LINCOLNWOOD, ILL. — CubeWork has signed a 202,259-square-foot industrial lease at 7080 N. McCormick Blvd. in Lincolnwood, a northern suburb of Chicago. CubeWork is an office and warehousing coworking company. The 234,000-square-foot property sits on an 8.6-acre site. The remainder of the building is leased to Service King, a national vehicle collision repair company. Steve Stone of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, New Lincoln LLC. Bill Mass of Mass Realty represented CubeWork.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — A joint venture between OceanWest and Lionstone Partners has purchased 777 Aviation, an office campus located in El Segundo, approximately 15 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Westbrook & Embarcadero Partners sold the asset for $170 million, or $535 per square foot. Designed and constructed in 1968, the property features 318,182 square feet of office space, a three-story atrium with stadium seating and multiple gathering areas, on-site fitness center, indoor/outdoor conference rooms, flexible open floor plans, on-site café and outdoor areas. Bob Safai, Matt Care and Brad Schlaak of Madison Partners represented both parties in the deal. The team also procured $114.1 million in financing for the buyer.
DENVER — Griffis Residential has received $45.6 million in financing for the acquisition of Talavera Apartments, a mid-rise multifamily community at 350 S. Jackson St. in Denver. Eric Tupler and Josh Simon of HFF secured the 10-year, Fannie Mae Green Rewards loan through HFF’s risk-transfer joint venture with M&T Realty Capital Corp. The loan, which was used to fund the acquisition of the property, carries a 3.53 percent fixed interest rate with full-term interest-only payments. Built in 2008, Talavera Apartments features 240 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, averaging 838 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool and spa, covered parking, in-unit washers/dryers, stainless steel appliances and Amazon lockers. At the time of closing, the property was more than 97 percent leased.
SILVERDALE, WASH. — JRK Property Holdings has expanded its multifamily portfolio in metro Seattle with the off-market purchase of Santa Fe Ridge Apartments in Silverdale. Terms of the transaction were not released. With this acquisition, JRK Property Holdings now owns more than 1,400 units in the Seattle MSA. Located at 1410 NW Santa Fe Lane, the property features 240 units in a mix of one, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include an indoor swimming pool and spa, fitness center, community lounge, indoor racquetball and basketball courts, tanning salon, dog park and children’s playground. The buyer plans to complete renovations of the apartments and improve the community’s common areas and amenities.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $15 million in Fannie Mae financing for The Groves of Tustin. The 83-unit assisted living and memory care community is located in Tustin, between Los Angeles and San Diego. The borrower is Capitol Seniors Housing, which leases the community to Integral Senior Living under a third-party management contract. Capitol originally purchased the property in 2014, and has invested elective capital to modernize the building, bringing it up to the competitive standards of the area. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the 10-year, floating-rate loan with 84 months of interest-only payments. The transaction refinances existing debt on the property
PROVO, UTAH — Mountain Classic Real Estate (MCRE) has purchased Brigham Young University’s Amanda Knight Hall for an undisclosed price. MCRE plans to restore the property to its historical Gothic-style architectural significance. Located at 800 N. University Ave. in Provo, Amanda Knight Hall was constructed in 1939 as a women’s dormitory. The building was used as the first Provo Missionary Training Center, as well as the Church Language Training Mission Center from 1964 to 1976. Since then, the property has served a variety of short-term academic and auxiliary purposes for BYU. Kreg Peterson and David Bauman of CBRE represented the seller, Brigham Young University, in the deal.
Industrial properties have experienced unprecedented growth in demand over the past several years as both new and old companies seek to find space. This shift has benefited industrial assets in many metros across the country, although investors may unintentionally limit their focus to the markets with the most outsized gains. Smaller cities can provide equally compelling investment opportunities due to some unique advantages. Multiple factors combine to create such a scenario in Pittsburgh. The city is home to several prominent educational institutions, healthcare providers and technology companies that are fueling job growth, thus dropping the unemployment rate to its lowest in two decades. Opportunities in these high-wage industries are bolstering the metro’s median household income and improving retail sales. Consumer spending is projected to jump 4.4 percent in 2019, about 100 basis points more than last year. As shopping activity expands, the need for distribution centers is becoming more acute. Together with an established manufacturing sector, both sources of demand are supporting the absorption of industrial space. More tenants moving in are enabling properties to perform at a greater level. The metro’s vacancy rate has declined 400 basis points since 2009 and is now under 6 percent. Availability is lowest …
SAN FRANCISCO — Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) has agreed to acquire 55 Second Street, a 387,000-square-foot office building in San Francisco’s South Financial District, for $408 million. The transaction is expected to close in third-quarter 2019. The company expects to bring in a joint venture partner prior to closing. Developed in 2002, the building sits in the Mission-Market Street corridor and is within one block of the new Transbay Transit Center. The property is currently 87.4 percent leased. KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, serves as the anchor tenant. The 25-story office building is LEED Platinum certified. A two-story parking garage can accommodate approximately 120 vehicles. Nuveen Real Estate was the seller, according to the San Francisco Business Times. Hines still serves as property manager after selling the asset in May 2014. Paramount has been greatly increasing its holdings in San Francisco, closing on the $227 million acquisition of 111 Sutter Street in February. A quote from the company’s CEO, Albert Behler, suggested that recent dispositions in Washington, D.C. are funding the company’s San Francisco expansion. For example, the company sold 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue for $220 million last August and 425 Eye Street for $157 million last …
Shopping Center Business, sister publication to REBusinessOnline, recently sat down with Cynthia Nelson, senior managing director in the real estate solutions practice at FTI Consulting, to discuss the current retail landscape and tips and tricks for tackling big box vacancies. Tell me a bit about your outlook on the retail landscape at current. We’re going through a huge transformation in terms of how consumers buy retail goods and services and it is taking a toll on our shopping centers. Many big box spaces formerly occupied by retailers like Toys ‘R’ Us are going dark. I think we are in the midst of a longer period of transition, but nothing like the ‘retail apocalypse’ some are forecasting. The landscape is changing — I like to call it a ‘retail reincarnation.’ What would be your advice for an owner or a landlord looking to re-lease or redevelop vacant big box space? Owners and landlords have to be thinking about creative ways to maximize the value of available or vacant space at their shopping centers. The easiest and most straightforward route for filling a vacancy is re-leasing to a tenant that will use the same amount of space. This may not garner much …
ORLANDO, FLA. — A joint venture between Linkvest Capital and Futura will build Futura at Nona Cove, a 260-unit apartment complex within Orlando’s Lake Nona master-planned development. The multifamily community will be built in phases, with the first phase expected to begin in the first quarter of 2020 and deliver in the third quarter of 2021. The building will stand five stories high and will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 623 to 1,315 square feet. Communal amenities will include a clubroom, resident lounge, swimming pool, fitness center, jogging trails, dog park, dog spa and a gazebo. The property will also feature 32,000 square feet of retail space and a four-story, 122,000-square-foot self-storage facility. Charlan Brock Associates designed Futura at Nona Cove. Plans for future phases were not disclosed. Tavistock is developing Lake Nona, a master-planned, 11-square-mile mixed-use project that comprises 7.1 million square feet of residential and commercial space.
