ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — AQYRE Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of an opportunity zone development site located at 3560-3590 S. Clarkson St. in Englewood. Terms of the transaction were not released. The 45,580-square-foot opportunity zone site is zoned M2, which allows for mixed-use medical, office, high-density residential and limited retail development. Joe Hornstein, Scott Fetter and David Barocas of AQYRE represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
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Amazon Executive Says Company is ‘Beginning to Scale’ at HQ2 Campus in Northern Virginia
by John Nelson
ARLINGTON, VA. — Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is “beginning to scale” at its HQ2 campus underway in Arlington, according to Jay Carney, the company’s senior vice president of global corporate affairs. During a weekly webinar series conducted by Walker & Dunlop, Carney said the corporate campus, dubbed Met Park, is under construction and that the company is hiring in earnest, though he said it will “take some time” to reach the previously announced 25,000 goal. Carney, who was the former White House press secretary during President Barack Obama’s administration, led Amazon’s national HQ2 search in 2017 and 2018 to find a second home for the company outside of Seattle. The e-commerce giant ultimately chose both Northern Virginia and Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York City in late 2018, in addition to a 1 million-square-foot outpost in Nashville, Tenn. Amazon pulled out of its planned New York City location in early 2019. Clark Construction is the general contractor for the HQ2 campus, and JBG Smith is Amazon’s development partner, as well as its landlord for office space that Amazon is using in the rebranded National Landing district in Arlington’s Crystal City submarket. Carney said the company is not …
PEBB Enterprises, Banyan Development Receive $27M Construction Loan for Mixed-Use Development in Palm Beach County
by Alex Tostado
BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises and Banyan Development have received $27 million in financing for their Mainstreet at Boynton mixed-use project underway in Boynton Beach. Buffalo, N.Y.-based M&T Bank provided the loan. The property is situated at 6405 W. Boynton Beach Blvd., 13 miles north of Boca Raton in Palm Beach County. A 26,000-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market will anchor the project, which will also feature a Wawa on an outparcel. The retail portion is 85 percent preleased. A 158-bed, 117,000-square-foot co-living facility will also be a part of the project. Jupiter, Fla.-based general contractor Mason Construction expects to complete the project in second-quarter 2021.
TIKI ISLAND, TEXAS — Austin-based developers Legend Communities and Tiki Time LLC have acquired six acres on Tiki Island, located near Galveston, for the development of a mixed-use community. Tiki Island Residences & Boathouse Resort will feature 75 condominium residences, five penthouses, a waterfront restaurant, retail space and a boathouse structure with the capacity to lodge more than 200 boats. Construction of Phase I, which includes the commercial components, is expected to begin by the fall. The developers expect to break ground on Phase II, which will deliver the residences, in summer 2021. NAN Properties Developer Services has been named as the exclusive listing agent for the residential component.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — Dekel Capital has arranged $59 million in construction financing on behalf of The Latigo Group for the construction of 299 Thousand Oaks, a mixed-use development located in Thousand Oaks. Situated on 3.2 acres, 299 Thousand Oaks will feature 142 Class A apartments, 9,820 square feet of ground-floor retail space and parking for 239 vehicles. The four-story property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with 11 units designated as affordable housing for low-income families. Community amenities will include a 3,000-square-foot fitness center, pool, garden courtyards and open space. Additionally, the project will feature smart technology, including keyless entry and remote thermostat control. Shlomi Ronen of Dekel Capital secured the financing, which a publicly traded REIT and a life insurance company provided.
STATELINE, NEV. — Dickson Commercial has negotiated the sale of a two-building property located at 298 Kingsbury Grade and 160 Pineridge Drive in Stateline. Kingsbury General Improvement District acquired the assets from JM Ranches for $2.7 million. The two multi-tenant properties offer a total of 15,788 square feet of office, industrial and retail space. Travis Hansen of Dickson Commercial Group represented the seller in the transaction.
CBRE Provides $19.3M in Financing for Lincoln Station Mixed-Use Project in Park City, Utah
by Amy Works
PARK CITY, UTAH — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance has provided $19.3 million in construction and permanent financing for the development of Lincoln Station, a mixed-use community in Kimball Junction area of Park City. Mollie Means of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team in Seattle partnered with Doug Birrell, Bruce Francis, Bob Ybarra, Dana Summers and Shaun Moothart, also of CBRE Debt & Structured Finance, to originate the loan through CBRE’s FHA lending platform on behalf of the borrower, Lincoln Station. The loan is funded through the HUD Section 221(d)4 new construction mortgage insurance program, providing an interest-only construction period of 20 months with a 40-year, non-recourse, fully amortizing permanent loan. Lincoln Station will feature 68 apartments spread across four three-story residential buildings, eight three-story townhomes and one two-story commercial/office building. The non-residential building will contain three office suites with approximately 4,686 square feet of rentable space and 164 square feet reserved for the leasing office. The property’s 76 units will consist of a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom townhomes. A total of 52 units will be designated for residents earning 50 percent to 120 percent of the area median income. The remaining units will …
Eyzenberg & Co. Arranges $21.3M Construction Loan for Mixed-Use Development in Miami
by Alex Tostado
MIAMI — Eyzenberg & Co. has arranged a $21.3 million construction loan for the Towers at Blue Lagoon, a planned mixed-use development featuring a multifamily community and hotel space. The borrower and developer, the Weiss Group of Cos., will build Phase I of the project to include 428 multifamily units across two buildings. The property will offer studio to three-bedroom floor plans. The master plan also includes two hotels. The site is located at 4865 NW 7th St., seven miles west of downtown Miami. Kobi Karp is designing the property’s multifamily component. Robert Ginsberg and David Eyzenberg of Eyzenberg & Co. arranged the loan on behalf of Weiss, which has owned the land since the 1970s.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has directed the sale of the condominium interest of the Office Unit in Broadway Tower, a 19-story mixed-use tower located at 1455 SW Broadway in downtown Portland. Principal Real Estate Investors acquired the office portion from BDC/Broadway Office LLC for reportedly approximately $132.5 million, according to media outlets. Nick Kucha, James Childress and Jeff Hodson of NKF, in cooperation with Kevin Shannon and James Ikeguchi of NKF’s U.S. Capital Markets team, represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented. The 430,000-square-foot property offers 175,000 square feet of Class A office space on floors nine through 19 and a 180-room Radisson RED hotel, which was not included in the sale, on the first eight floors. The Broadway Tower Office Unit is a LEED Gold-certified, high-rise office tower offering 11 floors of office space with exclusive decks on the top three floors and views of Portland. The office component features 17,000-square-foot floorplates with open designs and floor-to-ceiling window lines for multi- and single-tenant use. The asset also features an underground parking garage with a total of 247 parking spaces. At the time of sale, the office component of Broadway Tower was 99 percent …
City of San Francisco Invests $12M to Buy Site for Future Affordable Housing Development
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — The City of San Francisco has purchased a 0.27-acre mixed-use development site on two parcels located at 1939 Market St. at Duboce Avenue in San Francisco. Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 Union Hall sold the site for $12 million. As part of the transaction, Sheet Metal Workers agreed to lease back the property for 24 months. The City plans to develop a mixed-use development on the site. Upon completion, the project will offer 100 percent permanent affordable housing, which would likely serve low-income seniors, and ground-floor activation opportunities. The site currently consists of a surface parking lot and a two-story office building that will be demolished to develop the housing project. Additionally, the parcels are located at the nexus of Hayes Valley, Duboce Triangle and Mission Dolores with a zoning allowance that places no limits on unit density and allows for the construction of structures up to 85 feet in height. The City of San Francisco acquired the property with funds from the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund and would draw from the $600 million Affordable Housing Bond passed in November to finance the construction of the housing project. Jason Parr, Mark McGranahan and Scott MacDonald of Cushman …