DUNDEE, MICH. — Greystone Bel Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $1.1 million sale of Highland Terrace in Dundee, about 50 miles southwest of Detroit. Built in 1984, the 24-unit apartment property is located at 625 Rawson St. The property traded at a cap rate of 8.6 percent. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
DENVER — Amazon plans to expand its Denver Tech Hub and create 400 new high-tech jobs in a variety of fields, including software engineering, hardware engineering, cloud computing and advertising. To accommodate this growth, the company will open a 98,000-square-foot office at Invesco’s 1515 Wynkoop building in Denver’s Lower Downtown district. Currently, Amazon has more than 350 employees in the Denver area, building new products and services for the company’s retail, advertising and Amazon Web Services businesses. The company’s new office joins the company’s Boulder office, which opened last fall, and will allow Amazon to more than double its tech workforce in the Denver area. In total, Amazon has created more than 3,500 full-time jobs in Colorado. Over the last three years, Amazon has invested more than $1.5 billion in Colorado including infrastructure, compensation and Whole Foods Market.
PHOENIX — Thorofare Capital has provided a $11.4 million loan for the acquisition of a multifamily property in Phoenix. The name of the borrower was not released. The Class B property features 158 apartments and was 67 percent occupied at closing. The non-recourse loan features a five-year floating rate with interest-only payments. Additionally, the financing features 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio and funding for future capital expenditures. Kevin Miller, Felix Gutnikov and Daniel Pavlinik of Thorofare Capital handled the financing.
EVERETT, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Everett I-5 Mini Storage, a self-storage facility located in Everett. An out-of-state regional investment group acquired the asset for $10.2 million, or $123 per rentable square foot. Situated on 5.4 acres at 13100 Fourth Ave., the 83,315-square-foot features 782 self-storage units, plus 14 covered and 13 uncovered RV/vehicle parking spaces. The facility was built in 1986. Christopher Secreto of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local partnership, and secured the buyer in the deal.
THORNTON, COLO. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of 67 acres of industrial-zoned land that will be developed into 25 North, a master-planned flex development in Thornton. A newly formed joint venture between RMS Properties Co. and Bow River Capital acquired the site for $4 million. Located at Washington Street and 148th Avenue in Thornton, 25 North will feature approximately 900,000 square feet of Class A industrial space. Construction of the first phase is underway and will include two speculative buildings totaling approximately 220,000 square feet. The site is zoned to allow for a variety of uses, including office, flex, industrial, warehousing, manufacturing and outdoor storage uses. Additionally, the development will offer new speculative development and land for build-to-suits, with buildings ranging in size from 50,000 square feet to 250,000 square feet. Matt Trone, Steve Hager and Joey Trinkle of Cushman & Wakefield Denver represented the seller, Regal Properties, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between The Moinian Group, a privately held real estate group based in Manhattan, and locally based developer Bushburg Properties is nearing completion of its $160 million multifamily project located at 123 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn. The property, known simply as 123 Linden, will include 467 units across 26 stories. The Moinian Group’s lending arm provided construction financing for the deal, and the company will also operate the property. Upon completion later this year, 123 Linden will feature 50,000 square feet of amenity space, including indoor and outdoor pools and fitness centers, a basketball court and a dog run.
PITTSBURGH — LG Realty Advisors, a privately held development and management firm, has unveiled plans for Liberty East, a $50 million office and retail project in Pittsburgh. Liberty East, which is a redevelopment of the nine-story Penn Plaza building, will ultimately house 246,000 square feet of Class A office space with a 50,000-square-foot retail space on the ground floor that will be occupied by Whole Foods Market. The development will also include an additional 4,600 square feet of retail space and 700 parking spaces. Construction of Phase I of the project, which also includes a $1 million contribution to the upgrading of nearby Enright Park, is expected to begin this summer and wrap up in summer 2021.
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Locally based development and management firm Eastman Cos. has refinanced The Shoppes at Livingston Circle, a 95,809-square-foot retail center in Livingston, an eastern suburb of Newark. Built in 1993 and anchored by German discount grocer Aldi, the property was 80 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Olive Garden, Goldfish Swim and Club Pilates. Jon Mikula and Jim Cadranell of HFF placed the loan, which features a 12-year term and a fixed interest rate, on behalf of Eastman. The lender was not disclosed. There are more than 150,000 residents earning an average annual household income in excess of $190,000 living within a five-mile radius of the center, which has been extensively redeveloped over the past two years.
CANADAGUIA, N.Y. — ACRES Capital, a New York-based real estate hedge fund, has provided a $37 million construction loan for the Hilton Tapestry Collection hotel in Canadaguia, a hospitality project located near Rochester. The project, which includes the development of a 44-unit condominium building, is valued at $53 million. Miami-based GenX Capital Partners and Boston-based Capstack Finance sourced the loan through ACRES Capital on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
MAPLEWOOD, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co., a New Jersey-based mortgage banking firm, has arranged a $32 million loan for the refinancing of Maplewood Crossing, a 151-unit apartment community located about 10 miles southwest of Newark. Robert Logan and Al Raymond of G.S. Wilcox placed the loan, which included a 20-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the borrower, local developer Elite Properties.
