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Prado Berkeley Multifamily Portfolio Sells for $105M

Prado Berkeley’s Multifamily Portfolio, a four-property apartment offering totaling 255-units in Berkeley has sold for $105 million. The buyers, Ballast Investments and Rev Projects, acquired one of the largest rent-controlled portfolios offered in the East Bay area.

The portfolio also included more than 37,000 square feet of commercial space. Three of the four buildings, which were originally built between 1915 and 1920, are designated as historically significant. The properties are near the UC Berkeley campus, and three buildings have retail components on Telegraph Avenue.

Rev Projects acquisition included:
– The Carlton, 2340 Telegraph Ave.: Value-add mixed-use asset comprised of 120 residential units and roughly 10,000 square feet of commercial space.

Ballast Investments acquisitions included:
– 2520 College Ave.: Comprised of 49 residential units.
– The Granada, 2510 Bancroft Way: Mixed-use asset comprised of 46 residential units and roughly 15,000 square feet of retail.
– Cambridge Apartments, 2500 Durant Ave.: Mixed-use asset with 40 residential units over roughly 12,000 square feet of commercial space.

Colliers International’s Brandon Geraldo and Ryan Wagner represented both the buyer and seller.

* Pictured The Granada, 2510 Bancroft Way

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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