LAWRENCE, KAN., AND CONWAY, ARK. — Colliers International Student Housing Group has arranged the sales of three major student-housing communities in Kansas and Arkansas. In two of the deals, Collegium Capital Partners LLC, an affiliate of Calidus Realty LLC, acquired The Grove at Lawrence in Kansas and The Grove at Conway. The properties which were previously owned by a joint venture between Campus Crest Communities and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC. The Grove at Lawrence is a 500-bed, 172-unit property located approximately five miles from the University of Kansas. The Grove at Conway is a 504-bed, 180-unit property located a few miles from the University of Central Arkansas. The third sales transaction was for a 792-bed, 216-unit student housing community. The details of the transaction were undisclosed. Dorothy Jackman and Travis Prince of Colliers International Student Housing Group represented the seller and the buyer in all three transactions.
Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — NorthMarq Capital’s Kansas City office has arranged acquisition financing of $32.6 million for Corbin Crossing Apartments, a 298-unit multifamily property in Overland Park. The property is located at 6801 W. 138th Terrace. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq arranged the seven-year loan that includes two-year interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has arranged the $2 million sale of a 2.6-acre pad site at the Corbin Park Shopping Center in Overland Park. The property is located on the southeast corner of 135th and Metcalf Avenue. The land will consist of a new 16,500-square-foot, multitenant building that will include a 6,916-square-foot 810 Zone restaurant, a proposed mattress store and 6,000 square feet of space for lease. Block & Co. Construction Management will begin work on the building next month. David Block and Max Kosoglad of Block & Co. arranged the sale and will handle the leasing of the pad building, which has 6,000 square feet remaining to lease.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. has acquired the Heartland Rehabilitation Hospital in Overland Park for $24.5 million. The newly built, 45-bed in-patient rehabilitation facility is located on more than four acres and measures approximately 54,568 square feet in net rentable area. The facility will provide physical, psychological, social and vocational rehabilitation services to patients. The property is fully leased to Heartland Rehabilitation Hospital LLC, which is a newly formed operating subsidiary of Post-Acute Medical LLC, an owner/operator of eight in-patient rehabilitation facilities and long-term acute care hospitals in Texas and Louisiana. PAM is an affiliate of Vibra Healthcare LLC.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has arranged the $8.8 million sale of a 61,657-square-foot retail building in Overland Park to an undisclosed buyer. A Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores anchors the freestanding building, which is located at 11401 Metcalf Ave. The property is situated on more than five acres. The Tile Shop also occupies 18,847 square feet of the building. David M. Block and Bill Maas of Block & Company, Inc., Realtors negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller, a third party TIC.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $15.8 million sale of Regency Square North, a 74,085-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Overland Park. The sales price equates to $214 per square foot. Built between 2001 and 2002 on more than seven acres, Regency Square North is located at 7201-7401 W. 91st St. Regency Square North is anchored by one of two Whole Foods locations currently operating in the Kansas City metropolitan area; a third is built and scheduled to open in March. Garrette Matlock of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, Regency North Retail LLC, an entity sponsored through AMG National Trust Bank. The buyer, ACF Property Management Inc., represented itself in the transaction. Greg Bates of the firm’s Kansas City office is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kansas. In addition to Whole Foods, Regency Square North’s tenancy includes Cinzetti’s, a Italian restaurant offering a marketplace-style display kitchen with multiple exhibitor stations, Metcalf Discount Liquors and Hitch Fit Gym. Cinzetti’s and Metcalf Liquors are original tenants with eight years and six years remaining on their leases, respectively. Hitch Fit Gym recently leased 3,783 square feet of space adjacent to Whole Foods.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $18.6 million sale of Town Center Apartments, a 156-unit apartment complex in Overland Park located 20 miles southeast of Kansas City. Built in 1997 on nearly 14 acres, the 176,904-square-foot property includes 20 two-story buildings. The complex’s one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments average 1,134 square feet and feature nine-foot ceilings with crown molding, in-unit washers and dryers and fully equipped kitchens. Select units have attached garages. The complex is located at 6233 W. 120th St. Alex Blagojevich of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office, David Gaines of the firm’s Chicago downtown office, and Michael Sullivan, Grant Kollman and Brett Meinzer of the firm’s Kansas City office represented the undisclosed seller and buyer.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Quivira Crossings located in Overland Park. Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison purchased the 111,304-square-foot grocery-anchored center for $14.5 million. Quivira Crossings is located at 135th Street and Quivira Road and features a long-term lease with grocery store Price Chopper. Joe Girardi of Mid-America listed the property on behalf of an investment group advised by Overland Park, Kan.-based Rubenstein Real Estate Co.
EDGERTON, KAN. — Kubota Tractor Corp. will open a 450,000-square-foot parts distribution center in Edgerton, 37 miles southwest of Kansas City. The company has entered into a five-year lease agreement with ELHC XI LLC., a Kansas limited liability company. Kubota plans to have the facility operational during the third quarter of 2015. The center will primarily service the Midwest and will employ approximately 75 people after the first year. Kubota’s current divisional parts operations in Suwanee, Ga., Fort Worth, Texas, Columbus, Ohio and Lodi, Calif., will continue to provide regional support to local Kubota dealers.
Cassidy Turley Arranges 50,000 SF in Leases at WestLink Business Center in Metro Kansas City
by John Nelson
SHAWNEE, KAN. — Cassidy Turley has arranged two leases totaling 50,000 square feet at WestLink Business Center in Shawnee, located 10 miles southwest of Kansas City. The 170,000-square-foot industrial building is located at Highway K-7 and 43rd Street. The property is now fully leased following the two lease transactions. Missouri Valley Wildlife Products leased 20,000 square feet of space at 23112 W. 43rd St. for five years, and NWC of Kansas LLC leased 30,000 square feet at 23108 W. 43rd St. for 10 years. Brad Jacobs and Whitney Kerr, Jr. of Cassidy Turley represented the landlord, Airtex Inc., in the lease transactions. Airtex is planning to develop buildings two and three at the site, pending incentives and city approvals. The newly constructed WestLink Business Center was built on a speculative basis and delivered in January. The property features 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, T5 lighting and dock and drive-in loading options.