PHOENIX — The Biltmore Financial Center, a 635,000-square-foot office campus in Phoenix, is set to undergo a multi-million-dollar renovation. The Class A campus is located at the northwest corner of 24th Street and Camelback. Owner ViaWest Group plans to add eight new speculative suites to the campus, in addition to a new 3,500-square-foot tenant lounge. It will also renovate Biltmore’s one-acre plaza and gym. The café’s offerings will be upgraded, as will elements of the lobby, corridors, bathrooms and elevators. The renovation commences this month. It is scheduled for completion in July. ViaWest purchased the Biltmore Financial Center this past summer for $163.1 million. At the time, the transaction was the largest multi-tenant office sale in the Phoenix area since 2007, and was the third largest sale ever in the metropolitan area, according to CoStar.
Arizona
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Provides $97M Credit Facility to Refinance Multifamily Portfolio in Arizona
by Nellie Day
PHOENIX — BH Properties has received a $97 million credit facility to refinance a multifamily portfolio in the Phoenix area. The portfolio contains 12 properties and about 3,000 apartment units. The Bank of America Merrill Lynch credit facility replaces multiple existing loans with various lenders. The properties average a 93 percent occupancy rate.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — An unnamed buyer has acquired a 320-unit apartment complex in Tucson for $33.6 million. The community was built in 1995. The seller was Independence Realty Trust (IRT). The firm will utilize the net cash proceeds to reduce its outstanding debt and for general corporate purposes. The firm is currently in the process of selling properties that fall outside its geographic focus.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Caliber, along with the Caliber Distressed Real Estate Income Fund and its investment partners via GC Square, have acquired a four-building, 164-unit apartment complex near Grand Canyon University (GCU) in Scottsdale for $6.5 million. The property will be renamed GC Square, Caliber Realty Group, a subsidiary of Caliber, will manage the property. Located within walking distance to the GCU campus, Caliber is now evaluating its redevelopment and repositioning opportunities. GCU is a private, for-profit Christian university purchased by Grand Canyon Education in 2004.
PHOENIX — Lancaster Pollard has provided a $9.5 million FHA loan for the refinancing of Sunshine Village, a 49-unit memory care community in Phoenix. The cottage-style community consists of seven single-story buildings. It was constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2013. The nonrecourse loan carries a 35-year term and fixed interest rate. The refinancing provides Sunshine Village with debt service savings as well as over $335,000 in funds for capital improvements. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
PHOENIX — The ASU Foundation of Tempe has purchased a 51,145-square-foot flex industrial warehouse in Phoenix for $3.2 million. The warehouse is located at 4525 E. McDowell Road. The foundation plans to upgrade and rehabilitate the property. Rich Sica of Daum Phoenix represented both the buyer and seller, AMK Properties, in this transaction.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — The Corporation of the Presiding Bishop of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has purchased 10.4 acres of land in Gilbert for $4.2 million. The land is located at southeast corner of Val Vista Drive and Williams Field Road. Mark Wilcke of NAI Horizon represented the church in the transaction. Nate Worthen of Newmark Grubb & Frank represented the sellers, Arcus Williams Field-EP LLC and Pendleton Capital Partner LLC.
PEORIA, GOODYEAR and MESA, ARIZ. — Avanti Senior Living is developing three matching assisted living and memory care communities in Peoria, Goodyear and Mesa, all in the Phoenix metro area. Each 77,000-square-foot community will cost $15 million and house up to 150 seniors. Based in Texas, Avanti Senior Living owns, develops and operates luxury seniors housing communities. The company was launched in 2013 and has nine communities either completed or under development in Texas, Louisiana and Arizona.
PHOENIX — Yotam Shochat at NOY Investments LLC has purchased the 38-unit West Glen apartment complex in Phoenix for $2.7 million. The community is located at 911 and 917 W. Glendale Ave. It was built in three phases in 1954, 1959 and 1963. Zack Mishkin of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the buyer. Bill Hahn of Colliers HSK Multifamily represented the seller, Cal DeSouza at Sonoma West Villas LLLP.
PHOENIX — CBRE has arranged the $24.8 million sale of Village Center, a 171,129-square-foot shopping center located in Phoenix. Jesse Goldsmith, Steve Julius, George Good and Christian Williams of CBRE negotiated the sale. Camino Verde Center LLC acquired the property from an undisclosed seller.