Monday, July 27, 2015

Steven Fischler's SRF Ventures Nears $1 Billion in Transactions


Steven Fischler
New York, NY — With a strong client base that includes prominent developers and investors in major metropolitan markets including New York and South Florida, Steven Fischler's SRF Ventures is on the verge of facilitating more than $1 billion in real estate financing and equity transactions in less than four years.

At just 33 years old, Fischler is a rising star in the real estate and financial industry. The former Lehman Brothers executive launched his boutique real estate advisory and management firm in January 2012.

Since then, SRF Ventures has worked on condo, multifamily, retail, office, hospitality and land deals nationwide. The firm's notable clients include Ladder Capital, Property Markets Group, Waramaug Hospitality and Interstate Hotels and Resorts.

SRF Ventures arranges loans and equity partners for real estate sponsors and developers. Additionally, the firm makes direct real estate mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity investments of up to $15 million. It offers project and asset management services to financial institutions that own real estate but do not have in-house portfolio management capabilities.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Ilana Tescher
Account Executive
BoardroomPR
Office: 954-370-8999

Cell: 954-249-1816

EagleBridge Capital Arranges $6 Million Mortgage For Brooklyn Rite Aid Building


Rite Aid Building, 7821 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, NY


Boston, MA -- EagleBridge Capital has arranged permanent mortgage financing in the amount of $6,000,000 for the Rite Aid Building located at 7821 Third Avenue at the corner of 79th Street in Brooklyn, New York. 

Brian D. Sheehan
The mortgage financing was arranged by EagleBridge principals Brian D. Sheehan and Ted M. Sidel who stated that the loan was provided by a leading financial institution.

The first floor (9600 square feet) is leased to a Rite Aid Pharmacy which has been a tenant since 1997.  The second floor (9600 square feet) is leased to Tutor Time which has been a tenant since 1999.

Rite Aid is one of the largest operators of drugstores in the United States with over 4560 pharmacies in 31 states and the District of Columbia. Tutor Time is a national pre-school early education child care provider with over 200 schools throughout the United States. Tutor Time is a subsidiary of Learning Care Group.

Mr. Sheehan and Mr. Sidel stated, “We are pleased that EagleBridge was able to arrange non-recourse financing featuring a very attractive 10 year fixed rate and a 30 year amortization.”

Ted M. Sidel
EagleBridge Capital is a Boston-based mortgage banking firm specializing in arranging debt and equity financing as well as joint ventures for apartment, shopping center, free standing retail, office, industrial, r & d, hotel, condominium, and mixed use properties as well as special purpose buildings throughout New England and the United States.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Stanley J. Sidel
Senior Advisor
EagleBridge Capital
33 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel: 617-292-7177 Ext.14

RealtyTrac Appoints Rob Barber New CEO; Jamie Moyle Chairs Innovation Committee


Jamie Moyle
IRVINE, CA, July 27, 2015 — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, today announced it has hired a new CEO for its rapidly expanding data file licensing business to continue building on the company’s double-digit revenue growth cultivated over the last three and a half years.

Rob Barber, former CEO at Environmental Data Resources (EDR), will be the new RealtyTrac CEO. Jamie Moyle will be moving to Chair of the Innovation Committee of the Board of Directors.

Barber will begin August 17 and will supplement the already impressive staff of industry leaders the company has been assembling for its management team.

“We’ve been on a roll this past year,” Moyle said. “We’ve signed 75 Big Data Deals, grew traffic on Homefacts.com by 500 percent, and hired Brian Mushaney, Jon Cohn and Mike Sawtell.

“Rob Barber will make an amazing addition to the team and will build on the success and momentum that RealtyTrac has going into 2016.”

“Three and half years ago this company was collecting data for a single purpose,” he continued “We have successfully leveraged that capability to expand our scope and empower other businesses to achieve their goals. 2016 will be an exciting year of data expansion and product innovation.”

Barber is a veteran of the real estate information services industry.  During his tenure at EDR, he was responsible for doubling the company’s share in the engineering market, expanding successfully into multiple high growth adjacent markets, and innovating new platform solutions that deliver both content and workflow value to the property due diligence industry.  He was also a past board member at BuildFax, Landmark Information Group and the Content Division of the Software and Information Industry Association.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Ginny Walker
949.502.8300, ext. 268


Sunday, July 26, 2015

HFF closes REO sale of office park and development site in suburban Miami, FL



Lucky Start Executive Plaza, 8765 SW 165th Avenue, West Kendall, FL


Marty Busekrus
MIAMI, FL – Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced it has closed the REO sale of Lucky Start Executive Plaza, a two-building office park totaling 55,658 square feet plus a vacant development site in West Kendall, Florida.

HFF marketed the property on behalf of a regional bank, who had acquired the asset in a foreclosure auction.  IMC Property Management, Inc. purchased the asset for $12.5 million.

Lucky Start Executive Plaza is located at 8765 SW 165th Avenue about four miles south of the Tamiami Trail in the southwestern Miami suburb of West Kendall. 

 The property is within a few blocks of Baptist Health System’s newly-built, 30-acre medical facility as well as the proposed Kendall Town Center, which will include office, multi-housing, hotel, senior housing and community space.

 The property consists of two office buildings that are 54.1 percent leased to medical and professional tenants plus a vacant pad site for the future development of a three-story, 89,000-square-foot office building. 

 The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by director Marty Busekrus, associate director Jorge Portela and executive managing director Manny de Zárraga,.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com


HFF closes sale of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina


DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park

TAMPA, FL  – Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced it has closed the sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park, a 249-room, full-service hotel in North Carolina’s Research Triangle area.

Daniel C. Peek
HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Driftwood Hospitality Management, LLC.  Southwest Value Partners purchased the hotel and has retained Dimension Development Corporation as manager.

Also known as the “Mansion on the Hill,” The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park underwent renovations in 2013 that improved and modernized all common areas and guest rooms while retaining the asset’s Southern-inspired aesthetic.

 The hotel caters to business and vacation travelers and features a full-service restaurant, lobby bar, outdoor swimming pool, 24-hour business center, state-of-the-art fitness center and 11,500 square feet of flexible meeting space. 

The property is situated on 12.5 acres at 4810 Page Creek Lane in Durham approximately three miles from Research Triangle Park, home to more than 190 Fortune 500 companies, biotech and scientific research firms, and professional services providers. 

KC Patel
Five miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the hotel is off of Interstate 40, 15.3 miles from downtown Raleigh and 10.5 miles from downtown Durham.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing director and head of HFF’s hotel group Daniel C. Peek, director KC Patel, associate director Cyrus Vazifdar and senior managing director Ryan Clutter.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com


Sale of Washington, D.C. Class A office building closed by HFF


Columbia Center, 1152 15th Street NW, Washington, DC


 
Stephen Conley
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) announced it has closed the sale of Columbia Center, a 393,815-square-foot, Class A office building in Washington, D.C.

HFF arranged the sale of the property on behalf of UBS Global Asset Management.  Carr Properties purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount free and clear of existing debt in a structured transaction together with affiliates of the Oliver Carr Company and Clark Enterprises.

Columbia Center is located at 1152 15th Street NW in Washington, D.C.’s central business district adjacent to the to-be-built Fannie Mae Headquarters.  Completed in 2008, the 12-story property is currently 94 percent leased and anchored long-term by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe as well as Merrill Lynch.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller included executive managing director Stephen Conley, senior managing directors Jim Meisel, Dek Potts and Andrew Weir and associate director Matthew Nicholson.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
Main: 617-338-0990 | Direct: 617-848-1572 | Cell: 617-543-4873 | www.hfflp.com


Berger Commercial Realty Negotiates $2.55 Million Sale of Deerfield Beach, FL Industrial Property


Joseph Byrnes
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL  - Brokers Joseph Byrnes and Greg Milopoulos of Berger Commercial Realty recently represented landlord Stream Asset Holdings, LLC in selling a redevelopment opportunity in Deerfield Beach.

The property sold for $2.55 million to Stor-All 2nd Ave., LLC. Stor-All 2nd Ave. LLC plans to redevelop the site to accommodate a self-storage facility and other mixed-use properties.

Formerly known as Deerfield Builders Supply, the property was a family-owned and operated lumberyard and rebar plant for 66 years.

"We feel this asset was a great acquisition for Stor-All in a market with virtually no REO opportunities remaining" said Milopoulos. "Both parties were great to work with through this process and we look forward to seeing the project get started."

Located at 77 S.E. 2nd Ave. on the southeast corner of Hillsboro Blvd. and Dixie Highway, the five-acre property features secured gating with multiple access points, direct rail access via a private 11-car rail spur, close proximity to major roads and highways, and several onsite warehouses totaling 45,000 square-feet of industrial space.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Media Contact: 954-776-1999
Lexi Robinson, ext. 255, lrobinson@piersongrant.com
Marielle Sologuren, ext. 226, msologuren@piersongrant.com


Berger Commercial Realty Closes Three Sales in South Florida Totaling More Than $10 Million


Roxanna Collins
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Berger Commercial Realty, a full service commercial real estate firm based in South Florida, recently closed the sales of three properties for a total of more than $10 million.

Taft Office Complex Building

Berger Commercial Realty Vice President Joseph Byrnes represented Poal Wk Taft, LLC in the $6.1 million sale of 6565 Taft Street in Hollywood. The four-story, 50,000-square-foot office building is the last and largest of nine office buildings to be sold from the Taft Office Complex, which spans several blocks from 6363 to 6565 Taft St.

Built in the late 1980s, the building is currently 90 percent occupied. Infinity Insurance, City College, and the United States government are key tenants.

Lloyd Berger
"This asset drew a great deal of interest from the moment we put it on the market. A contract for the sale was secured in less than 60 days," Byrnes said. "With well designed floor plans and abundant parking, the property has and will continue to have high-quality tenants with long-term leases."

Gateway Industrial Center

Berger Commercial Realty President Lloyd Berger and broker Keith Graves represented 6500 NW 15th Ave., LLC in selling the Gateway Industrial Center to Gateway Park Holdings, LLC, represented by Alan Levy of Levy Realty Advisors. The property, which includes 28,150 square-feet of warehouse space, sold for $2.1 million.

Located at 6500 NW 15th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, the Gateway Industrial Center features grade-level and dock-high loading, clear ceiling heights of 19 feet, three-phase power and ample parking. 

It is located in the heart of South Florida's tri-county market within minutes of Florida's Turnpike, I-95 and Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.

"This sale is representative of continued interest in well positioned industrial properties in Broward County," Berger said. "Location-savvy investors see a property like the Gateway Industrial Center as an ideal market-entry acquisition or a promising addition to an existing portfolio."

Keith Graves
Andrews Office Centre

Berger Commercial Realty Broker Associate Roxanna Collins represented South Andrews Investments, LLC in purchasing the Andrews Office Centre from Fort Lauderdale Investments. Located at 1777 S. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, the 13,000-square-foot property sold for $2.2 million.

The three-story office building, built in 1981, is within minutes of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Broward General Hospital, the Fort Lauderdale International Airport, and Port Everglades.

 The building features professional tenants, ample parking and easy access to multiple forms of public transportation. It is situated just south of S.E. 17th Street on a future New Wave Streetcar route.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Media Contact: 954-776-1999
Lexi Robinson, ext. 255, lrobinson@piersongrant.com
Marielle Sologuren, ext. 226, 


Marcus & Millichap Wins Exclusive $8.98 Million Listing for 191,664-SF Parcel in Hialeah Gardens, FL


Alex D. Zylberglait
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, announced it has obtained the exclusive listing for 9101 Okeechobee Road, a 191,664-square foot land parcel located in Hialeah Gardens, Fla. The asset is listed for $8,975,000.

Alex D. Zylberglait, a senior vice president investments, and Joseph Phelps, an associate, in Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office, are representing the seller, a private investor from Hialeah Gardens, Fla.

“This redevelopment opportunity is located on the northwest corner of the interchange between Okeechobee Road and The Palmetto Expressway,” says Phelps.  “B-3 zoning allows for retail, self-storage, and hotel development among other uses. 

"This is a marquee location in one of the most visible locations in Miami-Dade County.”

“The property is also adjacent to a Walmart Supercenter and across from the Westland Mall - which make the site attractive to national tenants,” adds Zylberglait.

The 191,664-square foot parcel is improved with an 11,638-square foot structure. The property is currently occupied by USA Truck Service Plaza, Cat Scale, and several month-to-month tenants.
     
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kirk A. Felici
First Vice President/District Manager,
 Miami, FL
(786) 522-7000


Saturday, July 25, 2015

RealtyTrac Reports FHA Buyer Share of Home Sales at Two-Year High in Q2 2015 as All-Cash Buyer Share Drops to 82-Month Low in June


Daren Blomquist
IRVINE, CA — RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the nation’s leading source for comprehensive housing data, today released its June and Midyear 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows distressed sales, cash sales and institutional investor sales in June were all down from a year ago to multi-year lows even as sales to first-time homebuyers and other buyers using FHA loans increased compared to a year ago in June and reached a two-year high in the second quarter.

Buyers using Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans — typically low down payment loans utilized by first time homebuyers and other buyers without equity to bring to the closing table — accounted for 23 percent of all single family home and condo sales with financing — excluding all-cash sales — in the second quarter of 2015, up from 20 percent in the first quarter and up from 19 percent in the second quarter of 2014 to the highest share since the first quarter of 2013.

The report also shows 914,291 single family and condo sales through April 2015 — the most recent month with complete sales data available — at the highest level through the first four months of a year since 2006, a nine-year high.

“As the investor-driven housing recovery faded in the first half of 2015, first-time homebuyers, boomerang buyers and other traditional owner-occupant buyers started to step into the gap and pick up the slack,” said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac.


  “This is good news for sellers in many markets, providing them with strong demand from a larger pool of buyers, and U.S. sellers so far in 2015 are realizing the biggest gains in home price appreciation since 2007.

“ In June sellers sold for above estimated market value on average for the first time in nearly two years.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Jennifer von Pohlmann
949.502.8300, ext. 139

Ginny Walker
949.502.8300, ext. 268



Marcus & Millichap Handles $6.4 Million Sale of Mobile Home Community in Tarpon Springs, FL


Dan Mulkey
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, announced the sale of a 15.37 acre mobile home community in Tarpon Springs, Fla., according to Richard D. Matricaria, regional manager of the firm’s Tampa office. The asset sold for $6,400,000.

Dan Mulkey, vice president investments, in Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office, represented the seller, a local private investor and the owner of multiple mobile home and RV communities in the area.

The buyer, Shamrock Tarponaire LLC, was also secured by Mulkey. Shamrock is a well-known, Arizona based investment company experienced in the purchase and operation of mobile home communities.

The park is an age restricted, lakefront community with over 135 sites located on US Highway 19 along Lake Tarpon, a 2,500 acre freshwater lake and the largest in Pinellas County.

This community consists of both single and double wide homes, and has a clubhouse, shuffleboard courts and boat docks on-site. Additionally, the park is within close proximity to shopping and medical facilities, as well as the popular Greek community of Tarpon Springs, which is famous for some of the finest Greek restaurants, markets and bakeries in the country.

“This site, having generous lake frontage, provides the buyer an opportunity to upgrade many of the homes on site, as well as back-fill vacant sites adding worth to the asset, and by doing so the value of this community will be greatly enhanced,” says Mulkey.


For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Richard D. Matricaria
Vice President/Regional Manager,
Tampa, FL
(813) 387-4700

$8.6 Million Sale of Blue Water Storage Center & Retail Plaza in Jacksonville, FL Brokered by Marcus & Millichap


Blue Water Storage Center & Retail Plaza,
 9119 Merrill Road, Jacksonville, FL
JACKSONVILLE, FL – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, today announced the sale of Blue Water Storage Center & Retail Plaza, a 125,869-square foot self-storage and retail asset located in Jacksonville, Fla., according to Richard D. Matricaria, regional manager of the firm’s Tampa office. The asset sold for $8,625,000.

Michael A. Mele, senior vice president investments and senior director of the firm’s National Self Storage Group, in Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a fund manager.  The buyer, a private investor, was secured and represented by Mele.

Blue Water Storage Center & Retail Plaza is a state-of-the-art facility in a high density location on a main thoroughfare with excellent accessibility and demographics.

The property is situated on approximately 10.38 acres located at 9119 Merrill Road in Jacksonville, Florida, which is half a mile east of Interstate 295.  The asset was constructed in 1990 and renovated in 2008.

It consists of 772 storage units totaling 80,734 net rentable square feet and two retail tenants, Big Lots and Salvation Army, with a total of 45,135 net rentable square feet. 

The storage facility has both drive-through, climate and non-climate controlled units and covered RV and boat parking. It boasts security features that include hi-tech digital video surveillance and electronic gate access.

“The market is gaining momentum and buyers are paying premiums for solid assets, however, it does not necessarily mean this is the time to sell,” cautions Mele. “As rates increase, cash flows do as well. This is a great time to be a self-storage operator and to continue to improve their bottom line,” he adds.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Richard D. Matricaria
Vice President/Regional Manager, Tampa
(813) 387-4700

Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Leesburg Self Storage in Leesburg, FL


Michael A. Mele
LEESBURG, FL – Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada, announced the sale of Leesburg Self Storage, a 60,420 square-foot self-storage facility located in Leesburg, Fla., according to Richard D. Matricaria, regional manager of the firm’s Tampa office. 

The asset sold for $3,700,000.

Michael A. Mele, senior vice president investments and senior director of the firm’s National Self Storage Group, in Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor.  The buyer, a REIT, was secured and represented by Mele.

Leesburg Self Storage is located at 1435 Center Street in Leesburg, Florida. It was constructed in 1988 and expanded in 2007. The property consists of 488-units for a total of 60,420 net rentable square feet situated on approximately 3.93 acres. The property sits off Highway 27 approximately 10 miles north of the Florida Turnpike and it is just south of The Villages, a highly desirable retirement community.

“We are seeing more and more smaller owner/operators finding it hard to compete against the big guys in today’s market, and they are taking advantage of record prices being paid today. This sale is just another example of the consolidation of the industry by large institutional owners,” said Mele.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Richard D. Matricaria
Vice President/Regional Manager, Tampa

(813) 387-4700

Contemporary Riverfront Townhomes Available for Immediate and Quick Delivery at Heritage Harbor Ottawa Resort in Ottawa, IL


Tammy Berry
OTTAWA, IL  – Buyers in the market for a unique waterfront home can now choose from four contemporary riverfront townhomes designed by Chicago-based Nicholas Design Collaborative, available for immediate and quick delivery at Heritage Harbor Ottawa Resort, a marina resort community located in Starved Rock Country, along the Illinois River in Ottawa, Ill.

Located just 90 minutes southwest of Chicago, Heritage Harbor Ottawa is a 142-acre master-planned development of single-family homes, townhomes, vacation cottages, carriage homes and condos, centered on a 32-acre harbor and full-service marina.
  
“The Flite series was purposefully created to offer buyers a very modern option that is something different than any other home available at Heritage Harbor, and even throughout Starved Rock Country,” said Tammy Barry, director of sales and marketing for Heritage Harbor Ottawa Resort.

“These homes would be just as comfortable in an urban neighborhood, and yet because of their thoughtful design, they fit perfectly with the riverfront location, natural surroundings and overall coastal style in the community.

“Now that construction is complete and we can showcase these homes, we expect a great response from buyers looking for a very contemporary full-time or vacation residence on the water.”

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Sarah Lyons, slyons@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4520

 Kim Manning, kmanning@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4527

2,226-Unit Multifamily Property Sale Arranged by IPA in Troy, MI


Somerset Park Apartments, Troy, MI
TROY, MI – Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap specializing in serving institutional and major private real estate investors, is pleased to announce the sale of Somerset Park Apartments, a 2,226-unit garden-style apartment community in Troy, Mich.

The terms of the sale were not released. The transaction is the largest single-complex multifamily sale in Michigan this century.

            IPA executive directors Steve Witten and Victor Nolletti of IPA Northeast and Florida, and Detroit-based Marcus & Millichap senior vice presidents investments Paul Davis and Andrew Daitch, and vice president investments Peter Wenzler represented the seller and procured the buyer.

Steve Witten
            “Completed in 1969 as the largest market-rate garden-style apartment community in the country, Somerset Park Apartments was offered for sale for the first time by the original developer,” says Witten.

 “The new owner plans to plans to renovate the property to make it even more appealing to lifestyle renters seeking high-end apartments with extraordinary on-site amenities.”

            “The property is in an excellent position to benefit from the ongoing economic recovery in the Detroit metropolitan area,” adds Davis.

            The apartment complex is located at 1911 Golfview Drive in Troy adjacent to Somerset Collection, a 1,440,000-square-foot super-regional mall with more than 180 specialty stores.

Major employers in the area include Bank of America, Delphi Corp., Kelly Services, ThyssenKrupp USA, The Kresge Foundation, J. D. Power and Associates, Ziebart, Ameritech Publishing, Beaumont Health System, LaSalle Bank, Flagstar Bank, Altair Engineering and Behr America Inc.

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Gina Relva, Public Relations Manager
(925) 953-1716