Minnesota

ST. PAUL, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Rayette Lofts in downtown St. Paul’s Lowertown neighborhood for an undisclosed price. Originally constructed in 1909 and converted to multifamily space in 2014, Rayette Lofts features 88 units and more than 2,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities at the seven-story building include a community room, fitness center, spin studio, rooftop deck and outdoor kitchen. The residential portion of the property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The retail portion is fully leased to Saint Dinette, an American restaurant. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg and Adam Haydon of JLL represented the seller, Sherman Associates. JLL also procured the undisclosed buyer. The building first housed a millinery business before serving as the home of women’s hair product company Rayette. Prior to conversion into apartments, the building served as a parking garage.

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In 2019, the Twin Cities net lease retail market experienced a historic year, benefitting significantly from aggressive western U.S. capital. The Twin Cities saw an unprecedented number of buyers from the western United States who were willing to pay a premium above local buyers for quality net leased real estate. There were 95 net lease transactions in the Twin Cities in 2019 that sold below a 7.5 percent cap rate, according to CoStar Group. Of those transactions, 33 percent were sold to buyers based in the West Coast. What’s more, of the net lease properties that sold below a 6.25 percent cap rate, nearly 50 percent were sold to buyers based in the western U.S. In comparison, in 2018, only 25 percent of the net leased properties below a 6.25 percent cap rate in the Twin Cities sold to buyers based in the western U.S. This trend helped average cap rates compress for both net lease multi-tenant pad/strip centers as well as single-tenant cap rates between 2018 and 2019. The average multi-tenant net lease cap rate in 2018 was 7.25 percent versus 7.1 percent in 2019. The average single-tenant cap rate in 2018 was 6.7 percent versus 6.6 percent in …

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MAPLEWOOD, MINN. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $3.3 million sale of a newly constructed retail property net leased to AT&T in Maplewood, just east of St. Paul. The 4,305-square-foot building is located at 3070 White Bear Ave. across from Maplewood Mall. Jimmy Goodman and Randy Blankstein of Boulder represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. An individual investor purchased the asset. The tenant, New Cingular Wireless PCS, is a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Corp. New Cingular Wireless is the primary corporate entity for AT&T’s retail stores with over 2,200 locations worldwide.

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MINNEAPOLIS — PCCP, in a joint venture with Capital Partners, has acquired a five-property industrial portfolio in metro Minneapolis for an undisclosed price. The light industrial portfolio spans 557,887 square feet and is currently 87 percent leased. The seller, Scannell Properties, developed three of the buildings within the last year. The specific locations of the properties were not disclosed, but they are situated in three different submarkets within the metro area.

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MANKATO, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Holiday Inn Express Mankato for $9.5 million. Built in 2008, the five-story, 88-room hotel is located at 2051 Adams St. in southern Minnesota’s Mankato. Jake Erickson and Jared Plamann of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. A Minnesota-based hotelier purchased the property from an undisclosed seller. The sales price represents a cap rate of 9.6 percent.

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MINNEAPOLIS — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $12.3 million loan for the refinancing of Moxy Minneapolis Uptown, a 125-room boutique hotel in the Uptown submarket of Minneapolis. Completed in 2018, the hotel features a fitness center, business center, lobby lounge and bar, hot breakfast and valet parking. Gerard Sansosti, Jeff Bucaro and Nicole Aguiar of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Graves Hospitality. A newly formed debt fund provided the loan, proceeds of which were used to refinance the original construction loan. Moxy hotels are under the Marriott umbrella of properties.

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ROCHESTER, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $23.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Red44, a 159-unit, market-rate multifamily property in Rochester. The five-story community was built in 2017. Amenities include an outdoor pool, grilling area, dog park, community area, pet station, rooftop terrace, fitness center and heated garage parking. The 12-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. Mayowood Commons LLC was the borrower.

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CROSBY, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Construction has completed a $17 million expansion of Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby in central Minnesota. The facility serves approximately 30,000 people in the Brainerd Lakes area. Designed by HDR Architects, the 52,376-square-foot project features a new outpatient Orthopaedics, Spine & Interventional Pain Clinic as well as a rehabilitation department. To make room for the new clinic, Kraus-Anderson consolidated underutilized areas of the care center and relocated the cancer care center. In addition, Kraus-Anderson added a new dining room, patio and activities center. Nurse stations, resident rooms and offices were remodeled.

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Commonwealth Properties LLC has opened The Davidson, a boutique eight-room hotel in St. Paul. Located at 344 Summit Ave., the building is a 105-year-old former mansion. Five of the rooms have a view of downtown St. Paul, while the other three face Summit Avenue, which is known for its stretch of historic homes. Each guest room is equipped with a kitchen. The hotel provides guests with breakfast vouchers that can be used at nearby Bon Vie. Hotel guests also have access to the fitness facilities at The University Club of St. Paul and the Saint Paul Athletic Club. The hotel draws its name from the building’s original occupants, the Davidson family. The 18,000-square-foot home was built in 1915. Commonwealth Properties purchased the building in 2013.

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Max Benjamin Partners has originated a $14.3 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of a vacant, 16-story office building in St. Paul. The undisclosed borrower plans to convert the building into The Nicole, an apartment and retail property. Plans call for a coffee shop and JET Foods supermarket on the first floor. Amenities will include a dog walk, grooming station, bike room, indoor pool and storage units. Jason Moyal and Max Mellman of Max Benjamin Partners secured the loan.

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