CORSICANA, TEXAS — Advantage Construction and Forge Building Co. have broken ground on a 278-unit expansion project at Mini-West Storage, a self-storage facility located in Corsicana, about 50 miles south of Dallas. The project will add 39,500 net rentable square feet of climate- and non-climate-controlled space to the facility, which originally opened in 1987 and now features approximately 700 units. Texas Community National Bank provided construction financing for the project, which is expected to be complete in December.
SAN ANTONIO — General contractor Adolfson & Peterson Construction has been awarded the contract to build the Northside Independent School District’s Marshall Law and Medical Services Magnet High School in San Antonio, a project valued at $22.1 million. The project includes an 80,000-square-foot addition to the main high school, adding a new magnet school for law and medical services, new soccer and softball fields and a parking lot. In addition, the project will include renovations to the career and technology building and administration area. Completion is scheduled for November 2021. Pfluger Architects is designing the project.
TYLER, TEXAS — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has provided a $9.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of The Ashton, a 160-unit apartment community in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas. The property was built in 1979 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Paul Harbor of Grandbridge originated the loan, which was structured with a fixed interest rate, 10-year term and 10 years of interest-only payments.
PHOENIX — Epoch Residential has completed the sale of Capital Place, a multifamily property located at 11 S. 12th St. in Phoenix. Knightvest Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2016, the two-building Capital Place features 292 apartments offering stainless steel kitchen appliances, custom kitchen cabinets, granite counter tops and covered balconies. Residential amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, spa, cabanas, barbecue grills and parking garages. Mike Higgins, Charlie Steele and John Cunningham of the JLL Capital Markets Investment Advisory team represented the seller in the deal. Mark Brandenburg and Brad Miner, also of JLL, arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac for the buyer. Jones Lang LaSalle Multifamily, a Freddie Mac Optigo lender, will service the loan.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Highridge Costa, in partnership with Honolulu-based Coastal Rim Properties, has completed the first phase of Hale Moena Kupuna, a $130 million affordable seniors and multifamily rental community in Kapolei on the island of Oahu. The first phase is a 13-story high-rise designated for seniors, featuring 153 affordable apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Upon full build-out, the three-phase Hale Moena Kupuna will offer two 13-story residential towers with ground-level retail and commercial space. Communities amenities include a community meeting room, picnic area and a community workspace with high-speed internet access. The development is being financed with a combination of tax-exempt bonds, tax credit equity and a $10.7 million rental housing revolving fund loan from the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. Citibank is serving as the construction lender and Aegon is the tax credit investor.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Westcore has purchased an industrial warehouse situated on 16.5 acres at 2550 N. Nevada St. in Chandler. Greenlaw sold the property for $38 million. At the time of acquisition, the 164,486-square-foot, Class A facility was fully leased to a global e-commerce company. The secured warehouse distribution building, which was extensively renovated, features 30-foot clear heights, extensive power, ESFR sprinklers, ample loading and newly designed and constructed office space. Jeff Chiate, Will Strong and Mike Adey of Cushman & Wakefield, with support from Steve Larsen of JLL, represented the seller, while Westcore was self-represented in the deal.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured $27 million in refinancing for The Missions at Sentinel Peak Apartments and The Woods Apartments in Tucson. Adam Parker and Chad Metzger of Gantry’s Phoenix office arranged both loans for the undisclosed borrower through an agency lender. Located at 2410 S. Mission Road, The Missions at Sentinel Peak Apartments features 404 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Since 2018, the owner has extensively renovated the property with 80 percent of the units being upgraded at the time of financing. The $12 million loan was structured as a 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which allowed the owner to officially operate and rebrand the two adjacent properties, Mission Sierra 1 and 2, as one community. The Woods Apartments, located at 1970 W. Valencia Road, features 360 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Gantry arranged $15 million in refinancing, structured as a 15-year, fixed-loan, for the asset.
WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Dermody Properties has broken ground on LogistiCenter at Southport, cross-dock industrial building situated on 22.7 acres in West Sacramento. The company is working with Deacon Construction as general contractor and local development partners Tom Schaal and Mark Heavey to develop the 379,161-square-foot property within Southport Business Park. Slated for completion in first-quarter 2021, the building will offer 36-foot clear heights, 58 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors, 106 trailer stalls, 222 car parking stalls and a 135-foot truck court. Plans also include an ESFR fire protection system and a seven-inch concrete floor with concrete tilt walls, as well as a build-to-suit office space.
As Brad Umansky assumed the volunteer role of president of the Retail Brokers Network in May, the nation — and the retail real estate industry — was in the throes of dealing with closures and stay-in-place orders brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Umansky is president of Rancho Cucamonga, California-based Progressive Real Estate Partners, and spoke with REBusinessOnline’s sister magazine California Centers about assuming his role for the network at this time, and how its members are helping each other cope with the changes that the pandemic has brought to their businesses and their clients’ businesses. CC: How did you get started in the commercial real estate business? Umansky: I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. I had a short stint in the luxury hotel business; I quickly realized that wasn’t for me. My girlfriend at the time — now my wife — was from Southern California, so I moved here. I started doing retail leasing for a small brokerage. I learned the market. I went to Grubb & Ellis, where I was for four years, followed by four years at Lee & Associates. I then moved to investment sales, spending seven years at Sperry Van Ness. In 2007, I decided …
NORFOLK, VA. — Divaris Real Estate has arranged the sale of the Arnold B. McKinnon Norfolk Southern headquarters, a 310,745-square-foot office building in downtown Norfolk. The building has been home to Norfolk Southern Railroad’s headquarters since 1988. The company will finish out its lease, which has 18 months remaining, then move to Midtown Atlanta. A joint venture between TowneBank and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter (CHKD) acquired the 22-story tower for an undisclosed price from Norfolk Southern. As part of the acquisition, the buyers also purchased the Commercial Place Garage, a 744-space parking garage connected to the tower via skybridge. The parking garage features retailers on the ground level. TowneBank and CHKD will each occupy 10 stories, with CHKD bringing over 475 employees and TowneBank relocating 400. TowneBank has hired WM Jordan as the general contractor to renovate the bank’s future home, on floors that Norfolk Southern is not currently occupying. Creative Development Partners will manage the renovations. Gerald Divaris, Michael Divaris and Jason Oliver of Divaris Real Estate represented the buyers in the transaction. Gayle Bartlett of Divaris Property Management Corp. will continue to manage the building, as well as the parking garage and retail on the first …