ELK GROVE, CALIF. — Pacific Castle Management has completed the disposition of Waterman Grove Plaza, a retail strip center located at 9304-9332 Elk Grove Road in Elk Grove. CenterSquare Investment Management acquired the property for $17.2 million. Situated on 4.2 acres, Waterman Grove Plaza features 44,090 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 89.2 percent occupied. Current tenants include Pets to Go, Panda Express, Jamba Juice, Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 9Round, Subway and Envy Day Spa. Eric Kathrein, Gleb Lvovich, Bryan Ley and Warren McClean of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
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SRS Real Estate Partners Negotiates $10.6M Sale of Medical Office Property in Colorado Springs
by Amy Works
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a medical retail property located at 1910 Lelaray St. in Colorado Springs. A Colorado-based private investor sold the asset to a West Coast-based investor for $10.6 million. Built in 2009 on 2.1 acres, the property features 19,187 square feet of medical office space. Liberty Dialysis, a subsidiary of Fresenius, and Pikes Peak Nephrology fully occupy the two-tenant building. Stephen Sullivan, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller in the deal.
RanchHarbor, Manhattan West Acquire 91,000 SF Industrial Infill Property in San Dimas, California
by Amy Works
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — Newport Beach-based RanchHarbor and Los Angeles-based Manhattan West have partnered to purchase a multi-tenant industrial warehouse property located at 221-299 Allen Ave. and 906-924 Cataract Ave. in San Dimas. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on five acres, the value-add asset includes four individual buildings encompassing 91,000 rentable square feet across 44 individual suites. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied. The property’s four concrete tilt-up structures feature 14-foot to 18-foot clear heights and 44 ground-level doors. Unit sizes range from 1,232 square feet to 6,250 square feet. The property was originally built in 1979 and renovated in 2005. The buyers plan to perform deferred maintenance and capital improvements to the property. Jack Haley of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, while Todd Launchbaugh and Justin Leewood of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
Partnership Receives Recapitalization for 605,000 SF SouthBay Pavilion Shopping Center in Carson, California
by Amy Works
CARSON, CALIF. — Eastern Real Estate, Rockpoint and Atlas Capital Group have partnered to recapitalize SouthBay Pavilion in Carson. IKEA, Target and JCPenney anchor the 605,000-square-foot regional shopping center. The amount of the recapitalization was not disclosed. SouthBay Pavilion is 13 miles south of downtown Los Angeles and near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as Los Angeles International Airport. This is the second venture between Eastern, Atlas and Rockpoint in the Southern California area in the past year. In June 2021, the partners acquired Eagle Rock Plaza, a 446,000-square-foot retail property in Los Angeles.
Atlanta continues its streak as a high-growth market for retail. Low vacancy rates have turned up the competition for quality spaces among tenants and rents have continued to climb. Competition and a landlord’s market have sparked new trends as developers further refine their approach to finding retailers that drive traffic and retailers search for fertile and readily available locations, including submarkets outside the intown submarkets. Northeastern and West Coast brands have followed the trend of people moving to the Southeast, landing locations in suburban and exurban submarkets often filled with high-income, educated populations. As cities like Newnan, Cumming, Roswell, Woodstock, Peachtree City and Alpharetta see population density continue to grow, retail and restaurants are following. Suburbs and exurbs are also attracting urban dwellers from Atlanta seeking a quieter, yet similarly amenitized lifestyle they may have experienced closer to attractions like the Atlanta BeltLine. During the pandemic, people also got used to staying close to home and are now reluctant to drive far to take care of day-to-day needs and enjoy amenities, giving a boost to Ga. Highway 400 corridor developments like Avalon and Halcyon, as well as Ashley Park in Newnan. Unique offerings Hot trends emerging in Atlanta are “eatertainment,” …
HOUSTON — A partnership between South Carolina-based developer Greystar and J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives has opened The Westcott, a 315-unit apartment community in Houston’s Memorial Park neighborhood. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that range in size from 788 to 3,235 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, media lounge, coworking space, a rooftop terrace with a lounge and bar and concierge services. Rents start at $2,250 per month for a one-bedroom unit.
GEORGE WEST, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 281 Mini Storage, a 199-unit self-storage facility in George West, located roughly midway between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. The facility spans 37,440 net rentable square feet. Bryan Quaschnick, Brandon Karr and Danny Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The trio also procured a privately held, Texas-based investment group as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based general contractor KWA Construction has broken ground on Avenida Carrollton, a 155-unit active adult community located north of downtown Dallas. Developed by Avenida Partners, the property will comprise a 202,106-square-foot apartment building and an additional 63,925 square feet of cottages that will be reserved for renters age 55 and above. Amenities will include a pickleball court, pool, theater, private dining room, a spa and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Meeks + Partners and REES Associates are the project architects. Completion is slated for September 2023.
CONROE, TEXAS — Chicago-based financial advisory firm Tempo Capital Group has arranged a $42 million nonrecourse construction loan for a 287-unit single-family rental project in Conroe, about 35 miles north of Houston. The project will be situated on a 45-acre site and will feature cottages, duplexes and two-story homes. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center and clubhouse. The direct lender and borrower were not disclosed. A construction timeline was also not released. Michael Berke led the debt placement for Tempo Capital Group.
Foulger-Pratt, Howard Hughes, Seritage Demolish Landmark Mall in Alexandria for 4 MSF Mixed-Use Project
by John Nelson
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Foulger-Pratt, The Howard Hughes Corp. and Seritage Growth Properties have broken ground on their 4 million-square-foot WestEnd Alexandria project with the demolition of Landmark Mall. Built in 1965 as an open-air shopping center, the 715,520-square-foot Landmark was converted to an enclosed shopping mall in 1990. The mall officially closed its doors in 2017 following Howard Hughes Corp.’s purchase of the former Macy’s store, but the Sears department store remained open until 2020. Last year the Sears owner, the City of Alexandria, signed Inova Health to a 99-year ground lease at the site where the health system is building a $1 billion hospital campus will span 11 acres. At full buildout, WestEnd Alexandria will span 52 acres and comprise 2,500 apartments, including 200 affordable housing units; parks and open space; approximately 125,000 square feet of medical office buildings; nearly 235,000 square feet of retail and restaurant uses; and a new facility for Alexandria Fire-EMS Station 208. Foulger-Pratt, Howard Hughes and Seritage plan to begin Phase I of WestEnd Alexandria in 2023 with the first residential buildings delivering in 2025.