HONOLULU — Gantry has secured $65 million in permanent financing to recapitalize a portfolio located on Oahu. The two financed properties are Hanua Logistics Center, a recently completed 226,850-square-foot Class A warehouse facility, and Honolulu Design Center, an 80,000-square-foot retail center. Murphy Osborne of Gantry’s San Francisco office arranged the funding on behalf of the borrower, a private investor. Bank of Hawaii provided the financing, which features a 15-year term, including a significant interest-only period transitioning to 30-year amortization.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Northmarq has arranged the sale of two apartment communities, The Courtyards and The Arbors, in Albuquerque. A Colorado-based private equity real estate company sold the assets to a California-based private real estate investment firm. Terms of the transactions were not released. Cynthia Meister, Trevor Koskovich, Bill Hahn and Jesse Hudson of Northmarq’s investment sales team represented the seller in the transactions. Brandon Harrington, Bryan Mummaw, Brad Burns and Tyler Woodard of Northmarq’s Debt & Equity team arranged acquisition financing for the two properties for the buyer. Located at 6001 Topke Place NE, the 188,512-square-foot The Courtyards features 232 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts spread across 29 two-story residential buildings. Community amenities include two swimming pools, resident fitness and business centers, a volleyball court, children’s playground, dog park and three laundry facilities. Located at 4501 Shepard Road NE, The Arbors is a 155,072-square-foot garden-style property with 297 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts spread across six three-story buildings. Onsite amenities include three swimming pools, a resident fitness center, dog park and three laundry facilities.
BROCKTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $38.5 million in financing for Pine Commons and Pine Gardens, two affordable housing properties totaling 188 units in Brockton, a southern suburb of Boston. Pine Commons consists of 138 two-bedroom apartments and 30 three-bedroom units across 19 three-story buildings. Pine Gardens comprises 114 two-bedroom apartments and six three-bedroom apartments in 13 three-story buildings. Both properties are part of a larger residential development known as Pine Estates that includes a daycare, pool, basketball court, community room, playground and a computer center. The borrower, Beacon Communities, will use the proceeds to fund capital improvements and preserve the community’s affordability.
HARTFORD, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the $16.5 million sale of two multifamily portfolios totaling seven buildings and 182 units in Hartford. The South End Portfolio comprises four buildings and 131 units, and the West End Portfolio consists of three buildings totaling 51 units. Taylor Perun and Alex Burr of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Tepuy Properties has acquired a warehouse facility, located at 2360 Industrial Lane in Broomfield, for an undisclosed price. The building marks Tepuy’s largest ever capital raise, with a goal of $6.5 million. The company plans to use the money to purchase the building, upgrade it and re-tenant it. Situated on 5.5 acres, the property features 62,970 square feet of warehouse space. The building currently houses two short-term tenants, but Tepuy plans to renovate the building and eventually lease the property to up to six long-term tenants. The name of the seller was not released.
ISLIP, N.Y. — Chicago-based Venture One will develop a 121,270-square-foot industrial facility in the Long Island community of Islip. The site spans 9.7 acres. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 130-foot truck court depths, 131 car parking spaces and 119 trailer parking stalls. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter and to last about a year. Cushman & Wakefield will be responsible for lease-up of the development.
NEW YORK CITY — Law firm Cullen & Dykman has signed a 28,307-square-foot office lease at One Battery Park Plaza, a 35-story, 870,000-square-foot tower in Lower Manhattan. Ken Rapp, David Hollander and Andrew Sussman of CBRE represented the tenant, which is relocating from 44 Wall Street, in the lease negotiations. Kevin Daly and Tom Keating represented the landlord, The Rudin Family, on an internal basis.
ITHACA, N.Y. — California-based brokerage firm Hanley Investment Group has arranged the $2.4 million sale of a 7,500-square-foot restaurant building in the upstate New York community of Ithaca that is fully leased to Texas Roadhouse. The property was built on 1.4 acres in 2015. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group, along with Parasell Inc., represented the California-based buyer in the transaction. Dalton Barnes of Alpha Real Estate Advisors represented the Chicago-based seller.
FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE — Clarion Partners LLC and Blackfin Real Estate Investors LLC have acquired a 12-property multifamily portfolio totaling 3,564 units for $885.5 million. The assets are located in the Sun Belt markets of Tampa, Fla.; Orlando, Fla.; Melbourne, Fla.; Charlotte, N.C.; Wilmington, N.C.; and Nashville, Tenn. A partnership between PGIM Real Estate and CARROLL was the seller. The garden-style, Class B communities were built between 1972 and 1995. Amenities at the properties include clubhouses, pools, fitness centers and basketball and tennis courts. Clarion and Blackfin plan to upgrade both unit interiors and community amenities. The majority of the units will be updated with new vinyl floors, appliances, countertops and LED lights. “This acquisition further strengthens our position in fast-growing Sun Belt markets and also gives us exposure to a high-growth portfolio of seasoned multifamily properties which we can own below replacement cost and renovate for yield enhancement,” says Thomas James, managing director with Clarion. Greystar will serve as property manager for the six properties in Florida and Tennessee, while Durcker & Falk will manage the North Carolina communities. DLA Piper served as legal counsel for Clarion. Eastdil Secured brokered the transaction. New York-based Clarion is a …
By Paige Suvalsky, field research manager — Central Texas, CBRE; Rob Burlingame, senior vice president — Central Texas, CBRE; and Miller Hamrick, Texas industrial & logistics research lead, CBRE CBRE Research recently profiled Austin and San Antonio as an “emerging” industrial market along the Interstate 35 corridor in Central Texas. This region makes up much of the western portion of the “Texas Triangle”, a mega-region on a global scale that had an economic output of $1.5 trillion in 2021 and a population of just over 20 million people. The Texas Triangle represents a top 25 global economy, just ahead of Spain. The northern apex of the Texas Triangle, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), is projected to surpass Chicago by 2034-2035 to become the third-most populous urban region in the United States with a population of 9.4 million. This massive boom in population and business is driving the current rush to Central Texas and pushing regional and national developers to stake their claims in this growing market. Currently, about 5.5 million people live between the stretch of Texas from Laredo to Georgetown, and this area’s population is expected to grow by 10.8 percent over the next five years. According to data from the …