KANSAS CITY, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a nine-building, 207-unit apartment complex in the Northland submarket of Kansas City. The Hills sold for $13.8 million, or $66,700 per unit. The property was built in 1972 and has had $6 million in renovations over the last three years. The property is located at 506 NW 55th Terrace. Amenities of The Hills include gated entry, granite countertops, a 24-hour fitness facility, a clubhouse, a media boom, billiards, a dog park, playground and barbecue areas, on-site management and an outdoor pool with sundeck.
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HIGGINSVILLE, MO. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged funding for a refinance and renovation of John Knox Village East in Higginsville, which is 50 miles east of Kansas City. John Knox Village East is a senior living facility that features both intermediate care and skilled nursing beds and is managed by Life Care Services. The renovation will increase the number of skilled nursing beds, adding 16 private beds in a new wing. Lancaster Pollard worked with local banks to provide construction financing for the renovation and also obtained permanent financing via a $7.1 million loan insured by the USDA Community Facilities program. Mike Ashley led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
ST. LOUIS — Catamount Capital LLC has sold a multi-family property located at 4404 McPherson Ave. in St. Louis to Everest 4400 McPherson LLC for an undisclosed price. Catamount acquired the property, Hampden Hall Apartments, in 2010 for $4.5 million.
Surging rental demand for apartments in metro Kansas City during the first six months of 2015 supported a sharp rise in real estate fundamentals following a lackluster second half of 2014. Renters absorbed 2,510 apartments during the first half of this year, surpassing the 1,810 apartments completed during the same period a year ago. With leasing activity exceeding deliveries so far this year, the overall vacancy rate fell 60 basis points to 5 percent by the end of June. The decline followed a spike in vacancy and negative absorption in the fourth quarter of 2014. The recent resurgence in leasing resulted in the vacancy rate in June matching the 5 percent rate one year ago. Supply-side pressure was most noticeable in the Class A apartment segment, which po sted an increase of 60 basis points in the vacancy rate year-over-year to reach 4.2 percent in June. Even with the increase, the vacancy rate was tightest among top-tier apartments, while Class C vacancy tightened 20 basis points during the same period to settle at 5.3 percent in June. A Landlord’s Market As a result of Kansas City’s apartment vacancy rate tightening during the first half of this year, operators were able …
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Transwestern has brokered the sale of Corporate Plaza, a five-story office building located at 14528 S. Outer 40 Road in Chesterfield, a suburb of St. Louis. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT III Inc. acquired the 210,409-square-foot property for $36 million from an affiliate of Westport Capital Partners LLC. Completed in 1989, the building was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. The property serves as the executive and administrative headquarters of Mercy Health, a private, nonprofit healthcare provider that operates 35 hospitals and has $4.4 billion in revenue. Gary Nussbaum, Mike Donovan and David Matheis of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction.
ST. LOUIS — Dominium, a Minneapolis-based owner, developer and manager of apartment communities, has opened leasing for Arcade Apartments, which is currently under renovation in downtown St. Louis. Leasing is available to the general public for both artist and market-rate suites in the landmark property, with expected move-in dates to begin in early December. The property features 80 market-rate luxury apartments, as well as apartment suites for artists who meet certain income and other requirements. Arcade Apartments will feature more than 11,000 square feet of artist studio spaces, including a performance studio; painting, drawing and photography studios; music practice rooms; sound attenuated music and multi-media studios; and a flex studio with a pottery kiln. Additional on-site residential amenities include fitness centers, indoor bike storage, controlled entry access, rooftop indoor clubroom and terrace, and a theater. Monthly rates range from $563 for working artist apartments to nearly $3,000 per month for two-level, upper-end units.
E-commerce and business-to-consumer companies could overtake the automotive industry when it comes to driving growth in Kansas City’s modern bulk distribution segment of the industrial market. Auto suppliers filled the first wave of new space in the Kansas City industrial market. But now that those needs have primarily been met, new industry sectors are needed to fill the second wave of development. E-commerce and business-to-consumer companies could be the dominant users. These companies are capitalizing on the fact that 85 percent of the U.S. population can be reached from Kansas City in a two-day truck drive, according to KC Smart Port, a nonprofit organization that works to attract freight-based companies to the Kansas City area. Through in-house transportation studies, KC Smart Port is coming to the conclusion that it strategically makes sense for the distribution centers of e-commerce companies to be located in Kansas City. Recommendations from UPS, FedEx and third-party consultants also help e-commerce companies — located on both the East and West coasts — make that decision. Business-to-consumer companies operating a one-, three- or five-building model find that Kansas City works well logistically as it is in the middle of the country. Inherent Advantages Locating in Kansas City allows …
Gershman Commercial Real Estate Brokers Two Leases In Metro St. Louis Totaling 7,364 SF
by Amy Works
CHESTERFIELD AND ST. LOUIS, MO. — Gershman Commercial Real Estate has arranged two leases, totaling 7,364 square feet in Missouri. In the first deal, The Vandiver Group Inc. leased 3,864 square feet of office space within the Herman Stemme II Office Building located at 16052 Swingley Ridge Road in Chesterfield. The landlord is Chesterfield Stemme II Inc. Marcia Finch of Gershman Commercial represented the tenant in the lease. In the second deal, PPM Enterprises LLC, doing business as STL One Price Cleaners, inked a lease for 3,500 square feet of retail space within The Adler Lofts at 2035 Washington Ave. in St. Louis. Stephen Symsack and Roger Zigler of Gershman Commercial represented the landlord, Adler Lofts Master Landlord LLC, while Hilliker Corp. and Xsite Real Estate Inc. represented the tenant in the transaction. Additional terms of the transactions were not released.
HILLIARD, OHIO, AND ST. LOUIS — Gershman Commercial Real Estate has brokered two sales totaling 5,126 square feet in Ohio and Missouri. In the first transaction, Ohio Lube LLC, doing business as Ohio Jiff LLC (Hemco Properties LLC), sold a 2,618-square-foot retail property, located at 3840 Main St. in Hilliard, to Davis & Meyer Ltd. for an undisclosed price. Stephen Symsack and Roger Zigler of Gershman Commercial represented the seller in the transaction. In the second deal, Brian Levine and Jaime Levin acquired 2,508 square feet of multifamily space, located at 4173 Humphrey St. in St. Louis. William Allemann sold the property for an undisclosed price. Lily Seymour of Gershman Commercial represented the seller in the transaction. Additional details of the transactions were not released.
ELLSVILLE, MO. — RCG Ventures (Fund III) has acquired Shop ’n Save Shopping Center located in Ellsville, a city west of St. Louis, for an undisclosed price. The 118,080-square-foot center is situated along Manchester Road, one of the most established retail thoroughfares in St. Louis. Chase Young of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller, while Jeff Miller provided in-house representation for the buyer.