COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of a 63,436-square-foot industrial building in Coon Rapids, a northern suburb of Minneapolis, for $2.4 million. The property is located on 24 acres at 9534 Foley Blvd. Java Enterprises LLC sold the building to Phoenicia Properties Corp. Dan Friedner and Jay Chmieleski of NKF represented both parties in the transaction.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Confluent Development, have delivered MorningStar of Rio Rancho, a seniors housing community located at 2301 Golf Course Road SE in Rio Rancho. Situated on 5.5 acres, Morningstar of Rio Rancho features a total of 77 units, with 51 suites for assisted living and 26 suites for residents with memory impairment, in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. The one- and two-bedroom assisted living suites feature stacked washer/dryers, and all units include advanced technological features including an emergency call system and community-wide wireless internet. Additionally, the community offers restaurant-style and private dining options, a 24-hour bistro/bar, a workshop and art studio, community activities space with demonstration kitchen, a spa and massage therapy room, fitness center, theater/chapel, library and salon. Outdoor amenities include courtyards with trellises, walking paths, resident gardening areas and a barbecue area with grill and fire pit. MorningStar of Rio Rancho is the 12th joint venture between MorningStar and Confluent Senior Living. Confluent is the project owner and MorningStar serves as the operator of the property. The project team included Rosemann & Associates as architect, New Mexico-based Bradbury Stamm Construction as general …
WEST JORDAN, UTAH — Amazon.com has announced plans to open a new fulfillment center in West Jordan. Seefried Industrial Properties will develop the more than 1 million-square-foot facility. The new fulfillment center will create more than 800 full-time jobs starting at $15 an hour with comprehensive benefits starting on the first day of employment, according to Amazon. The company currently employs more than 2,000 full-time associates throughout Utah. The center will be used to organize, pack and shop large customer items, such as sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles and larger household goods. Additional development details, including a timeline, have not been released.
LOS ANGELES — Terreno Realty Corp. has purchased an industrial asset located in downtown Los Angeles from an undisclosed seller for $18.1 million. The property consists of five industrial buildings located at 130-134 and 140-148 S. Anderson St., 1319 Mono St. and 135-151 S. Utah St. Totaling 53,000 square feet, the asset features 11 grade-level loading positions and parking for 83 cars. At the time of sale, the asset was 90 percent leased to seven tenants, all of which expire within the next three years. Terreno Realty acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: Los Angeles, Northern New Jersey/New York City, San Francisco Bay area, Seattle, Miami and Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of a newly constructed retail building located at 164 SW Campus Drive in Federal Way. A Kirkland, Wash.-based buyer acquired the property from an affiliate of Henderson, Nev.-based Covenant Real Estate Group for $3.7 million. Situated on 1.2 acres, the 4,980-square-foot freestanding building is located at the signalized entrance to the WinCo Foods-anchored shopping center. The two-tenant building is occupied by a 2,104-square-foot Starbucks Coffee and a 2,876-square-foot Pacific Dental Services-supported dental office. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Scott Clements of Seattle-based Orion Commercial Partners represented the buyer in the deal.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — Unique Properties/TCN Worldwide has arranged the sale of Front Range Medical Office Park, a four-building property located at 8402-8406 Clay St. and 8403-8407 Bryant St. in Westminster. An undisclosed buyer acquired the complex from an undisclosed seller for $3.3 million, or $253.26 per square foot. Situated on 2.2 acres, the asset features 13,030 square feet of medical office space. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied by two medical tenants with long-term leases. Sam Leger and Tim Finholm of Unique Properties/TCN Worldwide represented both parties in the transaction.
DALLAS — Uber (NYSE: UBER) has signed a 450,000-square-foot lease within The Epic, a mixed-use development in Dallas. Uber will move to the second planned 23-story office building, which will total 470,000 square feet, when completed. Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management, the owner and developer of The Epic, plans to break ground in the fourth quarter of this year with delivery slated for the fourth quarter of 2022. In the meantime, Uber will occupy 168,000 square feet on the ninth to 15th floors of the existing Epic office tower beginning in July 2020. The company plans to move about 700 employees to Dallas in July, then more than 3,000 in 2022. Uber plans to begin tenant improvements and buildout in the new tower in the second quarter of 2022. This is the second massive lease signing recently for the transportation company. Earlier this week, Uber announced that it signed a 10-year, 463,000-square-foot lease in Chicago’s Old Post Office. The Epic is located on the eastside of downtown Dallas, adjacent to Deep Ellum. The new tower will complete The Epic, which currently comprises 251,000 square feet of office space, 55,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, the 164-room Pittman …
Retail leasing activity across New York City accelerated during the second quarter of 2019, but the market continues to see vast discrepancies in supply-demand balances across various submarkets. In certain parts of Manhattan, year-over-year asking rents declined by double-digit percentages, according to the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) Spring 2019 Report. Midtown East, for example, saw its average asking rent drop by 22 percent from $3,900 per square foot to $3,050 per square foot during this time period. The corridor between 42nd and 49th streets experienced similar activity, sliding 20 percent from an average asking rent of $1,000 per square foot to $800 per square foot. Historically high vacancy and low absorption rates are behind the negative rent growth. Due to the high cost of doing business in New York, landlords have also struggled to backfill spaces vacated by tenants that were victims of the e-commerce world. As a result, property owners are being forced to bring down their tenant improvement allowances and integrate more flexibility into their leases, primarily in the form of shorter lease terms to stimulate cash flows. Midtown East had approximately 100 vacant retail spaces totaling more than 500,000 square feet at the end …
E-commerce has been driving demand for industrial real estate for several years, but steadily increasing online sales coupled with growing consumer expectations for speedier delivery continues to put pressure on merchants to bridge the last mile to their customers. Considering that these projects are located in densely populated areas where land and available product are typically scarce, developers are increasingly converting obsolete warehouse and other properties into fulfillment centers. For space that matches their needs, tenants are less price-sensitive than they have been historically, says Kenneth Salzman, SIOR, executive managing director and principal for commercial real estate service provider Lee & Associates. But tenants are avoiding taking more space than they need just to have it available in the future, he adds. “It’s less a space race and more that businesses want to reach their customers more quickly,” explains Salzman, who is located in the company’s New York office. “And the demand is not just coming from Amazon and other online retailers — traditional companies want to be able to ship their products to their customers more quickly because they’re competing with online resources, as well.” Online retailers and shippers are typical tenants of the buildings — even the U.S. …
DALLAS — JLL has arranged a $128.3 million construction loan for The Link at Uptown, a 25-story office tower that will be located in the Uptown area of Dallas. Located at 2601 Olive St., the property will total 300,000 square feet. De’On Collins of JLL arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Broad Street Real Estate Credit Partners III, an investment fund managed by the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. The borrower was Kaizen Development Partners. The target completion date is fall 2021.