EULESS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Texas Star Business Center, a 78,418-square-foot industrial building in Euless, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The property was built on 4.7 acres in 1984. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity.
LOS ANGELES — Verity Health System has sold the 381-bed St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles for $135 million. The hospital is currently operating on a temporary lease with the State of California as a surge facility for treating COVID-19 patients. The buyer, surgeon and medical researcher Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, will continue to honor the lease with the state, while also using several buildings as facilities for COVID-19 research. Soon-Shiong is the principal officer of the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation, a California-based private grantmaking organization. “Verity Health is proud of its partnership with the State of California and is confident that Dr. Soon-Shiong and his team will continue to enhance the collaboration with the state and local government to address COVID-19,” says Rich Adcock, CEO of Verity Health. Verity Health System filed for bankruptcy in summer 2018. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles recently approved the sale of the nonprofit’s assets, including St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood to Prime Healthcare. Located at 213 W. 3rd St. in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul originally opened the hospital in 1856. The property closed …
Many real estate investors seeking tax deferral in a 1031 exchange, as well as owners contemplating a sale of an investment property in the near future and intending to perform a 1031 exchange, have been anxiously awaiting guidance from the IRS on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the time deadlines in an exchange. On April 9, 2020 the IRS issued Notice 2020-23, which extended many deadlines for real estate investors affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, including Section 1031 exchange time deadlines. This notice provides that any person performing a time-sensitive action listed in either § 301.7508A-1(c)(1)(iv) of the Procedure and Administrative Regulations or Revenue Procedure 2018-58, 2018-50 IRB 990 (Dec. 10, 2018), which is due to be performed on or after April 1 and before July 15, 2020, is an “affected taxpayer.” This includes the 45-day identification and 180-day exchange period deadlines in both deferred and safe-harbor reverse 1031 exchanges. Therefore, pursuant to Notice 2020-23, if the end of an investor’s 45-day identification period or 180-day exchange period in a deferred exchange — or the parallel periods in reverse exchanges under Revenue Procedure 2000-37 — falls between April 1 and July 15, the applicable period is automatically extended …
SILVER SPRING, MD. — JLL has brokered the sale of Colesville Medical Campus, a three-building, 212,153-square-foot medical office campus in Silver Spring. The asset is situated at 10720, 10750 and 10770 Columbia Pike, 10 miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. The property is positioned within a 10-mile radius of 12 hospitals with more than 3,000 beds. Trinity Health and Holy Cross Health, which operates its home care and hospice operations at the property, anchor the campus. The seller, Beckham Gumbin Ventures, acquired the asset in 2016 when it was 43 percent leased. At the time of sale, Colesville Medical was 82 percent leased. The campus features amenities such as a fitness center, conference center facility and parking for more than 789 vehicles. Ben Appel, Dave Baker, Jim Meisel, Andrew Weir and Matt Nicholson of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Robert Carey, Daniel Turley and Evan Parker of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer, Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital.
HUNTINGTON, W.VA. — Sentinel Net Lease has acquired a 68,693-square-foot Amazon Customer Service Center in Huntington for $16.9 million. An affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust sold the office property, which spans 7.9 acres within Kinetic Park. Amazon has seven years remaining on its lease, as well as four five-year renewal options, according to CBRE. The 105-acre park is situated four miles south of downtown Huntington. According to public records, Wesbanco Bank Inc. provided an $11.8 million acquisition loan to the buyer. Will Pike of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction, and Matson Kane and Teddy Leonard of Sands Investment Group represented the buyer.
JONESBORO, GA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $17.3 million sale of Chase Village Apartments, a 168-unit multifamily community in Jonesboro. The property offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans that were 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. The community, which was originally built in 1986, features communal amenities such as a pool, playground and a dog park. Chase Village is situated at 100 Chase Village Drive, 15 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Chad DeFoor, Jake Reid, Dan Phelan, Royce Baptist, Alex Croy and Roger Schoerner of Franklin Street represented both the seller, Peak Capital Partners, and the buyer, Oak Residential Partners, in the transaction.
STAFFORD, VA. — Colliers International has negotiated the $14.7 million sale of 50 Teach Parkway, a 94,064-square-foot medical office building in Stafford. The property was 94.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including the United States government, BAE Systems and Space Dynamics Laboratory. The building is situated within the North Stafford Center for Business & Tech, a three-building office park adjacent to Quantico Marine Corp Base. The asset is situated 43 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. Will Bradley, Mark Williford and Lee Cherwek of Colliers represented the seller, Golden Eagle Group.
Closing deals in the current environment — or even getting them to progress — has been challenging for the past few weeks. Municipalities are struggling to keep up with volume, and online notarization is present in some states but not others. Western Real Estate Business recently spoke with John Lotardo, senior vice president and director of operations for Commonwealth National Title Insurance Co. based in Arizona. Lotardo, also known as the Titleman, spoke to WREB about how commercial real estate transactions are closing and moving forward during the COVID-19 pandemic. WREB: What is your “new normal”? How are you managing business day-to-day? Lotardo: My company has mandated that the majority of our teams work remotely. The majority of my time is remote as well. Being the operations director, I have to manage my employees, including our title and settlement employees, wherever they may be. As a national commercial office based in Arizona, we have always been forward-thinking with technology. Our transition to a mix of folks in the office together with a remote workforce, while it has been challenging at times as for many other businesses, it wasn’t as difficult as it could have been. We had the proper hardware, …
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located on North Tampa Avenue in Los Angeles’ Reseda neighborhood. A partnership acquired the asset for $9.3 million. The 13,000-square-foot property is net-leased to Yogurtland and Walgreens. At the time of sale, Walgreens had vacated the premises, but the retailer still has a lease in place through 2034. Brandon Michaels and Lior Regenstreif of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the deal.
LAWNDALE, CALIF. — NAI Capital has directed the sale of a retail property located at 16711-16725 Hawthorne Blvd. in Lawndale. The asset sold for $2.9 million, or $252 per square foot. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Built in 1955, the 11,700-square-foot asset was renovated in 2002 with contemporary architectural features. The building features two restrooms, HVAC, high ceilings, 34 parking spaces, a fenced and gated parking lot, two double doors and approximately 800 amps of electric power. At the time of sale, the property was owner occupied. Sheri Messerlian of NAI Capital’s Retail Services Group represented both parties in the transaction.