SOUTH PASADENA AND CLOVERDALE, CALIF. — Colliers International has arranged two sales of retail properties located in Sonoma and Los Angeles counties totaling $12 million. In the first deal, Guillermo Olaiz and John Archibald of Colliers represented a family trust in the $5.3 million sale of a corner lot located at 815 Freemont Ave. in South Pasadena. The property is short-term leased to Carrow’s Restaurant. The buyer was a San Gabriel Valley-based builder. In the second transaction, the family trust purchased a single-tenant, net-leased retail property located in Cloverdale for $6.7 million. Grocery Outlet, a regional discount grocer, occupies the 15,756-square-foot property. Olaiz and Archibald of Colliers represented the family trust in this 1031 exchange transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Commercial Executives Real Estate Services has brokered the sale of a professional office space located at 1120 Shadow Lane in Las Vegas. Shadow Lane Property sold the building to Moorea Holdings LLC for $1.8 million. The property features 9,800 square feet of office space. Soozi Jones Walker and Bobbi Miracle of Commercial Executives Real Estate Services represented the seller in the deal.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Coretrust Capital Partners, through its investment fund Coretrust Value Fund I, has purchased Corporate Center Pasadena, a four-building office campus located at 201, 225, 251 and 283 S. Lake Ave. in Pasadena. The acquisition price was not disclosed. The 640,000-square-foot property features 40,000 square feet of retail space, a 60,000-square-foot plaza and more than 2,000 parking stalls. Coretrust acquired the campus from an ownership group that controlled the property for more than 30 years. The buyer plans to invest more than $90 million in renovations to the property. Renovations include upgrading the buildings with state-of-the-art technologies; creating inviting public spaces, including plazas, gardens and terraces; updating all lobbies; modernizing elevators; and adding on-site tenant serving businesses.
CLARKSTON, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Lakes at Indian Creek, a 603-unit affordable housing community in Clarkston, located roughly 18 miles northeast of Atlanta. Jeremiah Jarmin and Judy MacManus of Berkadia arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Alden Torch Financial. In addition, Josh Finley of Berkadia arranged a 10-year, $28 million Fannie Mae loan on behalf of the buyer, EB Real Estate Group. Lakes at Indian Creek is an affordable housing community under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The community features a mix of one- to three-bedroom units and townhomes. Amenities include a picnic area, tennis courts, swimming pools, fitness center and a computer center.
WINSTOM-SALEM, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $20.9 million sale of Deacon Properties, a 64-home, 251-bed student housing portfolio located within walking distance of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem. Nate McDaniel, Allen Smith and Ian Turnbull of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Deacon Rental Properties, and procured the buyer, Mission Bay Investments. The properties feature three- and four-bedroom units ranging from 1,800 to 2,100 square feet. The portfolio was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale.
DANIA BEACH, FLA. — Colliers International has arranged the $13.9 million sale of a 28-acre industrial site located at 4030 State Road 7 in Dania Beach. Liberty Property LP, a subsidiary of Liberty Property Trust, acquired the land with plans to build the 300,000-square-foot Liberty 595 Distribution Center on the site. Steven Wasserman and Brooke Berkowtiz of Colliers International arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, the City of Fort Lauderdale. The land once served as a composting site for the City of Fort Lauderdale, and was later used by the city’s Public Works Department.
PHOENIX — Security Properties, along with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has purchased Pavilions on Central, a multifamily property located at the intersection of Central and Campbell avenues in Phoenix, for $59 million. The name of the seller was not released. Located within the Midtown neighborhood of Phoenix, Pavilions on Central features 254 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 1,109 square feet. Although the property underwent renovations in 2013 and 2016, Security Properties plans to renovate all of the bathrooms at the property to high-end specs to match the kitchen renovations. Security Properties Residential, an affiliate of Security Properties, will manage the property. With this acquisition, Security Properties owns nine assets totaling more than 3,700 units in the Phoenix marketplace.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of Casa Del Mar, an apartment building located at 147 E. 18th St. in Costa Mesa. Newport 18th Partners acquired the 16-unit property from a private trust for $6.4 million. Steven Brombal and Joshua Rhee of Kidder Mathews represented the seller and buyer in the deal. The offering is the first time Casa Del Mar has been on the market.
EL PASO, TEXAS — ViaWest Group, a Phoenix-based development and management firm, has sold a portfolio of industrial properties in El Paso totaling 245,945 square feet across four assets. The portfolio was 40 percent leased when ViaWest Group acquired it in 2015 and was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. Arturo De La Mora and Jonathan Bryan of CBRE represented ViaWest Group in the sale. Bill Caparis, also with CBRE, represented the buyer, Stonelake Capital Partners.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $64.5 million sale of Alexan Crossroads, a 314-unit apartment community located at 7261 Crossroads Garden Drive in Orlando. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller and property developer, Trammell Crow Residential. Harbor Group International acquired the asset, which was completed in 2016 and stabilized in 2017. Alexan Crossroads features a clubhouse, saltwater pool with cabanas and grilling stations.