HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has completed Benchmark Northwest Distribution Center, a 157,887-square-foot speculative industrial project located at 5215 Campbell Road in northwest Houston. The side-load building features 32-foot clear heights, 33 dock-high doors, an ESFR sprinkler system, 33 trailer parking spaces and 125 automobile parking spaces (expandable to 202). Ware Malcomb served as the project architect, and Rosenberg Construction served as the general contractor.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A partnership between developer Rockefeller Group, Bergen County’s United Way and Madeline Corp. has completed Independence Way at The Green, a 62-unit affordable housing community in the northern New Jersey city of Florham Park. The property consists of eight buildings on an eight-acre site within Rockefeller’s 268-acre Green at Florham Park mixed-use development and will serve 102 residents with developmental disabilities. Z+ Architects LLC designed the project, and Sharp Management served as the general contractor.
AUBREY, TEXAS — Weitzman has negotiated the sale of Navo Shopping Center, a 15,282-square-foot retail center in Aubrey, located north of Dallas. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Smoothie King, It’s-A-Burger, Farmers Insurance, Sushibachi, a nail salon and a dental practice. A limited liability company based in the Dallas area sold the asset to a Florida-based limited liability company for an undisclosed price. Kevin Butkus and Derek Schuster of Weitzman brokered the deal. Weitzman also handled leasing at the center, bringing it to full occupancy prior to the sale.
WESTBURY, N.Y. — Austin-based Whole Foods Market will open a 57,000-square-foot grocery store at 867 E. Gate Blvd. in the Long Island city of Westbury on Thursday, Nov. 5. The new store will offer a coffee bar with cold brew and iced tea on tap, as well as juice bar with smoothies, a full-service butcher, in-house bakery, prepared foods section and a selection of more than 350 beers. The store will also offer curbside pickup and two-hour delivery for Amazon Prime members in select cities and towns.
SEATTLE — A joint venture between Plymouth Housing and Bellwether Housing has broken ground for the development of The Rise on Madison, a 17-story affordable apartment community in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. Plymouth will operate 115 studio units, with on-site supportive services, for formerly homeless seniors on floors one through six. Bellwether will operate 253 affordable, studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments on floors seven through 16. Located at 1400 Madison St., The Rise on Madison will feature a large community room, roof deck and ground-floor retail space, as well as close proximity to light rail, street cars and buses. The $150.7 million property is slated to open in spring 2022.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Dermody Properties has acquired a logistics property located at 45535 Northport Loop East in Fremont. Terms of the transaction were not released. Originally constructed in 1998 on 4.7 acres, the 70,209-square-foot property features 20-foot clear heights, four dock-high doors and four drive-in doors. At the time of purchase, 49,615 square feet was available in the facility. Dermody plans to invest in significant exterior and interior capital improvements, including a new roof, to the building. Michael Karp and Victor DeBeor of Cushman & Wakefield represented Dermody Properties in the transaction and will be leasing agents for the property.
LIHUE, HAWAII — Target has signed a deal to open a storefront at Kukui Grove Center’s Kukui Marketplace in Lihue, located on the island of Kauai. The retailer will occupy a 122,000-square-foot space, which is under renovation, that was formerly occupied by Kmart. JLL represented Kukui Grove Center in the lease negotiation.
SPOKANE, WASH. — Ziegler has placed $81.4 million in bond financing through the Washington State Housing Finance Commission for Spokane United Methodist Homes. The borrower is the nonprofit operator of Rockwood Retirement Communities, which consists of two continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in Spokane — Rockwood South Hill and Rockwood at Whitworth. The communities have a combined 600 residents. The tax-exempt, fixed-rate bonds amortize over 35 years, wrapping around existing indebtedness to result in level aggregate annual debt service. Bond proceeds will be applied toward Phase II construction of a redevelopment project currently underway at Rockwood at Whitworth. The first phase, currently underway, calls for demolition of a portion of The Manor building to be replaced by 48 new assisted living apartments and 24 new memory support apartments. The second phase includes demolition of the remaining portions of The Manor building, the healthcare center, two duplexes and two courtyard homes to construct 117 new independent living apartments, an underground parking garage and additional common and administrative areas. Following the completion of Phase II, all existing buildings of the Whitworth community will be replaced other than the remaining 18 Courtyard Homes and four duplex units.
LOS ANGELES — Santa Monica, Calif.-based BLT Enterprises has purchased a multi-tenant creative office building in West Los Angeles. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $9.3 million. Located at 2256 Barry Ave., the property consists of two units, the first built in 2004 and the second in 2016. Offering more than 16,050 square feet, the asset was fully leased at the time of acquisition. Michael Preiss of rsfLA represented the seller in the transaction. BLT’s current West Los Angeles and Hollywood holdings now total nearly 300,000 square feet, with development opportunities for 450,000 square feet.
On October 27, Western Real Estate Business magazine hosted a panel of industrial experts to discuss how the pandemic has impacted investment sales, leasing and development within the Los Angeles industrial real estate sector. Click to listen to the recording and hear the 2021 outlook. The webinar included two separate discussions. The developer/owner panel included Joseph Vargas of Wonderful Real Estate Development, Brett Tremaine of Majestic Realty, Damon Austin of Prologis, and Brett Dedeaux of Dedeaux Properties and Morgan Medlin of Allen Matkins. The second panel covered the capital markets/finance and brokerage perspectives and included Jeffrey Cole of Cushman & Wakefield, Bobby Khorshidi of Archway Capital, Steven Lurie of Greenberg Glusker, Peter Bacci of Lee & Associates, Chris Jackson of NAI Capital and Christopher Sheehan of Colliers International. Allen Matkins, Dedeaux Properties, Wonderful Real Estate Development, Greeberg Glusker, Archway Capital and Lee & Associates sponsored the discussion.
