MIDDLETON, WIS. — ORIX Real Estate Holdings (ORIX) has provided a $40 million construction loan for a 263-unit multifamily development in Middleton, a suburb of Madison. The project will also feature 31,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, including a food hall. The units will be standard one-floor apartments as well as two-story lofts. Completion is slated for February 2021. The borrower was not disclosed.
BALLWIN, MO. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. and Pace Properties have arranged the $20.9 million sale of Ballwin Plaza in Ballwin, about 20 miles west of St. Louis. The 204,859-square-foot shopping center is situated on Manchester Road. Schnucks Supermarket anchors the property, which is 93 percent leased. Other tenants include Hobby Lobby, Marshalls and Buffalo Wild Wings. Joe Girardi of Mid-America and Scott Seyfried of Pace Properties represented the seller, Cincinnati-based Viking Partners. Cincinnati-based Select Strategies Realty purchased the asset.
MADISON, WIS. — Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke has brokered the sale of a former Boston Store property in Madison for $5.7 million. The 144,600-square-foot property is located within West Towne Mall, a regional mall comprising more than 120 stores. John Kuhn and David Tighe of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke represented the seller, S&B Detrick LP. The buyer, CBL Properties, plans to raze the existing structure and oversee construction of a new Von Maur store on the 9.4-acre site.
KALAMAZOO, MICH. — Old Navy has signed a new 23,578-square-foot lease at Maple Hill Pavilion in Kalamazoo. ShopOne Centers REIT Inc. owns the property, which is now more than 99 percent leased. Old Navy is expected to open in early summer 2020. Other new retailers at Maple Hill Pavilion include Ulta and Breakfast at Tiffiny’s.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sales of three multifamily properties in Chicago’s Edgewater and Rogers Park neighborhoods for a combined $5.5 million. Each of the properties, located at 5547 N. Lakewood Ave., 1619 W. Lunt Ave. and 7423 N. Rogers Ave., were fully occupied at the time of sale. In the first transaction, Interra’s Craig Martin represented the seller, the estate of Victoria Altman, as well as the buyer, a joint venture led by Joe Hayes and Mike Cavanaugh. In the second sale, Martin and Brian DiBasilio of Interra represented the private parties. In the third transaction, Martin represented the private buyer as well as the sellers, Gary and Bella Goland.
The retail market in Portland remains competitive. Vacancy rates are staying low at 3.1 percent, compared to about 5.5 percent just five years ago, leading to healthy competition among tenants for space. Retailers and brands are thriving across the board in this market. We’re seeing food halls, outdoor apparel, athletic brands, brew pubs, schools, banks, value brands, homegrown food concepts and many franchise concepts entering or expanding. Competitive socializing and esport lounges are growing in popularity across the country, taking up about 32 percent of the leisure tenant market. Competitive socializing concepts like Voicebox and Punchbowl Social are quickly becoming some of the most popular leisure tenants in the Portland area. Live Nation has recently signed a lease for a new entertainment venue at Lloyd Center, which will soon offer more small-venue live entertainment options. Brands like Pendleton, Nike, Columbia Sports, Apple, Nordstrom, H&M and Zara have flagship stores in the downtown core. Patagonia, Anthropologie and a local favorite, the Mercantile, have all expanded their footprints taking prime real estate in the Portland CBD/West End. The desire for wellness and a balanced lifestyle has led to a boom in demand for retail space. Wellness tenants like medical clinics, dental offices …
Throughout the first half of 2018, when oil prices appeared to be on a steady upward trajectory, Midland, Texas, saw a number of energy firms up their stakes in the city’s office market. Major names such as Chevron, Anadarko, Apache and Natural Gas Services Group announced build-to-suit office projects in Midland during this time, adding a significant amount of supply to this 6 million-square-foot market. In addition, strong leasing activity by an array of energy firms looking to bolster their operations in the Permian Basin helped the market’s occupancy rate rise to about 92 percent. This growth in occupancy was anchored by a low unemployment rate and accompanied by positive rent growth. Now, however, with oil prices down from their 2018 highs (West Texas intermediate traded at $56.11 per barrel at the time of this writing), there is more uncertainty in the Midland office market. While the office occupancy rate has held steady and rents have even grown slightly during the last year, currently clocking in at about $23 per square foot, Midland could see a significant amount of supply of office space returned to the market over the next six to 12 months. Examples in Action Chevron, which earlier …
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green has agreed to sell 220 East 42nd Street, also known as The News Building, in Manhattan for $815 million. The 37-story building, originally the headquarters for The New York Daily News, was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, local television station WPIX and the United Nations. Adam Spies and Doug Harmon of Cushman & Wakefield facilitated the transaction along with Robert Verrone of Iron Hound Management. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. Commercial Observer reported that the buyer was Jacob Chetrit of The Chetrit Organization. SL Green purchased the property in February 2003 for $265 million
SAN FRANCISCO AND ANTOICH, CALIF. — Donahue Schriber has acquired two grocery-anchored retail centers for a total of nearly $132 million. The acquisitions expand the company’s presence in the San Francisco Bay area. In the first deal, Donahue Schriber purchased Lakeshore Plaza in San Francisco. Located at 1549 Sloat Blvd., the 172,364-square-foot center was built in 1993 and serves the Sunset District, West Portal and Saint Francis Wood. Lucky, Ross Dress for Less, Petco and Big 5 Sporting Goods anchor the retail property. This acquisition represents the company’s second purchase in San Francisco in the last two years. Additionally, Donahue Schriber acquired Antioch Crossings, a neighborhood retail center located at 3303-3421 Deer Valley Road in Antioch. Safeway anchors the 126,309-square-foot shopping center. Further terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Westside Retail has arranged the sale of a freestanding retail building, located at 4411 Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Tova Capital Inc. acquired the asset from Drucker Living Trust for $8.2 million, or approximately $680 per square foot. Samy’s Camera occupies the 12,054-square-foot building. Originally built in 1989 by the owner and operator of Allied Model Trains, the building’s architecture is a replica of the historic Los Angeles Union Train Station. Mark Einbund and Marc Pollock of Westside Retail represented the seller, while Daniel Pickard of Industry Partners represented the buyer in the deal.