LINCOLN, NEB. — NorthMarq has provided a $19.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Wilderness Hills Flats in Lincoln. The 168-unit apartment community is located at 3055 Crescent Drive within the Wilderness Hills commercial development. Amenities include a bike repair station, dog park, outdoor grill area and package service. Bob Chalupa of NorthMarq arranged the 15-year loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
PAPILLION, NEB. — Papillion Foods has acquired a 535,000-square-foot former Shopko distribution center in Papillion for an undisclosed price. The 80-acre property is located in the Sarpy West Industrial submarket of Omaha. The facility was originally built for Shopko in 2000 and expanded in 2004. Shopko vacated the property in early 2019. Denny Sciscoe and Mike Earl of Cushman & Wakefield/The Lund Co. represented the seller, LCN Capital Partners, which purchased the facility in 2015. Brian Fogelberg and Emily Claridge of Transwestern represented the buyer. Wisconsin-based Shopko, an apparel and home goods retailer, closed all of its stores in mid-2019.
OMAHA, NEB. — Petros PACE Finance LLC has provided a $4.2 million commercial property assessed clean energy (C-PACE) loan for the conversion of a historic building in downtown Omaha into a boutique hotel. REV Development was the borrower. The transaction will fund a portion of the renovation of Omaha’s century-old Logan Building. The seven-story building will be operated as a 90-key Hotel Indigo, with additional space reserved for condos and ground-level retail. The redevelopment project includes energy-saving improvements to the property’s lighting, HVAC, windows, roofing and plumbing systems. Completion of construction is slated for July 2020. C-PACE is a relatively new financing tool for energy- and water-efficiency projects. Building owners borrow money for energy-efficiency projects and make repayments via an assessment on their property tax bills. C-PACE may be funded by private investors or government programs, but it is only available in states with enabling legislation and active programs, according to the U.S. Department of Energy.
OMAHA, NEB. — Access Commercial LLC has purchased an 11-acre redevelopment site in Omaha with plans to develop a mixed-use project known as Regency Landing. The site comprises the former Regency Lodge hotel and Shaker Place shopping center. Plans call for office, retail and restaurant space in addition to a hotel. Approximately 66,000 square feet of the east building at Shaker Place will be redeveloped, with the complete replacement of lobbies, mechanical systems, elevators and common areas. Some tenants such as Twisted Cork Bistro will remain in the redeveloped space. Regency Lodge, which closed in 2018, operated on the land for more than 40 years. It will be demolished by the end of this year.
OMAHA, NEB. — Hines has unveiled plans to redevelop a portion of Conagra Brands’ existing Omaha campus into a mixed-use project known as The Mercantile. When fully developed, the project will encompass more than 20 acres and offer a mix of residential, commercial and green space. The development will overlook the Heartland of America Park lake. Hines will redevelop the northwest portion of the Conagra campus. Conagra’s nearly 1,300 employees in Omaha will continue to occupy the three office buildings on the southeast portion of the site. The project’s first vertical development will be a 375-unit apartment building with 42,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Hines will also construct a 720-car parking structure. Construction is expected to begin before the end of the year.
GRAND ISLAND, NEB. — Dougherty Mortgage has provided a $3.8 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Cedar Ridge Apartments in Grand Island. The 64-unit, market-rate apartment property is comprised of four buildings. The 12-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. Cedar ridge Apartments-Grand Island LLC was the borrower.
OMAHA, NEB. — NorthMarq has secured a $4 million loan for the refinancing of New Keystone Apartments in Omaha. The 72-unit property is located at 7311 Wirt St. Josh Larsen of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year Freddie Mac loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule and a fixed rate. The borrower was not disclosed.
NEBRASKA, IOWA AND KANSAS — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of 15 skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. The portfolio included 10 locations in Nebraska, four in Iowa, and one in Kansas, and consists of over 950 licensed beds. The facilities are in predominantly secondary and tertiary submarkets, and the majority were built in the 1960s and 1970s. Blueprint’s Michael Segal, Ben Firestone and Steve Thomes handled the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
MANHATTAN, KAN., ST. PETERS, MO. AND OMAHA — Knoebel Construction has completed new veterinary hospitals within existing Petco locations in Manhattan, Kan., St. Peters, Mo. and Omaha. Each 1,500 to 2,000-square-foot veterinary clinic features a reception area, four examination rooms, an x-ray room, surgery room and waiting room. SBLM and GPD Group served as the architects. Knoebel has also been selected to add veterinary hospitals within three additional Petco stores in the Las Vegas area.
OMAHA, NEB. — NorthMarq has arranged a $23 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of ZAG Apartments in Omaha. Built in 2017, the 191-unit apartment complex is located at 5110 Mayberry St. The community features a 24-hour fitness center and outdoor lounge as well as close proximity to multiple city parks and bike trails. Josh Larsen of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule.
