DENVER — The Opus Group has purchased a 1.65-acre land parcel at 19th and Clay streets in Denver for the development of an apartment property. The Nichols Partnership sold the property for an undisclosed price. The vacant lot and parking garage are located adjacent to the Broncos stadium redevelopment in the city’s Jefferson Park neighborhood. The current plans for the multifamily property include a 12-story building offering 277 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units, averaging 763 square feet, and three levels of structured parking with 288 parking spaces. Planned amenities include premium finishes and unobstructed mountain and city views. Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Multifamily arranged the sale, construction financing and joint venture equity for the project’s development. Chris Cowan, Bryon Stevenson and Mackenzie Walker of NKF Multifamily handled the transaction.
BARRINGTON, ILL. — Avalon Equities has purchased Barrington Station, a 5,780-square-foot retail building in Barrington, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The purchase price was undisclosed. Tenants at the property include Starbucks, Verizon, Briddick Tile & Stone and Skinovatio Medical Spa. CBRE represented the seller, GK Development.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Schindler Elevator Corp. has renewed its 2,150-square-foot industrial lease at 7616 DiSalle Blvd. in Fort Wayne. John Caffray of Sturges Property Group represented the tenant as well as the landlord, DiSalle Boulevard Partnership. Switzerland-based Schindler Group is one of the leading global manufacturers of elevators, escalators and moving walks. The U.S. headquarters for Schindler Elevator Corp. is based in Morristown, N.J.
LAS VEGAS — 3D Investments has completed the disposition of Las Brisas De Cheyenne, a multifamily property located in Las Vegas. Epic Investment Services acquired the asset for $22 million, or $125,000 per unit. Located at 3985 E. Cheyenne Ave., Las Brisas De Cheyenne features 176 apartments. Patrick Sauter, Art Carll-Tangora and Steve Nosrat of the Sauter Multifamily Group at Avison Young represented the seller in the transaction.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired an industrial property located in Rancho Dominguez for $18 million. The name of the seller was not released. Situated on 3.7 acres at 2310 E. Gladwick St., the 66,000-square-foot industrial distribution facility features 13 dock-high and two grade-level loading positions and parking for 81 cars. At the time of sale, the asset was fully leased to one tenant.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail building situated within Santa Cruz Plaza at 3782 S. 16th Ave. in Tucson. Carlsbad, Calif.-based Blue Hat LLC acquired the asset from Los Angeles-based Santa Cruz Center LLC for $2.5 million. The 7,200-square-foot building is an outparcel to Santa Cruz Plaza, a 271,600-square-foot shopping center anchored by Fry’s Grocery. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to four tenants: Subway, Cricket Wireless, Nationwide Vision and Affordable Dentures & Implants. Chris Hollenbeck and Shane Carter of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal.
DENVER — Kroenke Sports and Entertainment (KSE) and Revesco Properties have received a $124.6 million loan to refinance Elitch Gardens Theme and Water Park in downtown Denver. The 130-year-old property is Colorado’s only combination amusement park and water park. The park is set to open for its 2020 season in April, but no word has come out if the outbreak of COVID-19 has changed that plan. Eric Tupler and Tyler Dumon of JLL arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Pacific Western Bank. KSE and Revesco, both based in Denver, plan to use the loan to retire existing debt and fund predevelopment work for the future River Mile project. Expected to take 25 years to fully come to fruition, River Mile is Revesco’s planned mixed-use district that will span 62 acres along a one-mile stretch of the South Platte River. KSE is a partner on the project. River Mile will eventually replace the amusement park, according to local media outlets. The redevelopment is expected to span 14 million square feet of residential and commercial mixed-use space, as well as public space along the riverfront. The River Mile project will include Meow Wolf, a 90,000-square-foot art installation attraction that is expected to …
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has been among the top metros for industrial development and investment alike, with net absorption and leasing rates holding strong for the past several years. With the bulk of industrial development in DFW being big box product over 100,000 square feet, there’s been minimal development of smaller assets. So far in 2020, roughly 4.3 million industrial square feet has gone under construction in the metroplex. Approximately 10 percent (362,000 square feet) of that total centers on industrial projects under 100,000 square feet — the result of higher construction costs for smaller assets that don’t justify market rents. Current market rents do not satisfy yield requirements for developers to construct smaller assets. However, the general investment outlook for existing smaller industrial product is much more secure due to minimal new competing properties. Roughly 15 million square feet, or 40 percent of North Texas’s industrial pipeline, sits within five miles of DFW International Airport or Fort Worth Alliance Airport, according to CoStar. Approximately 3.3 million square feet of new product is expected to come on line by the second quarter in the DFW Airport region. Over half of the 30.9 million square feet of product under construction in DFW …
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Underappreciated Multifamily Markets: Maryland Edition
Although attractive multifamily investment opportunities may still be available in gateway cities, investors increasingly are sourcing deals in secondary markets where land and asset prices are lower, cap rates a bit more generous and an unpicked gem of value-add fruit can still be found on the vine by intrepid late-cycle buyers. Parties looking to replicate past successes may not have to look too far afield as Maryland markets — overshadowed of late by Washington and Philadelphia — offer much of what they seek with perhaps a lower degree of risk. In the last decade and particularly the last three years, the catalyst for economic growth in the Capital Area has shifted from government to high-tech services. As the tide turned, the focus of commercial real estate activity moved south toward Washington’s central core and Northern Virginia. In the process, the Maryland suburbs lost some of their star power. The diminished status of Montgomery and Prince George’s counties wasn’t entirely a matter of perception. Suburban Maryland apartment performance materially underperformed national averages in 2017 and 2018, and the spread widened between cap rates applied to Maryland properties on one hand and District and Northern Virginia assets on the other. Same-store property …
CHICAGO — Sheba Medical Center will anchor a global health and wellness innovation hub in Phase I of a 100-acre mixed-use project to be developed on the former Michael Reese Hospital site in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. GRIT, a joint venture comprised of Farpoint Development, Bronzeville Community Development Partnership, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, Draper and Kramer, Loop Capital and McLaurin Development, is developing the project in partnership with Kaleidoscope Health Ventures. Known as the ARC Innovation Center, the building will include wet labs, incubators and other life sciences offices and commercial facilities. The entire project will include multifamily, affordable housing, retail, senior living, community space and a proposed new Metra station. Construction on Phase I is expected to begin in 2021.