REDFORD, MICH. — DealPoint Merrill has acquired a 95,000-square-foot industrial facility in Redford, a western suburb of Detroit. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed. DealPoint Merrill plans a $9 million renovation that is expected to commence this quarter. David Frank and Sterling McGregor of DealPoint Merrill negotiated the transaction and handled the due diligence for the sale, respectively. Jason Limbert and Tyler Bendicksen of DealPoint Merrill completed the acquisition and underwriting, while Dave Rumsey of DealPoint Merrill’s capital markets division assisted with the equity-backed securities. Anthony Pellegrino III of P.A. Commercial represented the seller.
OMAHA, NEB. — Northmarq has arranged a $5.3 million loan for the refinancing of Clocktower Village in Omaha. The retail strip center spans 44,000 square feet and is located at 605 N. 98th St. John Reed of Northmarq arranged the fixed-rate loan, which features a 10-year term and a 25-year amortization schedule. A local credit union provided the loan.
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Party City Holdco Inc. (NYSE: PRTY) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The restructuring process is expected to substantially reduce the company’s debt and optimize its capital structure and liquidity. The company expects to complete the restructuring process in the second quarter of this year. Party City’s more than 800 stores will remain open during the bankruptcy process. The company says it will continue to advance its key initiatives underway, such as converting stores to next-generation prototypes, evolving Halloween City pop-up stores, building out its online shopping experience, establishing localized marketplaces and delivering more compelling assortments and innovation for customers. Party City and some of its domestic subsidiaries filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions for relief in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. The company’s subsidiaries outside of the U.S., its franchise stores and its Anagram foil balloon business are not part of the Chapter 11 proceedings. The Woodcliff Lake-based party-goods retailer has entered into an agreement with a group holding more than 70 percent of the company’s senior secured first lien notes to support an expedited restructuring. Party City has secured a $150 million commitment from the group in debtor-in-possession financing. Party …
Legal covenants often cause excessive property taxation for mall owners that are looking to redevelop. By Morris Ellison The repurposing of malls and anchor stores is a popular topic in community development circles, but legal restrictions make redevelopment extremely difficult. Often locked into their original use by covenants, malls and anchor stores are often grossly overvalued for property tax purposes. In pursuing a redevelopment, taxpayers should ensure the properties are fairly assessed and taxed. Debilitating obsolescence It is difficult to overstate the plight of malls and department store anchors. Gone are the halcyon days when the mall was everyone’s shopping destination. There is even a website, www.deadmalls.com, devoted to failed malls. Credit ratings of most anchor store operators have fallen below investment grade. Commentators usually blame the retail apocalypse on e-commerce and shifting consumer spending habits. COVID-19 exacerbated these trends and mall foot traffic has been slow to recover. Some chains, including Neiman Marcus and JCPenney, have filed bankruptcy. E-commerce volume surged in 2020 and 2021 before tapering in 2022. To date, e-commerce and brick-and-mortar sales have not yet reached an equilibrium. One in five American malls have fully closed and remain “zombies” without a redevelopment plan, estimates Green Street …
DALLAS, HURST AND ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sales of three multifamily properties totaling 377 units in the Dallas area. The properties sold for a combined $36.6 million. Park Place totals 120 units and is located in the northern-central metroplex city of Hurst, while Twenty Oaks comprises 86 units and is located in nearby Arlington. The Francisco, which is situated about five miles from downtown Dallas, totals 171 units. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers and buyers, all of which requested anonymity, in all three transactions.
SAN ANTONIO — Hunter Hotel Advisors has negotiated the sale of two Marriott-branded properties in San Antonio. The Courtyard by Marriott and Fairfield Inn & Suites SeaWorld/Westover Hills feature a combined 277 rooms and are located on the city’s west side. An undisclosed, institutional investment firm sold the hotels to Florida-based IRAS Group for an undisclosed price. David Perrin of Hunter Hotel Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Network Crossing, a 143,831-square-foot office complex in northwest San Antonio. Network Crossing consists of five buildings that were 85 percent leased at the time of the loan closing. Brock Hudson and Beau Brehm of CBRE arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Houston-based investment firm Fuller Interests. The direct lender was not disclosed.
GLEN BURNIE, MD. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided a $100 million bridge loan for Villages at Marley Station, a 757-unit mixed-income apartment community located in Glen Burnie, a suburb of Baltimore. The borrower, San Diego-based Fairfield, plans to renovate the property and convert 100 percent of the units to be affordable to households earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Matt Haas and Greg Deeks of KeyBank structured the bridge financing, which will be re-syndicated later this year with 4 percent LIHTC equity, bonds and equity bridge loan funding for renovations that will take place over the next three years. Built in 1963 and renovated in 1997 and 2009, Villages at Marley Station consists of 26 elevator-serviced, low-rise buildings housing 35 studios, 428 one-bedroom, 281 two-bedroom and 12 three-bedroom apartments. Fairfield’s renovations to the interiors will include upgrades to HVAC, appliances, flooring, countertops, cabinets, bathtubs, plumbing and vanities. Common area improvements will be made to the property’s central laundry, clubhouse, pool equipment and furniture, fitness center, sport courts and playgrounds.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — SkyWalker Property Partners has sold Brookhollow Riverside, a 119,121-square-foot office building in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. Tom Strohbehn and Scott Farber of Younger Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Houston-based Silver Creek Realty Advisors purchased the building for an undisclosed price via a 1031 exchange. SkyWalker Property Partners originally purchased the building, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale, in 2006.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Dallas-based Kobalt Investment Co. has acquired Creekside Park Village Green, a 74,670-square-foot shopping center in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. Built in 2014, the center was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Fielding’s Local, Crust Pizza, Levure Bakery & Patisserie, Club Pilates and Cyclebar. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.