BURLESON, TEXAS — Premier Refrigerated Warehouse, a locally based provider of cold storage solutions, has inked a deal to occupy 200,000 square feet at a new facility underway in Burleson, located south of Fort Worth. Austin-based Yukon Ventures and New Jersey-based Saxum Real Estate are co-developing the 400,000-square-foot property. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the facility is valued at approximately $50 million and is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2021.
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GONZALES, TEXAS — Greysteel has arranged a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of a 62-room La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham hotel in Gonzales, about 75 miles east of San Antonio. Situated on Highway 183, the property is in close proximity to historic sites including the Gonzales Memorial Museum and Texas Heroes Square. Mitt Patel and Daniel Hartnett of Greysteel arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The General Services Administration (GSA) exercised its purchase option to buy 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE in Washington D.C.’s Yards/Southeast Federal Center neighborhood for $760 million. The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) fully occupies the 1.9 million-square-foot building. The sale is expected to close in March 2020, 19 months before USDOT’s lease expires, saving $99.8 million in rent costs. The USDOT employs 5,500 workers at the property. Amenities at the property include bike racks, access to the Walking Museum of Transportation, a loading dock and 13-foot ceilings. According to its website, GSA provides workplaces by constructing, managing and preserving government buildings and by leasing and managing commercial real estate.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Accesso Partners and Partners Group have acquired Innovation Park, a 1.8 million-square-foot office campus in Charlotte. The sales price was not disclosed, but Charlotte Business Journal reports the sales price was $270 million. Innovation Park spans 202 acres and comprises 12 buildings that were 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Allstate, AXA, Alight Solutions, Classic Graphics and Wells Fargo. The property is surrounded by Interstates 85, 485 and 77, and also has two stops along the Lynx Blue Line light rail. JLL represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction and arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Brian Dawson represented the undisclosed seller, and Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey, Chris Lingerfelt and Zack Drozda represented the buyers. Susan Hill arranged acquisition financing through an undisclosed lender.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Foundry Commercial has acquired an 18-acre site in Hialeah Gardens with plans to develop a speculative 320,000-square-foot industrial building. The site is situated on NW 107th Avenue between NW 144th and NW 146th streets, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Miami. Orlando-based Foundry Commercial plans to break ground in early 2020 and expects to deliver the asset by the end of 2020. Wayne Schuchts, David Spillers and Bobby Benton of Avison Young represented the buyer in the land acquisition and have been tapped to lease the building. Two undisclosed sellers sold the land to Foundry for an undisclosed price in the off-market transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $29.4M Sale of Multifamily Property in Upstate South Carolina
by Alex Tostado
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $29.4 million sale of Garden District, a 223-unit multifamily community in Simpsonville. The property was delivered in 2008 and offers one- through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include barbecue areas, picnic areas, an internet café, fitness center, swimming pool, business center and a clubhouse. Garden District is located at 100 Garden District Drive, 15 miles southeast of downtown Greenville. Drew Babcock of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed Florida-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor based in Simpsonville.
Rolls-Royce North America to Occupy 17,000 SF for Corporate Headquarters in Northern Virginia
by Alex Tostado
RESTON, VA. — Rolls-Royce North America will relocate its corporate headquarters to the fourth floor of Reston Station in early 2020. Rolls-Royce North America designs, develops, manufactures and tests jet engines for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial aerospace markets. The company will occupy 17,000 square feet of the 16-story glass building, located at 1900 Reston Metro Plaza in Reston, 20 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The office tower offers amenities including multiple rooftop event and social spaces with catering kitchens, a fitness facility, multi-room conference facility and a two-story lobby on the Metro Plaza.
DENVER — Bascom Northwest Ventures has acquired 1000 South Broadway Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1000 South Broadway in Denver. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $90.5 million, or $348,076 per unit. Built in 2015, 1000 South Broadway Apartments features 260 Class A units. Avenue 5 Residential will manage the property. Terry Daly of Cushman & Wakefield arranged a $54.5 million loan with Wells Fargo Bank for the buyer. The property was also purchased with proceeds derived from the sale of a 15-year investment in an urban infill property in Bellevue, Wash.
CBRE Secures $43M in Construction Financing for AC Hotels by Marriott in San Rafael, California
by Amy Works
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $43 million in non-recourse construction financing for the development of an AC Hotels by Marriott in downtown San Rafael. John Nelson and David Kaim of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the financing on behalf of the sponsorship, Monahan Parker. ACORE Capital provided the floating-rate financing. Located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and B Street, the hotel will feature 140 rooms. Construction is slated to begin immediately, with completion scheduled for third-quarter 2021. CSI Construction will serve as general contractor for the project. The property will be the first major hotel to be developed in Marin County in more than two decades, according to CBRE.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between NNC Apartment Ventures and Bailard Inc. has completed the sale of Cambridge Apartments, a multifamily complex located in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles. Interstate Equities Corp. acquired the property for $29.3 million, or $333,523 per unit. Constructed in 1962, the asset consists of two contiguous 44-unit buildings on adjoining parcels near Van Nuys and Ventura boulevards. Joe Grabiec, Kevin Green and Greg Harris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the transaction.