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.
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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.
Upland Real Estate Group Brokers $4.7M Sale of Caliber Collision-Occupied Property in Minnesota
by Amy Works
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Upland Real Estate Group has arranged the $4.7 million sale of an investment property net leased to Caliber Collision in Coon Rapids. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Caliber Collision has operated at this location in the suburbs of Minneapolis for 20 years and recently signed a new 15-year, triple-net lease with rent increases every 5 years. The property’s lease has a corporate guarantee by WAND NEWCO 3, which operates more than 1,100 stores in 37 states and the District of Columbia. Deb Vannelli, Keith Sturm and Amanda Leathers of Upland Real Estate Group represented the seller in the deal.
CHICAGO — Associated Bank has completed a $1.4 million loan for 312 Properties for the purchase of a residential building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Located at 6700 S. Clyde Ave., the three-story building features 13 apartments. The property was previously subdivided as condominiums but operating as an apartment building. At closing, the buyer acquired all the units from the seller and converted the building to a multifamily designation. Elizabeth Hozian of Associated Bank’s commercial real estate division managed the loan and closing.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Multifamily developer The NRP Group, in partnership with New York-based owner RPW Group, has broken ground on a 303-unit apartment community in White Plains, located north of New York City. The property is being constructed on part of a 70-acre site that formerly housed the world headquarters of IBM, adjacent to a 620,000-square-foot office building that RPW Group owns and operates. Units will come in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center and small workspaces. Completion is slated for early 2022.