EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — First Washington Realty has purchased Prairie Village shopping center in Eden Prairie for an undisclosed price. Specialty grocery store Kowalski’s anchors the 78,313-square-foot shopping center. Effective immediately, the asset will be rebranded as Eden Prairie Village shopping center. The property is 98.4 percent leased. This is First Washington Realty’s third property in the Twin Cities.
MINNETONKA, MINN. — Doran Cos. will break ground later this month on a new luxury apartment community in Minnetonka. The 175-unit property will be located at the intersection of Wayzata Boulevard and Fairfield Road near I-394. The project is the first Doran project led by Doran RE Partners LLC, a new independent development venture that pursues joint venture development deals relying on capital independent of Kelly Doran. At more than 20,000 square feet, the amenity space will feature a pool, spa, sauna, entertainment suite, clubroom, game area, fitness center, coworking space and outdoor grilling area. The community will include 35 income-restricted units at 50 percent of the area median income. The city of Minnetonka provided $4.8 million in tax-increment financing for the affordable units.
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage has provided a $12.8 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Unity Place in Brooklyn Center. The multifamily property consists of 11 two-story buildings. The property will undergo $5.2 million in renovations, including the construction of a new clubhouse building with a new management office, community room, fitness center, conference room and patio. In addition to the 40-year loan, the borrower, Unity Limited Partnership, utilized 4 percent low-income housing tax credits and tax-exempt bonds. Dougherty & Co. LLC underwrote the bonds.
MINNEAPOLIS — Starwood Capital Group has purchased the 57-story Wells Fargo Center in downtown Minneapolis for $315 million. Blackstone and Hines sold the office tower, which was designed by Cesar Pelli and completed in 1987. The property is home to an indoor pedestrian promenade with a 100-foot-high ceiling rotunda and a lobby. Tenants include a Wells Fargo branch bank, accounting firm KPMG and investment firm Castlelake LP. Starwood plans to renovate the building and add amenities.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Construction has completed The Hilton Downtown Rochester. Avra Hospitality will manage the 264-room luxury hotel, which will welcome its first guests on April 16. The top floor features premier suites with concierge services. Amenities include a rooftop terrace, fitness center, pool, sauna, steam room and spa. Onsite dining options include Benedict’s and Pittsburgh Blue Steakhouse. Rochester-based Titan Development & Investments in partnership with Chicago-based Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors developed the project. HGA Architects and Engineers designed the hotel. First National Bank of Omaha provided debt financing.
EAGAN, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $52.5 million loan for the acquisition of Grand Oak Business Park in Eagan. The 10-building business park is located on 83.5 acres of land. The Class A property comprises eight office buildings and two retail buildings for a total of 550,224 square feet. The buildings were constructed between 1999 and 2007. The property is 92 percent occupied. Adam Schwartz, Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Matt Collins and Patrick Heitmann of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Group RMC. Morgan Stanley provided the loan.
PLYMOUTH, MINN. — Ten Capital Management (TCM) has acquired Atria Corporate Center in Plymouth, located about 15 miles west of downtown Minneapolis, for an undisclosed price. The 358,941-square-foot office property was built in the late 1980s and substantially renovated in 2017. Atria offers food service, a complimentary coffee bar, fitness center, locker room with showers, training center, onsite management and heated parking. The seller was not disclosed.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Realty has purchased Midway Marketplace in St. Paul for an undisclosed price. Built in 1994, the 324,430-square-foot retail center includes anchor tenants Cub Foods, Walmart, TJ Maxx, LA Fitness and Dollar Tree. Other tenants at the property include Sprint, Leann Chin, The UPS Store, Mother Nature’s Vitamins and Midway Tobacco & Cigar Place. Beachwood, Ohio-based RVI sold the asset.
The Twin Cities apartment market is historically characterized by high occupancy and minimal volatility, with consistent and solid year-over-year rent increases, minimal concessions and a sustained vacancy rate well below 5 percent. As a result, there is abundant interest from investors and lenders alike to place capital in the Twin Cities. The lending environment for Twin Cities’ apartment owners appears poised for another great run in 2019, with all lender types having a large appetite to place capital in the market. Agency lenders Agency lenders (Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and HUD) have been extremely active, and that will not change. Their allocations remain high, and all agencies are expected to compete aggressively for business. Additionally, there is an increased focus on products catering to affordable and workforce housing, not only for existing properties, but in providing loan commitments and locked interest rates for takeout financing for affordable or workforce housing projects. The agency reach extends geographically to secondary and tertiary out-of-state markets as well, with minimal impact on underwriting standards. Agency lenders are able to provide relatively high leverage, longer-term, nonrecourse financing for all classes of apartments. Their ability to offer partial or full-term interest-only payments is a significant …
HUTCHINSON, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson is scheduled to break ground on a new hospital wing at Hutchinson Health in Minnesota on Monday, April 1. The one-year construction project will expand the hospital’s footprint by more than 17,000 square feet and will include 18 new patient rooms that are twice as big as the current rooms. Wold Architects and Engineers designed the expansion. Hutchinson Health, a part of HealthPartners, is located about 60 miles west of Minneapolis. The hospital currently has 66 beds and is classified as a Level 4 trauma center. It provides initial evaluation, stabilization, diagnostic capabilities and transfer to a higher level of care. A Level I trauma center offers the highest level of surgical care for trauma patients.