WESTMINSTER, CALIF. — A real estate fund managed by Ares Management has acquired a freestanding industrial distribution building in the Orange County city of Westminster from an undisclosed seller. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 11.8 acres at 7400 Hazard Ave., the 258,506-square-foot building features 22- to 24-foot clear heights, ample dock-high and grade-level loading, abundant auto parking and 40 off-dock trailer parking stalls. At the time of sale, the property was 72.6 percent leased. Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Rick Ellison and Matt Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – West represented the seller in the deal. Randy Ellison and Kyle McGillen of Cushman & Wakefield provided leasing advisory and were retained by the buyer to continue leading project leasing for the asset. Additionally, Rob Rubano, Brian Share, Max Schafer and Becca Tse of Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance secured acquisition financing for the buyer.
Acquisitions
AlpHubbard Acquires Burger King-Occupied Restaurant Building in Coos Bay, Oregon for $1.9M
by Amy Works
COOS BAY, ORE. — AlpHubbard LLC has purchased a restaurant property, located at 2021 Newmark Ave. in Coos Bay, from Ternik LLC for $1.9 million. Burger King occupies the 2,824-square-foot freestanding drive-thru building, which was constructed in 1992. Todd VanDomelen and Mike Brown of Portland, Ore.-based Norris & Steven Inc. represented the buyer, while Clayton Brown of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal. Coos Bay is a coastal city approximately 100 miles southwest of Eugene.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has arranged the sale of North & Clybourn, a 68,121-square-foot retail center in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, for an undisclosed price. North & Clybourn is anchored by Crate & Barrel and The Container Store, which have occupied the property for 25 years. Additional tenants include Potbelly, LensCrafters and Sweetgreen. Joe Girardi and Stan Nitzberg of Mid-America brokered the sale on behalf of the private seller. Hines U.S. Property Partners was the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — Capstone Cos. has brokered the sale of Oxford Terrace Apartments in Indianapolis for $1.8 million. The 40-unit, garden-style property was constructed in 1986 and is situated in the city’s Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood. Kevin Burns and David Funke of Capstone brokered the transaction between the sellers, Paul Shannon and Powell Chee, and the buyer, Razor Capital Group. The transaction included seller financing of $1.25 million at a 6 percent interest rate with interest-only payments over the term of three years. The new owner is poised to continue the previous owner’s value-add strategy, focusing on the renovation of the remaining 18 units.
HOMEWOOD, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 11,772-square-foot retail building in the Chicago suburb of Homewood for an undisclosed price. U.S. Bank anchors the property, which is located at 18300 Dixie Highway. U.S. Bank contributes to 68 percent of the property’s income stream, and the branch has been operating continuously as a bank since 2005. Austin Weisenbeck, Sean Sharko and Adrian Mendoza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. The trio also secured and represented the all-cash buyer, a limited liability company.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm Fetner Properties has sold its remaining interest in a 30-story apartment tower located at 345 E. 94th St. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The percentage and sales price were not disclosed. The building houses 208 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and 4,000 square feet of commercial space. Empire State Realty Trust (NYSE: ESRT), which previously bought a stake in the building in late 2021, now owns the property outright.
SUCCASUNNA, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of an 8,000-square-foot office building in Succasunna, about 50 miles west of Manhattan. The building sits on three-quarters of an acre at 22 U.S. Route 10 and is home to tenants such as Lakeside Endodontics and Suburban Natural Medicine. Joseph Vindigni of NAI Hanson represented the seller, Portwood LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as Heritage Succasunna LLC.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — CBRE has arranged a $12 million acquisition loan for a 150,000-square-foot distribution center located at 6325 Global Drive in southeast Memphis. The facility, which features nearly 40,000 square feet of cold storage space, was fully leased to Vistar, a division of Performance Food Group, at the time of financing. Bob Ybarra, Bruce Francis, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell, Nick Santangelo and Jim Korinek of CBRE’s Capital Markets Debt and Structured Finance team arranged the financing on behalf of the buyer, Pacifica Real Estate Group. The loan was underwritten with a 10-year term and 5.55 percent interest rate. The seller was not disclosed.
FLORENCE, KY. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of a 104-unit assisted living and memory care community in Florence, approximately 10 miles southwest of Cincinnati. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders of Berkadia represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT, in the transaction. A private equity group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
CareTrust REIT Acquires Three Seniors Housing Communities in Southern California for $60M
by Jeff Shaw
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NYSE:CTRE), a San Clemente-based seniors housing investor, has acquired three continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) located in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties. The portfolio totals 475 assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care beds/units. Bayshire Senior Communities, an existing CareTrust tenant based in Southern California, has taken over management of all three properties. The highest profile property of the three is Torrey Pines Senior Living in San Diego. CareTrust paid $32.3 million for the asset, including transaction costs. Annual cash rent for the first year is approximately $2.6 million, increasing to approximately $3 million in the second year with CPI-based annual escalators thereafter. CareTrust completed the acquisition of the other two CCRCs through a joint-venture arrangement with a third-party regional healthcare investor. Pursuant to the arrangement, CareTrust is the managing member of the joint-venture entity. CareTrust provided a combined common equity and preferred equity investment amount totaling approximately $28 million. The joint-venture landlord has leased these facilities to Bayshire pursuant to a new, triple-net master lease agreement with an initial term of 15 years with two five-year extension options. CareTrust’s initial contractual yield on its combined preferred and common equity investments …