MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — CBRE Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of the Bass Creek Technology Plaza in Maple Grove, about 17 miles northwest of Minneapolis, for $10 million. The 108,628-square-foot industrial building is located at 6250 Sycamore Lane North. The property is fully leased to ZEISS, a technology firm specializing in optics and optoelectronics. Constructed as a build-to-suit for ZEISS in 2001, the building features office space, manufacturing space and a warehouse. Judd Welliver, Ryan Watts, Sonja Dusil and Tom Holtz of CBRE represented the seller, Interstate Partners. STAG Industrial, an investment firm headquartered in Boston, was the buyer.
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MILWAUKEE — Colliers International | Wisconsin has brokered the sale of a 23,796-square-foot office property in Milwaukee for $1.5 million. The building is located at 600 N. Broadway in the East Side commercial historic district. Anchor tenants at the property include End, Hierseman & Crain LLC, Mahler Enterprises and Bronfman E.L. Rothschild LP. Tom Shepherd and Cory Sovine of Colliers International | Wisconsin represented the seller, 600 North Broadway Partners LLC. Bruce Westling of NAI MLG Commercial represented the buyer, 600 North Broadway LLC, an affiliate of J. Jeffers & Co.
FREMONT, IND. — Mumford Co. has arranged the sale of a 64-room Comfort Inn located in Fremont, about 50 miles north of Fort Wayne. The sales price was not disclosed. The three-story hotel is located at 251 W. State Road. Amenities include a swimming pool and game room. George Arvanitis of Mumford Co. represented the seller, STD Inc. Andrew Smith of Mumford Co. procured the buyer, a Michigan-based hotel owner.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — DivcoWest, an investment firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco, has sold The Campus at Arboretum, a five-building, 318,534-square-foot office campus in Austin. The 16.5-acre campus, which offers walking trails, volleyball and basketball courts and picnic areas, is located near several major roads, including U.S. Highway 183 and Loop 360. Collectively, the three-story buildings are 97 percent leased to tenants such as BMC Software Inc. and Trion Worlds Inc. HFF represented DivcoWest in the transaction and procured the buyer, a partnership between Vanderbilt Partners and True North Management Group LLC. The buyer secured an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing from JPMorgan Chase.
HOUSTON — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC, a Richmond, Va.-based investment firm, has purchased 1700 West Loop, a 14-story, 272,941-square-foot office tower in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood for $52 million. The Class A property was 81 percent occupied at the time of sale and is anchored by engineering and consulting firm Burns & McDonnell. The sale includes a 786-space parking garage adjacent to the building. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Waterton, a Chicago-based investment firm, has purchased South Side Flats, a 288-unit apartment community located at 1210 S. Lamar St. in Dallas. Built in 2016, the property offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as a rooftop lounge, 24-hour fitness center and business center. The two-building property also features 1,788 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Las Colinas-based developer JPI sold the asset for an undisclosed price.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Praedium Group, a New York-based investment firm, has acquired Fox Hill Apartments, a 288-unit, Class A multifamily community located at 8800 U.S. Highway 290 in Austin. Built in 2010, the property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 899 to 1,313 square feet and features amenities such as a pool, outdoor playground, dog park and business center. The Praedium Group will invest in improvements to the unit’s interiors and the property’s common areas.
ALLIANCE, OHIO — Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant Walmart Supercenter in Alliance, about 60 miles south of Cleveland, for $16.7 million. The 200,084-square-foot building is located at 2700 W. State St. Dan Cooper of Cooper Commercial represented the institutional seller and procured the West Coast-based buyer. The property sold for 98 percent of the list price. Walmart recently decided to exercise its first of several five-year renewal option periods.
AMELIA, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 8,250-square-foot property net leased to Rainbow Child Care in Amelia, about 20 miles east of Cincinnati, for $1.3 million. The property is located at 3669 Appomatox Drive. Eric Luhrsen, Chad Lieber and Dominic Sulo of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Michael Glass, also of Marcus & Millichap, assisted in closing the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
Berkadia Arranges Sale of Two Student Housing Properties in California, Washington for $146M
by Nellie Day
SEATTLE AND FULLERTON, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of two student housing properties located in Washington and California for an aggregate price of $146 million. The two properties are AVA University District, located near the University of Washington in Seattle, and Fullerton University Village, located near California State University – Fullerton in Fullerton, roughly 26 miles outside Los Angeles. Kevin Larimer, Greg Gonzalez, Kenny Dudunakis, David Sorensen and Ben Johnson of Berkadia represented the seller, Avalon Bay Communities Inc., in the disposition of AVA University District. The same team worked alongside Shane Shafer of Berkadia to represent the seller, an undisclosed local TIC group, in the Fullerton University Village disposition. The buyers in both transactions were undisclosed.