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Tricera Capital Purchases ICON Central Retail Space in St. Petersburg for $11.1M

by Julia Sanders July 29, 2021

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Tricera Capital has acquired a ground-floor retail space at Related Group’s recently completed ICON Central, a mixed-use development in St. Petersburg. The transaction totaled $11.1 million and included the adjoining Union Trust Bank building. In total, the ground-floor retail space and historic bank building span nearly 35,000 square feet of rentable space. Related Group was the seller. Currently, about 7,000 square feet of the retail space is leased to BurgerFi and Watts Dental, which are open now. Related Group constructed the 368-unit ICON Central on an entire city block along Central Avenue. As part of its redevelopment, Related renovated the bank building, which was originally constructed in 1926, for commercial use. Scott Wadler and Alec Fox of Berkadia arranged $9.9 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Tricera. Money360 provided the financing.

July 29, 2021

Office Top Stories Washington Western

Boston Properties to Acquire Safeco Plaza Office Tower in Seattle for $465M

by Katie Sloan July 29, 2021

SEATTLE — Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP) has entered into an agreement to acquire Safeco Plaza, a 50-story, Class A office tower located at 1001 Fourth Ave. in Seattle’s Central Business District, for $465 million. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed. The REIT is acquiring the 800,000-square-foot property through a joint venture with one of the participants in its recently announced co-investment program with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and GIC. Boston Properties will own a 51 percent interest in the building. Safeco Plaza was developed in 1969 by the Howard S. Wright Construction Co. and features a two-story lobby, five-level subterranean parking garage, a large outdoor plaza and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The LEED Platinum-certified property offers views of the Seattle skyline, Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains and is located adjacent to stops for Seattle’s Link light rail and Metro bus lines. Safeco Plaza was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Safeco Insurance, Bank of America, Corr Cronin LLP, Fox Rothschild, Helsell Fetterman and Interior Architects. Hines has managed the asset since 2016. Boston Properties is one of the largest publicly traded developers, owners and managers of Class A …

July 29, 2021

Development New Jersey Northeast Retail

Advance Realty, Invesco Open 450,000 SF Redeveloped Retail Center in Roxbury, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams July 29, 2021

ROXBURY, N.J. — A joint venture between Advance Realty Investors and Invesco Real Estate has opened The Shops at Ledgewood Commons, a 450,000-square-foot open-air lifestyle center that is a redevelopment of the former Ledgewood Mall. The property is located in Roxbury, about 45 miles west of New York City. Anchored by a 164,087-square foot Walmart Supercenter that opened in October 2020, the property also houses retailers such as Marshalls, Ashley HomeStore, Men’s Wearhouse, Ulta Beauty, Five Below and Burlington. Restaurant users include Wendy’s, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Five Guys, Panda Express and Starbucks. Jeffery Realty is the leasing agent for the property.

July 29, 2021

Loans Northeast Office Pennsylvania

Trez Capital Provides $22M Loan for Redevelopment of Metro Philadelphia Office Building

by Taylor Williams July 29, 2021

FORT WASHINGTON, PA. — Trez Capital has provided a $22 million loan for the redevelopment of a 367,681-square-foot office building in Fort Washington, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. The property was originally built in 1999 on a 28.3-acre site. The borrower, an entity doing business as Alliance HP Virginia Drive LLC, plans to modernize the building with a new entrance, dock doors and amenities. Brett Forman and Scott Mehlman of Trez Capital originated the debt.

July 29, 2021

Features Multifamily Seniors Housing

Seniors Housing Operators Adjust to Shifting Labor Landscape, Say Webinar Panelists

by Jeff Shaw July 29, 2021

Hiring and retaining good employees was already one of seniors housing operators’ top challenges before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Despite the many new problems that the outbreak presented, many in the seniors housing industry saw a potential silver lining: With so many losing jobs in the hospitality sector, among others, would this be a chance for operators to snatch up those workers? Unfortunately, it appears that did not come to fruition. “When the pandemic started and there were so many layoffs in the hospitality industry, I thought ‘Here we go. We’re going to have this influx of people into senior living. This is really going to help our staffing challenges,’” said Lisa Lacy of Discovery Senior Living. “A year-and-a-half later we’re seeing the opposite of that. We’re competing with organizations that we didn’t compete with before. It’s not the community down the street. It’s fast food, Amazon, companies like that.” Lacy’s comments came during a webinar titled “Invigorating the Seniors Housing Workforce: Strategies to Inspire, Engage and Retain Talent” held July 22. Other panelists included moderator Gary Pederson of MatrixCare, Candace Matsuura of Westmont Living and Julie Podewitz of Vitality Living. Pederson echoed Lacy’s concerns about new competition. “There are …

July 29, 2021

Iowa Market Reports Midwest Midwest Market Reports Office

Des Moines Office Market Is on the Rebound

by Kristin Harlow July 29, 2021

By Chris Curran and Mark Mills, R&R Realty Advisors Would you rather earn more money or have a more flexible work/life balance? Before the pandemic, many employees gave the latter as their answer. But the amount of money employees claimed they would forego wasn’t exactly peanuts. According to a pre-pandemic study by career site Joblist, the average employee was willing to give up around $10,000 per year to have better work/life balance. Fast forward to the present day and employees continue to express this desire. The isolation felt by many when working from home has increased the blurriness of the line that separates work from life. In fact, a survey conducted by TELUS International found that isolated workers reported a nearly 80 percent increase in work-related stress and anxiety when working from home. Given these findings, perhaps it shouldn’t surprise anyone that three out of four office employees express a desire to return to in-person work. If there’s a silver lining to the unprecedented year we’ve been emerging from, it may be that employees and employers alike are coming to understand the value in providing a balance between work and personal time. And, when it comes to the office market …

July 29, 2021

Acquisitions Connecticut Industrial Northeast Self-Storage

Fantini & Gorga Arranges $17.2M Loan for Refinancing of Self-Storage Facility in Darien, Connecticut

by Taylor Williams July 29, 2021

DARIEN, CONN. — Fantini & Gorga, a Boston-based mortgage banking firm, has arranged a $17.2 million loan for the refinancing of Hollow Tree Self Storage, a 90-unit facility in the southern coastal city of Darien. The facility spans 83,595 net rentable square feet and includes outdoor vehicle storage space. Casimir Groblewski of Fantini & Gorga arranged the loan through an undisclosed, locally based bank on behalf of the borrower, Connecticut-based Affordable Self Storage Inc.

July 29, 2021

Connecticut Development Northeast Office

Shawmut Tops Off 24,000 SF Office Project for HMTX Industries in Norwalk, Connecticut

by Taylor Williams July 29, 2021

NORWALK, CONN. — Shawmut Design & Construction has topped off the 24,000-square-foot office headquarters building for global luxury vinyl tile manufacturer HMTX Industries in Norwalk, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The facility will be situated on two acres and will include design studios and galleries. Construction of the four-story building began in June and is scheduled to be complete in 2022.

July 29, 2021

Acquisitions Georgia Multifamily North Carolina Single-Family Rental Southeast

Haven Realty Capital Acquires Single-Family Rental Homes in Georgia, North Carolina for $80M

by Julia Sanders July 28, 2021

LOS ANGELES — Haven Realty Capital, a Los Angeles-based single-family rental investor, has acquired three communities in the Southeast to add to its institutional single-family rental and build-to-rent portfolio. The housing developments are currently under construction and are located in metro Atlanta and in Charlotte. The two separate transactions totaled $80 million, and the sellers were not disclosed. The first metro Atlanta community, Stapleton Park, is located at 150 John Wesley Way in McDonough and will include 76 homes. The property will have three- and four-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 1,916 to 2,655 square feet. The other property, Rosemary Park at Sugarloaf, is located at 819 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville and will include 78 three-bedroom and two-and-a-half bedroom townhomes. Ranging in size from 1,559 to 1,804 square feet, each home in Rosemary Park will feature granite countertops, hard surface flooring, new stainless-steel appliances and private backyard. In a separate transaction, Haven Realty closed on the first phase of Queen City Townes, a 106-unit rental townhome community in Charlotte’s South End. The two- and three-bedroom townhomes range in size from 1,370 to 1,599 square feet. Located at 4928 Old Pineville Road, the community is situated 0.2 miles from the Woodlawn …

July 28, 2021

Acquisitions Industrial Mississippi Southeast

JLL Brokers Sale of 328,355 SF Distribution Facility Near Memphis Leased to Toshiba

by Julia Sanders July 28, 2021

HORN LAKE, MISS. — JLL has brokered the sale of DeSoto A2, a 328,355-square-foot bulk distribution facility in Horn Lake. The facility is triple-net-leased to Toshiba, a Tokyo-based computer and electronics retailer company. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Britton Burdette, Jim Freeman, Mitchell Townsend and Jack Wohrman of JLL represented the seller, Preylock Holdings, in the transaction. Bixby Land Co. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. DeSoto A2 is part of DeSoto 55 Logistics Center, a business center developed in 2020 by Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners. The single-tenant building features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR fire protection, a TPO roof, auto and trailer parking and dock-high doors with view windows. The facility is located at 1453 Commerce Parkway in a suburb less than 20 miles south of downtown Memphis. The infill location is just off Interstate 55, about 10 miles from Memphis International Airport. Additionally, the property has unparalleled regional access along with proximity to multiple intermodal facilities, including Canadian National Harrison Yard, BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern.

July 28, 2021

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