YONKERS, N.Y. — SightMD has signed a 9,409-square-foot healthcare lease in Yonkers, a northern suburb of New York City. The provider of ophthalmology services will take space at One Executive Center, a four-story, 133,768-square-foot building. Scott Berfas and Glenn Walsh of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The locally based landlord, Simone Development, was self-represented.
MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) has announced plans to roll out 200 Babies R Us shops this fall at existing Kohl’s locations. The first Babies R Us shop will debut at an undisclosed Kohl’s store in August. Additionally, the company plans to open 140 more Sephora shops at Kohl’s this summer. The Menomonee-based retail giant is partnering with WHP Global, the owner of the Babies R Us brand, in the rollout. WHP Global purchased the Babies R Us and Toys R Us brands in 2021, four years after the brands’ parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. WHP Global is undertaking a similar rollout of Toys R Us locations at cruises and airports, along with new flagship stores. Kohl’s has more than 850 Sephora shops within Kohl’s stores, with each Sephora occupying roughly 2,500 square feet. Currently there are Sephora shops within Kohl’s stores across 48 states. “Not only are we well on our way to having a Sephora presence in every Kohl’s store across America, but we’re also seeing strong sales momentum from our current stores, and the experience is bringing new customers to Kohl’s,” says Nick Jones, Kohl’s chief merchandising and digital officer. Kohl’s reports that …
— By Zach Middleton, senior associate, The Klabin Company/ CORFAC International — Last year brought significant change to the industrial sector across the country. Orange County was not immune to general market factors that were influenced by a sharp rise in interest rates, growing vacancy rates, shallowing tenant demand and increased supply. Fortunately, Orange County remains resilient heading into 2024 due to its prominent geography harbored by major distribution routes along the 5 and 91 freeways, as well as the county’s proximity to the ports. Orange County also proudly showcases one of Southern California’s most diverse tenant pools. This is spearheaded by key sectors like technology and innovation, research, healthcare and biotechnology, manufacturing and aerospace, consumer goods, ecommerce, wholesale and distribution, underscoring its economic versatility and potential for sustained growth. Market breakdown: vacancy rate uptick still below historical average Current vacancy rates across Orange County are as follows: • North County – 2.4% • West County – 4% • South County – 3.5% • Airport – 2.5% Vacancy rates have trended upward but remain below the historical average of 4 percent. A growing number of cheaper sublease options and the slight uptick in vacancy rates have influenced direct deal …
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Agency Initiatives Entice Traditional Multifamily Owners, Investors to Workforce Housing
A trio of social-impact lending programs is enticing enough to convince market-rate multifamily owners and investors to dip their toes into the affordable housing sector. These recently launched initiatives all promote the creation and preservation of workforce housing. Unlike low-income housing tax credits, Section 8 rent vouchers and other longstanding programs centered on helping families with low and very-low incomes to afford housing, the newest offerings primarily aim to assist missing middle renters — or those with modest-to-low incomes. That’s according to Ian Monk, deputy chief production officer for conventional multifamily at Lument — which is educating its borrowers about the competitive pricing, generous proceeds and potential for lengthy amortization periods available from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. “By charter, the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) have a duty to help provide housing that is affordable to all people, including families with only moderately low incomes,” Monk says. “In the multifamily arena, they may serve those families in fully dedicated affordable communities, but they can also serve them in conventional, market-rate properties that adopt some affordability initiatives using one of these social-impact loan structures.” The GSEs are making a strong push in 2024 to expand participation in the three social-impact loan products, …
HIALEAH, FLA. — MG Developer has completed the vertical construction of Metro Parc, a 559-unit transit-oriented apartment community located in Hialeah, approximately 13 miles outside Miami. Upon completion, the two-tower building will feature residences with two bedrooms and two bathrooms ranging from 500 to 800 square feet. Amenities at the community will include coworking space, an outdoor kitchen, pool and a gym. The property will also feature ground-floor retail space, including a Latin-inspired food marketplace. Metro Parc is the first phase of the Metro Center development, which will comprise roughly 2.3 million square feet of multifamily and retail space and is scheduled for completion in 2027.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hoar Construction has topped out the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medicine’s new $128 million Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in downtown Birmingham. Located along 7th Avenue South, the building will total 346,000 square feet across 11 stories. In addition to 136 patient beds, the facility will comprise two levels of administration, conferencing and mechanical space and four floors of parking. Construction, which began in May 2022, is scheduled for completion in early 2025.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners has acquired an industrial portfolio in North Carolina totaling more than 1.4 million square feet. An Equus-sponsored value-added fund doing business as Equus Investment Partnership XII LP purchased the portfolio, which is situated in metro Charlotte and metro Greensboro, earlier this month for $124 million. The nine-building portfolio features buildings ranging from 38,480 to 382,668 square feet in size. The buildings were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including FedEx, Lenovo and American Woodmark. Eight of the buildings are located in metro Charlotte and together total 1.2 million square feet, with the ninth building located in metro Greensboro spanning 241,050 square feet.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Crescent Communities has completed the development of a 50,276-square-foot build-to-suit industrial facility located on Galleria Boulevard in Rock Hill, roughly 30 miles outside Charlotte. Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont is the tenant. The warehouse, which is situated within the AXIAL Southgate 77 campus, features 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 53 dock-high loading doors, four pit levelers, two drive-in doors and 2,500 square feet of office space. AXIAL Southgate 77 totals 270,557 square feet, including a 220,281-square-foot warehouse that is scheduled for completion this May.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.5 million sale of Berkeley Plaza, a 101,812-square-foot shopping center in Goldsboro, about 55 miles southeast of Raleigh. Tenants at the property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, include Big Lots, Gold’s Gym, Staples, Books-A-Million, AT&T and U.S. Armed Forces. Andrew Margulies, Harrison Creason and Harrison Jones of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a North Carolina-based investor, in the transaction. Bold Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, a family office.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Wisconsin-based investment firm MLG Capital has sold Copperfield Apartments, a 323-unit multifamily community located on the southwest side of Fort Worth. Copperfield Apartments offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining stations, business center, package lockers and onsite laundry facilities. Michael Ware, Taylor Hill, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Will Balthrope, William Hubbard and Cameron Purse of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented MLG Capital, which purchased the property in 2019, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Dallas-based investment firm Rise48 Equity, which plans to invest about $9 million in capital improvements and rebrand the property as Rise Spring Pointe. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant, Jake Vitta and Jesse Zarouk, also with IPA, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.