HOUSTON — LMI Capital, a Real Estate Capital Alliance (RECA) member, has closed four loans totaling $15 million for a quartet of multifamily properties totaling 335 units throughout the greater Houston area. The properties are located in the Galveston, Spring Branch and north Houston submarkets. Jamie Safier of LMI Capital placed the loans for the Galveston and north Houston communities, as well as for one of the Spring Branch assets. Jamie Mullin of LMI Capital placed the loan for the other Spring Branch property. The borrowers, lenders and property names were not disclosed.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — CBRE Hotels has arranged $71 million loan for the Embassy Suites by Hilton Anaheim South, located at 11767 Harbor Blvd. in Garden Grove. Landmark Cos. is the borrower. Marc Sallette, Olga Lepow, Cara Leonard and Charlie Ryan of CBRE Hotel’s Debt & Structured Finance facilitated the 10-year, fixed-rate, interest-only loan to refinance existing debt. The debt is split into a $56 million senior mortgage to be securitized by Deutsche Bank, while Artemis Real Estate Partners provided a $15 million junior mezzanine loan to be held on book. The majority of the new mortgage is extinguishing existing loans. Additionally, Landmark is undertaking a five-year, $16 million renovation of the hotel in conjunction with the financing. Landmark developed the 375-room hotel, which is located near Disneyland Resort, in 2001.
LOS ANGELES — Asana Partners has purchased The Balcony at Beverwil, a shopping center located at the corner of Pico Boulevard and Beverwil Drive in Los Angeles. A private partnership sold the asset for $50.2 million. Built in 1996, the two-story property features 71,184 square feet of retail space and underground parking for 262 vehicles. At the time of sale Ralphs, CVS/pharmacy, One West Bank and six other tenants fully occupied the property. Geoff Tranchina of JLL represented the seller in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — A public-private partnership between American Campus Communities (ACC) and San Francisco State University has broken ground on a 584-bed student housing community with mixed-use components on the university’s campus in San Francisco. The development will offer fully furnished, apartment-style units. Shared amenities will include social and recreational lounges and an academic success center, alongside 15,000 square feet of retail space. The development, located on the southeast edge of campus, is scheduled for completion in 2020.
STOCKTON, CALIF. — A Northern California-based private partnership has completed the sale of College Square, a community shopping center located at 4756 Pershing Ave. in Stockton. A Southern California-based private investor acquired the property for $20 million in a 1031 exchange. Hobby Lobby and Planet Fitness anchor the 126,098-square-foot shopping center, which was built in 1976 and renovated in 2012. Additional tenants include Wienerschnitzel and Outback Steakhouse. Chris Tramontano, John Redfield and Tom Power of SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal. Ben Townsend and Matt Marlin, also of SRS’ Debt & Equity team, structured a high-leverage, non-recourse loan with a favorable reserve structure that allowed the new ownership to receive a cash-out return of approximately 10 percent.
ARLINGTON, WASH. — AMWA Development Inc. has closed on a construction financing transaction for Cedar Pointe, a 255-unit affordable seniors housing community in Arlington, approximately 45 miles north of Seattle. Located on a four-acre site in the city’s Smokey Point neighborhood, the property will offer 175 one-bedroom units and 80 two-bedroom units, including a one-bedroom manager’s unit. All residents must be over the age of 55 and earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Finance partners on the project include Washington State Housing Finance Commission, Hudson Housing Capital and Citi Community Capital. AMWA Construction will oversee the construction process, with a planned delivery of August 2020. FPI Management will operate the community. Cedar Pointe is the first real estate development project in Washington for AMWA Development, an independently owned and operated affiliate of AMCAL, a Southern California-based real estate developer.
DALLAS — Senior Care Centers, a Dallas-based operator of more than 100 seniors housing communities in Texas and Louisiana, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in U.S. bankruptcy court for the Northern District of Texas. The company is the largest skilled nursing provider in Texas, but has struggled to pay its rent. Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) and LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) — two publicly traded real estate investment trusts that combined own 49 Senior Care Centers locations — both reported that they have not been paid in months. Senior Care Centers also received a slew of bad press last year after not evacuating residents in advance of Hurricane Harvey, which resulted in state citations and dozens of care violations. (The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along the Texas coast in August 2017.) The company reported “burdensome debt levels and expensive leases” as reasons for its bankruptcy filing. All facilities will remain open during the restructuring, and the company claims it will continue to pay all vendors and its 11,000 employees during the process. “As the entire industry has seen, the leases associated with the communities have become cost-prohibitive,” says Michael Beal, chief operating officer. “This kind of action …
Last month I attended the NAI Global convention in Austin, Texas, and had the opportunity to talk with industrial real estate brokers from around the country. One thing was clear: there are many markets across the country that are facing the same dilemma as we are in West Michigan. The supply of vacant industrial buildings is at an all-time low, and construction costs are rising rapidly. Booming economy The manufacturing industry is extremely strong in West Michigan. Historically known for the automotive and furniture sectors, West Michigan has developed a strong presence in the medical device manufacturing, food processing and aerospace sectors. This diversity is a good indicator of stability for the West Michigan manufacturing sector for the foreseeable future. The strength of the economy has encouraged many companies to expand operations and has attracted numerous out-of-market companies to West Michigan. Low inventory The industrial vacancy rate in the greater Grand Rapids market is currently 1.6 percent, which is historically low. In order to provide some context, in 2012 the vacancy rate was 7.2 percent. Typically, when the vacancy rate is this low, it is a clear indicator that inventory is too low, and the construction of new buildings …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Honeywell is set to relocate its global headquarters from Morris Plains, N.J., to Charlotte. The company will also move its Safety and Productivity Solutions headquarters from Fort Mill, S.C., to Charlotte. The Fortune 100 technology company plans to move 150 to 200 jobs from New Jersey to Charlotte and about 100 from South Carolina between now and September. The company also plans to add 500 corporate jobs before 2024. The move comes as part of the recently passed North Carolina Job Development Investment Grant that awards state and local incentives to companies. The News & Observer reports that the State of North Carolina will give Honeywell an incentive package of $42.5 million for the relocation. Honeywell specializes in industry specific solutions that include aerospace products and services, control technologies for buildings and industry and performance materials globally.
ATLANTA — Ackerman Retail, the retail division of Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., has brokered the sale of two retail buildings in the Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The sold portfolio includes a 27,000-square-foot property fully leased to Maggiano’s Little Italy that sold for $12.7 million and a 3,796-square-foot property fully leased to Wells Fargo Bank that sold for $10.3 million. Level 33 Capital, a private investment company bought both properties. Kevin Hermetz and Jimmy Stevens of Ackerman & Co. represented the undisclosed seller in the Maggiano’s transaction, and Sean Patrick and Stephen Lapierre, also of Ackerman & Co., represented the same undisclosed seller in the Wells Fargo transaction.