NEW YORK CITY — Beechhurst Executive Suites has renewed its lease for 6,936 square feet on the second floor of Whitestone Plaza, a 62,000-square-foot urban community shopping center located on the north side of Queens. Randall Briskin represented the landlord, The Feil Organization, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis. The tenant was self-represented. Other tenants at Whitestone Plaza include CVS and North Shore Farms supermarket.
HALF MOON BAY, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of Strawflower Village Shopping Center, located at 50 Cabrillo Highway N. in Half Moon Bay, approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco. SJ Amoroso Properties Co. acquired the asset from HMB Musich LLC for $34 million. Marko Buljan of Matthews represented the seller, while Tim Gilmartin of The Gilmartin Group represented the buyer in the transaction. At the time of sale, Strawflower Village was 96 percent leased and anchored by a 33,000-square-foot Safeway. Situated on a 7.2-acre lot, the property features 78,940 gross leasable area and 29 total tenants, including T-Mobile, Chase Bank and US Bank.
LATHROP, CALIF. — PCCP has provided a $42 million senior loan to a joint venture between Phelan Development and LaSalle Investment Management. The transaction will refinance debt on an industrial building in the San Joaquin Valley city of Lathrop. Situated on 26.3 acres at 18755 Business Park Court, the 610,025-square-foot, cross-dock distribution building was built in December 2021. The facility features 36-foot clear height, excess trailer parking (130 stalls), truck court depths of 175 feet to 180 feet and finished office space. The property is currently 50 percent leased to a third-party logistics company. The asset is part of Lathrop Gateway, a 10-building, 175-acre site that the borrower is building across three phases, with the first two phases already complete.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone LLP signed a 5,835-square-foot office lease expansion at 70 E. 55th St. in Midtown Manhattan. The lease term is 10.5 years. The 27-story, 154,000-square-foot building is known as Heron Tower and was originally constructed in 1985. Diana Biasotti, Kristen Morgan and Thomas Swartz of JLL represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Nicholas Markel of Cresa represented the tenant.
HENDERSON, NEV. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale-leaseback of a single-tenant office building at 160 N. Stephanie St. in Henderson. A California-based private investor acquired the asset from Green Valley Grocery for $13.1 million. Chuck Klein of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller, while Brian Riffel of Colliers represented the buyer in the deal. Built in 2001, the 33,764-square-foot property is undergoing renovation for Green Valley Grocery’s corporate headquarters. The first Green Valley Grocery opened in 1978 and the company has grown to 80 locations to date, with projected growth to 100 locations by 2025.
FULLERTON AND BUENA PARK, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sales of two multifamily communities in northern Orange County to two separate buyers. Dan Blackwell and Amanda Fielder of CBRE represented the buyers in both transactions. In the first deal, an undisclosed Los Angeles-based buyer acquired a 16-unit multifamily property, located at 1801 and 1809 E. Wilshire Ave. in Fullerton. The $4.2 million price equates to $262,500 per unit. The Orange County-based seller was exchanging into a Delaware Statutory Trust in the off-market transaction. Constructed in 1958, the 10,032-square-foot community features two two-story buildings, garage parking, a pool and laundry facility. Recent improvements include renovations to certain units, as well as new exterior paint and landscaping. In the second transaction, an Orange County-based exchange buyer purchased an eight-unit multifamily property at 7012 and 7024 El Dorado Drive in Buena Park. An Orange County-based private investor sold the asset for $3.4 million, or $426,719 per unit. Built in 1960, the property features two fourplexes encompassing 6,874 square feet and features a mix of two-bedroom/one-bath and two-bedroom/two-bath units.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Gantry has arranged $8.7 million of early-phase financing covering the land acquisition for a Hard Rock Hotel development at 100 E. Ocean Blvd. in Long Beach. Project details were announced last week. The planned hotel will feature 427 rooms and suites, a rooftop bar, speakeasy theater and other Hard Rock-brand amenities. Construction is scheduled to commence in summer 2024 for an opening in spring 2027. Andy Bratt, Amit Tyagi, Stefan Malmlund and Sean Kuang of Gantry’s Irvine production office secured the funding on behalf of Steinhauer Properties, the sponsor-developer of the planned hotel. One of Gantry’s affiliated debt fund lenders provided the loan, which offers interest-only terms at a fixed rate with extension options.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Origin Investments forecasts that year-over-year national Class-A apartment rent growth will normalize by January 2025 and range from 2 to 3 percent, in keeping with historical rent growth averages. However, Origin also cautions that “unquantifiable risks” loom large over the market and could have broad implications for multifamily properties. The findings are from the company’s Multilytics Rent Growth Forecast Report. “The return to normalization has been expected because the rent growth levels of 2021 and 2022 were unsustainable. We are now paying for the distortions of the past,” says David Scherer, co-CEO of Origin. “The fact that many markets are returning to positive year-over-year growth is somewhat misleading,” says Ryan Brown, a data scientist with Origin. “While a given market may achieve 3 to 4 percent growth, you also have to consider the negative growth in 2023. As a result, the return of positive growth may only get you back to the peaks achieved in 2021 and 2022. It will take longer to move beyond that peak.” Origin also says that rent growth in 2024 faces numerous potential threats because of current economic conditions and uncertainties. For example, an increase in unemployment and lower wage growth trends, …
SCHAUMBURG, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed The Quin Apartments in Schaumburg, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The Finger Cos. developed the 373-unit luxury apartment complex. The 708,000-square-foot development rises four stories and features an 802-space parking garage. Units are offered in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, with select floor plans featuring a den. Amenities include two clubrooms, a fitness center, golf simulator, guest suite, catering kitchen, business center and dog spa. Outdoors, tenants can enjoy lap and recreational pools, fire pits, grill stations, two gated dog parks and walking paths. Niles Bolton Associates provided architectural services. Monthly rents start at $2,010. Residents can now earn up to five weeks of free rent on select floor plans, according to the property’s website.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $31.5 million sale of Pavilion Shopping Center in Beachwood, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. Located at 24055 Chagrin Blvd., the retail property features 207,000 square feet of leasable area and is fully occupied by 19 tenants. Anchor tenants include Giant Eagle, Ross Dress for Less, Big Lots and Michaels. The center was built in 1975 and renovated in 2013, according to LoopNet. Ben Snyder, Zachary Bates and Matthew Wallace of Matthews Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller. Marquee Capital was the buyer. The deal marked the second largest shopping center transaction in Ohio this year, according to the brokerage.