PHOENIX — Gardner Capital has completed construction of El Caro Apartments, a 102-unit affordable senior apartment complex in Phoenix. The property also features a food pantry on-site. Gardner Capital worked with the City of Phoenix Housing Department and the Arizona Department of Housing, as well as financial partners Citibank and Enterprise Community. Kitchell served as the general contractor. “We recognized the dual needs for seniors housing and food pantries when developing this site with the aim of creating comfortable, flexible living spaces while reducing food insecurity in the Phoenix area,” says Michael Gardner, president and CEO of Gardner Capital.
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ROCKY FORD, PAONIA AND GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged $16.4 million in financing for three skilled nursing facilities in Colorado. The borrower is Madison Creek Partners. The portfolio comprises Pioneer Health Care Center, a 29-unit facility in Rocky Ford; Paonia Care & Rehabilitation, a 28-unit facility in Paonia; and Glenwood Springs Health Care, a 29-unit facility in Glenwood Springs. Kevin Giusti led the origination team. The HUD loans will refinance existing debt. Renovated in 1964, Pioneer Health Care Center is the only Veterans Affairs-contracted facility within 80 miles. Paonia Health Care Center is a skilled nursing and memory care facility built in 1984. Glenwood Springs Health Care is the sole skilled nursing facility in its area, located less than a mile from its local medical center, Valley View Hospital.
NAI Horizon Arranges $8.3M Sale of American Self Storage & Mail Center in Chandler, Arizona
by Amy Works
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of American Self Storage & Mail Center, a self-storage facility located at 12220 E. Riggs Road in Chandler. Apache Junction-based Lawhead Family LLC sold the asset to Phoenix-based 535 Wilmot Investors for $8.3 million. Totaling 59,239 square feet, American Self Storage & Mail Center offers 652 units in a mix of drive-up and climate-controlled options, as well as RV parking and six commercial retail store tenants. Denise Nunez and Victoria Filice of NAI Horizon represented the seller in the transaction.
Hanley Investment Negotiates $3.8M Sale of Four-Tenant Retail Building in Inland Empire
by Amy Works
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail building within Lake Elsinore Marketplace, a shopping center in Lake Elsinore. Irvine-based Pacific Castle sold the asset to a Torrance-based private investor for $3.8 million. Built in 2006 at 29261 Central Ave., the 7,203-square-foot pad building is fully occupied. Tenants include Navy Federal Credit Union, iBrows Threading Salon, Submarina and Juice It Up!. Anchors at the larger, 144,034-square-foot Lake Elsinore Marketplace include Costco, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse, Grocery Outlet, PetSmart and Dollar Tree. Kevin Fryman and Bill Asher of Hanley represented the seller in the deal.
FORNEY, TEXAS — Amazon will open a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney, a deal that is expected to bring about 500 new full-time jobs to the region. The fulfillment center is expected to open in 2021. Amazon is also opening a 200,000-square-foot delivery station in Forney later this year. The fulfillment center is located at 1475 Akron Way, and the delivery station is located at 1101 South Gateway Blvd.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — BAE Systems, a British multinational aerospace and defense contractor, will open a $150 million office and manufacturing campus in Austin’s Parmer Business Park. The company is working with Karlin Real Estate to develop the 390,000-square-foot campus, which will also offer research and development and lab space. BAE Systems’ Austin campus will house about 1,400 employees who will primarily support the U.S. Department of Defense. Completion is scheduled for 2022.
SAN ANTONIO — Provender Partners, a California-based owner-operator of food-related industrial buildings, has sold a 267,702-square-foot cold storage facility located at 5505 Kaepa Court in San Antonio. Provender Partners purchased the asset in 2019 and implemented a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan prior to signing Dollar General to a 10-year lease. Guy Ponticello and Robert Gibson of CBRE, along with Scott Delphey of Food Properties Group, represented Provender Partners in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer StreetLevel Investments has opened the 250,000-square-foot Shops at Chisholm Trail Ranch retail power center in Fort Worth. Specific stores that have opened at the center, which is 90 percent leased, include Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, Ulta Beauty, Five Below, Tuesday Morning, AT&T, Sprint and others. Restaurants now open include Chick-fil-A, Whataburger and MOD Pizza. The 40,000-square-foot Studio Movie Grill is expected to open at the end of summer.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 168,725-square-foot industrial building occupied by Illinois-based Packaging Corp. of America in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. The property was built on 6.8 acres in 1979. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
CHEVY CHASE, MD. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $160 million sale of the Barlow Building, an 18-story, 293,852-square-foot medical office building in Chevy Chase. Amenities at the property include valet parking, a fitness center on the top floor, deli, conference center and a courtyard that houses a Starbucks. The property is located at 5454 Wisconsin Ave., less than one mile from the Friendship Heights Metro Rail Station and six miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. The undisclosed buyer has retained the seller, Carr Properties, for third-party management services. Bill Collins, Paul Collins, Drew Flood, Eric Berkman, Shaun Collins and Shaun Weinberg of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.