BOUNTIFUL, Utah — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of a 145-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Bountiful, approximately 10 miles north of Salt Lake City. The facility was built in 1978 expanded in 1999. The property totals 124,673 square feet on approximately 2.4 acres of land. The buyer was a California-based private equity group partnering with a Salt Lake City-based management company. They plan to invest heavily in remodeling the community and improving the overall performance. Vince Viverito and Brad Clousing of SLIB handled the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
Acquisitions
VAN NUYS, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has sold a 48,394-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial building in Van Nuys for $17 million. The buyer was Orion Business Park LLC. The building is located at 8101-8117 Orion Ave. in the San Fernando Valley. Built in 1978, it consists of 29 tenant spaces ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 square feet. The building features 13-foot clear height ceilings and 25 ground-level loading docks. The building was about 93 percent leased at the close of escrow. The new owner intends to lease up the remaining vacancy and hold the asset as a long-term investment. Chris Jackson, Todd Lorber and Tim Foutz with NAI Capital Commercial’s Investment Services Group represented Rexford in the transaction.
MINNEAPOLIS — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 14,535-square-foot retail property occupied by Walgreens in Minneapolis for $6.6 million. Built in 1966 and renovated in 2020, the single-tenant building is located at 4323 W. Chicago Ave. Hanley’s Kevin Fryman and Ed Hanley, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, a private investor based in California. A New York-based private investor was the buyer.
PORTAGE, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4 million sale of Diamond Plaza in Portage, a city in Northwest Indiana. The 26,524-square-foot retail property is located right off U.S. Route 6. Tarek Chbeir of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, a private investor. Josh Caruana, broker of record in Indiana, assisted in closing the transaction. Seller information was not provided.
CROSWELL, MICH. — Dominion Real Estate Advisors LLC has negotiated the sale of Croswell Manor Apartments in Croswell, a city in eastern Michigan. The sales price was undisclosed. The 24-unit apartment building is a project-based Section 8 property. Rem Murray of Dominion brokered the transaction, which included the facilitation of a Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contract transfer with HUD and an agency loan assumption. According to Dominion, the loan assumption enabled the buyer to purchase the property with a lower interest rate than what’s available in the market today and enabled the seller to obtain a higher purchase price.
UTICA, N.Y. — Boutique brokerage firm Muroff Hospitality Group has arranged the sale of a two-story, 40-room Econolodge hotel located just off Exit 31 of I-90 in the upstate New York community of Utica. The sales price was $1.5 million. Mitch Muroff of Muroff Hospitality Group represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies, in the transaction.
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Office Properties Income Trust Agrees to Acquire Diversified Healthcare Trust in All-Share Transaction
by John Nelson
NEWTON, MASS. — Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: OPI) has entered into a definitive merger agreement whereby the office REIT will acquire all the outstanding common shares of Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC), a REIT that owns properties in the medical office, life sciences and seniors housing sectors. The combined company will have approximately $12.4 billion of total gross assets under management, representing 539 properties across 40 states and Washington, D.C. The portfolio comprises about 264 seniors housing communities, 10 triple-net-leased wellness centers and 265 medical office, traditional office and life sciences buildings. About 42 percent of the portfolio is located in the Sun Belt. The RMR Group (NASDAQ: RMR), an alternative asset management firm based in Newton, manages both REITs and acquires properties on behalf of the entities. RMR also makes acquisitions on behalf of Service Properties Trust and Industrial Logistics Properties Trust. RMR Group will continue to manage the new company, which will be rebranded as Diversified Properties Trust and trade publicly on the Nasdaq Stock Market exchange. OPI’s executive team will lead the new company and will keep the firm’s corporate headquarters in Newton. The boards of trustees for both REITs unanimously approved the merger, which is …
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Fundrise has purchased Building E at the Cubes at Glendale, a 570,080-square-foot, Class A industrial warehouse in Glendale, for $82.6 million. The asset is located along the 303 Corridor. Upon completion, the Cubes at Glendale industrial park will feature 5.5 million square feet of Class A industrial space at the intersection of Reems Road and Northern Avenue. The seller, CRG, has completed construction on Building A, a 1.2-million-square-foot industrial building leased to Williams Sonoma, and Building D, a 637,000-square-foot industrial building. LaSalle Investment Management and US Merchants, respectively, were the buyers. Cushman & Wakefield’s Will Strong, Phil Haenel, Micki Strain, Kirk Kuller and Molly Hunt of the firm’s National Industrial Advisory Group — Mountain West team represented CRG in the latest sale transaction.
DENVER — NAI Shames Makovsky has brokered the sale of a 38,852-square-foot office building in Denver. 2755 S. Locust LLC purchased the asset for $5.1 million. The space is located at 2755 S. Locust St. The building underwent a $1.4 million modernization in 2018 that included common areas, restrooms, HVAC, LED lighting and exterior painting. Todd Snyder with NAI Shames Makovsky represented the buyer, which intends to operate the office building as-is. Joshua Cohen and John V. Propp of John Propp Commercial Group represented the seller, Ironton Investments.
Loramar Equities Brokers Sale of Commercial Building in Westlake Village, California for $2.7M
by Jeff Shaw
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Loramar Equities has brokered the sale of a 4,000-square-foot building in Westlake Village for $2.7 million. The space is located on 1.06 acres at 530 Hampshire Road. The seller is Cancer Support Community Valley/Ventura/Santa Barbara. Bruce Frasco of Loramar Equities and Arthur Pfefferman of Coldwell Banker Commercial Quality Properties represented the seller. The buyer was Chabad of Westlake Village.