HOUSTON — Audubon Engineering Co. has signed a 71,879-square-foot office lease for its new corporate headquarters at 3505 W. Sam Houston Parkway N in West Houston. The 227,045-square-foot building was constructed in 2013 and offers a cafeteria, fitness center and outdoor gathering and amenity spaces. Reggie Beavan, Joshua Brown and Audrey Selber of Newmark represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Russell Hodges and Bubba Harkins of CBRE represented the landlord, Israeli investment firm Azrieli Group.
LEBANON, IND. — NewCold has opened a $300 million cold storage facility in Lebanon, about 30 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The highly automated warehouse is one of the largest cold storage facilities nationwide, according to the firm. NewCold aims to make its warehouses increasingly grid-dependent, using their own power generated from a variety of sources, including renewable energy. NewCold says its properties are about 50 percent more energy efficient than traditional warehouses. The Lebanon facility serves global food producers.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Opus Group and Balboa Real Estate Partners have completed The Darby at Briarcliff, a 255-unit luxury apartment complex in Kansas City. Owned by Balboa, the property is situated in the Briarcliff West neighborhood and consists of two buildings. Amenities include a pool, lounge, private event space, fitness center, patio, work-from-home lounge, coffee bar, pet spa and dog run. The development is part of a master-planned community initiated by Charles Garney of Briarcliff Development Co. Over the course of two decades, the firm has revitalized what was once a 400-acre infill site by developing single-family residences, apartments, commercial spaces and hotels. Monthly rents at The Darby at Briarcliff start at $1,203. Residents can now earn one month of free rent, according to the property’s website. Coastal Ridge is the property manager for The Darby at Briarcliff. Opus served as developer, design-builder, interior designer, architect and structural engineer.
LOS ANGELES — Barings Real Estate has received $115 million in financing for The Ventana Luxury Apartments, a low-rise multifamily community within the master-planned community of Playa Vista in Los Angeles. The Ventana Luxury Apartments features 405 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with an average size of 1,049 square feet. The apartments offer in-unit washers/dryers, granite countertops and ceiling heights ranging from nine to 14 feet. Community amenities include two clubhouses, two swimming pools, a spa, business center and fitness center. Originally built in 2007 in two phases, the property is located at 7225 and 6565 Crescent Park. Chris Drew, Annie Rose, Brandon Smith and Gyasi Edmondson of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the cash-neutral, five-year loan, which features full-term interest-only payments. The use of the funds was not disclosed.
MILWAUKEE — NAI Greywolf has brokered the sale of Mayfair Apartments in Milwaukee for $9.3 million. Located on North Lovers Lane Road, the apartment community features 134 units in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Thomas Gale and Katrina Gee of NAI Greywolf represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
SPRING, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has negotiated the sale of two multi-tenant retail properties totaling 20,000 square feet in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. Both properties were built in 2022 within Woodson’s Reserve, a master-planned community by Toll Brothers Inc., and are fully leased to a mix of fitness, medical, food-and-beverage and service-oriented users. Jake Dutson of STRIVE represented the seller, Houston-based developer DeisoMoss, in the transaction. The buyers were not disclosed.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Champaign Town Center, an 85,920-square-foot retail center in the central Illinois city of Champaign. The sales price was undisclosed. Champaign Town Center is leased to five national tenants, including HomeGoods, Ruler Foods, JoAnn Fabrics, Guitar Center and Men’s Wearhouse. Ben Wineman of Mid-America represented the seller, a metro Washington, D.C.-based private investment company. David Tran of Transmercial represented the buyer, a California-based private investor.
MINNEAPOLIS — Mag Mile Capital has arranged $5.2 million of senior debt financing from a Minnesota-based bank and an additional $500,000 of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing on behalf of CDT Realty Corp. The Minneapolis-based developer plans to complete an adaptive reuse project of two existing brick-and-timber loft buildings totaling 50,000 square feet in Northeast Minneapolis. The properties were originally constructed in 1910. The buildings will be connected with a new elevator lobby and fully renovated to create loft office space, retail shops and a variety of tenant amenities. The development will be named Burlap Lofts. Planned amenities include a clubroom with tenant lounge and full kitchen, large-screen TVs, private call booths, meeting spaces, a rooftop garden terrace, outdoor seating and an onsite Harmony Coffee location. The building is slated to open in spring 2024. The 81 percent loan-to-cost debt ratio combines floating-rate construction-period financing with fixed-rate permanent debt and 20-year, fixed-rate C-PACE financing. Cody Harper of Mag Mile Capital arranged the financing.
POMONA, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Terramonte at Foothill, a multifamily community in Pomona, approximately 30 miles east of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $35.5 million, or $257,246 per unit. Constructed in 1963 on nine acres, Terramonte at Foothill features 138 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments spread across 35 residential buildings. Community amenities include two resort-style swimming pools, a picnic area and laundry facilities. Alexander Garcia Jr., Christopher Zorbas, Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Greg Harris of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Lowe and Centennial have opened Paloma, a multifamily property in the Orange County city of Santa Ana. The development brings 309 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments to MainPlace, a shopping center that is being redeveloped into a mixed-use asset. Apartments feature stylish kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and fixtures, as well as in-unit washers and dryers. The five-story community offers two private courtyards; a rooftop deck; central pool and spa; open-air kitchen with screened area; two-story fitness center and yoga room; business center with private offices; and multiple co-working spaces. Additional amenities include a dog run, dog spa, concierge package service, bike repair, bike storage and designated resident parking. Centennial owns MainPlace, which a three-story super-regional shopping center in Santa Ana that is being transformed into a mixed-use environment. Current retail tenants include Macy’s, JCPenney, H&M, Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, California Pizza Kitchen, Boudin SF, 24 Hour Fitness, T-Mobile, Candeeland, LensCrafters, Picture Show Theater and Round One Bowling & Amusement.