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CentrePoint, CentreSquare Acquire Outlook Biscay Multifamily Property in Colorado for $37.5M

by Amy Works October 30, 2020

AURORA, COLO. — CentrePoint and CentreSquare have purchased Outlook Biscay, an apartment community located at 3382 S. Biscay Way in Aurora. Denver-based Evergreen Development sold the asset for $37.5 million. Built in 2019, Outlook Biscay offers 96 for-rent townhomes, averaging 1,210 square feet and spread across 20 two-story buildings. Each two- and three-bedroom unit feature a two-car, direct-access garage, private entrance, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and laundry rooms with full-size washers and dryers. Community amenities include a central leasing center, year-round swimming pool, dog wash and green areas. Jake Young, Dan Woodward, David Potarf and Matt Barnett of CBRE Capital Markets in Denver represented the seller in the deal.

October 30, 2020

California Development Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Oakmont Senior Living Opens 142-Unit Seniors Housing Community in East Sacramento

by Amy Works October 30, 2020

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the East Sacramento neighborhood of the state capital. Located in the Fabulous Forties area, Oakmont of East Sacramento totals 140,000 square feet, plus a 36,000-square-foot parking garage, on a 3.5-acre plot. The community features 100 independent living/assisted living units and 42 memory care units. Terry Ervin is the executive director and Deanna Barker is director of memory care.

October 30, 2020

Company News Retail Washington Western

Starbucks Beats Quarterly Expectations, Shows Signs of Quickened Recovery

by Alex Tostado October 30, 2020

SEATTLE — Starbucks Coffee (NASDAQ: SBUX) reports that global comparable-store sales fell 9 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter on a year-over-year basis, but the company’s performance still beat economists’ expectations. Total revenue for the Seattle-based coffee chain reached $6.2 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 27. Economists had expected the total to be $6.06 billion. “I am very pleased with our strong finish to fiscal 2020, underpinned by a faster-than-expected recovery in our two lead growth markets, the U.S. and China,” says Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of Starbucks. “These results demonstrate the continued strength and relevance of our brand, the effectiveness of the actions we’ve taken to adapt to meaningful changes in consumer behavior and the extraordinary efforts of our green apron partners to serve our customers and communities in challenging circumstances.” The latest results are a big improvement from the fiscal third quarter, when global comparable sales plummeted 40 percent year-over-year due to the coronavirus shutdowns. Looking ahead, Starbucks expects same-store comparable growth of 18 to 23 percent and plans to open 2,150 new stores over the next fiscal year. As of Sept. 27, 2020, Starbucks operated 10,109 stores in the Americas. Starbucks’ stock …

October 30, 2020

Acquisitions Arizona Multifamily Western

Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $6.4M Sale of Revival Midtown Apartment Property in Phoenix

by Amy Works October 30, 2020

PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Revival Midtown, a multifamily community located at 1220 E. Medlock Drive in Phoenix. A local limited liability partnership sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $6.4 million, or $182,587 per unit. Revival Midtown features 35 units in a mix of 16 one-bedroom/one-bath and 19 two-bedroom/two-bath layouts. Richard Butler of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.

October 30, 2020

Healthcare Life Sciences Market Reports Massachusetts Northeast Northeast Market Reports Office

Specialized Labor, Tenant Demand Fuel Growth of Boston’s Life Sciences Market

by Taylor Williams October 30, 2020

By Brendan Carroll, research director, Cushman & Wakefield Through the first three quarters of 2020, the Boston life sciences market is seeing record occupancy, a continuation of large new-building leases, stable rents at record levels, high levels of pre-committed new construction and an insatiable appetite for inventory in new submarket clusters. Cushman & Wakefield defines laboratory properties as facilities optimized for the physical scientific research of biotechnology products. COVID-19’s Impact Following a pause of leasing activity in the first quarter of 2020, lease negotiations for laboratory facilities resumed quickly in the second quarter, hitting a level that commercial office properties have still yet to see. While optimism quickly returned for the region’s office-using businesses, widespread execution of remote office-using job functions has proven to be more effective for many of these workforces than market leaders previously envisioned. The consensus among real estate observers suggests a long-term decrease in the percent of in-office workers for traditional office-using functions. However, the importance of the continued use of physical spaces for biotechnology research will not be affected, as this function cannot be accommodated through current and easily envisioned remote work practices. These are highly specialized jobs performed by employees with highly targeted skill …

October 30, 2020

Acquisitions Office Top Stories Washington Western

Brookfield Purchases Office Building Fully Leased to Facebook in Bellevue, Washington for $365M

by John Nelson October 30, 2020

BELLEVUE, WASH. — A real estate investment fund backed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE: BAM) has purchased Block 16, a 343,528-square-foot office building in Bellevue fully leased to Facebook. A joint venture between Wright Runstad & Co., Shorenstein Properties and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management sold the recently completed property for $365 million. Block 16 is part of The Spring District, a transit-oriented mixed-use development situated on the east side of Lake Washington from Seattle. Wright Runstad and Shorenstein Properties are the master developers of the campus, which sits south of Bellevue’s central business district near SoundTransit’s future Spring District/120th light rail station. Spring District will ultimately feature 3 million square feet of creative office space, including REI’s headquarters that Facebook purchased last month for $390 million. “The Spring District has become a choice location for high-quality office tenants in Bellevue,” says Greg Johnson, CEO of Seattle-based Wright Runstad. In 2017, University of Washington’s Global Innovation Exchange building opened at Spring District, as well as over 800 residential units and several open spaces accessible to the public. Wright Runstad plans to develop another 530,000 square feet of office space across two buildings at Spring District by …

October 30, 2020

Conference Coverage Features Multifamily Student Housing

Student Housing Internet Providers Hustle to Upgrade Capabilities During Pandemic, Says NMHC/InterFace Panel

by Alex Tostado October 30, 2020

One of the biggest challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic for student housing internet providers has been upgrading their bandwidth capabilities to ensure that all students in a community have reliable and fast connections. The proliferation of video calling between students and professors during the pandemic has been a major driver of this hustle to upgrade connectivity services. The number of megabits per second needed for a Zoom call is something that today’s networks can handle, according to Daniel Myers, president and founder of DojoNetworks and a speaker at the NMHC/InterFace Student Housing Conference. The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and InterFace Conference Group co-hosted the virtual event, which took place from Oct. 19 to 22. The organizations’ physical events normally take place in April (InterFace Student Housing) and October (NMHC Student Housing). One problem that the panelists of the Internet Connectivity and Technology panel spoke about was hosting multiple students on the same network simultaneously. A Zoom call requires two-and-a-half megabits per second to upstream (when the video is input) and downstream (when the video is distributed), according to Myers. “If you have five students on a call and they only have eight or 10 megabits upstream, then they’re stuck …

October 30, 2020

Development Industrial Maryland Southeast

McCormick to Open 1.8 MSF Distribution Center in Metro Baltimore

by Alex Tostado October 29, 2020

SPARROWS POINT, MD. — McCormick & Co. Inc. will open a 1.8 million-square-foot distribution center in Sparrows Point. The facility will be the largest in the food manufacturer and distributor’s portfolio. The Baltimore-based company plans to consolidate several jobs and distribution warehouses to the new location upon completion, which is slated for the second half of 2022. The new facility will be situated within Trade Point Atlantic Industrial Park, 12 miles south of the Port of Baltimore. Other tenants within the industrial park include Under Armour, Amazon and Perdue Foods. McCormick will host a groundbreaking ceremony at the site Thursday, Nov. 12. The developer and design team were not disclosed.

October 29, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Multifamily North Carolina Southeast

FriedLam Partners Buys Six-Property Multifamily Portfolio in North Carolina, Georgia for $85.2M

by Alex Tostado October 29, 2020

TEANECK, N.J. — Teaneck-based FriedLam Partners has bought a six-property multifamily portfolio in Charlotte, Raleigh and Atlanta for $85.2 million. The portfolio comprises 872 units. The two Charlotte properties are the 192-unit 59Twenty @ Monroe and the 196-unit Two20 @ Branchview. The community in Raleigh was the 176-unit Enclave @ Crabtree. Watson Bryant and Paul Marley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller of the North Carolina properties, JEM Holdings, in the transaction. The Atlanta portion of the portfolio comprises the 130-unit 743 @ Howell Mill, the 112-unit Lenox Place and the 66-unit Rio at Lenox. Travis Presnell and Wesley Kenney of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Zavala Capital Group, in the transaction.

October 29, 2020

Acquisitions Industrial Southeast Virginia

PS Business Parks Acquires Industrial Campus in Alexandria for $46.3M

by Alex Tostado October 29, 2020

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — PS Business Parks Inc. has acquired Pickett Industrial Park, a three-building, 246,000-square-foot industrial campus in Alexandria, for $46.3 million. The assets offer 7,000- to 75,000-square-foot spaces, which were fully leased at the time of sale. Pickett Industrial Park is situated at 841 S. Pickett St., nine miles southwest of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The seller was not disclosed.

October 29, 2020

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