REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — The Levin Johnston team of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the purchase of 926 Woodside, a multifamily asset at 926 Woodside Road in Redwood City. A private investor acquired the property for $40 million in a 1031 exchange. The seller was not disclosed. Adam Levin, Robert Johnston and Michael Henshaw of the Marcus & Millichap’s Levin Johnston team represented the buyer in the transaction. Situated in the Palm Park neighborhood, the property was originally constructed in 1963 and renovated in 2016. The community features secure gated entry, keyless building entry, elevators, bike storage, electric vehicle chargers, an on-site laundry room and community courtyards with barbecue areas. The property exchange included the sale of four multifamily communities with a combined value of $31.9 million. The properties include 131 Elm Street, a 20-unit multifamily asset in San Mateo, Calif.; Delano Apartments, a 35-unit community in San Jose, Calif.; 560 Charter Street, a 15-unit property in Redwood City; and 1416 Floribunda Avenue, a nine-unit property in Burlingame, Calif.
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SANTA MARIA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has secured a $35 million loan to facilitate the refinancing and completion of Refugio Apartments, a 125-unit rental townhome community in Santa Maria. Annaly Capital Management provided the loan to the borrower, Dynamic Development Co. Situated on seven acres at 270 W. McCoy Lane, Refugio Apartments comprises seven stucco buildings with 125 luxury townhomes rentals. The two- and three-story units offer three bedrooms, at least 2.5 bathrooms, balconies, attached two-car garages and private backyards in select units. Community amenities include a 3,000-square-foot recreational center with a resort-style swimming pool, year-round spa, barbecue area, business center and resident clubhouse with built-in fitness center. Residents already have taken occupancy in completed portions of Refugio Apartments, with final completion scheduled for June 2019. Aaron Niedermayer, Reid McGlamery, Brian Buglione and Brandon Krupetsky of JLL arranged the financing.
Evergreen Devco, City Street Investors Break Ground on The Shops at Beeler Park in Denver
by Amy Works
DENVER — A joint venture between Evergreen Devco and City Street Investors has broken ground on The Shops at Beeler Park, located at the northwest corner of 56th Avenue and Central Park Boulevard in Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood. Situated on 6.8 acres, The Shops at Beeler Park will feature two multi-tenant buildings and five single-tenant buildings offering a total of 16,500 square feet of retail space. Completion is slated for November. The project team includes Farnsworth Group as architect and Waner Construction Co. as contractor. Evergreen has already sold two pads to Hello Car Wash and Stapleton Endodontics, and plans to sell or lease the remaining portion of the project to other neighborhood service and restaurant pad users. Allen Lampert and Steve Markey of David, Hicks & Lambert Brokerage, along with Pat McHenry of City Street Investors, are handling the leasing for the property.
SAN LUIS OBISBO, CALIF. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of The Manse on Marsh, an 87-unit independent living and assisted living community in San Luis Obispo. An independent owner-operator sold the property to a California-based owner-operator for $12.8 million. The buyer is a turnaround specialist, and acquired the property as a value-add opportunity. The property was partially encumbered by a ground lease and included multiple cottages that were rented to residents at the community. Both the fee simple interest and leasehold interest were transferred to the buyer with the transaction. At the time of the sale, the community was 75 percent occupied and 100 percent private pay.
EDISON, N.J. — Bridge Development Partners, a privately owned industrial development and acquisition firm, has purchased 7.4 acres in Edison, located south of Newark, for the construction of a 124,650-square-foot industrial building. The Class A facility, which will be branded Bridge Point Edison, will feature 36-foor clear heights, 23 exterior loading docks and parking for up to 62 vehicles. Bridge Point Edison will be located within two miles of I-287, a FedEx Ground facility and an Amazon sorting center. Barry Cohorsky, Andrew Kirshenbau, Barry Mayer and Arthur Hixson of NAI James E. Hanson represented Bridge in the land sale. Completion of the project is slated for the first quarter of 2020.
PHILADELPHIA — Locally based firm Estia Group will develop a 14-story Blu Ivy hotel at 122 S. 11th St. in Philadelphia. The 86-room property will house Anthos, a two-story restaurant that offers Mediterranean and Greek cuisine. Both the hotel and the restaurant, which will offer bar seating for 23 guests and floor seating for 198 patrons, are scheduled to be complete in fall 2020. The development team includes designer DAS Architects and structural engineer O’Donnell & Naccarato.
UNION CITY, N.J. — A joint venture between New York City-based Maya Capital Partners and Norfolk, Virginia-based Harbor Group International has acquired One23 Apartments, an 80-unit building in Union City, located across from Upper Manhattan. The sales price was $31 million. The property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, offers one- and two-bedroom units, a fitness center and an outdoor sundeck. The seller was not disclosed.
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Silber Investment Properties, a brokerage firm specializing in retail real estate, has arranged the $8 million sale of a 13,000-square-foot building in the Long Island City of Plainview. Situated on 1.3 acres, the asset was triple net-leased to CVS at the time of sale. Adam Silber of Silber Investment Properties represented the seller, Pandem Enterprises, in the transaction. Silber also procured the buyer, JRI 28CI LLC, a New York City-based real estate investment group.
NEW YORK CITY — The Feil Organization, a New York City-based commercial owner-operator, has negotiated a pair of retail leases totaling 2,654 square feet at 488 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. Beginning this fall, France-based Mephisto Shoes will occupy 1,864 square feet and Asian restaurant Mighty Bowl will occupy 800 square feet. Other tenants at the property include Indochino, Bonobos Guideshops and UNTUCKit. 488 Madison Avenue, which was built in 1948 and renovated in 2016, is 23 stories tall and spans 477,000 square feet.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — HFF has arranged two loan of undisclosed amounts for the refinancing of two multifamily communities totaling 552 units in Stafford, a southwestern suburb of Houston. Shadowbrooke, built in 2003, features 240 units and was 92 percent occupied at the time of loan closing. Silverbrooke, completed in 2007, totals 312 units and was 93 percent occupied. A private park adjoins the two properties, providing shared amenities such as a jogging trail, sand volleyball court, playground and putting green. Each community also houses its own resort-style swimming pool, hot tubs, clubhouse and fitness center. Cortney Cole and John Williamson of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Venterra Realty, to secure the loans, both of which were structured with 10-year terms and fixed interest rates.