SAN FRANCISCO — Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE: KRC) has agreed to sell The Exchange on Sixteenth, a 750,000-square-foot office campus located at 1800 Owens St. in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood. The buyer was not disclosed, but the San Francisco Chronicle reported it was KKR, a private equity firm based in New York. The agreed purchase price is a little more than $1 billion, equating to approximately $1,440 per square foot. Kilroy Realty says this is the highest per-square-foot sales price for a “major property” in the history of San Francisco’s commercial real estate market. The Chronicle reports the sale represents the second largest transaction for a single property in the city’s history. “This transaction demonstrates that quality assets in quality locations remain highly attractive to buyers, and in this case generated a record price,” says John Kilroy, chairman and CEO of Kilroy Realty. Software storage giant Dropbox Inc. (NASDAQ: DBX) signed a 15-year lease for its corporate headquarters at the campus in 2017. The San Francisco Business Times reported last summer that the company listed 270,000 square feet of its space at the campus for sublease as the COVID-19 pandemic caused most of its staff to work remotely. Kilroy …
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SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Legacy Ventures has opened Hyatt House Atlanta Perimeter Center located in Sandy Springs’ “Pill Hill” medical district a full two months ahead of schedule. The extended-stay hotel has 186 rooms and seeks to bring hospitality to patients and professionals visiting the area. The Hyatt House’s location benefits from The Simpson Organization’s redevelopment of Peachtree Dunwoody Pavilion, newly renamed Altmore, into a more mixed-use and walkable environment. The development features a pedestrian bridge directly to MARTA’s Medical Center Station, and Simpson also plans to add multifamily housing and a multi-use trail in a later phase of the development. The project team included Bohler, a landscape consultant and tech design services engineering firm based in Warren, N.J., as well as Atlanta-based firms Choate Construction and Cooper Carry. Bohler helped bring the project to completion ahead of schedule by looking beyond design to consider constructability and identifying potential risks and creative solutions. Hyatt House Atlanta Perimeter Center is Legacy Ventures’ fourth ground-up hotel developed in the greater Atlanta area. Ameris Bank provided the construction financing for the project.
USA Properties Fund Starts Construction of $80M Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — USA Properties Fund Inc. has started construction of Vintage at Woodman, a 239-unit affordable seniors housing community in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Units will be restricted to residents at least 55 years old that meet a range of income limits, via the California Housing Finance Agency’s Mixed-Income Program. Vintage at Woodman is the first USA Properties project to use the Mixed-Income Program. With the Mixed-Income Program, renters earning 50 percent to 80 percent of the area median income — about $45,000 to $72,000 for a two-person household leasing a one-bedroom apartment — could qualify for Vintage at Woodman. “Vintage at Woodman is an example of the type of development that is key to addressing the housing crisis facing Los Angeles County and the entire state,” says Tia Boatman Patterson, executive director of the California Housing Finance Agency (CalFHA). CalHFA issued tax-exempt bonds and provided subsidy funds through its Mixed-Income Program for the project. “The mix of incomes in this project allows local residents to improve their financial and housing situations while staying at home in their community,” adds Patterson. The five-story apartment community, featuring one- and two-bedroom units, is scheduled for completion in spring …
FRESNO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Park West Apartment Homes, a multifamily community located in Fresno in California’s Central Valley. A Southern California-based seller sold the asset to a Southern California-based private capital investor for $29.2 million. Built in 1973 on 23 acres, Park West Apartments features 256 units, two swimming pools and spas, tennis courts, basketball courts, garages, covered parking, a leasing center, clubhouse with kitchen facilities, laundry facilities and a commercial building that is leased to a day care center. Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen, Robin Kane and Brenda Kane of TMG represented the seller in the deal.
Embrey Partners Acquires Land Site for 266-Unit The Quincy at Kierland Multifamily Project in Phoenix
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — San Antonio-based Embrey Partners has purchased a land site for the development of The Quincy at Kierland, an apartment community located on Scottsdale Road in Phoenix. The six-story, podium-style project will feature 266 apartments, access to the 101 Loop and walkability to Kierland Commons, Scottsdale Quarter, The Promenade and the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa. The property’s clubhouse and first units are scheduled to open in early 2023, with full project completion later in the year. Amenities at the development will include a clubhouse with game room and business center; fitness studio with on-demand technology and yoga room; cyber-lounge with coffee bar; conference room; and structured parking. Additionally, the community will feature a resort-style pool, outdoor grilling areas and fireplace, a landscaped courtyard and dog spa. Unit interiors will include contemporary kitchens with backsplashes, under-cabinet lighting, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, gas ranges, side-by-side counter-depth refrigerators in two-bedroom plans and custom cabinetry. Some floor plans also feature nine- to 10-foot ceilings, walk-in closets, linen closets with built-in shelving, soaking tubs, walk-in showers and private outdoor patios and balconies. Frost Bank is serving as lender for the project.
Pintar Investment, Suncrest Real Estate to Develop 109-Unit Build-to-Rent Community in Phoenix
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — A joint venture between Pintar Investment Co. and Phoenix-based Suncrest Real Estate & Land has acquired an 8.7-acre Opportunity Zone land parcel at the northeast corner of Encanto Boulevard and 83rd Avenue in Phoenix. The partnership plans to develop Zora Encanto, a 109-unit build-to-rent community offering a blend of single-family living with multifamily community amenities, on the site. Zora Encanto will feature a mix of one- and two-bedroom units, each with private walk-up entrances and individually fenced backyards. Individual units will include in-house smart technology, hardwood-style floors, 10-foot ceilings and dog doors. The gated community will offer a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, yoga lawn, grilling stations, community fireplaces and an event lawn for private gatherings. Construction is slated to begin in May, with completion and initial move-ins scheduled for mid-2022. Pintar acquired the community, which will be professionally managed, as part of its PICOZ Fund I LP. Zora Encanto is the fourth asset in the investment vehicle.
Hodges Ward Elliott Arranges Receivership Sale of 85-Room TownePlace Suites in Vernal, Utah
by Amy Works
VERNAL, UTAH — Hodges Ward Elliott has brokered the sale of TownePlace Suites, a hotel in Vernal, located in the northeastern portion of the state near the Colorado and Wyoming borders. Terms of the transaction were not released. Clint Hodges, B.J. Patel and Cory Carter of Hodges Ward Elliott advised the special servicer in the receivership sale of the 85-key hotel, which was marketed on the Ten-X auction platform. The hotel features contemporary guest room amenities, a fitness center and business center.
SAN ANTONIO — Houston-based developer Midway and private equity firm GrayStreet Partners have unveiled plans for Lone Star District, a mixed-use project in San Antonio that will be a redevelopment of the former Lone Star Brewery site. The site borders the San Antonio River and is located roughly 1.5 miles from the downtown area. Plans for Phase I of the 32-acre development call for 250 multifamily units, 100,000 square feet of office space and 50,00 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. Project partners include master-plan architects Lake|Flato and OJB Landscape Architecture, as well as civil engineer WGI Engineers. Phase I is expected to be complete in 2025.
SAVANNAH, GA. — New York-based Rothenberg-Rosenfield Inc. (RRI) has acquired Victory Station, a 64,164-square foot, Whole Foods Market-anchored shopping center situated at the corner of Harry S. Truman Parkway and Victory Drive in Savannah. RRI purchased the property from Clarion Partners for $24.7 million. Built in 2013, Victory Station is currently 96 percent leased with only one available space. The Whole Foods is the retailer’s only location in Savannah and one of only two specialty grocery stores in the entire trade area. The shopping center’s other national tenants include PetSmart, Chipotle Mexican Grill, T-Mobile and Zoe’s Kitchen. RRI is engaging Colliers International to lease and manage the property.
PRINCETON, TEXAS — The NRP Group, a Cleveland-based developer, has broken ground on Princeton Crossroads, a 300-unit mixed-income housing project that will be located about 40 miles northeast of Dallas. Princeton Crossroads is being developed in partnership with Texoma Housing Partners and will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 610 to 1,320 square feet. Fifty percent of the units will be reserved for residents earning less than 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amegy Bank provided construction financing. Leasing is expected to begin in spring 2022, with full completion slated for fall 2022.