NORWALK, CONN. — Car dealer Garavel Automotive will open a 34,502-square-foot Subaru dealership at the site of the former Best Friends Pet Hotel in Norwalk, located in the southern coastal part of the state. The dealer acquired the 2.3-acre site at 520 Main Ave. for $3.9 million. Jeffrey Gage and Robert Crane of CBRE represented the seller, Morganth Properties LLC, in the land deal. Dan DiBuono of Tower Realty Corp. represented Garavel Automotive.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — VanTrust Real Estate has purchased a 350-acre land site north of the Interstate 15 and Speedway Boulevard interchange in North Las Vegas. VanTrust plans to develop 4.5 million square feet of distribution facilities on the site, which is between the new City of North Las Vegas water line and the Union Pacific Rail line. Construction of utility and roadway improvements is slated to begin in the third quarter of 2021, with building construction following shortly thereafter. This land purchase comes on the heels of the VanTrust’s acquisition of 16 acres for the development of a 246,000-square-foot speculative industrial distribution building at the northwest corner of Tropical Parkway and Nicco Way in North Las Vegas. The building is slated for completion in March 2022 and will be VanTrust’s 11th building developed in North Las Vegas in the past five years.
NEW YORK CITY — Alpha Realty has brokered the $4.8 million sale of a 27-unit multifamily building located at 1580 Edison Ave. in The Bronx. The property, which includes retail space, traded at a cap rate of 6.3 percent and a price that equates to $209 per square foot. Lev Mavashev and Yehuda Leser of Alpha Realty represented the buyer and seller in the off-market deal. Both parties requested anonymity.
Cordish Cos. to Break Ground on Two Multifamily Developments in Kansas City’s Power & Light District
KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Cordish Cos. has announced plans to break ground on two multifamily developments in Kansas City’s Power & Light District. Projects include Three Light Luxury Apartments, a $140 million, 26-story tower set to offer 288 units at the corner of Truman Road and Main Street; and Midland Lofts, a repositioning of the historic Midland office building to offer 139 affordable housing units. Three Light Luxury Apartments will feature 19 floors of studio, one- and two-bedroom units alongside penthouse-style apartments; a seven-story garage with 472 parking spaces; and 7,600 square feet of ground-floor retail. Amenities are set to include a deck overlooking 14th Street, an infinity pool, bar, demonstration kitchen, theater room and a sky bridge above Walnut Street linking to the company’s Two Light multifamily community, allowing residents of both towers to share building amenities. The groundbreaking for the project to be built by JE Dunn Construction is scheduled to take place this May, with completion slated for May 2023. The Midland office building has been vacant for more than 20 years. Following renovations, Midland Lofts will offer a mix of studio and one-bedroom units with rents starting at $700 per-month. Amenities will include a coffee …
PERRIS, CALIF. — Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners has completed the sale of Harvill Business Center, a modern logistics facility in Perris. Black Creek Group bought the asset for an undisclosed price. Completed in early 2020, the 423,665-square-foot property features a Ductilcrete concrete floor slab, 36-foot clear heights, 2.5 percent skylights, LED lighting, a gated concrete truck yard, on-site truck staging and low-water landscaping. American Standard, a subsidiary of Lixil Corp. and a North American plumbing and building products manufacturer, occupies Harvill Business Center on a long-term basis. Michael Chavez of Lee & Associates represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Realterm, a Maryland-based logistics real estate firm, has purchased a distribution facility located at 1666 N. McClintock Drive in Tempe. A local real estate investment firm sold the property for $27 million. Constructed in 2004 as a build-to-suit for FedEx, the single-story, 145,872-square-foot building features 24-foot clear heights, 11 grade-level overhead doors, 26 dock-high doors and a three-lane driveway along McClintock Drive. FedEx recently signed a triple-net lease extension at the last-mile property. Geoffrey Turbow, Gary Cornish, Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson and Bill Bayless of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — DJM has received $24.5 million in new equity from Arc Capital Partners for the recapitalization of Lido Marina Village, a 116,000-square-foot waterfront retail and office property located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach. The new equity comes on the heels of a $46.5 million loan from Prime Finance, which brings DJM’s total recapitalization to $71 million. The capital will be used to pay off an existing loan and complete property renovations. Steven Bram, David Pascale and Patrick O’Donnell of George Smith Partners arranged the financing, while Bryan Ley and Geoff Tranchina of JLL handled the equity transaction. Since acquiring Lido Marina Village in 2013, DJM has performed renovations and rebranded the property with high-profile tenants, including The RealReal, Rye Goods, Marrow Fine, Elyse Walker, LoveShackFancy, Serena & Lily, Jenni Kayne, Nobu and Malibu Farms.
LAS VEGAS — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 6280 Annie Oakley Drive in Las Vegas. 1201 American Pacific LLC acquired the asset from JPFH II LLC for $4.7 million. The property features 23,604 square feet of industrial space. Suzette LaGrange and Kara Walker of Colliers represented the seller, while Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers represented the buyer in the deal.
As more renters consciously choose not to become homebuyers, the build-for-rent (BFR) industry is quietly emerging as a new force in commercial real estate. In fact, both the burgeoning BFR and single-family rental (SFR) sectors are generating considerable interest from institutional investors in the wake of the pandemic. Industry experts outlined some of the causes and effects taking place within the BFR and SFR business segments during a webinar hosted by France Media on Wednesday, April 7. The event was titled “Everything You Need to Know About the Single-Family Rental and Build-For-Rent Market.” Moderated by David Howard, executive director of the National Rental Home Council, panelists included Keaton Merrell, managing director, Walker & Dunlop; Jonathan Ellenzweig, chief investment officer, Tricon Residential; Don Walker, managing principal and chief financial officer, John Burns Consulting; and Mark Peterson, director of the Build-for-Rent (BFR) division at SVN | SFRhub Advisors. Strong Real Estate Vital Signs Single-family rentals have hit a 25-year high in occupancy, according to John Burns Consulting. Occupancy rates for the product type are at 95 percent as of the fourth quarter of 2020. The BFR and SFR sectors have grown as more of the population yearns for a home, but finds …
By Allen Rogoway, Cresa Chicago Over the past seven years, the Fulton Market office submarket has changed the landscape, and boundaries, of Chicago’s central business district (CBD) and what a “live-work” ecosystem can look like. Whereas the River North office submarket evolved over 30 years to become a low-cost alternative to the Loop for creative, boot-strapped companies requiring mostly small footprints, Fulton Market was developed for tech-centric, multinationals willing to pay “Trophy Tower” prices to attract and retain the very best talent. Employees didn’t mind adding a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) transfer or 20 extra minutes to commute times each way in order to be in a neighborhood that was developed by big money yet felt authentic. Much of the architecture was preserved, and new construction was held to standards whereby the new mostly blended in with the area’s former produce, cold storage and century-old warehouses that had been converted for office use. Then old-guard companies and industries from accounting, consumer products and even law, started to set up shop in buildings that provided people with a very different workplace experience than what they were used to. Ownerships thoughtfully invested in tenant amenity spaces and retail pairings that matched with …