GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Sterling Organization has acquired Palm Valley Marketplace, a 107,633-square-foot shopping center located roughly 16 miles outside Phoenix in Goodyear. Safeway anchors the center, which is also home to Subway, H&R Block, Domino’s Pizza, AAA, Great Clips, The UPS Store, Nationwide Vision, GNC, FastFrame, Oreck, Elements Massage and PurTone Hearing Centers. A subsidiary of Regency Centers sold the asset on behalf of Sterling Organization’s institutional core fund, Sterling United Properties I LP.
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WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $52.5 million sale of Enclave at Wesley Chapel, a 312-unit apartment community in the Tampa Bay town of Wesley Chapel. Patrick Dufour, Scott Ramey and Ryan Crowley of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Chicago-based Sherman Residential, in the transaction. Denver-based Valhalla Holdings purchased the asset as part of a 1031 exchange. Matt Williams of NGKF Capital Markets secured a $28.9 million Freddie Mac loan on behalf of Valhalla Holdings. The seven-year features a fixed interest rate. Community amenities at Enclave at Wesley Chapel include a resort-style pool, fitness center, dog park and a business center.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sublett Corners Shopping Center, a five-building, 87,900-square-foot retail center located at 5900-5912 S. Cooper St. in Arlington. Situated on 10 acres and shadowed-anchored by Albertson’s, the Stein Mart-anchored center was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Bill Jordan of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of whom are private investors.
BROOKLYN PARK, MINN. — Cushman & Wakefield NorthMarq has arranged the sale of two shopping centers in suburban Minneapolis for undisclosed prices. Edinburgh Festival Centre, located at the corner of Highway 252 and 85th Avenue North in Brooklyn Park, consists of 91,563 square feet. Festival Foods anchors the center, which is 95 percent leased. Other tenants include Caribou Coffee, Broadway Pizza and Dollar Tree. Shingle Creek Shopping Center consists of 39,456 square feet and is located in Brooklyn Center. The property is fully leased to tenants such as Panera Bread, H&R Block, Gamestop and UPS. IRC Retail Centers sold both properties to LS Capital. Leah Maurer of Cushman & Wakefield NorthMarq represented the seller in the Edinburgh Festival transaction and the buyer in the Shingle Creek transaction.
DELTA TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a 174,353-square-foot shopping center in Delta Township, a western suburb of Lansing. The sales price was not disclosed. Marketplace at Delta Township is located at the southwest corner of I-69 and Saginaw Highway. Michaels, PetSmart, Tractor Supply Co. and Ulta anchor the center. GDA Real Estate Services purchased the property. Ben Wineman, Carly Gallagher and Daniel Stern of Mid-America brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller, a public REIT.
PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 41,113-square-foot industrial building situated on 2.3 acres at 2330 Pasadena Blvd. in the eastern Houston metro of Pasadena. Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the seller, Whatley Properties LLC, in the transaction. Robin Webb of Bay Cam Properties represented the buyer, JGBM LLC.
MEXIA, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Co. (HSM) has brokered the sale of Mexia Plaza, a 16,600-square-foot retail center located at 1322 Milam St. in Mexia, a city approximately 40 miles east of Waco. Shadow-anchored by Walmart, the property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale to tenants such as Cricket Wireless, Hibbett Sports and Payday Loans. Lane Kommer of HSM represented the seller in the transaction, and Michelle Hudson of Hudson Peters represented the buyers.
HOUSTON — Oil and gas firm Apache Corp. has signed a 26-month lease extension at Post Oak Central, a 1.3 million-square-foot campus in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood, with owner Parkway Inc., a publicly traded REIT. Apache, which currently occupies 524,000 square feet within the complex, will remain on the site through February 2022. Tim Relyea and Scott Wegmann of Cushman & Wakefield represented Apache in the lease negotiations.
BRASELTON, GA. — Ackerman & Co. has fully preleased Braselton Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot distribution facility in Braselton, roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. Uline, a shipping and packaging supply distributor, has signed a 10-year lease to occupy the entire facility, which will serve as the company’s Southeast U.S. logistics hub. Ackerman & Co. owns Braselton Logistics Center in a joint venture with The Yates Group and JAC Real Estate Investments LLC. Brett Buckner of Ackerman, Todd Yates of the Yates Group and Julian Brown of Transwestern represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Dave Desper and Blaine Kelley of CBRE represented Uline, which will consolidate its nearly 600,000 square feet of operations in nearby Gwinnett County to the new facility. The cross-dock facility will feature 40-foot clear heights, a Ductilcrete warehouse floor slab, white TPO roof with skylights, LED lighting and parking space for 521 trailers and 639 cars. The facility’s office space will also be customized to Uline’s specifications. The ownership plans to deliver the distribution center by the end of the year, and Uline is scheduled to occupy the facility in the first quarter of 2018.
Bellwether Enterprise Closes $55M Acquisition Loan for Office Building in Uniondale, New York
by Amy Works
UNIONDALE, N.Y. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has closed a $55 million acquisition loan for the purchase of an office building in Uniondale. The borrower, Salus Government Properties, acquired the single-tenant office building, which is located at 60 Charles Lindbergh Blvd. Nassau County Department of Health and Human Services occupies the 217,226-square-foot building that was constructed in 1986. C. Cooper Willis of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the loan for the borrower. Morgan Stanley provided the financing.