ST. PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Merriam Park in St. Paul for $4.9 million. The 25-unit apartment building is located at 1880 Marshall Ave. Built in 1964, the property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Evan Miller, Chris Collins and Abe Roberts of Marcus & Millichap marketed the building for sale and procured the buyer. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.
MILWAUKEE — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of St. Clare Terrace, a 59-unit assisted living community in Milwaukee. The community was built in 1964 and operates under the Residential Care Apartment Complex (RCAC) designation. Under this state designation, residents have individual apartments with kitchens and bathrooms. They also receive up to 28 hours per week of supportive, personal and nursing services. The 67,000-square-foot property sits on 2.4 acres, and was 64 percent occupied at the time of sale. An ownership group based in Wisconsin with seven other communities across the state acquired the property for $2.3 million. After extensive due diligence, the buyer received a credit of $500,000 for improvements to St. Clare’s physical plant, including repairs deferred by prior ownership. The buyer plans to rebrand the facility under the name Willow View and invest significant capital into the renovation of the facility. Ryan Saul, Bradley Clousing and Joe Young of SLIB handled the transaction.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — JLL has arranged the sale of an office campus located at 1960 E. Grand Ave. in El Segundo. Terms of the transaction, including the name of the seller, buyer and acquisition price, were not released. Totaling 5.4 acres, the two-parcel property features a 12-story, 260,000-square-foot office building plus development potential to build up to 94,000 square feet of creative office or hotel space. The building features 21,500-square-foot floor plates, parking for 926 vehicles, a fitness deck, communal outdoor workspace and a plaza. At the time of sale, the property was 79 percent leased. Tom Bohlinger, Andrew Harper and Will Poulsen of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Vista Investment Group has closed on the first two properties in a $50 million portfolio acquisition of four Los Angeles-area, rent-controlled multifamily communities totaling 167 units. The company acquired Park Winona, a three-story building located at 1840 Winona Blvd. in Hollywood. Built in 1963, the property features 50 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Vista plans to implement a capital improvement program that includes upgrading apartment interiors with high-end finishes and renovating common areas and amenities. Tony Azzi of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Vista also purchased Leeward Apartments, a three-story building located at 2810 Leeward Ave. in Koreatown. Built in 1923, the 19,776-square-foot property features mostly studio apartments, as well as a limited number of one-bedroom units. Bryan Glenn of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — LaPour Cos. and G2 Capital Development, both based in Las Vegas, have broken ground on Narrative, a Class A office building located in Las Vegas. Situated in the southwest portion of the valley near the 215 Beltway and South Durango, Narrative will feature 100,184 square feet of office space in a four-story building. Slated for completion in fourth-quarter 2020, the development is the first of its kind in the area since the recession, according to the developers. Upon completion, Narrative will become the headquarters of Colliers International | Las Vegas.
GLENDALE, CALIF. — Ready Capital has closed $23 million in refinancing for a creative office portfolio in Glendale, a suburb of Los Angeles. The undisclosed sponsor will use loan proceeds to pay off existing debt and acquire additional properties at the 59,000-square-foot property, which consists of 12 industrial/flex buildings that are or will be redeveloped into creative office space. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, floating-rate loan that features a 36-month term, two extension options, flexible pre-payment. The financing includes a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest/operating reserves.
PHOENIX — Orion Investment Real Estate has arranged the purchase of Encanto Village, a shopping center located at the corner of 15th Avenue and Thomas Road in Phoenix. A Phoenix-based private investor sold the asset to Arizona Partners for $2.3 million. Built in 1951, The Original Hamburger Works has anchored the 20,000-square-foot shopping plaza since 1967. The buyer plans to renovate the plaza and stabilize the rent roll. Andrew Harrison, Ari Spiro and Sean Stutzman of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal.
Perhaps there is no better way to describe the Nashville office market and its progression than to examine the recent transaction history of two of Nashville’s older generation office buildings, Fifth Third Center and Bank of America/Philips Plaza. Both of these office towers are 1980s vintage with significant renovations in the last three to four years. However, no renovation can cure some of the obsolete issues with these buildings: limited parking, inefficient floorplates and old “core” locations. Nevertheless, these buildings have enjoyed rental growth, occupancy strength and consequently excellent sales transaction history. On a more macroeconomic level, investor activity remained on the rise in 2019 as Nashville has become a global real estate investment target with Nashville being in the top 10 list of markets in Urban Land Institute and PricewaterhouseCooper’s Emerging Trends report for the past five years. Nashville’s presence on this list is supported with its business-friendly environment, population growth, growing IT workforce and appeal as a leisure and meeting destination. In 2010, Nashville’s overall office vacancy rate was 12.2 percent with its Class A rents averaging $22.41 per square foot. Today, the market’s vacancy rate is 8.4 percent with Class A rents averaging $31.20. Clearly, the Nashville …
NEW YORK CITY — Meritz Securities, a South Korea-based lender and intermediary, has provided a $350 million inventory loan for The Centrale, a 63-story residential tower in Midtown Manhattan. The loan, which essentially functions as permanent financing, is collateralized by the property and pays off the property’s $300 million construction loan. New York City-based Madison Realty Capital provided that loan to the project developer, Ceruzzi Properties, in 2017. The Centrale features 124 residential condominium units, 7,645 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage. Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects designed the project, construction of which was completed in early 2019. Units at the property feature one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom floor plans that range in size from 777 to 5,388 square feet. Amenities include an indoor pool, a spa, fitness center and shared workspaces. The property also offers proximity to Grand Central Station, several subway lines, Times Square and Midtown East’s Plaza District. JLL arranged the loan through Meritz Securities on behalf of Ceruzzi Properties. VI Development Group advised Meritz on the transaction and tapped PIA Asset Management to manage the project. “New York City remains the go-to market for global capital,” says Chris Peck, a managing director …
FORT MYERS, FLA. — JLL has negotiated the $96 million sale of The Retreat at Vista Lake, a 640-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Fort Myers. The property comprises 32 two- and three-story buildings spanning 35 acres. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 867 square feet. Communal amenities include two pools, a fitness center, gazebo with grilling area, tennis courts, racquetball court, lakeside basketball court, dog park and a business center. The Retreat at Vista Lake is situated at 3701 Winkler Ave., five miles southeast of downtown Fort Myers. Matt Mitchell, Zach Nolan Brett Moss, Drew Jennewein, Jarrod Smith and Bailey Smith of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private partnership.