PLANO, TEXAS — JLL has arranged a $27.4 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a five-story, 237,000-square-foot office building at 500 N. Central Expressway in Plano. Massachusetts-based RMR Mortgage Trust provided the floating-rate loan, which carried a three-year initial term with two one-year extension options. The borrower, Dallas-based MoxieBridge, will use a portion of the proceeds to fund tenant improvements, leasing commissions and other capital expenditures.
PLANO, TEXAS — Miami-based ESJ Capital Partners has purchased Park Ventura, a 194,000-square-foot office building in Plano. The property was built between 1998 and 2000 and was 90 percent leased to tenants such as Chevron, Cardinal Financial and Radnet at the time of sale. Tom Strohbehn and Scot Farber of Younger Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Greg Greene and Scott Lewis of CBRE arranged acquisition financing through Prime Finance on behalf of ESJ Capital Partners, which plans to implement a capital improvement program to upgrade Park Ventura’s utility systems and activate outdoor spaces.
WACO, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial Jim Stewart, Realtors has brokered the sale of a 138,307-square-foot building located within Waco Industrial Park. Bland Cromwell and Jim Stewart of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, Manitou Equipment America, in the transaction. Gregg Glime, also with Coldwell Banker, represented the buyer, Gato Montez, a locally based firm that will also occupy the property. The sales price was not disclosed.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — TMG Partners and the real estate business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management have purchased an office campus located at 350-380 Ellis St. in Mountain View. NortonLifeLock sold the asset for an undisclosed price and is leasing back one of the property buildings. Totaling 445,967 square feet, the Class A property consists of four four-story office buildings interconnected in a U-shape surrounding a main campus area and a single-story amenity building. Campus amenities include open work environments, meeting/conference rooms, kitchen/break areas, collaborative spaces, a full-service Union 82 Restaurant & Gastropub, multi-story parking structure, a bocce ball court, tennis court, sand volleyball court and outdoor patios. The recently completed headquarter lobby renovation and Client Experience Center offers hospitality suites, briefing/boardrooms, technology demonstration rooms, pre-function space, integrated technology and a multi-functional outdoor patio. The estimated $22 million project was completed in late 2018. Jon Mackey, Mike Saign and Phil Mahoney of Newmark are the leasing agents for the property.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $50 million construction loan for the development of Polaris Wadsworth Station Apartments, a multifamily property in Broomfield. The borrower and developer is Mountain View Capital. Kristian Lichtenfels of JLL Capital Markets secured the five-year, floating-rate loan with a national bank. Slated for completion in January 2023, Polaris Wadsworth Station will feature 276 one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 869 square feet. Apartments will feature in-unit washers/dryers, walk-in closets, smart unit packages and balconies/patios. Community amenities will include courtyards, a fitness facility and property-wide Wi-Fi.
CALIMESA, CALIF. — Birtcher Development has broken ground on Birtcher Oak Valley Commerce Center, a 125-acre, ground-up industrial development at Singleton and Roberts roads in Calimesa. Birtcher is developing the project with QuadReal Property Group. Totaling 2.2 million square feet, the development will consist of four Class A industrial buildings offering 40-foot clear heights, flat floor and a minimum of 185-foot truck courts. Completion of the 1.2-million-square-foot first phase is scheduled for second-quarter 2023, with the 1-million-square-foot second phase slated for completion in third-quarter 2023. The project team includes HPA, Proactive Engineering Consultants West, Albert A. Webb Associates, Alta California Geotechnical and Southern California Geotechnical. The site’s previous owner, Oak Valley Development Co., owned the property since 1997 and obtained entitlements for the project in first-quarter 2021. Oak Valley Development Co. will deliver the offsite and road infrastructure for the project in addition to the building pads for Birtcher’s vertical development. Oak Valley Development Co. plans to develop an 80-acre retail center immediately adjacent to Birtcher Oak Valley Commerce Center. Herb Grabell and David Burback of Kidder Mathews and Mike McCrary, Peter McWilliams, Patrick Wood and Scott Coyle of JLL handled the sales transaction.
RENO, NEV. — Versity Investments has acquired Wolf Run, a 429-bed student housing community serving students attending the University of Nevada, Reno, for $59 million. The property consists of 17 one-, two- and three-story residential buildings alongside a two-story clubhouse and leasing office. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed. “Wolf Run proved itself in this market over a very difficult last 12 months,” says Brian Nelson, president of the Aliso Viejo, California-based company. “We believe the property’s location being two blocks from campus and fresh renovations had everything to do with its 99 percent occupancy during COVID.”
LAS VEGAS — Ready Capital has closed a $7 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 120-unit, Class B apartment community located in the Paradise Valley East submarket of Las Vegas. Upon acquisition, the undisclosed borrower will convert the seniors housing property into traditional market-rate multifamily units and upgrade exteriors to help drive the property to stabilization. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan that features a 36-month, two extension options, flexible prepayment plan and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
NEW YORK CITY — Bank of America has provided a $100 million loan for the refinancing of 80 Pine Street, a 1.2 million-square-foot office tower that occupies a full city block between Pearl and Water streets in Lower Manhattan. The borrower, The Rudin Family, originally constructed the 38-story building in 1960. A portion of the proceeds will be used to fund additional phases of a renovation program that began last year. Rudin has modernized the lobby and entrances and will now construct an indoor and outdoor amenity center on the 22nd and 23rd floors. Fogarty Finger Architects is leading the redesign of the building.
LEBANON, PA. — Third-party logistics company DHL Supply Chain will open a 970,000-square-foot distribution center in Lebanon, an eastern suburb of Harrisburg. DHL Supply Chain is both the developer and end user of the project, which will be part of a larger, two-building development. The project is expected to generate $88 million in capital investment for the region and add about 200 jobs to the local economy. Construction of the first facility is expected to begin in mid-July and to be complete in the first quarter of 2022.