COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — NorthPeak Commercial Advisors has arranged the purchase of a retail building located at 7858 and 7946-8012 Woodmen Center Heights in Colorado Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $4.8 million, or $480 per square foot. The name of the seller was not released. Kevin Calame and Matt Lewallen of NorthPeak Commercial Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Phelan Development has released plans for Elkhorn Industrial Park, a two-building, 284,850-square-foot speculative industrial project within Metro Air Park in Sacramento. Located at 4525 W. Elkhorn Blvd. and 4535 W. Elkhorn Blvd, the park will feature a 190,525-square-foot building and a 94,325-square-foot building. Completion is slated for fall 2023. Mark Demetre and Michael Hoo of Colliers’ Sacramento office are handling leasing for the project.
CARTERSVILLE, GA. — Hanwha Solutions, through its clean energy subsidiary Qcells, has announced plans to invest more than $2.5 billion to develop a complete solar energy supply chain across the northern part of the state of Georgia. According to the company, this will represent the largest investment ever in solar panel production in the U.S. and make Qcells the only company in the country with a complete and sustainable solar supply chain. Qcells plans to break ground on a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Cartersville, roughly 43 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta, by the end of March. The plant will manufacture solar ingots, wafers and cells — the elements that make up solar panels — as well as finished panels. That facility is scheduled for completion in late 2024. The company also plans to expand solar panel production at its existing facility in Dalton, approximately 45 miles north of Cartersville, which opened in 2019. The company will hire an additional 535 employees at that facility. “As demand for clean energy continues to grow nationally, we’re ready to put thousands of people to work creating fully American-made and sustainable solar solutions, from raw material to finished panels,” says Justin Lee, CEO of Qcells. …
By John Hassler, Newmark Zimmer At the close of 2022, Kansas City’s industrial property market hit heights that would have been unimaginable only a decade prior. While Kansas City ranks as the 31st-largest MSA in the United States by population, it is the 16th-largest market nationally based on industrial square footage with nearly 315 million square feet of total inventory. Further, Kansas City ranks 10th nationally in the percentage of annual net absorption as compared with its market size and has added an impressive 62.5 million square feet of newly developed square footage over the last 10 years. Many factors have contributed to the market’s growth trajectory including the nation’s most geo-central location (a two-day truck drive to 85 percent of the continental U.S. population), the confluence of five Class-1 railroads (with four area intermodal centers), the intersection of four of the nation’s busiest interstates (including I-35 and I-70), an available and reasonably priced workforce, an abundance of industrial development sites in pro-development communities, and an experienced, well-capitalized concentration of developers headquartered in the area. Kansas City has leveraged those various logistical and strategic advantages at a perfect time to capitalize on an all-time high in industrial space demand with …
MADISON, WIS. — JLL Capital Markets has secured $73.8 million in construction financing for the development of Baker’s Place, a 206-unit, mass-timber apartment project in Madison. The financing included a $21.2 mezzanine debt investment from Pearlmark Mezzanine Realty Partners V LP, and a senior loan provided by Bank OZK. Mike Brady and Phil Galligan of JLL represented the borrowers, Wisconsin-based developers The Neutral Project and Compass Properties, as advisors in the project capitalization. Mark Witt of Pearlmark arranged the mezzanine financing. Upon completion, the property will comprise 14 stories, including 8,400 square feet of retail space. Plans for the development include green roofs, exposed mass timber, enhanced ventilation and natural materials, which are estimated to reduce carbon emissions by 42 percent relative to conventional construction techniques. Completion is scheduled for March of 2025.
CORCORAN, MINN. — Specialty investment bank Ziegler has closed on $47 million in financing for Saint Therese of Corcoran LLC, and its sponsor, Saint Therese, for the construction of a new senior living community in Corcoran, about 30 miles northwest of Minneapolis. The financing is comprised of $18.2 million of Series 2022AB and $28.8 million of Series 2023 Senior Living Revenue Notes placed with Bremer Bank. Proceeds of the notes, along with other available funds, will be used to finance the construction of Saint Therese of Corcoran, fund interest on the notes, and pay certain costs of issuance associated with the financing. Saint Therese is a Catholic senior living organization originally organized in 1965 as a single-site nursing home in New Hope, Minn. Now based in St. Louis Park, Minn., Saint Therese has grown across the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area as a provider of housing and supportive services with nearly 1,000 units offering independent living, assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, inpatient/outpatient therapy, community wellness, and other related services. Saint Therese team members annually provide services to more than a dozen senior living locations for approximately 3,250 Minnesotan seniors. Saint Therese is the sponsor of the new senior living community, …
BATAVIA, ILL. — Kimco has sold Wind Point Shopping Center, a 274,282-square-foot retail center located in Batavia, a western suburb of Chicago. PMAT acquired the property for $20.5 million. Amy Sands, Clinton Mitchell and Michael Nieder of JLL arranged the transaction on behalf of Kimco. Built in 1999, the retail center was 72.5 percent occupied at the time of sale. Aldi and Hobby Lobby anchor the property. Other tenants include Kohl’s, Office Max, Petland, Chili’s, Mattress Firm, AT&T and Swordfish Sushi.
EATON, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Eaton Center, a 130,483-square-foot retail property located about 25 miles west of Dayton in Eaton. Kroger has anchored the property for 30 years. Additional tenants include retailers such as Tactor Supply and Autozone, both of which have occupied space at the center for 25 years, and several restaurants. The property was approximately 70 percent occupied at the time of sale. The sale was brokered by investment sales team Patton-Wiles-Fuller Group of Marcus & Millichap’s Columbus office, including First Vice President CJ Jackson and Senior Managing Director Erin Patton. Senior Managing Directors Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Cincinnati-based private ownership group. Patton-Wiles-Fuller Group also procured the out-of-state fund that purchased the property.
DAYTON, OHIO — Versal has arranged the sale of Storage Sense, a 561-unit self-storage property located in Dayton. Originally built as a single-tenant retail center, the facility comprises 65,495 square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Delaware-based Cobblestone Capital. The team also procured the buyer, Nevada-based Amerco Real Estate Co. The sales price was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Florida-based investment firm LNR Partners has completed the renovation of The Chifley, a 284-room hotel in Uptown Houston that is part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton family of brands. In addition to upgraded guestrooms, common areas and amenity spaces, the hotel now houses a new food-and-beverage concept called Rouse. Additional amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor pool and 8,000 square feet of meeting and event space. LNR Partners purchased the hotel in 2021, at which time it was operating under the Sheraton flag. Florida-based Driftwood Hospitality Management now oversees the hotel’s day-to-day operations.
