WAKEENEY, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a 50-room Best Western Plus hotel in Wakeeney in central Kansas. The sales price was undisclosed. Built in 2005, the hotel is located at 525 S. 1st St. Allan Miller, Chris Gomes and Steve Swenholt of Marcus & Millichap’s Austin office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The team also procured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
LONG ISLAND CITY, N.Y. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $40 million sale of a 196,000-square-foot industrial development site located at 24-02 Queens Plaza in Long Island City. Brian Ezratty and Scott Ellard of NKF represented the seller, Atlas Capital Group, in the transaction. Bill Harvey, also with NKF, represented the undisclosed buyer, which plans to develop a 270,000-square-foot facility on the site.
STAMFORD, CONN — Berkeley Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Fortune 500 company W.R. Berkeley Corp., has signed a 63,173-square-foot office lease at Metro Center, a 285,258-square-foot building in Stamford. James Ritman of Newmark Knight Frank, along with internal representative Jeffrey Newman, handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord, Empire State Realty Trust (NYCE: ESRT). Belinda Scanlon of Bernard Realty represented the tenant.
MENLO PARK, CALIF. — San Francisco-based Presidio Bay Ventures has taken over construction, lease-up and stabilization of the 6.4-acre mixed-use development, located at 1300-1302 El Camino Real and 550 Oak Grove Ave. in Menlo Park. The strategic operation of the project, renamed Springline, was transitioned to Presidio Bay mid-construction in June. Since then, the firm’s development team has overhauled nearly all aspects of the project. Situated in Menlo Park’s pedestrian-oriented downtown city center, Springline will feature two 100,000-square-foot Class A office buildings, 183 residences, retail, dining, a dual-level subterranean parking garage and public outdoor space. Approved by Menlo Park City Council in early 2017, original construction for the project started later that year. Delivery of the commercial buildings is slated for fourth quarter and leasing of the residential component is scheduled to begin in second-quarter 2021. Christian Prelle, Mike Courson and Clay Jones of Newmark Knight Frank’s Palo Alto, Calif., office, along with Cassidy Zerrer of NKF’s San Francisco office, are handling office leasing efforts for the project.
DURANGO, COLO. — Trailbreak Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, has purchased Confluence at Three Springs Apartments, located at 150 Confluence Ave. in Durango. GF Properties Group sold the asset for $35.2 million. Built in 2016 and 2018, Confluence at Three Springs features 171 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and three commercial tenants, including a Mexican restaurant, a yoga studio and a bridal boutique. Community amenities include direct hiking trail access, playground, outdoor cooking areas, seating and a resident lounge. Josh Simon and Rob Bova of JLL Capital Markets worked on behalf of the buyer to secure a 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac.
PHOENIX — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Villas de Azul, a garden-style multifamily in Phoenix. North Carolina-based Sterling Real Estate Partners sold the property to Vancouver, Canada-based Western Wealth Capital for $33 million. Located at 2627 N. 45th Ave. on 17 acres, Villas de Azul features 301 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments and three-bedroom townhouse units. Community amenities include a swimming pool, basketball court, soccer field, playground and laundry facilities. Ric Holway, Mark Forrester and Dan Cheyne of Berkadia’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal. Clay Akiwenzie of Berkadia’s San Francisco office secured $26.4 million in financing for the acquisition of the property. The 10-year Freddie Mac loan features an 80 percent loan-to-purchase ratio, a five-year interest-only period and a 30-year amortization.
GOLD RIVER, CALIF. — Carlsen Investments has completed the disposition of Gold Pointe Corporate Center Building E, an office property located at 11919 Foundation Place in Gold River. Davies Torrance Trust acquired the property for $14.3 million. eHealth Inc. occupies the 63,206-square-foot property, which Panattoni Development Co. built in 2003. Building E is part of the larger Gold Pointe Corporate Center, which totals five buildings and 455,000 square feet. Campus amenities include a fitness center, bike lockers, showers and an on-site café. Randy Getz of CBRE’s Sacramento office represented the seller, while Steve Tyrrell of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal.
YUCCA VALLEY, CALIF. — T-Mobile has signed a lease to occupy 1,300 square feet of retail space at 57750 Twentynine Palms Highway in Yucca Valley. The end-cap location is within a shopping center anchored by Starbucks Coffee and Applebee’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill. The corporate T-Mobile store is expected to open by year-end. Roxy Klein of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the undisclosed landlord in the deal.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Flaherty & Collins Properties has broken ground on Phase I of The Peninsula, a $500 million mixed-use redevelopment of 27 acres of land along the Scioto River in downtown Columbus. The $250 million first phase of development will include ONE at the Peninsula, an $85 million apartment complex featuring 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail; an eight-story, 232,000-square-foot speculative office building; and a 132,000-square-foot, 197-key independent hotel. First National Bank of Omaha, First Merchants Bank and 50 East Capital are financing construction of the apartment property. The community will offer shared amenities including an 11th-floor sky deck with a swimming pool; a rooftop clubroom with a community kitchen, bar and gaming space; an outdoor grilling patio; a private gated courtyard; pet spa; and a fitness center with space for yoga and virtual fitness classes. Columbus-based Daimler Group Inc. is developing the speculative office building and Rockbridge is developing the hotel project. A timeline for Phase I of the development was not announced. The City of Columbus plans to issue $30 million in bonds to finance the construction of two parking garages totaling 1,400 spaces to serve the development. At completion, The Peninsula will feature 2 million square feet of …
SAN FRANCISCO — A majority of U.S. restaurants and cafés that closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain closed for good, according to crowd-source review giant Yelp. In its September economic impact report, the San Francisco-based firm tallied 32,109 restaurants that were open and operating on March 1 were closed on Aug. 31. Of that total, 19,590 (61 percent) indicated they were permanently closed. Yelp tracks business closures via business owners marking their business as closed, including by changing their hours or through a COVID-19 banner on its Yelp page. The tech firm concedes that closure counts are likely an estimate as businesses not included in the report include those that remain open with curtailed hours and staffing, or because they have not yet updated their Yelp business pages to reflect closures. Yelp only counts closures that have been vetted by its User Ops team or have been updated directly by a business owner. According to Yelp’s findings, breakfast and brunch restaurants, burger joints, sandwich shops, dessert places and Mexican restaurants are among the types of restaurants with the highest rate of business closures. Restaurants that work well for delivery and takeout — such as pizza …
