STOCKTON, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of Hammer Plaza, a 20,388-square-foot retail center located at 2701 E. Hammer Lane in Stockton. A Tracy, Calif.-based private investor acquired the property from a Stockton-based investor for $1.4 million. Built in 1980 and situated on 1.5 acres, the property was 55 percent vacant at the time of sale. Eric Vu of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an office building located at 9 DeKalb Ave. in downtown Brooklyn. JDS Development and The Chetrit Group acquired the 70,000-square-foot landmark property, which was delivered vacant, for $90 million in an all-cash transaction. The five-story property, which previously operated as a bank with offices on the upper floors, features 315,000 square feet of transferrable development rights. The air rights can be put to use at a neighboring development site or used to build out the maximum envelope of the property to 450,000 square feet. Bob Knakal, James Nelson and Stephen Palmese of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Berkadia has brokered the sales of four apartment communities in metro Birmingham totaling $66.3 million. The properties include the 323-unit Cliffs at Rocky Ridge in Hoover and a portfolio of three communities known as the BHM 3Core Portfolio. The three properties in the portfolio include the 241-unit Abbey at Wisteria Crest in Hoover, the 198-unit Abbey at Lakeshore in Birmingham and the 120-unit Abbey at Vestavia Falls in Vestavia. David Oakley and David Etchison of Berkadia’s Alabama office brokered the transactions.
ELGIN, ILL. — An entity affiliated with the Midwest Industrial Funds has acquired a vacant 246,000-square-foot facility in Elgin, approximately 40 miles west of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. The building, located at 1600 Fleetwood Drive, is situated on 22 acres and features 26-foot clear heights, 10 docks and 22,000 square feet of office space. Stamar Packaging recently agreed to lease 187,000 square feet of the facility and is relocating its headquarters and warehouse from Addison. Frank Griffin and Dominick Carbonari of JLL represented the seller, a division of Philips Lighting, in the transaction. Michael Androwich Jr. of Lee & Associates represented Stamar Packaging.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the sale of a five-story, walkup building located at 322-326 E. 82nd St. in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. A French investor acquired the 40,320-square-foot property from The Maidman Family for $27 million as part of a 1031 exchange. The property features 67 apartment units. Yisroel Pershin and Barak Jacobov of GFI Realty represented the seller, while Erik Yankelovich, also of GFI, represented the buyer in the transaction. Additionally, Roni Abudi of GFI Realty arranged $15.2 million in acquisition financing from Investor’s Bank for the deal.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged an industrial lease in Bolingbrook, approximately 33 miles southwest of Chicago. Menasha Packaging Co. LLC will occupy 164,355 square feet of warehouse space at 800 S. Weber Road. Menasha’s lease brings the 328,709-square-foot building to 100 percent occupancy. The building features 30-foot clear heights, 20 exterior truck docks, two drive-in doors, 1,200 amps of power, 90 car parking spaces and 30 trailer parking spaces. Jason West and Sean Henrick of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the transaction, ML Realty Partners LLC. Patrick McCaffrey of Avison Young represented Menasha Packaging.
BOCA RATON AND FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Ivy Realty has closed on the purchase of four Class A office buildings in Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale. The properties include a 21-story office tower and attached six-story office building (Tower 101) in Fort Lauderdale and two office buildings in Boca Raton totaling 132,000 square feet. Ivy Realty purchased Tower 101 from Miami-based Banyan Street Capital for $56.3 million, according to the South Florida Business Journal. Tower 101 was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Uniform Advantage, Quest Workspaces, KEMET, Puma and Thornton Tomasetti. The two Boca Raton properties are located within Meridian Office Center at 6551 and 6601 Park of Commerce Blvd. The two two-story properties are fully leased to LexisNexis (6601) and Cross Country Healthcare (6551). Ivy Realty purchased the assets from Blackrock for $27 million, according to the South Florida Business Journal.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation and MG Properties Group has purchased the 350-unit Carmel Hacienda Heights Apartments in the Los Angeles submarket of Hacienda Heights for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 2401 S. Hacienda Blvd. The property will be rebranded as the Hills at Hacienda Heights. It will also undergo a significant renovation, including improvements to the unit interiors, common areas and property exterior. The acquisition was financed with a 10-year, fixed-rate mortgage from Freddie Mac. CBRE’s Brian Eisendrath arranged the loan. The JV represented itself in transaction, while HFF’s Sean Deasy and Mark Petersen represented the unnamed seller.
AURORA, COLO. — A private investor has purchased Iliff Office Park, an 89,384-square-foot office campus in Aurora, for $2.4 million. The park is located at 2323 South Troy St., about 10 miles southwest of downtown Denver. The Class B property contains six buildings connected through a second-story, concourse-style floor. It also contains a common-area courtyard, as well as a newly completed tenant monument sign. Clayton Primm of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Brian C. Smith of the same firm represented the seller, another private investor, in this transaction.
MOUNT OLIVE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the sale of the 1,172-unit Village Green Apartments and the 91,330-square-foot Village Green Shopping Center in Mount Olive. SDK Apartments acquired the assets from a private investment group for $175 million. Village Green Apartments comprises 871 one-bedroom/one-bath units, 157 one-bedroom with den/one-bath units; and 234 two-bedroom/one-bath units. On-site amenities include a six-hole Par 3 golf course, two pools, tennis courts, ball fields, skate park, playground and basketball and volleyball courts. At the time of sale, the apartment community was 98 percent occupied. Village Green Shopping Center is anchored by a 30,000-square-foot Home Goods. Tenants also include PNC Bank and Dunkin Donuts. Greg Pine, Stephen Tragash and Joseph Brecher of Gebroe-Hammer arranged the 76-building transaction.
