PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.5 million sale of a Super 8 hotel in Pleasant Prairie, about 35 miles south of Milwaukee. Built in 1984, the 60-room hotel is located at 7601 118th Ave. at the intersection of Highway 50 and I-94. Ebrahim Valliani, John Yurich, Allan Miller and Chris Gomes of Marcus & Millichap marketed the hotel on behalf of the seller, a private investor. the team also secured and represented the buyer, a private investor.
Acquisitions
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Partners in Autism has purchased an 18,492-square-foot office building located at 601 Noble Drive in Fort Wayne for an undisclosed price. Brady Gardner and John Caffray of Sturges Property Group represented the buyer in the transaction. Fort Wayne-based Partners in Autism provides several autism-related services, including therapy, social groups and employment services. The seller was undisclosed.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Evergreen Devco has acquired Chandler Pavilions, a shopping center located at 800-890 N. 54th St. in Chandler. Invesco sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 1998, the value-add center features 163,594 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include REI, Bed Bath & Beyond, Golf Galaxy and Cost Plus World Market. Pat Dempsey of JLL represented the seller. Phoenix Commercial Advisors will continue to serve as leasing agents for the property.
MILWAUKIE, ORE. — Alpine Food Distributing has purchased two distribution facilities, located at 9696 SE Omark Drive in Milwaukie. Oregon Transfer Co. sold the asset for $12.2 million. Steven Klein and Peter Stalick of Kidder Mathews represented Alpine in the transaction. The Oregon-based, family-owned food distribution company previously leased the properties, which offer a total of 220,000 square feet. The newly acquired complex is adjacent to a 280,000-square-foot facility that the buyer already owns.
DURANGO, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Durango Town Center, a retail shopping center located in Durango. A private partnership led by David Spriggs of Denver-based DMS Real Estate sold the asset to a private local investor for $13.3 million. Ryan Bowlby and Drew Isaac of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Brian Hagger, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer. Phillip Gause of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. placed financing on behalf of the buyer. Located at 1125, 1145 and 1185 S. Camino Del Rio, Durango Town Center features 41,781 square feet of retail space.
SPRINGFIELD, ORE. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage has negotiated the sale of ElderHealth & Living Memory Care Village in Springfield. Built in 1988 and expanded in 1996, the memory care community features 95 beds across 59 units. The facility is approximately 30,215 square feet and is situated on approximately 5.1 acres of land. A regional operator with multiple West Coast communities acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The seller, a local owner-operator divesting its only seniors housing community, will stay on as a consultant. A local bank provided a balance-sheet loan for the acquisition. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.
Vantage Data Centers, Colony Capital Agree to Form $3.5B Partnership to Grow Data Center Platform
by John Nelson
DENVER AND LOS ANGELES — Data center developer and operator Vantage Data Centers has entered into a definitive agreement with an investor group led by Colony Capital Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) to form a $3.5 billion partnership that will expand Vantage’s data center platform in North America and Europe. The firms expect the agreement to be finalized toward the end of the month. As part of the agreement, the Colony-led investor group will invest $1.2 billion in Vantage’s portfolio, including 12 stabilized North American data centers that span more than 1.4 million gross square feet in Santa Clara, Calif.; Quincy, Wash.; Montreal; and Quebec City, Canada. Vantage’s management team, led by President and CEO Sureel Choksi, will continue to manage and operate these assets as part of its global data center footprint. The Colony-Vantage partnership will allow Vantage to develop and maintain top-performing data centers in new and existing markets. The Denver-based company has been expanding in Europe the past few months, entering Wales through its acquisition of data center campus Next Generation Data that was announced in April. Vantage also acquired data center provider Etix Everywhere in February. The deal included a data center under construction in Frankfurt, Germany. Vantage …
BOSTON — BioMed Realty, an owner-operator of life sciences real estate, has entered into a partnership with Cresset Development and Boston-based Novaya Real Estate Ventures to acquire the XMBLY Campus at Assembly Square in the Somerville area of Boston. The campus spans 162,000 square feet of office and life sciences space and includes 7.5 acres for additional expansion. The new ownership plans to add lab, research and development and traditional office space. A timeline for construction has not yet been established.
TAMPA, FLA. — The Radco Cos. has sold Mabry Manor, a 372-unit multifamily community in Tampa, for $42.8 million. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, sundeck, fitness center, clubhouse, fishing lakes with floating deck and fishing pier, coffee bar, laundry facilities and a business center. Radco acquired the asset in 2016 for $20.1 million. The asset is located at 4902 N. Macdill Ave., five miles northwest of downtown Tampa in the Northwest Tampa submarket. TLR Group acquired the community. Jason Stanton and Cole Whitaker of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Fairstead has acquired Gould House, a 101-unit Section 8 seniors housing community in Boca Raton. The property is located on the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County Campus. While the seller and price were not disclosed, Fairstead did unveil plans for a $6 million rehabilitation of the entire complex. The project will include new kitchens, baths, lighting, HVAC, flooring and windows for all apartments, as well as common area improvements to the security systems, grounds, lobbies, community room and management office. Fairstead financed the acquisition through the issuance of federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and tax-exempt bonds from the Housing Finance Authority of Palm Beach County. The Freddie Mac lender/bond purchaser in the transaction was Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, and the LIHTC investor was Regions Affordable Housing LLC.