KANSAS CITY, MO. — Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook Inc., plans to build a nearly 1 million-square-foot data center in Kansas City. Meta will invest more than $800 million for the project, which will support up to 100 jobs. The facility is expected to be operational in 2024. The data center will be located in Golden Plains Technology Park, a 5.5 million-square-foot data center campus. The site will be supported by 100 percent renewable energy. Meta plans to use the Data Center Sales Tax Exemption Program, a tool that incentivizes the location and expansion of data centers in the state of Missouri.
INDIANAPOLIS — Berkadia has arranged a $91 million loan for the acquisition of The Whit in downtown Indianapolis. The 334-unit apartment community is located at 307 N. Pennsylvania St. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, courtyard and dog park. The property also features an attached 540-space parking garage and 10,687 square feet of retail space, which is leased to 16 Bit Bar+Arcade and MassageLuXe. Jason Brown and Austin Katai of Berkadia arranged the five-year loan through a debt fund lender. The borrower was Indiana-based Zidan Management Group Inc.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Colliers Mortgage | Commercial Finance has provided a $14.9 million loan for the construction of Courtyard by Marriott-Gateway St. Paul. The 120-room hotel will be situated across from the Xcel Energy Center, a downtown arena. The Xcel Energy Center is home to more than 150 sporting and entertainment events each year. Loan terms and the borrower were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of The Loyola, a 49-bed student housing property in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, for nearly $5.2 million. Completed in August 2021, the four-story building is located along West Loyola Avenue. The property, which includes 1,500 square feet of retail space, was built on the site of former office and storage space for the Chicago Waldorf School. The property was 25 percent leased at the time of sale and 60 percent pre-leased for the upcoming fall semester. Residents have access to a community room, fitness center and rooftop deck. Craig Martin of Interra represented the undisclosed seller and procured the all-cash buyer, who owns and operates student living communities locally.
SANDUSKY, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.2 million sale of an 11,325-square-foot property net leased to Rite Aid in Sandusky, a city in northern Ohio located along Lake Erie. The property is located at 334 W. Perkins Ave. Rite Aid has roughly six years remaining on its lease. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap represented the Ohio-based private seller as well as the buyer, a Michigan-based limited liability company.
Where do people go to “get away from it all” — especially when the world shuts down? Many seek relaxation and recreation in the great outdoors. Interest in camping — especially the subset of high-end camping often referred to as “glamorous camping” or “glamping” — grew steadily in the years before the pandemic. The arrival of COVID and the desire for socially distanced vacations created a rapid increase in demand and revenue. The result for commercial real estate has been a large increase in the number of investors interested in outdoor hospitality properties. “Before 2020, the trend was already very strong; the pandemic just accelerated it,” says Sean Wood, associate broker at NAI Outdoor Hospitality Brokers. Wood cites the Kampgrounds of America (KOA) 2021 Annual North American Camping Report: “From 2014 to 2018, there was consistent growth of about 2 million new households per year getting into camping across North America. From 2018 to 2019, we saw a jump from 39.2 million to 41.9 million households that went camping. And then in 2020, we saw an explosion in interest: from 41.9 million households to 48.2 million households camping each year.” The specialists at NAI Outdoor Hospitality Brokers expect this renewed …
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Dwight Capital has provided $31 million in bridge financing for two multifamily communities in Southfield. In the first transaction, Dwight provided $14 million for Legacy Place, a 173-unit condominium rental property. Loan proceeds were used to facilitate the acquisition and renovation of 112 units. Legacy Place, which consists of more than 44 two-story buildings, features some of the largest units in Southfield. Amenities include a swimming pool, garage parking, onsite management and nearly 20 acres of walking grounds. In the second transaction, Dwight provided a $17 million acquisition loan for Carlyle Tower Apartments, a neighboring 175-unit property that consists of a 10-story building on five acres. The undisclosed borrower plans to invest in interior and exterior upgrades. Adam Sasouness of Dwight originated the loans through the firm’s commercial mortgage REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust. Marvin Jeremias of Crossmark Capital arranged the loans, terms of which were not provided.
COLUMBUS AND DUBLIN, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of three Tri-Village Self Storage facilities in Ohio for an undisclosed price. The properties, totaling 1,653 units, are located at 3490 Trabue Road in Columbus, 1123 Goodale Blvd. in Columbus and 5235 Avery Run Road in Dublin. Gabriel Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — Kuehne+Nagel, a Switzerland-based global transport and logistics company, has signed two industrial lease renewals totaling 115,395 square feet in Plainfield, a suburb of Indianapolis. Chicago-based HSA Commercial Real Estate owns the properties, which are located within Gateway Business Park near the Indianapolis International Airport. Kuehne+Nagel renewed its 59,895-square-foot lease at Gateway Industrial III as well as its 55,500-square-foot lease at Gateway Industrial IV. HSA has developed and leased up six buildings at Gateway Business Park totaling roughly 900,000 square feet. A seventh building is slated for completion later this month. Mark Writt of CBRE represented Kuehne+Nagel in both leases. Terry Busch and Jared Scaringe of CBRE represented ownership.
Colliers Mortgage Provides $11.1M HUD-Insured Loan for Refinancing of Minnesota Multifamily Property
EAGAN, MINN. — Colliers Mortgage has provided an $11.1 million HUD 223(a)(7) loan for the refinancing of Cedar Villas Townhomes in Eagan, a suburb of Minneapolis. The 104-unit rental townhome property was constructed in 2004 and consists of 18 buildings. Of the 104 units, 20 percent are reserved as affordable for residents who earn up to 50 percent of the area median income. The remaining units are rented at the market rate. The 35-year loan is fully amortized. Cedar Villas LP was the borrower.