PHOENIX — A partnership between Dalan Management and VM Management has completed the disposition of Verona Court, a multifamily complex in Phoenix. A private buyer acquired the asset for $20 million, or $141,844 per unit. Built in 1985, Verona Court features 141 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include two swimming pools and two laundry facilities. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
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Associated Bank Provides $9.6M Construction Loan for Candelas Medical Office Building in Colorado
by Amy Works
ARVADA, COLO. — Green Bay, Wisonsin-based Associated Bank has provided a $9.6 million construction loan to Mortenson Development/Seavest Healthcare Properties for the development of Candelas Medical Office Building in Arvada. The 42,425-square-foot property will be located at the intersection of West 91st Place and Candelas Parkway. This is Associated Bank’s first transaction for a Mortenson and Seavest joint venture. Mortenson is a privately held, Minnesota-based organization providing fully integrated development services to clients nationwide, and Seavest is an institutional healthcare real estate investment manager.
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Zinus USA Inc. will invest $108 million in a new manufacturing and distribution facility in McDonough. The home furnishings company expects to create 804 full-time jobs at the property, which is expected to open in the first half of 2021. This marks the first manufacturing facility in North America for the South Korean-based company. Its other manufacturing facilities are located in China and Indonesia. According to multiple media reports, the building will be located at 830 Ga. Highway 42, the former site of the Toys “R” Us distribution center. The property is 27 miles southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and two miles from Interstate 75. Zinus worked with Yoonie Kim, the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s director of Korean investments, on the investment. Other civic partners include the Henry County Development Authority, Georgia Quick Start and Georgia EMC.
Kidder Mathews Brokers $4.5M Sale of High-Street Retail Building in Los Angeles’ Westwood Village
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of a high-street retail property located at 10930 Weyburn Ave. in Los Angeles. A local family sold the asset to local real estate investor for $4.5 million. Located in the Westwood Village neighborhood, the asset features a 3,200-square-foot building on a 3,998-square-foot lot. The property offers two retail storefronts with more than 40 feet of frontage on Weyburn Avenue. Darrell Levonian, Tanel Harunzade and Brittney McCarthy of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the deal.
AHLA Calls on Congress to Pass New Legislation That Will Help Hotel Owners Pay Mortgages
by Alex Tostado
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new national report compiled by Trepp shows that nearly one in four (23.4 percent) of commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) in the hotel sector are 30 or more days delinquent, the highest percentage on record. By comparison, 1.3 percent of hotel CMBS loans were 30 or more days delinquent at the end of 2019. Nearly 4,000 hotel industry leaders signed a letter to the U.S. Congress imploring it to pass the Helping Open Properties Endeavor (HOPE) Act. The bill would provide assistance to small businesses, including hotel owners needing help to meet their debt-service obligations. “With record low travel demand, thousands of hotels can’t afford to pay their commercial mortgages and are facing foreclosure with the harsh reality of having to close their doors permanently,” says Chip Rogers, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). “Tens of thousands of hotel employees will lose their jobs and small business industries that depend on these hotels to drive local tourism and economic activity will likely face a similar fate.” According to STR, occupancy levels across the country reached 50.2 percent during the week ending Aug. 15. It was the first time since mid-March that occupancy …
SLIDELL, LA. — Baton Rouge, La.-based Brookwood Properties has opened a 920-unit self-storage facility in Slidell. Life Storage Inc., a self-storage REIT based in Buffalo, N.Y., will manage the 118,340-square-foot property. The asset is situated at 1540 Lindberg Drive, 32 miles northeast of downtown New Orleans. The new Life Storage property will be open seven days per week and offers contactless rentals via its RentNow platform 24 hours per day.
Chicago’s Navy Pier to Implement Temporary Closure Starting Sept. 8 to Slow Financial Burden Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
by Amy Works
CHICAGO — Navy Pier, a mixed-use destination on Chicago’s lakefront, will start a temporary pier-wide closure on Tuesday, Sept. 8, in an effort to limit the financial burden and impact of the continued coronavirus pandemic on the organization. The closure will stop all operations, including those of Navy Pier’s more than 70 small businesses. Access to the pier’s outdoor space, including Polk Bros Park and North and South Docks, will also be limited or prohibited during the closure. “While this was a very difficult decision for the organization, it was a necessary one to proactively ensure the long-term success of one of Chicago’s most treasured and important civic institutions and the communities it serves,” says Marilynn Gardner, president and CEO of Navy Pier. Per state and city orders, Navy Pier originally closed to the public from March 16 to June 10 and then began a phased reopening with appropriate safety and security measures. Through the reopening, Navy Pier was able to resume partial operations and welcome guests to the pier. However, the destination experienced less than 20 percent of its typical summer attendance. To date, the Centennial Wheel, Chicago Children’s Museum, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and additional Pier Park attractions have …
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — Stevens Construction has delivered Viscaya-Prado Veterinary Hospital, an 11,630-square-foot animal hospital in Cape Coral. The owner-occupied clinic will be open 24 hours per day and feature 20 exam rooms, an X-ray machine, four operating rooms, treatment area, outdoor run, pharmacy and a lab. Viscaya-Prado Veterinary Hospital also houses separate dog and cat wards. The property is located at 1141 Country Club Blvd., six miles north of downtown Cape Coral. The architect of record is Ronald J. Melvin.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $12.1M Sale of Two-Tenant Retail Property in Overland Park, Kansas
by Amy Works
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 6821 W. 135th St. in Overland Park. A private Overland Park-based developer sold the asset to an out-of-state family trust for $12.1 million. Sprouts Farmers Market and Crowley Furniture occupy the 56,837-square-foot Class A property that was built in 2009. The building is located within Corbin Park, a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Ryan Bowlby and Drew Isaac of Marcus & Millichap, in coordination with Colby Haugness of Marcus & Millichap as Kansas broker of record, represented the seller, while Bowlby and Isaac also sourced the buyer in the deal.
ST. LOUIS — Phoenix-based Alignment Realty Capital has purchased four Sonic Drive-In restaurants located in metro St. Louis. The acquisition price for the sale-leaseback transaction was not released. The company acquired the four drive-in restaurants in a double-escrow transaction where a Sonic franchisee purchased the operations and real estate of a like-sized franchisee and simultaneously spun-off the real estate at closing. Banker’s Trust provided Alignment Realty Capital with a five-year, floating-rate acquisition loan.