BROWNWOOD, TEXAS — KW Commercial, a division of national brokerage firm Keller Williams Realty, has arranged the sale of the 26-unit Casa Grande Apartments in Brownwood, located roughly 160 miles southwest of Dallas and 140 miles northwest of Austin. Built in 1979, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units as well as a courtyard and onsite laundry facilities. Ryan Franckhauser of KW Commercial represented the seller, a Dallas-based private investor, in the all-cash transaction. The name of the Wyoming-based buyer was not disclosed.
DALLAS — GSR Andrade Architects has signed a 10,491-square-foot office lease at the historic Oilwell Supply Building in the West End district of Dallas. The five-story, 73,384-square-foot building is located at 2001 N. Lamar St. and was originally constructed in 1923. Nate Hruby and Demian Salmon of Stream Realty Partners represented GSR Andrade, which is relocating from the Exposition Park area, in the lease negotiations. A partnership between The Deal Co. and Scarlet Capital owns the building.
SEATTLE — Trammel Crow. Co (TCC) and its joint venture partner MetLife Investment Management are near completion of Seattle Metro Logistics, a two-story industrial facility at 44 S. Nevada Ave. in South Seattle. In 2021, the Port of Seattle Commission approved the long-term ground lease for this portion of Port-owned land — known as Terminal 106 — to TCC, allowing for the demolition of the port’s old warehouse and construction of a new light industrial facility, which started in 2022. Slated for delivery this August, the 702,429-square-foot facility will feature 30-foot clear heights, 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing, 350 pounds per square foot floor loading, ESFR sprinklers, 289-foot warehouse depth and truck court depths ranging from 131 feet to 135 feet. The property is designed to suit a broad range of industrial uses, from last-mile and regional distribution to storage, maritime and manufacturing uses. Seattle Metro Logistics will include a parking garage with 701 spaces and a solar-ready roof. Project partners include Nelson Worldwide as architect of record, Lease Crutcher Lewis as general contractor and Bank OZK as construction lender. Andrew Stark and Andrew Hitchcock of CBRE are handling the marketing and leasing of the facility.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson’s debt platform has provided a $95 million senior construction loan to a joint venture between Greystar Real Estate Partners and The Resmark Cos. The funds will be used for the development of a multifamily and build-to-rent project in Santa Clarita, approximately 33 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Situated within Sand Canyon Plaza, the community will feature 259 rentable multifamily units and 64 build-to-rent townhomes. The multifamily residents will have access to a fitness center, club room, courtyard, game lounge, coworking space and a fourth-floor sky deck with unobstructed mountain views. The build-to-rent townhomes will offer expansive green space areas, multiple open turf play areas and a tot lot that will cater to young families renting in the community. The project will also feature a resort-style pool and spa that will be shared by both multifamily and build-to-rent townhome residents. Upon completion, the 87-acre Sand Canyon Plaza will feature parks, open spaces, a walking trail system and a 45,000-square-foot retail center anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, which is slated to break ground this year.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — World Premier Investments has purchased Newport and Walnut Center, a retail strip center in the Orange County city of Tustin. A private family trust sold the asset for $6.2 million. Daniel Tyner, Gleb Lvovich and Geoff Tranchina of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller and buyer in the deal. Located at 13812 Newport Ave., Newport and Walnut Center features 9,624 square feet of retail space. The center is fully occupied by eight tenants, including HiroNori Craft Ramen, Crown Beauty, Studio 18 Nail Bar and Moon Lash Beauty.
LIVERMORE, CALIF. — G Capital Markets (GCap), a capital advisory firm based in Carmel, has arranged a recapitalization for Bethany Home, a 59-bed assisted living community in Livermore on the eastern edge of the Bay Area. Built in 2021 by a regional owner-operator, the property leased up in 2022 and has shown consistently strong performance for several years with cash flow margins well over 40 percent and occupancy of 90 percent, according to GCap. The bridge-to-HUD loan was structured with a large equity-out component and sized to maximize the takeout refinancing while allowing the borrower to submit a HUD application in 2024 without the need to wait the typical two years of debt seasoning. GCap arranged the $15.5 million credit facility with a regional bank partner. The loan carries an interest rate SOFR spread in the low 300s and a below-market financing fee. The borrower is an existing client of GCap, and this property will be part of a broader permanent portfolio refinancing that is scheduled to close in 2025.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the purchase of a freestanding industrial warehouse situated on 2.2. acres in Fullerton, a city in northern Orange County. Anaheim-based 1450 Manhattan LLC acquired the asset from Salher LLC for $13.3 million. Located at 1450-1456 S. Manhattan Ave., the property features 48,235 square feet of industrial space. Garrett McClelland and Erik Sikes of Voit Real Estate Services’ Irvine office represented the buyer, while Byron Foss, Wade Tift and Nick Carey of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
ROSEMOUNT, MINN. — The Opus Group has broken ground on a $71 million expansion to add new aluminum recycling capabilities at the Spectro Alloys campus in Rosemount, a southern suburb of the Twin Cities. Spectro plans to recycle more end-of-life scrap aluminum to improve recycling rates in Minnesota. The project includes a new 90,000-square-foot building along Highway 55. The first phase of the project will result in nearly 120 million pounds per year of additional recycling capacity and create up to 50 new full-time jobs. The facility will include state-of-the-art equipment for sorting, melting, casting, sawing, homogenizing and packaging with automation and pollution control technology. Spectro’s plant will also provide energy use and carbon emission reductions of 95 percent when compared to new aluminum production. Aluminum billet is used as raw material for the extrusion process, and is turned into products such as railings, window and door trim, and structural components for cars, boats, airplanes, trailers and docks. Spectro will also have the ability to recycle used beverage containers into sheet ingot — slabs of aluminum weighing up to 60,000 pounds each. Construction of the new facility is slated for completion in mid-2025. Spectro has operated at its Rosemount campus …
CLEVELAND — The Community Builders has opened Woodhill Station West, a $46.4 million affordable housing community in East Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood. The 120-unit development marks Phase I of the Woodhill Homes transformation. The project converted an empty lot into an affordable housing building with 4,520 square feet of community space. The development includes 90 replacement homes for existing Woodhill residents. In 2021, HUD awarded a $35 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant to the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) and the City of Cleveland to support the Buckeye-Woodhill transformation plan. In 2023, HUD awarded CMHA and the city a Choice Neighborhoods Supplemental Funding Grant for $10 million to further support the development of replacement housing. The redevelopment, which is taking place in six phases, will include approximately 638 homes and public amenities such as outdoor gathering spaces, recreational fields and playgrounds. Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants assist in the redevelopment of severely distressed HUD-assisted properties into mixed-income communities. The Community Builders is an affordable housing developer with a portfolio of more than 14,000 apartment units nationwide.
ST. LOUIS — Berkadia has brokered the sale of Crossing at Northpointe, a 334-unit, garden-style multifamily property in St. Louis. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 3144 Sunswept Park Drive, the community was built in 1972 and renovated in 2021. Andrea Kendrick, Ken Aston and Bobby Mills of Berkadia represented the seller, Utah-based Sundance Bay. A New Jersey-based buyer purchased the asset, which was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.