PORTLAND, ORE. — A joint venture between PCCP and Guardian Real Estate Services has acquired The Louisa, a 16-story multifamily property at 123 NW 12th Ave. in Portland’s Pearl District. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2005, The Louisa offers 242 apartments, 29,295 square feet of ground-floor retail space and shared ownership of the Brewery Blocks parking garages. The property features townhomes, studio units and one- and two-bedroom apartments with central air conditioning, 10-foot ceilings, in-unit washers/dryers, luxury plank flooring and stainless steel appliances. Additionally, a portion of the apartments feature balconies. Community amenities include resident lounges, a community room, garden terrace with eco roofs, barbecues and a fire pit. The ground-floor retail space is accompanied by West Elm, Williams-Sonoma, Frame Central, lululemon athletica and The Cookie Dough Café.
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Chartwell Buys Trader Joe’s-Anchored Shopping Center in Hermosa Beach, California for $27.8M
by Amy Works
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. — Chartwell Real Estate Development has purchased Park Pacific Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored retail center in Hermosa Beach, from a private investor for $27.8 million. Located at 1100 Pacific Coast Highway, Park Pacific Shopping Center offers 49,911 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Trader Joe’s, Starbucks Coffee, Five Below and Sally Beauty. Daniel Tyner, Gleb Lvovich and Geoff Tranchina of JLL handled the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Northmarq has arranged $18 million in refinancing for two-building industrial portfolio, totaling more than 246,000 square feet, in Las Vegas. The portfolio includes an industrial warehouse that was built in 1992 and situated on 7.5 acres along Pilot Road, as well as a property that was built in 2017 on 5.5 acres along East Craig Road. The buildings are occupied by a vitamin and supplements retail and e-commerce store and a fabric/linens supplier. David Blum of Northmarq’s Newport Beach, Calif., Debt + Equity team secured the permanent fixed-rate loan for the undisclosed borrower through a correspondent life company lender. The transaction was structured on a seven-year, interest-only term.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Laramar Group has purchased Southglenn Place, a multifamily community in Centennial, from a private investor for an undisclosed price. Located at 6541 S. Vine St., the 1970-vintage property offers 135, mostly one-bedroom, apartments. Laramar Group plans to renovate the property.
Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors Brokers $2.4M Sale of Apartment Building in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
by Amy Works
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a multifamily property, located at 3730 Miller Court in Wheat Ridge. The building sold for $2.4 million, or $265,556 per unit. Built in 1960, the property offers nine apartments. Josh Newell and Connor Knutson of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the undisclosed seller and undisclosed buyer in the deal.
LEBANON, IND. — Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has unveiled plans to invest $4.5 billion to create the Lilly Medicine Foundry, a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development in Lebanon, about 27 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The Medicine Foundry, slated to open in late 2027, will be located in Indiana’s LEAP Research and Innovation District. The project brings Lilly’s total investment in the area to more than $13 billion. Earlier this year, Lilly released plans for a $5.3 billion expansion of its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Lebanon. “As we accelerate our work to discover new medicines for the toughest diseases, we’re continuing to invest in state-of-the-art infrastructure to support our growing pipeline,” says David Ricks, Lilly’s chair and CEO. “In addition to supplying high-quality medicine for our clinical studies, this new complex will further strengthen our process development and scale up our manufacturing capabilities to speed delivery of next-generation medicines to patients around the world.” Lilly says the flexible design of the new facility will enable production of various molecular therapies, including drug substances for small molecules, biologics and nucleic acid therapies. New technologies developed at the Medicine Foundry will be transferred to Lilly’s other manufacturing sites …
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — West Palm Beach-based Sterling Organization has acquired a portfolio of three shopping centers for $180.5 million. The portfolio was purchased on behalf of the value-add investment vehicle Sterling Value Add Partners IV LP. Ohio-based retail REIT SITE Centers was the seller. The properties include Fairfax Towne Center in Fairfax, Va.; Presidential Commons in Snellville, Ga.; and Village at Stone Oak in San Antonio. Safeway anchors Fairfax Towne Center, which totals 253,392 square feet. Other tenants at the property include T.J. Maxx, Regal Cinemas and JOANN Fabric and Crafts. Kroger anchors Presidential Commons, and other tenants at the center — which totals 264,271 square feet — include Burlington, Ulta Beauty, Petco and Five Below. Village at Stone Oak spans 476,371 square feet and is anchored by HomeGoods, Petco, Ross Dress for Less, DSW, Hobby Lobby, Ulta Beauty and Dollar Tree.
Public-Private Partnership Breaks Ground on $148.8M Graduate Student Housing Project at University of Maryland
by John Nelson
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — A public-private partnership (P3) between Campus Apartments, Mosaic Development Partners and the University of Maryland has broken ground on a $148.8 million graduate student housing project on the university’s campus in College Park. The community is the first of a larger, three-phase development that will replace the existing “Leonardtown” section of campus. Upon completion, which is anticipated for 2027, the building will span 323,000 square feet. The community will offer 741 beds across 465 fully furnished units in studio, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include a large conference space with interior and exterior courtyards on the ground floor; a penthouse community lounge and terrace; various community breakout spaces; resident parking; and bike storage. The development team for the project, which is targeting LEED Silver certification, includes Gensler, Michael Marshall, Davis Construction and Smoot Construction. RBC Capital Markets arranged financing for the development, which is being funded through tax-exempt bonds.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Souto Foods, a locally based food distributor and subsidiary of Alex Lee, has leased 200,000 square feet of cold storage and warehouse space at Sugarloaf Logistics Hub, a 2.2 million-square-foot industrial development underway in Gwinnett County. The nearly 300-acre development is located along Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville within a couple miles of the interchanges of I-85 and Ga. Highway 316. The tenant, which specializes in Latin American and Caribbean food distribution, plans to invest $28 million into the site and hire 70 new positions. Reed Davis of JLL and Stephen Bridges of OnPace Partners represented the landlords, Foxfield LLC and AEW Capital Management, in the lease transaction. Bill Kee of NAI Brannen Goddard represented Souto Foods. In addition to the lease, Foxfield and AEW have sold a 13-acre parcel at Sugarloaf Logistics Hub to Atlanta-based Westplan Investors for a new 330-unit multifamily development. Construction is expected to commence in second-quarter 2025. Scott Cullen of JLL represented the landlords in the land sale.
Kia of Covington, Gulf States Real Estate to Open New Car Dealership on Louisiana’s Northshore
by John Nelson
COVINGTON, LA. — Gulf States Real Estate, Development and Construction Services has announced that Kia of Covington will soon open its new car dealership. The site of the future dealership is located at the intersection of I-12 and US Highway 190 on Louisiana’s Northshore. The Kia franchise owner, Kevin Szura, had paused the development due to rising interest rates and construction costs, resulting in a six-month delay. While Szura worked on finding alternative financing sources, the Gulf States team led by Jason Reibert and Mike Saucier “value engineered” more than $500,000 out of the construction budget, which also required approval from KIA’s corporate design team. “Although we will be entering the market six months later than we had hoped, the value engineering and financing efforts were well worth it given today’s tough business climate for new construction,” says Szura. Mark Holcomb Consulting LLC served as an advisor for the new Kia of Covington project.