NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged a $10.2 million acquisition loan for a four-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The address of the 8,900-square-foot building was not disclosed. Ben Schlegel and Paul McCormick of Ariel Property Advisors arranged the nonrecourse loan, which was structured with an interest rate that is equivalent to 5.5 percent above the 30-day average SOFR rate and a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
UTAH — Salt Lake City-based Fort Street Partners and Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate have formed a programmatic joint venture that can acquire and develop up to $150 million in assets over the next four years. The venture will focus on core/core-plus and value-add investments in outpatient medical and surgery center properties in Utah. The partnership has already closed on two medical outpatient developments in Syracuse and Eagle Mountain, Utah. CJ Kodani and Mark Root of JLL Capital Markets arranged the joint venture.
AURORA, COLO. — Brinkmann Constructors, in partnership with United Properties, has broken ground on a speculative industrial project situated on 169 acres in Aurora. Spanning 817,500 square feet, the Aero70 project will include two speculative warehouses, over-lot grading and pad preparation for two future buildings, as well as associated private site civil infrastructure. Additionally, Brinkmann will build nearly two miles of public off-site infrastructure, including roads and utilities, to connect the site to the city’s existing systems.
SEATTLE — Jay Bhullar has acquired the Colman Building, a historic retail and office building in downtown Seattle, through a receivership partnership. Kidder Mathews’ Darren Tappen, Andy Miller, Pete Beauchamp and Nathan Thinnes represented John A. Rothschild of Newmark, the court-appointed receiver, in facilitating the sale. Terms of the transaction were not released. Constructed more than 125 years ago, the 143,922-square-foot Colman Building is located at 811 1st Ave. The property offers proximity to the ferry terminal, Marion Street Pedestrian Bridge and Seattle Waterfront. The buyer plans to reactivate the property’s street-level retail spaces, which were vacated during the pandemic, and lease out the vacant office suites across the building’s upper five floors.
PHOENIX — Discount Tire, through its affiliate real estate division Halle Properties LLC, has purchased Desert Ridge Corporate Center I and II in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. Desert Ridge includes 275,208 square feet of multi-tenant office space across two four-story office buildings originally constructed in 2005 and 2007. The asset also offers a three-level parking structure. Discount Tire currently occupies an entire floor at Desert Ridge, which houses a part of the national retailer’s corporate functions. Founded in 1960 by Bruce T. Halle, Discount Tire operates more than 1,200 tire retail stores across the United States, as well as an online tire and wheel shopping platform. The 12.2-acre Desert Ridge site is located 4.7 miles from the Discount Tire headquarters and one mile from the 35-acre site Discount Tire acquired in December 2022.
SEATTLE — CBRE has facilitated the $13.9 million sale of a multi-tenant retail property in North Seattle. A private investor acquired the property from Madison Development, which originally developed in the asset in 2007. Dino Christophilis and Daniel Tibeau of CBRE represented seller in the deal. Situated on 3.7 acres at 13244 Aurora Ave. N., the 51,329-square-foot property consists of two components — a 45,000-square-foot building leased to LA Fitness and a 6,329-square-foot pad building that is fully leased to Jersey Mike’s Subs, IRG Physical Therapy and T-Mobile.
FOREST LAKE, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $24.5 million sale of Village Apartments in Forest Lake, about 27 miles northeast of St. Paul. The 252-unit apartment community was constructed in 1969 and consists of three buildings. Amenities include picnic areas, a playground, pool and bike racks. Josh Talberg of JLL represented the seller, Gaughan Cos. The buyer was undisclosed. Village Apartments marks the seventh property to trade in the larger 800-unit Minnesota Legacy Apartment Portfolio that JLL has been marketing for sale.
PULASKI, WIS. — NAI Pfefferle has brokered the sale of two self-storage facilities totaling 441 units in Pulaski, about 20 miles northwest of Green Bay. The sales price was not disclosed, but the asking price was $4.3 million. The properties total 98,740 square feet. Jonathan Glassco and Nick Schmidt of NAI Pfefferle arranged the sale.
AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.4 million sale of a six-suite retail strip center in Aurora. The 12,684-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale to local restaurants, healthcare providers and technology retailers. Built in 2010, the asset is located at 5 N. Root St. Coult Greenwell and Mitchell Kiven of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor based in the western Chicago suburbs. The duo also procured the buyer, a private investor who is in the process of growing a portfolio of neighborhood retail centers.
BIRMINGHAM, MICH. — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 20,000-square-foot office building in Birmingham, a northern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. Kalasho Management, a property management company, purchased the building and plans to make major renovations. Taunt Law Firm previously occupied the property for many decades. Gary Grochowski and Bryan Barnas of Colliers represented the buyer and seller.