FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Green Leaf Partners Management has purchased Alvista Harmony, a garden-style multifamily community in Fort Collins, from an affiliate of Phoenix Realty Group and its joint venture partner. Located at 2002 Battlecreek Drive, the property comprises 16 two- and three-story buildings offering 280 one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 924 square feet. All units feature walk-in closets, private balconies or patios and a washer and dryer. Community amenities include a clubhouse, business center, fitness center, swimming pool, hot tub, grill station, playground, pet park, dog wash, onsite bike storage, 380 surface parking spaces and 96 detached garages. Phoenix Realty Group has completed renovations to the clubhouse and common areas and has fully renovated 116 units. Previous ownership upgraded 52 of the units, with 42 additional units including finish levels comparable to the classic interior scope. Shane Ozment, Terrance Hunt, Andy Hellman, Justin Hunt, Chris Hart and Brad Schlafer of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
Acquisitions
Calmwater Capital Provides $20.9M Acquisition Loan for Cathedral City Marketplace Shopping Center Near Palm Springs
by Amy Works
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Calmwater Capital has provided Rhino Investment Group with $20.9 million in short-term, first-mortgage debt for its acquisition of Cathedral City Marketplace, a grocery-anchored retail center in Cathedral City. The 195,000-square-foot shopping center is located in Cathedral City, approximately seven miles southeast of Palm Springs. Situated on 21 acres at 34091-34351 Date Palm Drive, Cathedral City Marketplace offers parking for 1,093 automobiles. Current tenants include Kroger’s Food 4 Less, Planet Fitness, dd’s Discounts, DJ’s Sports Bar and Subway. Calmwater’s Larry Grantham, Zach Novatt and DaJuan Bennett originated the loan. The Los Angeles-based JLL Capital Markets team of Jeff Sause, Chad Morgan, Daniel Skerrett and Jalynn Borders arranged the financing.
Greystar Divests of 589-Bed Hale Mahana Student Housing Property Near University of Hawaii at Manoa
by Amy Works
HONOLULU — Greystar has completed the fee-simple sale of Hale Mahana, a student housing property located at 2615 S. King St. in Honolulu. A joint venture between Timberline Real Estate Ventures and an Ares Management Real Estate fund acquired the asset, which is 0.2 miles from the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, for an undisclosed price. Built in 2018, the 191-unit Hale Mahana offers 589 beds, study rooms, a computer lab, covered parking, fitness center, rooftop deck with grilling stations and ground-level retail space, including Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers and Jersey Mike’s Subs. The complex offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom, fully furnished units with equipped kitchens featuring stainless steel appliances. JLL Capital Markets represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Facilitates $19M Sale of Self-Storage Facility in Tacoma, Washington
by Amy Works
TACOMA, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 12th Street Storage, a self-storage facility in Tacoma. An undisclosed limited liability company sold the asset to a fund manager for $19 million. Located at 1018 E. Highland Ave., 12th Street Storage offers 91,546 square feet of self-storage space. The facility, which was developed in 2020 and 2021 by a local investment group, was acquired by an international real estate firm based in London and Los Angeles. Christopher Secreto of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — Greystone has provided an $18.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Cornelia-Stratford in Chicago. Originally constructed in 1927, the 139-unit multifamily property features studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Amenities include bike storage, laundry facilities and a tenant lounge. Clint Darby and Andrew Remenschneider of Greystone originated the nonrecourse loan, which features a fixed interest rate, 15-year term and five years of interest-only payments. The borrower was undisclosed.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. — Colliers has arranged the $7.4 million sale of a 55,033-square-foot commercial building in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Located at 1770 1st St., the property features 17 apartment units on the upper three floors and 36,000 square feet of medical office space home to Robb Orthodontics, Highland Park Maxillofacial & Implant Surgery and Pediatric Dentistry of the North Shore. The apartment units are fully leased, and the medical office portion is 61 percent leased. Constructed in 1988, the building sits atop a 447-space public parking garage and is across the street from the Highland Park Metra stop. Alissa Adler, John Homsher, Tyler Hague and Lauren Stoliar of Colliers represented the seller, Fulton Design + Build. QMR Partners was the buyer.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Berkadia has brokered the $14.5 million sale of Townes at Lake Norman, a 116-lot townhome development site located at 752 River Highway in the northern Charlotte suburb of Mooresville. The seller is North Carolina-based Evolve Cos., which is developing an apartment community that includes the 116-lot townhome site called Evolve at Lake Norman. The developer plans to deliver first units later this month and has tapped Hawthorne Residential to operate the community. Caleb Troop, Thomas Colaiezzi and Matt Robertson of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
ST. JOHNS, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $6.5 million sale of Parkway Place Shoppes, a new strip retail center located at 1385 St. Johns Parkway in the Jacksonville suburb of St. Johns. KidStrong, Oola Mala Restaurant, Tsaocaa Tea, Benjamin Moore and Planet Smoothie fully occupy the 11,685-square-foot property on new 10-year, triple-net leases. Patrick Nutt, William Wamble and Daniel Becker of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based private development company, in the sale. The buyer was a private investor from New York that purchased the center in a 1031 exchange.
FIRE ISLAND PINES, N.Y. — Brokerage firm Muroff Hospitality Group has arranged the $15.5 million sale of Fire Island Pines Resort on the southern tip of Long Island. The resort features The Blue Whale marina and restaurant, a hotel, pool, fitness center and pavilion. The sale, which also included a three-bedroom house and 16-bedroom house for employees, represents approximately 75 percent of the commercial property on Fire Island Pines. Mitch Muroff of Muroff Hospitality Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
Capital 360, Barings Sell 2,460-Unit Extra Space Storage Facility in Cerritos, California for $91M
by Amy Works
CERRITOS, CALIF. — A joint venture between Capital 360 and Charlotte-based Barings has completed the disposition of Extra Space Storage in Cerritos to Houston-based Hines for $91 million. Nick Walker and Trevor Roberts of CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group represented the seller in in the transaction. Capital 360 and Barings originally acquired the site in 2018. Situated on 4.9 acres at 17900 Crusader Ave., the three-story, 260,273-square-foot facility offers 2,460 storage units. Constructed in 2020, the facility was more than 88 percent occupied at the time of sale.