PHOENIX —Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Warehouse District, a multifamily property in Phoenix. Located at 402 W. Lincoln St., the four-story property will feature 300 apartments, a double-height clubhouse area and game room, oversized fitness center, resort-style pool, rooftop entertainment space and a library and music room, as well as cultural, community-based amenities and programming. Scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2020, Alta Warehouse District is expected to begin pre-leasing in spring 2020.
MESA, ARIZ. — CVG Properties has purchased Verde Dimora, an apartment community located on the corner of Power and McKellips roads in Mesa. Western Wealth Capital sold property for $27 million, or $176,470 per unit. Verde Dimora features 153 apartment units in one- and two-bedroom layouts, a seasonally heated resort-style pool and spa, fitness center, clubhouse, barbecue and picnic area, community garden plots, community-wide recycling program, dog wash station, electric vehicle charging stations, fire pit, and solar-panel technology. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
AVONDALE AND TOLLESON, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based Eisenberg Co. plans to complete two industrial projects in metro Phoenix in fourth-quarter 2019. Construction for the projects — Avondale 107th and Washington 83 — is slated to start this quarter. Combined, the properties will offer a total of 533,541 square feet of industrial space. On behalf of Eisenberg Co., Andy Markham, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the purchase of the land for the two developments in separate transactions. Eisenberg Co. acquired 24 acres at 107th Avenue and Pierce Street in Avondale from El Malon Partners and 8.5 acres at the northwest corner of Washington Street and 83rd Avenue in Tolleson from Cohen Asset Management. Terms of the acquisitions were not released. Avondale 107th will be a four-building industrial development totaling 405,656 square feet. At 81,533 square feet each, Buildings A and B will feature 107th Avenue frontage, 28-foot clear heights, truck-well and grade-level loading, 200-foot truck maneuverability. Totaling 121,295 square feet each, Buildings C and D will feature 32-foot clear heights, dock-high/grade-level loading and optional fenced/gated security. All four buildings will have an office built to suit, 60-foot speed bays, HVAC ready and LED lighting. Washington 83 will …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Capital One is slated to open its first Capital One Café location in Arizona at Macerich’s Scottsdale Fashion Square in early 2020. As the first of its kind in Arizona, Capital One Café integrates digital tools and in-person interactions focused on customer needs. Open to both Capital One account holders and non-account holders, the café will offer customers a place to get help with their accounts, learn about new digital and financial tools, free Wi-Fi, and coffee and pastries made by a local baker. The 5,792-square-foot Capital One Café in Scottsdale will join 15 other locations around the country. Cafés are currently located in Austin, Boston, Boulder, Colo., Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Richmond, Va., San Francisco, Seattle, South Florida, St. Cloud, Minn., Portland, Ore., San Diego and Washington, D.C.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Modern on Peoria, a multifamily asset in Peoria. Goodman Real Estate acquired the property for $26 million, or $120,370 per unit, from a joint venture between Modern Residential Co. and Henley USA. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Completed in 1984 and situated on nine acres, Modern on Peoria features 216 apartments, which were just beginning to receive upgrades as a second phase of community transformation and rebranding implemented by the seller. Community amenity improvements include a creation of a ‘Central Rec’ area with concrete ping-pong tables, Adirondack seating, shade sails, music and bistro lighting. Additionally, the clubhouse lounge and leasing center features a coffee bar, bistro seating and music for ambiance.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Trez Capital has closed in $15 million construction financing for Phoenix-based Virtua Partners’ first-ever Opportunity Zone project. Virtua Credit arranged the loan, which will finance the development of a SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Avondale, a western suburb of Phoenix. Located off North 99th Avenue, the 128-suite hotel will anchor a 58-acre mixed-use development that will include retail, restaurant, multifamily and single-family developments. Slated to open in summer 2020, the hotel will feature a fitness center and pool, free Wi-Fi, in-suite workspaces and an on-site business center. Hotel Equities will manage the hotel.
PHOENIX — Denver-based Continental Realty Advisors (CRA) has completed the sale of Courtney Village Apartments, a multifamily property in Phoenix, for $62.2 million. Constructed in 2002, CRA originally acquired the 368-unit property in partnership with HQ Capital in June 2016. Greystar Property Management managed the asset for 2.5 years. CRA upgraded property’s clubhouse/leasing center, fitness center and pool area, as well as renovated unit interiors, including flooring, appliances, countertops, lighting fixtures and plumbing fixtures. The property was sold in March 2019; additional terms of the transaction were not released.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Los Angeles-based B.H. Properties has purchased the Honeywell Aerospace Glendale DSES Campus, located at 19019 N. 59th Ave. in Glendale, for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1986 and situated on 45 acres, the property features 252,300 square feet of space, including offices, clean rooms, R&D labs and assembly areas. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by Honeywell International, which signed a new lease to extend occupancy until July 2024. Mindy Korth and Kirk Kuller of Colliers International in Arizona negotiated the sale.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — JLL Healthcare Capital Markets Group has brokered the sale of Thunderbird Wellness Centre in Peoria. A joint venture between developer/owner MedProperties Group and Virtus Real Estate Capital sold the property to Chicago-based MBRE Healthcare for an undisclosed price. A USPI-affiliated ambulatory surgery center anchors the four-building, 56,190-square-foot, Class A medical office and specialty retail asset. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied. Daniel Turley of JLL Healthcare Capital Markets Group advised the seller in the deal.
PHOENIX — Thorofare Capital has provided a $11.4 million loan for the acquisition of a multifamily property in Phoenix. The name of the borrower was not released. The Class B property features 158 apartments and was 67 percent occupied at closing. The non-recourse loan features a five-year floating rate with interest-only payments. Additionally, the financing features 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio and funding for future capital expenditures. Kevin Miller, Felix Gutnikov and Daniel Pavlinik of Thorofare Capital handled the financing.