NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has brokered the $7.8 million sale of 84 Second Avenue, a 4,812-square-foot, four-story, mixed-use building in Manhattan. The property is located in Manhattan’s East Village and consists of four apartments and two retail units. Amit Doshi, Ron Cohen, Shallini Mehra and Shlomo Gelernter of Besen represented the seller, who was undisclosed, in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.
SPRING, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Gleannloch Storage, a 601-unit self-storage facility located in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. The property offers more than 202,500 net rentable square feet and features climate-controlled units and boat/RV storage spaces. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, Gleannloch Storage LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed, out-of-state operator.
ORLANDO, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $65.8 million sale of GrandeVille at Jubilee Park, a 330-unit apartment community in Orlando. Patrick Dufour, Scott Ramey and Kevin Judd of ARA Newmark arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, LeCesse Development Corp. Cortland Partners LLC acquired the asset and will manage the community, renaming it Cortland Jubilee Park. Constructed in 2015, the community features a pool with sundeck, outdoor kitchen, community dog park, fitness center and a clubhouse with a pub and a game room.
SEATTLE — Columbia Pacific Advisors, a Seattle-based investment firm, has agreed to acquire Vancouver, Wash.-based seniors housing owner-operator Hawthorn Retirement Group for an undisclosed price. Hawthorn owns, develops and operates communities located across 20 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Hawthorn currently operates 55 communities, with another 24 communities under construction or in pre-development. In addition to the real estate portfolio, the acquisition will include Hawthorn’s management and construction businesses. The principal owners of Hawthorn — Bart Colson, Brad Colson, Norm Brenden and Pat Kennedy — have all known and worked with Columbia Pacific co-founder Dan Baty for many years. Bill Colson and Dan Baty were the primary owners of Holiday Retirement prior to its sale to Fortress Investment Group in 2007. Bart Colson and Brad Colson are Bill’s sons, and Bart was Holiday’s COO for 10 years prior to the sale to Fortress. Norm Brenden and Pat Kennedy were also high-ranking executives at Holiday. “We are buying what we believe to be one of the best senior living companies ahead of a huge and quickly approaching demographic trend of an aging U.S. population,” said Alex Washburn, managing partner and co-founder of Columbia Pacific Advisors. “The Hawthorn platform consists of …
CHICAGO — Clear Height Properties has acquired a four-property, 522,000-square-foot industrial and office portfolio in suburban Chicago for $30 million. The portfolio includes a 201,800-square-foot office building in Oak Brook as well as more than 320,000 square feet of flex properties in Elmhurst, Bensenville and Willowbrook. The office building was 81 percent leased at the time of acquisition. Clear Height plans to upgrade the amenities, including the fitness center, lobby and conference facilities. The other properties include Elmhurst Metro Court in Elmhurst, Tower Lane Business Park in Bensenville and Willowbrook Court in Willowbrook. Transwestern represented the seller, a private investor.
WEST CHESTER, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.2 million sale of a Comfort Inn & Suites in West Chester, about 20 miles north of Cincinnati. The 92-room hotel is located at 5944 W. Chester Road. Alexandre Duong and Andrew Bankhurst of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. The team also represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
GARDEN CITY, MICH. — Signature Associates has arranged the sale of a 46,200-square-foot industrial building in Garden City, about 20 miles west of Detroit. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 32330 Ford Road. Brad Viergever and Steve Kozak of Signature Associates represented the seller, First Parker Realty Inc., as well as the buyer, WMES.
HOUSTON — Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management has acquired Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, a 510,000-square-foot medical office property in Houston. The 28-story building is located within the Texas Medical Center on the city’s south side. The property, which features retail amenities and a 13-level parking garage, was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Scott Galloway, Colby Mueck and Rusty Tamlyn of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between Mischer Healthcare, Memorial Hermann Health System and other private investors, in the transaction.
DENVER — A joint venture between RedPeak Properties and Allstate Investments has sold 1600 Glenarm Place, a mixed-use, high-rise property located on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. Northland Investment Corp. acquired the property, along with a 0.77-acre land parcel at 14th Street and Glenarm Place, for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1967 as an office tower known as the Security Life Building, the property was converted into a multifamily property in 2006 by RedPeak Properties. The 31-story building features 333 apartments in studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and penthouse layouts, and 29,000 square feet of commercial space, including frontage along Denver’s 16th Street pedestrian mall. On-site amenities include an outdoor terrace with barbecue grills and fireplace, fitness center, demonstration kitchen, cyber lounge, conference room, movie theater, game room, resident library, reading room, valet parking, 24-hour concierge service and room service from Earl’s Restaurant on the property’s ground floor. Jordan Robbins, Jeff Haag and Anna Stevens of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND FORT MILL, S.C. — HFF has brokered the $70.5 million sale of a two-building industrial portfolio in the greater Charlotte area. Chris Norvell and Patrick Nally of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, The Keith Corp., which also developed the buildings. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. The portfolio includes a 599,018-square-foot building at 3725 Westinghouse Blvd. in Charlotte and a 165,382-square-foot building at 2901 Lakemont Blvd. in Fort Mill, roughly 18 miles south of Charlotte in South Carolina. The Keith Corp. completed construction on the Westinghouse Boulevard building in the second quarter. The cross-dock facility is triple-net-leased to Staples for its e-commerce operations, and features 36-foot clear heights and 15,600 square feet of office space. Completed in 2015, the building on Lakemont Boulevard is triple-net-leased to Broad River Retail, Ashley HomeStore’s largest independent licensee. The building, which serves as the corporate headquarters for the company, features 32-foot clear heights and two stories of office space totaling 23,083 square feet.
