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Distressed Property Outlook: Valbridge Forecasts 2021 Opportunities

by Sarah Daniels January 19, 2021

When the pandemic took hold and rents of commercial properties began to waver, many experts in the industry expected a flood of distressed properties to hit the market in mid- to late 2020. To date, however, that hasn’t happened to a large extent. Valuation firms assumed they would get busier as properties fell upon hard times. Karl Finkelstein is vice president of Business Development and senior managing director for Valbridge Property Advisors, an independent, commercial valuation and advisory services firm based in Naples, Fla. with 80 offices nationwide. Finkelstein spoke recently to REBusinessOnline and explains that while not many high-profile sales have happened, other factors have kept those in his area of the industry busy in recent times. Finkelstein covers likely outcomes for distressed properties in 2021 and which sectors are performing well. A flight to quality, low rates and a reevaluation of shifting pandemic timelines have meant that the valuation business has its work cut out for it. Asset Type Winners and Losers There isn’t much surprising in the list of property types experiencing difficulties at the moment. Lodging properties (especially those tied to conventions), fly-to resorts, urban retail and standalone restaurants (particularly those without drive-thrus) all experienced a …

January 19, 2021

Development New York Northeast Office Top Stories

L&L Holding Nears Completion of $1B Office Tower at 425 Park Ave. in Manhattan

by Taylor Williams January 19, 2021

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based development and investment firm L&L Holding Co. is nearing completion of 425 Park Avenue, an office tower in Midtown Manhattan. Designed by British architecture firm Foster + Partners, the building rises 47 stories and 897 feet, spanning an entire city block. L&L is co-developing the property with Tokyu Land Corp. and will co-manage it with BentallGreenOak. The development is valued at $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The development team has received a temporary certificate of occupancy, and the exterior tower crane has now been dismantled and removed, signaling that the end of construction is near. The building’s glass and steel façade is now fully enclosed. The initial groundbreaking occurred in 2016, when the anchor tenant initially signed its lease, according to the Post report. That tenant is financial services firm Citadel Enterprises, which has preleased 331,800 square feet. That figure represents approximately half of the building’s total amount of leasable office space. The building also includes 9,552 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and 8,829 square feet of retail space on the mezzanine level. L&L has also begun the interior build-out of the tower’s amenity floor, which will feature …

January 19, 2021

Loans Maryland Office Southeast

Ready Capital Closes $19.8M Refinancing Loan for Office Building in Annapolis

by Alex Tostado January 18, 2021

ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Ready Capital has closed a $19.8 million refinancing loan for the renovation and lease-up of a 120,000-square-foot office building in Annapolis. The financing will be used to retire existing debt, execute a tenant improvement plan and fund light capital improvements. The non-recourse loan features a 36-month term with interest-only payments and a floating interest rate. The borrower was not disclosed.

January 18, 2021

California Loans Office Western

Ready Capital Closes $15M Loan for Flex Office Property in Palo Alto, California

by Amy Works January 18, 2021

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Ready Capital has closed $15 million in financing for the acquisition, repositioning and lease-up of a flex office building in Palo Alto. Situated in the Embarcadero submarket, the property features 24,000 square feet of Class B flex office space. David Cohen of Ready Capital closed the financing for the undisclosed borrower.

January 18, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Mixed-Use Office Restaurant Retail Southeast Top Stories

Midtown Opportunities Acquires Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami for $65.5M

by John Nelson January 18, 2021

SOUTH MIAMI, FLA. — Midtown Opportunities, a real estate investment fund based in Miami, has purchased The Shops at Sunset Place in South Miami for $65.5 million. The open-air lifestyle property features nearly 515,000 square feet of retail and office space leased to tenants such as AMC Theatres and LA Fitness. A partnership between Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), Grass River Property Co. and Comras Co. sold the mixed-used development after more than five years of ownership. Midtown Opportunities has retained Grass River to manage the asset. Federal Realty, Grass River and Comras sold Sunset Place at a significant loss, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper reported in 2015 that the buyers purchased a majority interest of the once-popular mall from Simon Property Group for $110 million. The Shops at Sunset Place is located on nearly 10 acres at 5701 Sunset Drive. The development is situated near the South Miami Metrorail Station, South Miami Hospital and the University of Miami. No details were disclosed about Midtown Opportunities’ plans related to Sunset Place. The property was 78 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Barnes & Noble, Gametime and Splitsville, as well as the Yumbrella Food …

January 18, 2021

Acquisitions Midwest Minnesota Office

Upland Brokers $6.4M Sale of Two-Story Office Building in Edina, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow January 15, 2021

EDINA, MINN. — Upland Real Estate Group Inc. has brokered the sale of a two-story office building in Edina for $6.4 million. The 70,400-square-foot property is located at 5350 W. 78th St. Upland represented the seller, W78th 5350 LLC. Merrie Sjogren and Nick Peterson of Assembly MN LLC represented the buyer, ISLA Affiliated Building Co. The buyer, a nonprofit Spanish immersion charter school, currently operates out of a 30,000-square-foot facility in Minnetonka. That site is under contract to local developer Doran Cos., which plans to redevelop it into multifamily housing.

January 15, 2021

Acquisitions California Healthcare Office Western

Medical Office REIT Buys Torrey Hills Medical Plaza in San Diego for $37.3M

by Amy Works January 15, 2021

SAN DIEGO — A publicly traded REIT has acquired Torrey Hills Medical Plaza, a Class A medical office building and attached parking garage in San Diego. Virtus Real Estate Capital and Coast Income Properties sold the property for $37.3 million. Situated on 2.6 acres at 4765 Carmel Mountain Road, the 47,596-square-foot asset features a connected, two-level parking garage. Fresenius Medical Care anchors the two-story building, which is 91 percent leased. Andrew Milne, Evan Kovac, Trent Jemmett, Paul Braun, Chris Ross and Kelly Moriarty of JLL Healthcare Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.

January 15, 2021

California Development Leasing Activity Office Top Stories Western

Beyond Meat to Open 300,000 SF Headquarters Near Los Angeles

by Katie Sloan January 15, 2021

EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Beyond Meat Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND), a producer of plant-based meat replacement products, has signed a 12-year lease for a 300,000-square-foot corporate headquarters less than one mile south of Los Angeles International Airport at 888. N. Douglas St. in El Segundo. The headquarters will be located within a four-building, 550,000-square-foot creative office and industrial campus currently under development by Hackman Capital Partners, which is scheduled for completion this spring. Beyond Meat’s offices are set to open in fall of this year and will include advanced research labs and incubator spaces for the development of new technologies and more innovative products. The company’s headquarters is designed for LEED and Fitwel certification in alignment with Beyond Meat’s mission and commitment to sustainability and workplace wellbeing. “Our new campus and state-of-the-art research facilities will house cutting-edge fundamental and applied research alongside globalized product development teams, all in service to a single goal — creating meat from plants that is indistinguishable from its animal protein equivalent,” says Ethan Brown, founder and CEO of Beyond Meat. The JLL team of Gary Horwitz, Blake Searles, Connor Hall and Kamil Agha represented Beyond Meat in the leasing transaction. The company also tapped DPPM Project Management …

January 15, 2021

Development Office South Carolina Southeast

Balfour Beatty Breaks Ground on $42M Office Building in Downtown Charleston

by Alex Tostado January 14, 2021

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Balfour Beatty US has broken ground on Morrison Yard, a $42 million office building in downtown Charleston. The Keith Corp. and Origin Development Partners are the co-developers of Morrison Yard. The companies are located in Charlotte and Charleston, respectively. Morrison Yard will stand 12 stories high and will offer 140,000 square feet of office space, 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a four-story parking deck with approximately 377 parking spaces. The general contractor expects to deliver the asset in summer 2022.

January 14, 2021

Acquisitions Florida Healthcare Office Southeast

Mohr Capital Acquires 78,449 SF Medical Office Building in Orlando

by Alex Tostado January 14, 2021

ORLANDO, FLA. — Mohr Capital has acquired a two-story, 78,449-square-foot medical office building in Orlando. The property is situated within Lee Vista Business Park at 6272 Lee Vista Blvd., nine miles southeast of downtown Orlando. The facility houses a distribution warehouse, office space for executives, specialty pharmacy and a team of specialty-trained pharmacists and nurses. Accredo Health Group Inc., a specialty pharmacy operator and subsidiary of global healthcare insurance firm Cigna Corp., fully occupies the asset with more than six years remaining on its lease. The facility was first developed in 2006 for CuraScript Inc., which merged with Accredo in 2012. Rodrigo Godoi internally represented the Dallas-based buyer in the transaction. Ron Rogg of CBRE represented the seller, a tenant in common (TIC) entity, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.

January 14, 2021

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