ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Baum Realty Group LLC has arranged the $3 million sale of a 4,469-square-foot retail building in St. Charles, roughly 40 miles west of Chicago. Starbucks and Verizon fully occupy the property. Patrick Forkin of Baum represented the seller, a national retail developer. An East Coast-based buyer completing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange purchased the asset in an all-cash transaction.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has arranged a $23.7 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Preserve at Wells Branch, a 308-unit multifamily community in Austin. The community offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and basketball court. The new ownership plans to convert the property into an affordable housing community with 51 percent of the units available to households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. Kevin Bowen of Bellwether arranged the 12-year loan, which features a fixed interest rate, on behalf of the borrower, the Housing Authority of the City of Austin.
BRENHAM, TEXAS — Developer Servitas has completed Mill Creek Residence Hall, a $22.7 million student housing project serving Blinn College in Brenham, roughly midway between Houston and Austin. The 169,700-square-foot property features 464 suites in four- and two-bed configurations, as well as community study rooms, common areas and onsite laundry facilities. Moss Construction and Hunt Cos. provided general contracting and construction management services for the project, which Kirksey Architecture designed. The property welcomed its first student residents this semester.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Tech consulting firm Infosys (NYSE: INFY) will open a technology and innovation hub in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. The company claims the project will create 500 new jobs by 2020. Operations at the center will focus on serving the telecommunications, retail and banking industries. According to the Fort Worth Business Press, the company’s total capital investment in the area will be $12.3 million.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $4.7 million sale of a retail asset triple-net leased to Walgreens in Mesquite, an eastern suburb of Dallas. The property was built in 2000 and totals 15,062 square feet. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the Utah-based seller in the transaction. The buyer in the all-cash deal was a California-based investor that acquired the property via a 1031 exchange.
ADDISON, TEXAS — Dallas-based coworking firm Common Desk will open a 26,500-square-foot location in Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas. The space will be located within FOURTEEN5, an office park developed by Cawley Partners that is situated just off the Dallas North Tollway. Slated to open in spring 2019, the location will offer private offices, team spaces and game and cocktail lounges.
TRUCKEE, CALIF. — Braemar Hotels & Resorts has agreed to acquire Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, an upscale hotel and resort property located 13031 Ritz Carlton Highlands Court in Truckee. Additionally, the company is acquiring a 3.4-acre parcel of vacant land adjacent to the hotel. The land is being entitled for luxury residential townhome development. Total consideration for the acquisition is $120 million and consists of $103.4 million for the hotel, or $608,000 per key; $8.4 million for the adjacent development parcel; and $8.2 million for capital reserves. The acquisition is expected to close by Jan. 15, 2019. Built in 2009, the property features 170 guest rooms, including 17 suites; ski-in/ski-out access to Northstar Ski Mountain; Lake Club on the shore of Lake Tahoe, a 17,000-square-foot full-service spa; six food and beverage outlets; more than 37,000 square feet of flexible indoor/outdoor meeting space; two outdoor pools; a fitness club and yoga studio; and the Ritz Kids Club. Ritz-Carlton will continue to manage the property following the acquisition.
HENDERSON, NEV. — American Nevada Co. has completed the disposition of three office buildings totaling 162,940 square feet in Henderson. San Francisco-based JMA Ventures acquired the assets for $34 million. This deal is the final transaction to complete the sale of American Nevada’s 1.2 million-square-foot master portfolio in Southern Nevada. The properties are located at 2475, 2485 and 2495 Village View Drive within the master planned Green Valley Corporate Center. Completed in 2004 and situated on 12.7 acres, the subportfolio consists of two two-story and one three-story Class A office buildings with reflective glass, well-designed lobby entries, common areas and tenant interiors, and large, flexible floor plates. Rick Reeder, Brad Tecca, Geoffrey West, Jayne Cayton and Michael Dunn of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in San Diego represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Santa Monica, Calif.-based BLT Enterprises has completed the sale of an R&D and flex building, located at 5454 Ruffin Road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa district. San Diego Unified School District acquired the asset for $18 million, or $330 per square foot. BLT acquired the property in 2017. During its ownership, the company converted the 77,000-square-foot, two-story office building back to its original 54,000-square-foot size by removing the dated addition of a second-story office space that was constructed in the late 1980s. Additionally, BLT modernized the property and added an outdoor amenity space, new lobby, exposed high ceilings, skylights, dual-pane, energy-efficient glazing and LED lighting. Ron Jacobson of SD Realty Partners, in conjunction with Brad Black and Chris Pascale of CBRE, represented the seller, while Tom Mercer of Colliers International represented the buyer in the deal.
MILLCREEK, UTAH — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has secured a $12 million conversion loan for Artesian Springs Phase III in Millcreek. Located at 36 E. Columbia Ave., the property features 120 units, of the larger property’s 134 total units, with long-term rent restrictions at 50 percent and 60 percent of area median income per a Land Use Restrictive Agreement with Utah Housing. Doug Taylor and Cindy Hannon of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the loan for the borrowers, David Bevan and David Peterson. The company provided a 24-month forward conversion using Chase Bank as the construction lender. Originally a Freddie Mac forward Tax-Exempt Loan closed in 2016, the forward loan converted to the Freddie Mac permanent loan prior to the forward commitment expiration date. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital is the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment.
