MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis-based Värde Partners has provided a $185 million loan for the refinancing of a multi-state self-storage portfolio. The borrower was a joint venture between Metro Storage and Fremont Realty Capital. The portfolio comprises 20 Class A properties in markets across Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York and Wisconsin. With 14,214 units in total, the assets include more than 1.5 million net rentable square feet. Kim Bishop, Eric Snyder, Tom Sherlock, Mason Brusseau and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest Capital arranged the floating-rate bridge loan with a three-year initial term and two one-year extension options.
BARRINGTON, ILL. — An affiliate of Next Realty LLC has sold The Shops at Flint Creek in the northwest Chicago suburb of Barrington for an undisclosed price. Heinen’s grocery store anchors the 60,000-square-foot retail center. Additional tenants include Athletico, Ascension Medical Group Illinois, Epic Burger and Club Pilates. Sean Sharko of Marcus & Millichap represented Next, which purchased the property in 2014. A private investor was the buyer.
ANOKA, MINN. — Volunteers of America National Services has opened Nolte River Place, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing community in Anoka, a northern suburb of Minneapolis. The property features one- and two-bedroom units, eight of which are reserved for formerly unhoused senior veterans and 10 are designated units for Project Rental Assistance Contracts vouchers. Amenities include a community room, exercise room, underground parking, hair salon and library. Volunteers of America is a faith-based nonprofit with programs in 46 states.
AURORA, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2 million sale of a 23,820-square-foot industrial outdoor storage facility in Aurora. Located at 901 Ridgeway Ave., the three-acre property features four buildings with an expansive lot for outdoor storage and parking. Jeff Rowlett of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Ridgeway Partners LLC. Michael Kammes of Re/Max Commercial procured the buyer, RDAA Express Inc. Steven Weinstock assisted in closing the transaction as the broker of record in Illinois.
PHOENIX — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $120 million in construction financing for the development of Ray Phoenix, a 26-story residential building in downtown Phoenix. Michael Gigliotti, Brad Miner and Frank Choumas of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the financing for the borrower, VeLa Development Partners and Ray, through an affiliate of RXR Realty Investments LLC. Located at 777 N. Central Ave., Ray Phoenix will offer 401 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, including duplex and penthouse units with floor-to-ceiling windows, custom cabinetry and luxury flooring and bathroom tiles. The property will feature 20,000 square feet of amenity space, including a large fitness center, yoga studio, resort-style pool, communal kitchen, fireplace lounge, sunken lounge with theater experience, dog wash stations, indoor and outdoor gardens, and workspaces. Situated within an Opportunity Zone, Ray Phoenix will be located on the Phoenix light-rail line and less than a mile north of the Footprint Center and Chase Field.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Dallas-based Formation Interests and Crescent Real Estate has broken ground on the first phase of Formation Park 10, an industrial development at the corner of Bullard Avenue and Celebrate Life Way in Goodyear, a suburb west of Phoenix. Willmeng Construction is serving as general contractor for the project. The first phase of Formation Park 10 will consist of 427,000 square feet spread across two buildings and includes a large, first-of-its-kind park to serve as an amenity for future tenants and the surrounding community.
KENT, WASH. — Davis Property & Investment has acquired Central Commerce Center, an industrial campus located at the intersection of Central Avenue South and 259th Street in Kent, a suburb south of Seattle. Constructed between 2000 and 2001, Central Commerce Center comprises four fully leased industrial buildings with freeway access, ample parking and proximity to numerous walkable amenities. The buildings offer 12- to 16-foot clear heights, on-grade loading facilities and an infrastructure that includes a total of 1400 amps 3-phase 480v power. Brian Bruininks and Shane Mahvi of Andover Co. represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The price was not disclosed.
MURRIETA, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $6.1 million ground lease sale of a restaurant property at 27960 Clinton Keith Road in the Inland Empire city of Murrieta. Chick-fil-A occupies the 5,000-square-foot property, which opened for business in March and has a 15-year ground lease in place. Winston Guest, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller and developer, Newport Beach-based Sage Investco, and the buyer, a California-based private family trust, in the all-cash transaction. The Chick-fil-A property sale is part of a break-up strategy valued in excess of $20 million for the Class A pads at The Vineyard Shopping Center, a 26.3-acre retail project anchored by Costco and ALDI.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail strip center in West Covina, approximately 20 miles east of Los Angeles. A San Bernardino County-based private investor sold the asset to a West Covina-based investor for $2.4 million in an all-cash transaction. Located at 532-540 N. Azusa Ave., the 7,760-square-foot property was fully occupied at the time of sale by five service-oriented tenants ranging in size from 1,300 square feet to 2,000 square feet. Current tenants include a nail salon, hair salon, martial arts school, massage studio and Friar Tux. Greg Bedell and Roxanne Klein of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the deal.
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