CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 83,286-square-foot self-storage facility known as Cedar Storage in Cedar Rapids for $5.5 million. The property includes 374 units as well as RV and boat storage. It is located at 804 Vernon Valley Drive. Britney Hendricks and Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an individual trust. The team also represented the buyer, a private investor.
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a 9,536-square-foot property occupied by Fresenius Kidney Care in West Des Moines for $4.1 million. The dialysis facility is located at 9080 University Ave. Built in 2019, the property sits on two acres near other medical centers. Blaise Bennett and BJ Feller of Stan Johnson represented the seller, Hurd Real Estate. Cedar Rapids-based Midwest Equity Investors purchased the asset.
DES MOINES, IOWA — NorthMarq has secured a $4.7 million loan for the refinancing of a Broadway Storage facility in Des Moines. The 728-unit property is located at 4933 E. Broadway Ave. Jason Kinnison of NorthMarq’s Omaha office arranged the loan with a life insurance company. Terms of the loan were undisclosed.
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA — Developer KDC has topped out the new corporate headquarters for Sammons Financial Group in West Des Moines. The six-story, 217,000-square-foot Class A office building will house 600 employees. Completion of the property is slated for this fall. The building will include a two-story amenity area. Sammons is a privately held company that provides life insurance, annuity and retirement planning products. The Weitz Co. is the general contractor. SVPA and HKS are project architects.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA AND SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — IRET has sold a 10-property, 970-unit multifamily portfolio in Sioux City and Sioux Falls for $78 million. Monarch Investment and Management Group purchased the three Sioux City properties, which total 444 units. The communities were built between 1970 and 1998. Monitor Finance acquired the seven Sioux Falls properties, which total 526 units. They were completed between 1985 and 2000. At the time of sale, the occupancy for the entire portfolio was 93 percent. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg, Adam Haydon and David Gaines of JLL represented IRET in the sale.
WAUKEE, IOWA — Four Mile Capital has acquired The Bricks Waukee East, a 216-unit multifamily community in suburban Des Moines, for $25 million in an off-market transaction. Completed in 2017, the property sits on 9.2 acres and features one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool and fitness center. BH Management will manage the property. The buyer received a nonrecourse, fixed-rate mortgage loan from Luana Savings Bank. Four Mile Capital now owns about 450 units in the Des Moines metro area. The seller was undisclosed.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Transwestern Commercial Services has been awarded the property management assignment for the headquarters of Ruan Cos. in Des Moines. Ruan is a family-owned trucking and logistics company. The assignment includes 750,000 square feet of office space across Ruan Center and Two Ruan Center, located at 666 Grand Ave. and 601 Locust St., respectively. This marks Transwestern’s entrance into the Des Moines market. Micah Larmie, Bonnie Boden and Pete Miceli of Transwestern’s Midwest asset services team will provide management and building engineering services for the two properties. General Manager Jona Schmidt of Transwestern will be onsite to directly oversee operations. Built in 1975, the 24-story Ruan Center is situated in the city’s central business district.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — CyrusOne, a data center REIT, has broken ground on a data center at 4700 Gifford Road in Council Bluffs. The first phase of the facility is slated for occupancy in fall 2020. Upon full buildout, the site will feature 24 megawatts of total power available across the roughly 60,000-square-foot property.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 2,168-square-foot property net leased to Dunkin’ Donuts in Des Moines for $1.2 million. The building is located at 3611 SE 14th St. Zach Turner, Scott Wiles, Craig Fuller and Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. Ray Germain of Marcus & Millichap’s Las Vegas office secured the buyer, a limited liability company. The sales price represents a cap rate of 6.59 percent.
ELDRIDGE, IOWA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.5 million sale of Deercreek Apartments in Eldridge, north of Davenport and part of the Quad Cities metro area. Built in 1973, the 54-unit property is located at 1 Parkview Drive. David Orton of Marcus & Millichap’s Indianapolis office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership. Orton also secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.