LOS ANGELES — LA Apartments has purchased Venice-Mar Vista Portfolio, a six-property apartment portfolio in the Westside region of Los Angeles. A family trust sold the asset for $30 million. Built between 1961 and 1971, the portfolio includes: 17 units at 11735 Culver Blvd. 14 units at 11964 Lindblade St. 10 units at 4316 Berryman Ave. 18 units at 2712 Abbot Kinney Blvd. 24 units at 711 and 715 Machado Drive 16 units at 450 S. Venice Blvd. Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Greg Harris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Peter Castleton of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
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CHICAGO — The Habitat Co., a Chicago-based multifamily developer and operator, plans to build a 33-story apartment high-rise in its hometown. The firm closed on the site acquisition at 344 N. Canal St. in Chicago’s Fulton River District that is currently home to the five-story Cassidy Tire brick building. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the new tower will rise 375 feet and feature a glass façade. Habitat’s joint venture partner on the project is Diversified Real Estate Capital LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Chicago. The land seller was not disclosed. “As we know from experience, there will always be a demand for Class A rentals in prime city locations like 344 N. Canal, so the fact that a highly experienced and successful developer like The Habitat Co. was behind the building only made it that much more attractive for us to be part of the project,” says Jeff Cherner, executive vice president of Diversified Real Estate Capital. Habitat Co. will begin demolition and break ground on the 343-unit property this spring, though a target delivery date was not disclosed. Upon completion, the unnamed community will feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as …
COVID-19 has changed many investors’ approaches to the seniors housing sector. The pandemic caused a major shift in who’s buying and who’s selling. Some of the biggest buyers in 2019 were the biggest sellers in 2021. For example, institutional investors went from buying more than $2 billion in 2019 to selling more than $3 billion through the first three quarters of 2021. That’s according to Real Capital Analytics, a New York City-based data firm. The numbers are based on publicly announced deals over $2.5 million. “There still is an element of fear and uncertainty,” says Jim Costello, senior vice president with Real Capital Analytics. “We saw early in the pandemic that some of the management issues resulted in more fatalities. It’s not the problem now that it was then, but that comes with higher costs. More spending has to be done to mitigate the risks involved. That changes the investment opportunities.” These changes have led to a growing bid-ask spread in the marketplace. Buyers aren’t willing to spend as much, knowing that expenses are higher now, but sellers aren’t necessarily willing to reduce prices, says Costello. At least in 2020, this resulted in a massive dip in overall deal volume, …
GLENVIEW, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed a 429,524-square-foot addition to the warehouse and showroom for Abt Electronics in the Chicago suburb of Glenview. The expansion more than doubled the tenant’s space. The project includes 22,230 square feet of office space and 407,294 square feet of warehouse space. The office buildout includes trucking offices, security offices, a break room and open office space. The single-story warehouse features a clear height of 32 feet and 39 semi-truck docks. Abt sells home appliances and electronics.
ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND WISCONSIN — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has completed three new healthcare facilities in the Midwest. The properties include Edward-Elmhurst Health Center in Woodridge, Ill.; U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Brownsburg, Ind.; and Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Community Hospital in Mequon, Wis. The Woodridge facility rises two stories and spans 36,100 square feet at the southwest corner of Route 53 and 75th Street. The property includes offices for primary care physicians and specialists. Additional services include a walk-in clinic, behavioral health, physical therapy, laboratory and diagnostic imaging. The Brownsburg facility is located just west of Indianapolis. The clinic provides primary care and specialty services such as mental health, orthopedics, podiatry, neurology, cardiopulmonary, women’s health, blood draw, optometry, audiology, radiology, prosthetics and physical therapy to veterans. The building also houses a pharmacy, meeting spaces for 175 staff members, food services, a chem lab, training classroom, locker rooms and police services. Lantz-Boggio Architects served as architect. The 17,000-square-foot hospital in Mequon is located across the street from the 89,300-square-foot Froedtert Mequon Health Center that Ryan developed in 2017. The suburban Milwaukee facility will house eight inpatient beds, a seven-bed emergency department, laboratory, pharmacy …
CLEVELAND — IWG, a provider of flexible workspaces, has opened Spaces Cleveland in the city’s historic Warehouse District. The 27,000-square-foot flexible workspace is situated within the Western Reserve Building and features 48 offices and three meeting rooms. IWG says it added 2 million new customers globally in 2021, reflecting the largest growth in its 30-year history.
WHEELING, ILL. — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 50,000-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Wheeling for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 111 E. Marquardt Drive. Dan Tobin of SVN represented the seller in the all-cash transaction. A local buyer purchased the building with plans to relocate its business to Wheeling from Elk Grove Village.
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OHIO — AIPSO, a Rhode Island-based insurance services organization, has signed a 17,772-square-foot office lease at 5875 Landerbrook Drive in Mayfield Heights, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. Completed in 1991, the three-story office building spans 114,403 square feet. Andrew Coleman and Alex Johanson of CBRE represented the landlord, ORG Portfolio Management. Darin Manning of Savills represented the tenant.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for The Travis, a 50-story multifamily tower located at 80 River St. in downtown Austin’s Rainey Street District. The 423-unit project is currently slated for a fall 2024 completion. Campbell Roche and Robert Wooten of JLL arranged the debt through JP Morgan Chase on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between metro Dallas-based Genesis Real Estate Group and PGIM Real Estate.
FRISCO, TEXAS — General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie has topped out the Omni PGA Frisco Resort, a 510-room hospitality project in metro Dallas. Omni Resorts is developing the property in partnership with the City of Frisco and the PGA of America, which is in the midst of relocating its headquarters from South Florida to the northern Dallas suburb. The relocation represents a total investment of $520 million for Frisco. Guests of the hotel will have access to two 18-hole courses, a 10-hole short course and a two-acre putting green, as well as 12 food and beverage options, three pools, a spa and 127,000 square feet of meeting and event space. SB Architects designed the project. Completion is slated for spring 2023.