Angeles. Private investors sold the property in an off-market transaction for $23.7 million, or $309 per square foot. A 43,350-square-foot Food 4 Less grocery store anchors the 76,797-square-foot shopping center, which was built in 1989 and renovated in 2014. Additional national retail tenants include Little Caesar’s Pizza and Jackson Hewitt. At the time of sale, the property was 93 percent occupied. Sterling United Properties I LP is Palm Beach, Fla.-based Sterling Organization’s institutional grocery-anchored shopping center core fund.
MICHIGAN AND INDIANA — NAI Wisinski of West Michigan has brokered the sale of four shopping centers anchored by Kroger in Michigan and Indiana for $28.5 million. The properties in Michigan include Owosso East Shopping Center in Owosso and Sturgis Plaza in Sturgis. The Indiana properties include Plymouth Plaza in Plymouth and Auburn Plaza in Auburn. Cameron Timmer and Russ Bono of NAI Wisinski brokered the sale with assistance from NAI Farbman. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
MATAWAN, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $19.7 million sale of a 133,678-square-foot office building in Matawan. Located at 100 Matawan Road, the Class A office building is currently 85 percent leased. More than $1.6 million in capital improvements have been made to the property since 2015. Jeffrey Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Travis Langer and Zachary McHale of CBRE Institutional Properties represented the seller, a partnership led by Denholtz Associates, in the transaction. The buyer was Signature Acquisitions.
