ROMULUS, MICH. — Burger & Co. has negotiated the lease of a 23,750-square-foot industrial building in Romulus, about 23 miles southwest of Detroit and five miles north of the Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The building is located on Cypress Road. Burger & Co. arranged the lease transaction on behalf of the landlord, D&G Construction. The tenant was not disclosed.
DENTON, TEXAS — SHOP Cos. has brokered the sale of San Jacinto Plaza, a 61,853-square-foot retail center located at 2300 San Jacinto Blvd. near Interstate 35 in Denton, a city in north Texas equidistant from Dallas and Fort Worth. At the time of sale, the property was 87 percent leased to tenants such as Office Depot, Foot Spa and Mattress Firm. Tommy Tucker and Tim Axilrod of SHOP Cos. represented the seller, a Dallas-based limited partnership, in the transaction. An undisclosed limited liability company from Plano purchased the property.
LEESBURG, VA. — LaSalle Hotel Properties has sold Lansdowne Resort, a 296-room hotel and resort located at 44050 Woodridge Parkway in Leesburg, about 33 miles from Washington, D.C. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property from LaSalle Hotel Properties for $133 million. Situated along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, the property features 55,000 square feet of meeting space, Spa Minerale, The Golf Club at Lansdowne with 45 holes of golf, a health club and fitness center, indoor lap pool, four outdoor pools, driving range, tennis and volleyball courts, horseshoes and a business center. LaSalle Hotel Properties acquired the property in 2003 for $115.8 million. The company has also sold Alexis Hotel in Seattle for $71.6 million and is under contract to sell Hotel Triton in San Francisco for $14.3 million.
MILWAUKEE — North Wells Capital, the investment management affiliate of Urban Innovations Ltd., has acquired a 428,652-square-foot mixed-use property in downtown Milwaukee for $25 million. The building is located at 331 W. Wisconsin Ave. in the Westown neighborhood. The building is home to Boston Store and its corporate offices, The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. and Boston Lofts apartments. The iconic building was constructed in the late 1800s. Boston Store, a department store, has occupied the building for nearly 100 years, with 123,434 square feet of retail space on the first and second floors. Bon-Ton’s corporate headquarters occupy 170,358 square feet on the third through fifth floors. Boston Lofts consists of 74 apartment units spanning 134,860 square feet on the top floors. Patrick Gallagher of CBRE represented the seller, WISPARK LLC. Urban Innovations will provide property management services for the building. The Mandel Group will continue to manage the Boston Lofts.
ROCHESTER HILLS, MICH. — Lightning Technologies LLC has signed a 27,730-square-foot industrial lease in Rochester Hills, about 25 miles north of Detroit. The manufacturer of polyurea spray coating for shipping pallets will occupy the space at 2700 Bond St. Jay-R Development LLC is the building’s landlord. Larry Schultz of Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
WALWORTH, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property net leased to Burger King in Walworth southern Wisconsin for $1.1 million. The 3,140-square-foot building is located at 106 State Road 67. Burger King fully remodeled the property last year and signed a new 20-year lease. Nathan Coe and Dan Yozwiak of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Todd Lindblom of Marcus & Millichap also assisted in the sale transaction.
LAHAINA, HAWAII — Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) has sold the Westin Maui Resort and Spa to a joint venture between Trinity Investments LLC and Oaktree Capital Management LP for approximately $317 million. The 759-room oceanfront resort is situated on 12 acres along Ka’anapali Beach in Lahaina, a town on the island of Maui’s western coast. Guestrooms are split between two 12-story buildings: the 553-room Ocean Tower, which recently underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation, and the 206-room Beach Tower. According to Bloomberg, the sale represents an effort to dispose of assets that Marriott acquired in its $14 billion takeover of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc., which was completed in September 2016. Under the terms of the transaction, Marriott will continue to manage the property. “The sale demonstrates the strength of the Westin brand and reaffirms our commitment to our asset-light strategy as we continue our merger integration,” said Leeny Oberg, chief financial officer of Bethesda, Md.-based Marriott. The deal raises Trinity’s volume of transactions in Hawaiian hospitality properties over the last six months to more than $600 million. As part of the agreement, the buyers have committed to providing capital improvements to the Beach Tower, as well as to the resort’s …
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — A private investor has acquired a 16-unit apartment community in Westminster for $2.3 million. The community is located at 7461 Quitman St. The property contains two buildings with two-bedroom residences. Sevak Keshishian and Lance Krachey of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer.
LA PORTE. TEXAS — Hines, a global real estate investment firm, has acquired Underwood Distribution Center, a Class A, 2.2 million-square-foot industrial park located at 359 Old Underwood Road in La Porte, approximately 12 miles east of Port Houston. The center consists of five buildings that are 100 percent leased, as well as three development parcels. Hines’ first addition to the property will be a 167,000-square-foot distribution building, which is slated for delivery in the fourth quarter of this year.
DALLAS — Greysteel, an investments services firm, has brokered the sale of Royal Lane Apartments, a 172-unit multifamily complex in north Dallas. Located at 2825 Royal Lane near Interstate 635 and the Royal Lane DART station, the property features a courtyard, picnic area and on-site laundry services. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of the sale were not released.
