NEW YORK CITY — Deutsche Bank has provided a $285 million loan for the refinancing of The Offices at Essex Crossing, located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The 350,000-square-foot complex is part of the 2 million-square-foot Essex Crossing mixed-use development and is 50 percent leased following a 140,000-square-foot commitment from Verizon last winter. The borrower is Delancey Street Associates, which is a joint venture of Taconic Partners, L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners, The Prusik Group and Goldman Sachs Asset Management. JLL and Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of Delancey Street Associates.
WINDSOR, CONN. — Condyne Capital Partners is underway on construction of Baker Hollow Logistics Center, a 165,000-square-foot industrial project in Windsor, a northern suburb of Hartford. The project will feature a clear height of 32 feet, one drive-in ramp and 58 trailer parking spots. Project partners include Polar Design Build, Maugel DeStefano Architects, C.E.Doyle, Pierce Builders Inc. and Turner Brothers LLC. The tilt-up walls have been fabricated and erected, and full completion is scheduled for November.
PHILADELPHIA — New Jersey-based developer Accurate will build a 404-unit multifamily project in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. The development will consist of 297 rental units in micro studio, studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 107 for-sale townhomes. A construction timeline has not yet been finalized, though that phase of the project is expected to last about 24 months.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. — Castle Lanterra Active Adult, a division of Castle Lanterra, has acquired Reserve at Lakeside, a newly constructed active adult apartment complex in Newburgh. The community consists of one-bedroom units and two-bedroom apartments. Blue Foundry Bank provided acquisition financing. The seller, price and number of units were not disclosed.
ANAHEIM, ESCONDIDO AND LIVERMORE, CALIF. — Standard Communities, through a public-private partnership, has acquired three mixed-income seniors housing communities totaling 559 rental units in California. The total capitalization of the three-property portfolio is over $195 million, including more than $19 million in renovations. The properties include: Heritage Village Anaheim, totaling 196 units on 5.1 acres in Anaheim Heritage Park Escondido, totaling 196 units on five acres in Escondido Heritage Park Livermore, totaling 167 units on 8.2 in Livermore “We’re preserving and expanding affordable housing in some of the areas that need it most in California,” says Jeffrey Jaeger, co-founder and principal of Standard Communities. “Seniors are the fastest-growing population in California.” “In the city of Livermore for example, almost 20 percent of the population are seniors and 24 percent of them are renters,” adds Joon Lee, managing director of strategic capital for Standard. “The average price of a home in Livermore is over $1 million, which has increased nearly 30 percent year over year. It’s important to Standard to provide affordable housing options for seniors” Standard’s improvements at the three Heritage communities will consist of plumbing, HVAC, electrical, fire safety and security upgrades; roof, door and window repair or replacement; …
LAS VEGAS — Florida-based ZMR Capital has purchased Sunridge, an apartment property located at 4855 E. Vegas Valley Drive in Las Vegas, in an off-market transaction. The name of the seller was not released. Built in 1991, Sunridge features 216 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with in-unit washers/dryers and pre-installed Wi-Fi modems. Community amenities include two swimming pools and spas, a clubhouse with fireplace, business center, playground and covered parking.
PHOENIX — SDC Foothill Inc., a global investment manager, has completed the disposition of Foothills Corporate Centre I, a value-add office building in Phoenix. WG Group purchased the property for an undisclosed price as its first acquisition in the Phoenix market. Located at 14415 S. 50th St., the single-story Foothills Corporate Centre I features 110,360 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was 64 percent leased to one tenant. The new owner plans to convert the property to flex/light industrial space. CJ Osbrink, Scott Scharlach and Kevin Shannon of Newmark represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
SEATTLE — Landmark Properties has acquired two development parcels, totaling 15,225 square feet, at 1200 NE 45th St. in Seattle’s U-District. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated near the University of Washington campus and the U-District station on Sound Transit’s Link light rail system, the land is entitled for a 24-story, 237-unit multifamily property. The new light rail station, which opened in October 2021, is two stops from Capitol Hill and three stops from the Seattle central business district. By 2023, the rail station will also connect to the Eastside and downtown Bellevue. Kyle Yamamoto, Eli Hanacek, Jon Hallgrimson and Mark Zoffel of CBRE Capital Markets’ Seattle office brokered the transaction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — The Ovaness-Rostamian Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 1525 Long Beach Blvd. in Long Beach. The property traded for $9.3 million, or $1,082 per square foot. Fresenius Medical Care occupies the 8,600-square-foot asset. Orbell Ovaness, Ara Rostamian, Aren Ohanian, Jason Anguiano, Peter Xiao, Austin Che, George Baltakian and Sean Matsuura of Marcus & Millichap’s Ovaness-Rostamian Group represented the undisclosed buyer, while Alvin Mansour and David Kern of Marcus & Millichap’s Mansour Group represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
By Alex Pulliam, Land & Industrial Advisor, NAI SunVista It’s been a long time coming. Albuquerque hasn’t built speculative distribution warehouses in nearly two decades. However, the recent strength of the market is giving developers confidence to break ground – and investors are paying attention. Industrial activity has been lively, thanks to accelerated macro trends from the pandemic, as well as the legalization of recreational cannabis. Albuquerque’s industrial vacancy rates have remained below 1 percent for over two quarters. Prior to that, vacancy rates hovered around a then “historic low” in the 2 percent range since September 2019. The demand from users has continued to climb and tenants are facing lease rate increases. While needing more speculative warehouses should be a matter of basic economics, it is not always easy to build in a tertiary market that lacks the memory of growth. Historically, Albuquerque would only secure a few 50,000-square-foot users per year, along with the occasional 100,000-plus-square-foot user. This deterred developers from taking a chance on new construction. But times are changing. Large tenants are taking note of Albuquerque’s access, affordability and workforce, while existing users are seeking modern buildings for efficiency and growth. These factors, combined with rental rate …