HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital has acquired Champions Commerce Park, a development in North Houston that consists of 16 light industrial and self-storage buildings totaling 161,753 square feet. The Class B portfolio had a total occupancy rate of 91 percent at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
SAN ANTONIO — Point Acquisitions, an investment firm with offices in South Florida and Philadelphia, has purchased a 700-unit self-storage facility located at 18975 Marbach Lane in San Antonio. The site, which is located just off I-35 on the city’s northeast side, spans 65 acres, including 20 acres for additional expansion. The facility currently spans approximately 362,000 net rentable square feet. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Brauntex Storage, a 194-unit self-storage facility that sits on 2.5 acres on the northeastern outskirts of San Antonio. Dave Knobler and Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a New York-based investment firm. Both parties requested anonymity.
DENVER — Armstrong Capital Development has completed the disposition of a self-storage facility in Denver. An institutional buyer acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 7200 E. 36th Ave., the 80,400-square-foot facility consists of a three-story, climate-controlled building with 569 units ranging in size from 5-foot by 5-foot to 10-foot by 30-foot. Onsite amenities include 24-hour video surveillance, prominent visibility and convenient access to more than 68,900 vehicles per day. Built in 2019, the property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
LA VISTA, NEB. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $7.2 million loan for the refinancing of an All About Storage property located at 11109 Olive St. in the Omaha suburb of La Vista. Built in 2005, the self-storage facility features 780 units, 83 percent of which are occupied. Phillip Gause of MMCC arranged the 10-year loan, which features a loan-to-value ratio of 60 percent and an interest rate of 4.1 percent. The lender was undisclosed.
FALLING WATERS AND HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $5.8 million loan for a four-property self-storage portfolio in West Virginia. The properties span 770 units and are located at 21 Crawford Quarry Road, 1820 Broad Lane and 9724 Williamsport Pike in Falling Waters, as well as 73 Roaring Lion Drive in Hedgesville. Jared Cassidy of MMCC’s Bethesda, Md., office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, a private self-storage operator, through an unnamed balance sheet lender. The loan was underwritten with a fixed interest rate of 4.1 percent and a loan-to-value ratio of 75 percent. Additionally, the loan features 12 months of interest-only payments.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Thorofare Capital has closed a $20 million loan for Raintree & Pima Self Storage Partners, an affiliate of Phoenix-based 1784 Capital Holdings. The funds will be used to complete construction of a Raintree Life Storage location in Scottsdale. The $20 million floating-rate financing carries an initial term of 1.5 years and includes two six-month extension options. Additionally, the loan features interest-only payments for its entire duration and is nonrecourse, subject to customary completion and carry guarantees. Situated on a 2.2-acre site facing Loop 101, the 81,435-square-foot facility features 944 climate-controlled self-storage units. Life Storage will handle the property operations upon the project’s delivery, which is slated for September 2022. Life Storage currently operates 5,887 self-storage units, totaling 618,881 square feet, within a 7.5-mile radius of the Raintree Life Storage. TLW Construction is serving as general contractor on the project, which is approximately 65 percent complete at the time of financing. RKAA Architects is serving as project architect.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Starpoint Self Storage & Business Park, a 327-unit facility located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The property spans 70,590 net rentable square feet. Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a privately held investment partnership, in the transaction. Karr also procured the buyer, a publicly traded REIT. Both parties involved in the deal requested anonymity.
BROWNSVILLE AND MCALLEN, TEXAS — A partnership between San Antonio-based Bakke Development Corp. and Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Development Co. is underway on construction of two self-storage facilities totaling 1,562 units in South Texas. Both the Brownsville and McAllen facilities will comprise 781 units across approximately 87,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Alamo Architects Inc. is the architect for both facilities, and Independent Contractors Inc. is the general contractor. Both facilities are expected to be complete by the middle of next year.
CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON — Gantry has arranged $130 million in permanent financing for a six-property, Trojan Storage-owned self-storage portfolio spread across California, Oregon and Washington. Totaling 600,000 square feet, the portfolio includes three newly completed, pre-stabilized facilities and three recently acquired facilities. Andy Bratt and Amit Tyagi of Gantry secured the financing for Trojan Storage. The loan features a 10-year term at a fixed rate and a significant interest-only period later transitioning to a 30-year amortization schedule. The newly constructed facilities are in Commerce, Glendale and San Jose, Calif., and the recently acquired assets are in Salinas, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.