Acquisitions

SEATTLE AND SAN FRANCISCO — Seattle-based tech giant Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has agreed to acquire San Francisco-based primary medical care chain One Medical (NASDAQ: ONEM) for $3.9 billion. One Medical operates over 180 doctor’s offices throughout major metro areas in the United States.  Approximately 767,000 people have memberships to One Medical, paying a $200 annual subscription fee for the service. The company also mixes in-person, digital and virtual care services, with the intent of being convenient to where people already work, shop and live. Amazon has been pushing its way into healthcare in recent years, and the One Medical acquisition represents its biggest push into the sector to date, particularly regarding the physical real estate. “We think healthcare is high on the list of experiences that need reinvention,” says Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services. “Booking an appointment, waiting weeks or even months to be seen, taking time off work, driving to a clinic, finding a parking spot, waiting in the waiting room then the exam room for what is too often a rushed few minutes with a doctor, then making another trip to a pharmacy — we see lots of opportunity to both improve the quality …

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AURORA, COLO. — The Opus Group has purchased 316 acres of undeveloped land between Interstate 70 and Denver International Airport in Aurora for $49.7 million. Opus, in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors, plan to develop Sun Empire, a 3.9 million-square-foot industrial park, on the site. Todd Witty and Daniel Close of CBRE represented Opus in the acquisition and will market the project for lease, sale and built-to-suit development. Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Jessica Osstermick of CBRE advised on the capital raise, helping to source Principal Real Estate Investors as the joint-venture partner. Construction of the first phase of Sun Empire is scheduled to begin in third-quarter 2022. The first phase will include two Class A buildings sized 624,094 square feet and 204,859 square feet. The later phases of construction will be influenced by tenant requirements. The park can accommodate building sizes ranging from 200,000 square feet to 1 million square feet. Each building is slated to include substantial trailer parking, as well as dock and drive-in loading. The site is located at East 56th Avenue and Harvest Road, a five-minute drive to Denver International Airport and approximately 25 minutes from downtown Denver.

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WEST JORDAN, UTAH — Gardner Batt has completed the $103.8 million disposition of an industrial logistics property located at 7001 New Bingham Highway in West Jordan. A joint venture between Greenlaw Partners and Mirae Asset Global Investments acquired the asset, along with two other buildings in the three-building portfolio, for a combined total of $291.5 million. Built in 2022 on 76 acres, the building totals 200,000 square feet. The other two buildings in the portfolio included a 201,096-square-foot asset at 989 W. Center St. in Salt Lake City and a 146,194-square-foot building at 398 E. 1100 South St. in American Fork, Utah. The facilities feature up-to-date clear heights, lighting, vehicle and trailer parking, and fire suppression. Jeff Chiate, Mike Adey, Brad Brandenburg and Matthew Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group, together with Tom Freeman and Travis Healey of Cushman & Wakefield’s Salt Lake City office, represented the seller in the transaction.

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MIAMI — Affiliates of Harbor Group International (HGI), a privately owned real estate investment and management firm based in Norfolk, Va., has purchased Miro Brickell, a 372-unit multifamily property in the Brickell neighborhood of Miami. The undisclosed seller sold the asset for $184.5 million. Built in 2017, Miro Brickell features studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans with balconies, stainless steel appliances, energy-efficient washers and dryers and modern finishes. Community amenities include outdoor electric grills, a resort-style pool with poolside cabanas, fitness center with a yoga studio, outdoor boxing gym, onsite management and maintenance, movie theater, bike storage and a dog wash station. The acquisition of Miro Brickell marks the seventh property currently under HGI’s ownership in Miami-Dade County, bringing the investor’s local portfolio to more than 1,500 units.

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FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Aldon, a multifamily developer and investor based in Bethesda, Md., has purchased Elevate Powell & Broad, a luxury apartment community located at 141 Stobhill Lane in the Raleigh suburb of Fuquay-Varina. The undisclosed seller traded the 384-unit community to Aldon for $129 million. Completed in 2021, Elevate Powell & Broad has been rebranded as Aldon at Powell & Broad. The property features one- and two-bedroom floorplans with stainless steel appliances, movable kitchen islands, granite countertops, private terraces and balconies, nine-foot ceilings and sunrooms in select units. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, fitness center, two dog parks, dog spa, coffee bar, game room, car care center, cornhole, playground and an outdoor pavilion with a fire pit. Aldon’s purchase of Aldon at Powell & Broad caps a trio of multifamily investments the company has made in the Research Triangle in the past 12 months totaling $315 million.

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TYLER, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Don’s Self Storage, an 334-unit facility in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas. The facility comprises 49,225 net rentable square feet. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the East Texas-based seller and procured the California-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.

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MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS — Thompson Thrift Residential, a subsidiary of Indianapolis-based investment firm Thompson Thrift, has sold The Ranch at Sienna, a 312-unit apartment community in the southwestern Houston suburb of Missouri City. Built in 2016, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,105 square feet. Residences are furnished with private balconies and full-sized washer and dryers. Communal amenities include a pool with cabanas, a fitness center, clubhouse, coffee bar, outdoor kitchen, game room and a dog park. Houston-based Laye Capital Investments purchased the community for an undisclosed amount.

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MILWAUKEE — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a 120,000-square-foot property occupied by grocer Pick ’n Save in Milwaukee. Retailers in the surrounding area include Starbucks, Domino’s Pizza, U.S. Bank, Dunkin’, McDonald’s, Napa Auto Parts and Culver’s. Jimmy Goodman and John Feeney of Boulder represented the seller, a Milwaukee-based real estate investor, and the buyer, a national private real estate company. There are more than eight years remaining on the Pick ’n Save lease.

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BLUE ISLAND, ILL. AND MISHAWAKA, IND. — Savlan Capital has acquired two medical office buildings, one in suburban Chicago and the other in suburban South Bend, for a combined $14.7 million. The Hollywood, Fla.-based investment group purchased Edison Lakes Medical Center in Mishawaka for $8.6 million. The property, built in 1991, comprises 10 medical office condominiums totaling 49,536 square feet that are situated within a larger office park. Joseph DiSalvo, Forest Bender and Alexander Hull of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an entity doing business as EL Medical Center LLC. In the second transaction, Savlan purchased an 18,034-square-foot medical office building located at 12200 S. Western Ave. in Blue Island for $6.1 million. Developed in 2007 as a retail strip center, the property is fully leased to Fresenius, Dental Dreams and Midwest Express Clinic. Eric Cline of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Shops at Blue Island LLC.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.8 million sale of a retail property constructed in 2021 and occupied by Firestone in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The 6,116-square-foot property sold at list price to an out-of-state buyer completing a 1031 exchange. There were more than 14 years remaining on Firestone’s lease at the time of sale. “Quality net lease retail in good markets with rent increases remains a safe and attractive investment option in uncertain times,” says McMinn.

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