AURORA, COLO. — Unique Properties has negotiated the sale of The Forum, an office building located in Aurora. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $14.2 million, or $82.04 per square foot. Located at 14001 E. Illiff Ave., the property features 174,622 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the building was 76 percent occupied. The Lippitt/Shwayder Team of Unique Properties represented the undisclosed seller, while Newmark Knight Frank represented the buyer in the deal.
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 16810 Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore. A partnership specializing in the ownership of net-lease properties sold the asset to an undisclosed Southern California buyer for $3 million, or $1,957 per square foot. Del Taco occupies the 1,558-square-foot building with 12.5 years remaining on its corporate-guaranteed, 15-year, absolute triple-net lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Chris Itule of Itule Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the all-cash transaction.
CHICAGO — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has secured a $19 million loan for the refinancing of 70 E. Walton, a 50,000-square-foot building in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. The property includes 25 apartment units and 15,000 square feet of retail space on the first through third floors. Michael Hart of Cohen arranged the fixed-rate, seven-year loan on behalf of the borrower, a private investor.
CHICAGO — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged $15.4 million in permanent loans for the refinancing of a seven-building multifamily portfolio located in Chicago’s Bronzeville and Kenwood neighborhoods. The recent acquisitions required significant amenity upgrades. The portfolio was approximately 90 percent occupied at closing. Igor Zhizhin and Alexander Rek of ASC arranged seven non-recourse loans on behalf of the Chicago-based borrower.
BARRINGTON, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a 59,885-square-foot single-tenant property net leased to Jewel-Osco in Barrington for $12.8 million. The building sits on a 3.8-acre parcel at 150 W. Main St. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented both the buyer and the seller. A Southwest-based private real estate investment company sold the asset to a Midwest-based family completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO — Gorjian Acquisitions has purchased a 25,250-square-foot retail building in East Cleveland for an undisclosed price. Discount retailer Roses Express occupies the single-tenant property, which is located on a 2.3-acre lot at 1450 Hayden Ave. Roses Express is owned by Variety Wholsalers Inc., which operates nearly 400 stores across the Midwest and Southeast. The seller was not disclosed.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of the Extend-A-Suites Columbus for $1.8 million. The 133-room hotel is located at 887 Morse Road. Andrew Bankhurst, Alexandre Duong, Allan Miller and Mark Diebold of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Bankhurst and Duong represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
SEATTLE AND DENVER — Real estate investment and operating firm Unico Investment Group LLC has sold 11 office assets totaling 1.8 million square feet in Seattle and Denver for $710 million. Broad Street Principal Investments LLC, an affiliate of Goldman Sachs, was the buyer. The portfolio includes 10 creative office assets and one parking garage. The collection of properties is 85 percent leased to more than 190 tenants. Since 2014, Unico has invested $87 million in capital improvements for the properties. Some of the fully repositioned assets include the iconic Smith Tower in Seattle’s Pioneer Square, 1505 Fifth Ave. in Seattle’s central business district (CBD) and the DC Building in Denver’s CBD. The 27-building portfolio also includes new-construction buildings such as the Circa Building, which is located along Denver’s Platte Street. The Class A asset received the Mayor’s Design Award for Sustainability in 2018. Unico will retain a stake in the portfolio and will continue to operate and manage the properties on behalf of the new partnership. “We look forward to working with Goldman Sachs to fully complete the property repositions and new development opportunities still embedded within the portfolio,” says Jonas Sylvester, Unico president. Jason Flynn and Paul Nelson …
As expected and much anticipated, the global rise in oil prices has given the petroleum industry a significant boost and spurred Oklahoma City’s economic recovery. The resurgence, demonstrated in part by a three-year-high in hiring this year, is drawing out-of-state multifamily investors and bringing greater interest from companies looking to relocate or expand. In mid-October, FedEx more than doubled its warehouse space with the opening of a new 270,000-square-foot distribution facility in north Oklahoma City. The expansion came in response to the increase in outbound e-commerce volume, another indication that the local economy has turned a corner. Most of the new jobs created in Oklahoma City through September 2018 were professional and business positions. The sector grew by 4.4 percent year-over-year, easily the widest margin of any employment sector. Overall, the total number of jobs filled during that same period was 13,500, an increase of 2.1 percent. For the complete year, employers anticipate adding about 14,000 new positions. The rebound in hiring has led to the unemployment rate dropping to 3.2 percent, nearly its lowest level in a decade. Supply-Demand Balance The city’s economic recovery is particularly well-timed for multifamily investors, as it coincides with a reduction in the metro’s …
NEWTON, MASS. AND WESTLAKE, OHIO — TravelCenters of America LLC (NASDAQ: TA) has agreed to purchase 20 truck stop locations from its primary landlord, Hospitality Properties Trust (NASDAQ: HPT), for $308.2 million. The 20 properties span 15 states. HPT will continue to own 179 properties that TA leases. The leases have been amended by both companies, which puts the 179 properties under five leases. The leases have all been extended by three years. Westlake-based TA expects to purchase nine of the travel centers for $140.5 million Jan. 17 and expects to complete the remaining purchases in two closings by the end of January. HPT expects to gain $160 million from the sale, which it plans to use to repay borrowings under its revolving credit facility and for general business purposes. When the sales are finalized, TA’s rent will fall by $243.9 million per year. Under the amended leases, TA’s rent will be reduced by $43.1 million per year. HPT will receive $70.5 million for backlogged payments in 16 quarterly payments from TA beginning April 1. The backlogged rent has been reduced from $150 million due to moving the payments up from June 2024. “As we move into the tenth year …
