GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Westgate Village, a 129-unit independent living community in Glendale. Located approximately nine miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, the property was built in 2017. It totals 112,000 square feet on approximately eight acres of land. A regional developer sold the community to an unnamed REIT for an undisclosed price. The new owner plans to keep the existing operator in place. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. “This was a great opportunity for the new owner to acquire a high-quality asset and the current operator to stay in place,” says Punzel. “The seller will be recycling the capital into other senior living projects.”
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FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Pacific Western Bank has provided a $127.5 million senior construction loan for an affiliate of the Wolff Co., which acquired three existing office towers in Falls Church, currently known as Skyline Towers. The company purchased the property in late 2019 with the intention of converting all three buildings into 675 rental apartments with ground floor retail space. The Skyline Towers will include a portion of the apartment units as live/work apartments, as well as dedicated office space. The project is located adjacent to a Target store and a fitness facility.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $40 million sale of Coquina Bay, a 200-unit multifamily property located in Jacksonville. Greg Rainey, Matt Wilcox, Brett Moss, Cole Whitaker and Jason Stanton of Berkadia completed the sale on behalf of the seller, Texas-based InvestRes. The buyer was a New York-based institutional fund advisor. Located at 3709 San Pablo Road S, Coquina Bay features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with wood-burning fireplaces and in-unit washers and dryers. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, yoga studio, business center, clubhouse, tennis court and a dog park.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Sansone Group has broken ground on the second phase of a multi-building industrial park in Port St. Lucie named Legacy Park at Tradition Center. The 425-acre industrial development is situated along Interstate 95 and Becker Road. Sansone is working with NorthBridge Partners on the project. The project’s second phase includes a speculative industrial development on 40.9 acres. The two Class A facilities, a 520,000-square-foot cross-dock building and a 168,000-square-foot rear-load building, will be developed and slated for completion by spring 2022. The two buildings will accompany Sansone’s nearly completed, 245,000-square-foot FedEx sorting center at Legacy Park. Once completed, Legacy Park will include a total of approximately 5.5 million square feet of single- and multi-tenant light industrial and distribution facilities. Peter Crane of Sansone Group was one the brokers involved in the land transaction. Robert Smith and Kirk Nelson of CBRE are the listing brokers.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Greenberg Gibbons has signed leases with four new retailers that are joining the St. Thomas Shopping Center in Owings Mills. The new tenants, Next Door Pharmacy, uBreakiFix and Boston Market will open this fall, and Michaels will open in fall 2022. Michaels, an arts and crafts retailer, will take up a 23,045-square-foot space near Baltimore Sports & Novelty. Next Door Pharmacy is a customer-centered pharmacy that offers free delivery, pet medications, compounding, vaccinations and price matching. The company’s 1,600-square-foot location will also be next to Baltimore Sports & Novelty. An electronics repair shop, uBreakiFix, will be in a 1,600-square-foot store between H&R Block and Next Door Pharmacy. Boston Market, a fast-casual restaurant, will be in a 2,000-square-foot space located next to 1st Financial and adjacent to M&T Bank. St. Thomas Shopping Center is located on Reisterstown Road, adjacent to Foundry Row, the mixed-use destination also owned and managed by Greenberg Gibbons. In the 100,000-square-foot commercial complex, St. Thomas Shopping Center also features retailers such as Wells Fargo and Starbucks.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of Lakeshore Village Marketplace, a neighborhood shopping center located in Moreno Valley. A Southern California-based private party acquired the retail property from an entity doing business as Lakeshore Plaza Holdings LLC for $8.3 million. Situated at 23575 Sunnymead Parkway, Lakeshore Village Marketplace features 80,000 square feet of retail space. The transaction also includes a 2.3-acre land parcel adjacent to the retail center. Lakeshore Village Marketplace has maintained a steady 87 percent occupancy rate to tenants including Armando’s Mexican Restaurant, Espresso & Cupcake Café, S Bar & Grill, Oishii Sushi, Del Taco and Jack in the Box. Mario Alvarez Jr. and Pablo Rodriguez of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Venterra Realty has acquired a 12.8-acre site in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress for the development of a 336-unit multifamily community. Units will feature stainless steel appliances and shaker cabinets. Amenities will include an 8,600-square-foot clubhouse, a pool, fitness center, package lockers and a business center. A construction timeline for the project is still being finalized.
HOUSTON — NorthMarq has arranged a $32 million loan for the refinancing of Gessner Apartments, a 500-unit community in southwest Houston. Warren Hitchcock of NorthMarq arranged the fixed-rate loan, which was structured with a seven-year term and two years of interest-only payments followed by a 25-year amortization schedule. The borrower and direct lender were not disclosed.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — A partnership between Maryland-based investment firm FCP and VaultCap Partners has acquired Corey Place Apartments, a 275-unit community located in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. The property, which according to Apartments.com was built in 1970, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. NorthMarq represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and arranged debt and equity on behalf of the buyer. The new ownership intends to implement a value-add program to add a pool, turf soccer field and outdoor kitchen, as well as to renovate common area and make sustainability improvements.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a three-building, 110,400-square-foot industrial complex located in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. Andes Coil Processors occupies the property, which sits on 7.6 acres. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.