SEATTLE — Washington Federal Bank, the wholly owned subsidiary of WaFd Inc. (NASDAQ: WAFD), has consummated the sale of approximately $2.8 billion of multifamily commercial real estate loans to Bank of America, which in turn is selling the loans to funds managed by Pacific Investment Management Co. The sale of the multifamily loans was executed at no loss to WaFd and provides immediate liquidity, according to the seller. The packaged loans all came from WaFd’s acquisition of Luther Burbank Savings in March. The sale of the CRE loans was not a condition of the merger.
SEATTLE — Kidder Mathews has negotiated the sale of Uptown Queen Anne Apartments, a mid-rise multifamily property at 315 First Ave. W. in Seattle. The seller, which originally developed the building in 2001, sold the asset to Trinity Real Estate for $19.9 million, or $331,000 per unit. Situated in the Queen Anne neighborhood, Uptown Queen Anne Apartments features 60 apartments and two commercial spaces. Jerrid Anderson and Winslow Lee of the Simon and Anderson team, a multifamily investment team based at Kidder Mathews’ Seattle headquarters, represented the seller in the off-market transaction.
NORTH PLAINS, ORE. — Colliers has arranged the completion of a 10-year lease agreement with DB Schenker, as the tenant, and the forward sale of North Plains Logistics Center to STAG Industrial Holdings. Far West Fibers sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10.5 acres in North Plains, located within Oregon’s Silicon Forest submarket just west of Portland, North Plains Logistics Center features 201,750 square feet of industrial space. Jerry Matson and Colin Russell of Colliers, along with West Industrial Capital Markets’ Michael Kendall and Gian Bruno, represented the seller in the deal. Matson and Cole Hooper of Colliers represented tenant, DB Schenker, in the site selection and lease negotiations. Matson and Russell also represented the landlord in lease negotiations.
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Arrow Pines Business Park, an industrial business park in San Dimas. Arrow SD LLC acquired the asset from SoCal Industrial LLC, a joint venture between Birtcher Anderson Davis & Associates and Belay Investment Group, for $9.2 million. Built in 1987, Arrow Pines Business Park offers three buildings ranging in size from 11,240 square feet to 16,473 square feet, with unit sizes varying from 960 square feet to 3,192 square feet. The 44,125-square-foot property features 12- to 15-foot clear heights and 32 grade-level doors. The property is situated on 3.1 acres at 210 and 260 W. Arrow Highway and 440 S. Cataract Ave. CBRE Investment Properties’ Mark Shaffer, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gerand Poutier and Dylan Rutigliano, along with CBRE National Partners’ Barbara Perrier and Eric Cox, represented the seller in the deal.
DENTON, TEXAS — A partnership between two Dallas-based firms, Town Cos. and BC2 Capital, and New Orleans-based Benson Capital Partners has purchased Panhandle at Rayzor Ranch, a 105-unit multifamily property located in the North Texas city of Denton. The complex is part of the 400-acre Rayzor Ranch mixed-use development. Information on floor plans and amenities was not disclosed. The seller and sales price were also not disclosed.
HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of a 63,693-square-foot office building in West Houston. Completed in 2006 and renovated in 2019, the three-story building at 11000 Equity Drive is located within the 150-acre Westway Park development. Rick Goings and Jeff Hollinden of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The property’s original developer, Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, purchased the asset with plans to occupy the facility in its entirety.
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Shops at The Grove, a 9,422-square-foot retail strip center located in the southern Dallas suburb of Waxahachie. Tenants at the property include Bahama Bucks, Mint Exteriors, Mi Casa Mexican Cuisine and Fat Tuesday. Parker Tims and Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. Hudson Springer, also with STRIVE, represented the buyer, a local investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — McGarvey Development has sold CenterLinks Business Park, a 41-acre property in Fort Myers, to EQT Exeter for $92.5 million. Situated along Oriole Road west of I-75, the property features nine warehouses spanning 450,000 square feet that were leased to 40 tenants at the time of sale. CenterLinks features 100 percent dock-high flex units as well as space that can be used as office or medical office. Four years after breaking ground, McGarvey Development began receiving acquisition offers from private equity firms when the park was about 90 percent built out. A chance encounter between longtime acquaintances McGarvey president John McGarvey and Ward Fitzgerald, global CEO of EQT Exeter, led to the acquisition, which is the largest industrial sales price in the history of Southwest Florida’s Lee County, according to McGarvey.
Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Brokers Sale of 107,000 SF Shopping Center in Manchester, Tennessee
MANCHESTER, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of Whispering Pines, a 107,000-square-foot shopping center in Manchester, a city in Tennessee midway between Nashville and Chattanooga via I-24. Located at 2161 Hillsboro Blvd., the property was fully leased at the time of sale. Landon Williams and Katie Hargett of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors represented the buyer, an entity doing business as BAG3 Holding LLC, in the transaction. Lane Breedlove and Margaret Jones of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Core Whispering Pines LLC. The sales price was not disclosed.
COLUMBIA AND MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of two assisted living and memory care communities in South Carolina. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, led by Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders, closed the 156-unit transaction on behalf of a publicly traded REIT. The properties, located in the Columbia and Myrtle Beach MSAs, were purchased by a regional owner-operator. The sales price and specific locations were not disclosed.