ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Glencrest Apartments, a multifamily property in Anaheim. A local family sold the asset to a limited liability company for $7.6 million. Glencrest Apartments offers 31 one- and two-bedroom units with vinyl and tile flooring, ceiling fans and private patios or balconies. The gated property features courtyards, a swimming pool, two onsite laundry facilities and garage parking. Drew Holden, Nick Kazemi and Tyler Leeson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Christian Tait of Marcus & Millichap procured the buyer in the deal.
SEATTLE — Newmark has arranged a $435 million loan for the refinancing of Starbucks Center, the coffee giant’s nearly 1.5 million-square-foot headquarters campus located at 2401 Utah Ave. S in Seattle. Deutsche Bank provided the loan to the owner, a partnership between two local real estate companies, Nitze-Stagen & Co. Inc. and Daniels Real Estate. According to the property’s Wikipedia page, the main building was originally constructed in 1915 as a retail store for Sears, Roebuck & Co. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) first took occupancy of the property in 1993. At that time, the property was known as SoDo Center after its namesake neighborhood, which is one of Seattle’s main industrial districts, per Wikipedia. Since then, the campus has undergone more than 60 expansions over the past three decades to accommodate the company’s growth, according to Newmark, which also notes that Starbucks has invested more than $300 million of its own capital in the Seattle campus to date. In addition, Starbucks recently signed a lease extension through 2038. Jonathan Firestone, Jordan Roeschlaub, Blake Thompson and Kevin Shannon led the transaction for Newmark. “The closing of this refinancing positions Starbucks Center for continued excellence as one of the city’s premier office assets,” …
MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has directed the $5.7 million (or $1,451 per square foot) ground lease sale of a restaurant property located at 5212 Moreno St. in Montclair. Panera Bread occupies the 3,950-square-foot property on a single-tenant net-lease basis. The building, which was built in 2014, is secured by a corporate-guaranteed ground lease with 15 years remaining. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS Capital Markets represented the seller, a Southern California- and Arizona-based developer. The buyer was a California-based private investor.
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Lee & Associates’ Report: Q2 Net Absorption Declines Across All Property Sectors Except Multifamily
Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q2 North America Market Report looks back at shrinking (or negative) net absorption for industrial, office and retail sectors in the last quarter. Meanwhile, multifamily tenant demand beat previous expectations in the same three months, as a feared recession failed to materialize. The mix of factors for absorption varied by property type: industrial and office markets saw increases in vacancy, while competition for retail space remained high, even in the face of high-profile closures. Lee & Associates’ full market report is available to read here (plus detailed vacancy rates, cap rates by city, market rents, square footage information, information on Canadian markets and more). The recaps for industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors below detail trends and outlooks for each property sector in the remainder of 2025. Industrial Overview: Vacancies Rise, Rent Growth Slows Concern over the impact of tariffs has added to slowing tenant growth in logistics and manufacturing across North America. But the continued easing demand has resulted in more choices and benefits for users that have been subjected to a prolonged stretch of steep rent growth. Vacancies in the United States have risen to 7.4 percent, a decade-long high, while deliveries continued to outpace tenant expansion. Net absorption fell …
DALLAS — Northmarq has provided a $129.7 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of The Victor, a 39-story apartment tower in the Victory Park area of Dallas. Completed in 2022, The Victor features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as built-in desks in select residences. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game lounge, skyline terrace and a dog park. The Victor also houses 9,500 square feet of retail space. Kevin McCarthy, Jeff Frankel and Alex Czachor of Northmarq originated the financing, which was structured with a fixed interest rate and a 35-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Houston-based Hines and Chicago-based Diversified Real Estate Capital.
HOUSTON — Jackson-Shaw will develop R45 Distribution Center, a 347,387-square-foot, cross-dock industrial project in North Houston. The North Texas-based developer closed on the 29-acre site at the northeast corner of Ella Boulevard and West Richey Road earlier this summer, and construction will begin in the coming days and last about 12 months. Project partners include Compatriot Capital as the equity partner and Inwood National Bank as the lender. ARCO Design Build is serving as the general contractor, and Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer. Colliers has been named the leasing agent.
ANNA, TEXAS — Hospitality owner-operator GTP Food Group will open three new restaurants in the North Texas city of Anna. The Gin will feature Southern cuisine, and Tenders Smokehouse will be a barbeque concept. The third restaurant will be Papa Gallo’s Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar. Combined, the restaurants represent a capital investment of about $10 million in the city’s downtown area, as well as the potential creation of about 100 new jobs. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2026 and is expected to last about one year.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Cummings Electrical has signed a full-building, 66,882-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The electrical engineering and contracting firm is relocating from the nearby building at 14900 Grand River Road to Centreport Tech Center, a two-building complex on the city’s northeast side, via a 10-year deal. Jason Finch, Erik Blais and Michael Spain of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, Fort Capital, in the lease negotiations. The deal brings Centreport Tech Center to full occupancy.
WEBSTER, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 23,820-square-foot shopping center located in the southeastern Houston suburb of Webster. Built in 2004, Webster Shopping Center was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Freebirds and Buffalo Wild Wings. Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an out-of-state investor that acquired the center 20 years ago, in the transaction. Marcus & Millichap also secured the buyer, a local investor.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Piedmont Healthcare’s board of directors has approved a $275 million expansion and renovation project at Piedmont Fayette, an existing hospital campus in Fayetteville, about 28 miles southwest of Atlanta in Fayette County. The project will add a new patient tower with space for future expansion, as well as the renovation of 31,304 square feet that includes surgical rooms, a kitchen, lab, pharmacy, loading dock and central utility plant. Construction is expected to start in early 2026 and be completed within three years. The project represents Piedmont Healthcare’s largest capital investment since the Marcus Tower on the campus of Piedmont Atlanta, the health system’s founding hospital. Piedmont Fayette, formerly known as Fayette Community Hospital, opened in 1997 and was last renovated in 2017.