CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the $8.5 million sale of a four-building multifamily portfolio in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The 24-unit, fully leased portfolio includes two buildings on Blackstone Avenue, one building on Dorchester Avenue and one on Greenwood Avenue. They were all built in the early 1900s. Joe Smazal of Interra brokered the transaction. A private seller sold the portfolio to an East Coast-based buyer that maintains a significant presence in Chicago.
NEW ORLEANS — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of The Whitney Hotel, a historic 93-room hotel in New Orleans. Cleveland-based GBX Group LLC acquired the property for $16.9 million. Len Wormser, Ketan Patel, Barry Swanson and Michael Salloway of HREC represented the seller, The MCC Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Built in 1870, The Whitney was renovated about 24 years ago, and features 24 suites, meeting space, parking and a 7,000-square-foot lobby. The property is situated close to the 1.2 million-square-foot New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the French Quarter and Superdome.
CORNELIA, GA. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail strip center in Cornelia. Billy Benedict of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a Florida-based investment group known as JETS Associates Ltd. Atlanta-based Newburger-Andes acquired the property for $3.1 million. Built in 2019 on a 1.3-acre parcel, the 6,668-square-foot center is leased to Starbucks Coffee, Cricket Wireless and Jersey Mike’s Subs. At the time of sale, the property was 74 percent occupied with one available space totaling 1,750 square feet. The property is an outparcel to a Lowe’s Home Improvement store. Located at 216 Carpenters Cove Lane, the center has direct frontage to U.S. Highway 441 South. The property is located approximately 70 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The IN Self Storage portfolio, a collection of four facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The properties total 1,041 units across 136,150 net rentable square feet and are located in Aubrey, Flower Mound, Fort Worth and Wylie. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Cohen Investment Group, in the transaction.
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZ. — FPA Multifamily has completed the disposition of an apartment property located at 13225 N. Fountain Hills Blvd. in Fountain Hills. A joint venture between Continental Realty Assets, a subsidiary of Denver-based Continental Realty Group, and Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate has acquired the asset for $58.2 million. The buyer has rebranded the 150-unit property as Luna Fountain Hills and is completing modern interior renovations to the units. Constructed in 1998 on 9.7 acres, the community features two-bedroom apartments, averaging 1,041 square feet, with semi-private entry, above-standard ceiling height, washers/dryers and private balcony/patio in select apartments. Onsite amenities include monitored security, a fitness center, business center, swimming pool, sundeck and spa. The community was formerly known as Arrive Fountain Hills. David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix Multifamily Advisory Group represented the seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Sterling Bay and Harrison Street have entered into a joint venture to purchase Sorrento Ridge Research Park, located at 6150 Nancy Ridge Drive in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket, for $34 million. The name of the seller was not released. Totaling 60,000 square feet, Sorrento Ridge Research Park is a fully vacant former office building, which was built in 1987 and renovated in 2021. The buyers plan to convert the property into a mix of Class A lab and creative office space. All lab space will include scientific research necessities such as fume hoods; lab benches with compressed air and vacuum; deionized water stations; piping for natural gas; and the option to add lab furniture, fixtures and equipment, if needed. The project is expected to undergo redevelopment improvements starting this year, with expected delivery to future tenants in 2023.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Harrison Street has sold a portfolio of 12 self-storage facilities located across four states for an undisclosed price. Storage Post and Life Storage were the buyers. The portfolio consists of 625,598 rentable square feet across properties in Texas, New York, North Carolina and Illinois. Harrison Street operated the facilities in joint venture partnerships with Advantage Self Storage, Storage Post and Reliant Real Estate Management. Life Storage managed one of the properties on a third-party basis. The portfolio was 91 percent leased at the time of sale.
SPRING, TEXAS — Thompson Thrift Residential, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based investment firm Thompson Thrift, has sold Magnolia, a 336-unit apartment community located in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. The property was built on 15.5 acres in 2018 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom units with glass countertops, stainless steel appliances, and full-size washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, bark park, game room, coffee bar and an outdoor kitchen. A private investment firm purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
MESA, ARIZ. — Bird Dog Industrial has completed the disposition of Power 202 Business Park, a multi-building project at 4617, 4631 and 4645 S. Power Road in Mesa. GID Industrial acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 2021, the 330,496-square-foot, Class A light industrial park was fully preleased prior to completion. Situated on more than 19 acres, the three-building property features 24-foot to 32-foot clear heights, grade-level and dock-high loading doors, ESFR sprinklers, concrete truck court aprons, ample parking and functional divisibility with a variety of bay sizes. Additionally, the property provides quick access to a full diamond interchange at the Loop 202 Freeway. Will Strong, Greer Oliver, Connor Nebeker-Hay of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West team represented the seller in the deal. Ken McQueen and Chris McClurg of Lee & Associates provided market advisory for the transaction.
COLUMBUS, GA. — Atlanta-based Coro Realty has sold Cross Country Plaza, a 314,000-square-foot retail center in Columbus, for $42.6 million. The buyer was an affiliate of Hackney Real Estate Partners. Transwestern’s Southeast Investment Services Group represented Coro Realty in the transaction. Anchored by Publix, Cross Country Plaza was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants include T.J. Maxx, Burlington, Goodwill, Chipotle, Chuck E Cheese’s, Mattress Firm and 2nd & Charles. Located on Macon Road off Interstate 185, the property is 10.9 miles from Fort Benning, which is the third largest employer in Georgia. The property is also 42.6 miles from Auburn University. Built in 1956, the property was renovated in 2000 and then again in 2012.
