PHILADELPHIA — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of City Avenue Center, a 20,220-square-foot shopping center in Philadelphia. Shadow-anchored by Target, the center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Chipotle Mexican Grill, Verizon, Sleep Number and PNC Bank. Brad Nathanson, David Crotts and Dean Zang of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and secured the buyer, a Maryland-based family office.
WAUKEGAN HARBOR, ILL. — TopSide Marinas has acquired Larsen Marine, a 16-acre boatyard and full-service marine facility in Waukegan Harbor, a city along Lake Michigan. The purchase price was undisclosed. Larsen Marine services 850 boats annually and features a service center. TopSide Marinas is the first company to acquire the family-owned marine facility since the Larsen family opened its business in 1933. TopSide Marinas, launched in 2021, has acquired three other marinas in Oklahoma and Texas.
FAIRFAX, VA. — The Milestone Group, a multifamily investment firm with offices in Dallas, Atlanta and Boca Raton, Fla., has purchased a three-property multifamily portfolio totaling 870 units in Northern Virginia’s Fairfax County. The value-add portfolio includes The Ellipse at Fairfax Corner in Fairfax (404 units), Windsor at Fair Lakes in Chantilly (250 units) and The Townes at Herndon Center in Herndon (216 units). Milestone Group acquired the portfolio via its discretionary value-add fund, Milestone Real Estate Investors V LP, in an off-market transaction through a loan assumption, which Milestone Group said saved $20 million in prepayment costs. The sellers, Hampshire Properties and Rose Valley Capital, sold the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Melnick Real Estate Advisors brokered the transaction. Milestone Group plans to make amenity enhancements and luxury upgrades to the unit interiors across the three assets.
HOUSTON — A partnership between two locally based developers, Griffin Partners and Pinto Realty Partners, has sold Pinto 23, a 282,190-square-foot industrial facility in North Houston. The partnership completed the cross-dock property, which is located within a larger 5.3 million-square-foot development, in October 2022. Building features include 36-foot clear heights, 76 dock doors, 112 trailer parking spaces that can be expanded by 44 additional spaces and 4,604 square feet of office space. Hines purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount and has tapped CBRE to oversee leasing efforts. Trent Agnew of JLL brokered the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles-based Banyan Residential has acquired its first property in the Las Vegas market with the purchase of Banyan Brighton, a build-to-rent townhome community currently under construction, for $61 million. Additional terms of the transaction were not released. Upon completion, Banyan Brighton will feature 133 two- and three-bedroom townhomes ranging from 1,396 to 1,479 square feet. Each residence will feature an attached two-car garage, first-class finishes and private outdoor living space. The property is located within the 1,000-acre Skye Canyon master-planned community, which offers a 10,000-square-foot indoor fitness facility, modern clubhouse, five-acre sports field, full-service coffee shop, outdoor lap pool and five parks, including green spaces, picnic areas, tennis courts and dog parks. Cushman & Wakefield is actively leasing the townhomes as they are completed. Final units are slated for delivery in third-quarter 2023.
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $63 million sale of Consumer Centre, a 293,087-square-foot shopping center located in West Long Branch. Paramount Realty Services acquired the center, which was built in 1993, from Site Centers Inc. Brad Nathanson of IPA brokered the deal. At the time of sale, Consumer Centre was 96 percent leased to tenants including The Home Depot, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Buy Buy Baby, Ulta Beauty, DSW, PetSmart and Five Below.
YORKTOWN, VA. — Divaris Real Estate’s Investment Sales Group has brokered the sale of The Villages at Kiln Creek, a 45,255-square-foot shopping center located in Yorktown, about 13 miles north of Newport News, Va. Jason Oliver, Rachel Salasky and George Fox of Divaris represented the seller, Glazer Properties, in the transaction. Liberty Investment Partners acquired the property for $8.2 million. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Riverside Health System, Guitar Center and McCormick Paint. George Fox and Caroline Zarpas of Divaris will handle leasing at the center on behalf of Liberty Investment Partners.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Northmarq has arranged the sale of The Caroline, a recently completed apartment community comprising 228 units in Lakeland, roughly 40 miles east of Tampa. Luis Elorza, Justin Hofford and Kevin Mosher of Northmarq represented the buyer, Topaz Capital Group, which acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 1906 Griffin Road, the community features units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, with an average unit size of 1,161 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, an outdoor kitchen and entertainment space, pet park, fitness center, playground and wetland boardwalk.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Noah’s Ark Self Storage, a 477-unit facility located in the Stone Oak neighborhood of San Antonio. The facility was built on 1.2 acres in 2013 and spans 57,219 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based limited liability company, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a publicly traded REIT. Both parties requested anonymity.
ELKHART, IND. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of an 801,218-square-foot industrial facility in Elkhart for an undisclosed price. Completed in October, the build-to-suit is home to a recreational vehicle tenant. The property, which includes a showroom and office as well as warehouse and distribution space, features a clear height of 30 feet, 56 dock-high doors, a 194-foot truck court and seven drive-in overhead doors. Peter Bauman and Tivon Moffitt of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, neither of which were disclosed.