FORT WAYNE, IND. — JLL has arranged the lease of a 764,000-square-foot flex facility in Fort Wayne. The building is located at 2909 Pleasant Center Road, and VEREIT is the landlord. The building was built in 1994 and is a former Nestle distribution center. The property features 8,400 square feet of cooler space, 17,725 square feet of office space and is expandable to more than 1 million square feet. The asset has 66 front-load dock doors and parking for 300 trailers and 144 cars. Steve Schwegman and Brian Seitz of JLL represented the landlord in the transaction. Greg Pink of Bradley Cos. represented the tenant.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant building in Indianapolis for an undisclosed price. Providence Development purchased the 4,935-square-foot Lawrence Commons from Sitehawk Retail Real Estate. Tenants in Lawrence Commons include Jimmy John’s, Wok N Roll and Orange Leaf. LA Fitness and Family Dollar shadow anchor the property. Carly Gallagher and Rick Drogosz of Mid-America represented the seller and were the sole brokers in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Thor Equities has signed an agreement to sell the retail condo at 445 Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan to Harbor Group International for $68 million. Thor Equities purchased the 20,000-square-foot property in 2011 for $32.5 million. The company signed Charming Charlie to the majority of the building’s retail space on the first and second floors.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Onward Investors has acquired Executive Centre in Overland Park for $13.2 million. The acquisition from Invesco Real Estate consists of three office buildings totaling 220,000 square feet. The buildings are currently 85 percent occupied. Tenants include UPS and Federated Insurance. The assets are located at 10881-10901 Lowell Ave. CBRE represented the seller.
SHOREWOOD, MINN. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Shorewood Village Shopping Center in Shorewood, a southwestern suburb of Minneapolis. Kraus-Anderson Realty Co. purchased the 62,308-square-foot retail center for an undisclosed amount. Tenants in the retail center include Dollar Tree, True Value, Caribou Coffee and Great Clips. Shorewood Village is shadow anchored by Cub Foods. Mark Robinson and Joe Girardi of Mid-America represented the seller, a local private investor. Kraus-Anderson Realty Co. was self-represented.
PHOENIX — BKM Capital Partners has purchased the Koll Cotton Center, a 225,435-square-foot industrial business park in Phoenix, for $26 million. The seven-building center is located one mile south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It was 77 percent occupied at the time of sale. JLL’s Mark Detmer and Bo Mills represented the seller, Clarion Partners.
DENVER — Urban Commons has purchased the 400-room Renaissance Hotel in Denver for a reported $44 million. The hotel is located at 3801 Quebec St. in the Stapleton neighborhood. The hotel includes 11 suites and about 30,000 square feet of meeting and function space, including the 11,700-square-foot Colorado Ballroom. The Renaissance is situated near the expanding Enterprise Business Park. It will also be in close proximity to the FasTrack East Corridor light rail line that should debut in 2016. James Escarzega, Steve Michels and Stephanie Tsai of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Hospitality Group represented the seller, Trifecta Hotel D Owner LLC.
PHOENIX — An affiliate of Menlo Equities LLC has purchased the remaining three buildings of Thistle Landing office park in Phoenix for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 4801, 4805 and 4811 E. Thistle Landing Drive. Thistle Landing includes four Class A office buildings. The park was built in 1998. Menlo had previously purchased the initial building. The park is fully leased to Fiserv Inc., United Healthcare, DISH Network and OptumRx. Chris Toci, Chad Littell, Jerry Noble, Pat Devine and Greg Mayer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Torchlight Investors LLC.
DALLAS — Acquire Real Estate, a real estate crowd investing platform, has closed its investing fund for the DoubleTree by Hilton DFW Airport, a 282-room, eight-story hotel located adjacent to Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The project attracted investors from across the country that contributed between $5,000 and $75,000. Acquire Real Estate provided $262,500 in funding for the hotel. Investors are projected to receive average annual returns above 20 percent paid quarterly over a seven- to 10-year term. The property is located less than two miles from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Hotel amenities include 17,000 square feet of function space, a full-service business center and airport shuttle services. The Buccini/Pollin Group purchased the property in January 2015 for an undisclosed amount.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP (HFF) has brokered the sale of Hudson Park, a multifamily community situated along the Hudson River in downtown Yonkers. Strategic Capital purchased the property, which consists of three components: Hudson Park South, Hudson Park North and the to-be-built Hudson Park River Club. Completed in spring 2003, Hudson Park South has 266 one- and two-bedroom units and approximately 15,500 square feet of office and retail space. Hudson Park North was completed in spring 2008 and has 294 one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a free-standing parking garage. The property also includes a nearly quarter-acre land site with approvals for a 23-story, 213-unit apartment building that will include an 8,200-square-foot amenity space on the ground floor. The groundbreaking for this development occurred in mid-September with an expected completion date of mid-2017. The completed residential component of Hudson Park is 98 percent leased. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a joint venture partnership between Collins Enterprises LLC and Berkshire Group. The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by Jose Cruz, Andrew Scandalios, Kevin O’Hearn, Steve Simonelli and Michael Oliver. Shearman & Sterling LLP provided legal counsel to Strategic Capital …