Self-Storage

CubeSmart-Sacramento-CA

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $17.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition of an existing retail and self-storage facility, located on 16.8 acres outside of Sacramento. DealPoint Merrill is the borrower and property owner. At the time of financing, the property was fully operational and stabilized. The financing includes future funding for the renovation and stabilization of the adjoining parcel. The three-year loan features two one-year extensions and an interest rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 375 basis points. When renovated, the asset will provide mixed-use retail and self-storage space with a total of 1,616 self-storage units and 46,904 square feet of retail space. The existing structures were built in 1991; a portion was renovated in 2014, and the remaining portion is being started with the funding of this loan. The existing self-storage facility totals 51,825 square feet and has 685 climate-controlled storage units. The property was built in 1980 as a retail building and converted to self-storage space in 2015. CubeSmart operates the facility.

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NANUET, N.Y. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $7 million in financing for a 51,815-square-foot self-storage facility in Nanuet, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. Self-storage REIT CubeSmart operates the facility, which was built in 1980 as a retail property and converted into self-storage in 2015. An undisclosed New Jersey bank provided the loan, which included a 4.74 percent interest rate, six months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower and owner of the facility is self-storage developer DealPoint Merrill. The facility has 685 climate-controlled units and was 83 percent occupied at the time of sale.

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KATY, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Storage Place of Katy, a 529-unit self-storage facility located west of Houston. The property comprises 137 climate-controlled units, 363 non-climate-controlled units, 25 covered parking spots and four outdoor parking spots for a total of 131,003 net rentable square feet. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of The LeClaire Group, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a Houston-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer and additional terms of sale were not disclosed.

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CORSICANA, TEXAS — Karr Self-Storage, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Mini-West Storage, a 735-unit facility located in Corsicana, about 60 miles south of Dallas. Built in stages between 1986 and 2016, the property comprises 192 climate-controlled units and 543 non-climate-controlled, drive-up units totaling 81,050 net rentable square feet. Additional features include property-wide surveillance cameras, perimeter fencing and lighting and the capacity for future expansion. Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Karr Self-Storage represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer, a Colorado-based owner-operator. The sale included two adjacent parcels, one of which houses a self-service car wash. The sales price was not disclosed.

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ROWLETT, TEXAS — Southeastern Business Intermediaries (SBI), an Atlanta-based self-storage brokerage firm, has negotiated the sale of Long Horn Self Storage, a 345-unit facility located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett. The sales price was approximately $3.5 million. SBI represented the buyer, a national self-storage investment and management firm, in the transaction. Craig Rice of CSD Realty Co. represented the undisclosed seller.

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FOREST LAKE, MINN. — KW Commercial has arranged the sale of A-1 Mini Storage in Forest Lake for $2.7 million. The self-storage facility is located northeast of the Twin Cities metro area. Built in 1997, the 38,450-square-foot property was expanded in 2007 and 2008. It now spans 10 buildings. Tom Flannigan, Alex Ihrke and Corly Wilkerson of KW Commercial represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer has the opportunity to add an onsite office and utilize the 15.5-acre site for additional mini-storage buildings, according to the brokers.

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BELLEVILLE, N.J. — JLL has arranged a $31.5 million loan for the refinancing of Storage Rentals of America, a self-storage facility located in Belleville, located due north of Newark. The facility, which was approximately 85 percent occupied at the time of sale, comprises 2,064 units totaling approximately 400,000 gross square feet. The property also houses 83,464 square feet of light industrial space. Griffin Guthneck and Wes Wallace of JLL arranged the nonrecourse loan, which includes a seven-year term and a fixed interest rate, through an undisclosed life insurance company. The borrower is Florida-based SROA Capital.

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NEWARK, N.J. — Levin Johnston, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $30 million sale of FlatRate Storage, a 1,777-unit self-storage facility in Newark. The property is situated on 6.2 acres and consists of three buildings offering a total of 101,161 net rentable square feet. The property recently underwent a $3 million capital improvement program that upgraded the roofs, fire alarms, signage, sprinklers, security systems and HVAC systems. Adam Levin of Levin Johnston represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. Levin also procured the buyer, SmartStop, which owns 129 self-storage facilities across the country.

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AVENTURA, FLA. — Miller Construction Co. has delivered an $8.4 million, 993-unit CubeSmart facility in South Florida for the owner, Urban Storage Fund LLC. The building is situated at 19301 W. Dixie Highway in Aventura, 19 miles north of downtown Miami. The two-story structure spans 107,429 square feet and offers 75 locker units. Units range in size from 25 to 300 square feet. The project team included architect WHA Design and engineering firms Hajjar & Associates Inc., Zamora & Associates Inc. and Alkemeyer & Associates.

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EVERETT, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Everett I-5 Mini Storage, a self-storage facility located in Everett. An out-of-state regional investment group acquired the asset for $10.2 million, or $123 per rentable square foot. Situated on 5.4 acres at 13100 Fourth Ave., the 83,315-square-foot features 782 self-storage units, plus 14 covered and 13 uncovered RV/vehicle parking spaces. The facility was built in 1986. Christopher Secreto of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local partnership, and secured the buyer in the deal.

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