AURORA, COLO. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) and KeyBank Commercial Mortgage Group (CMG) have secured a $45.5 million construction loan for the development of Range View Apartments in Aurora. Portland, Ore.-based DBG Properties LLC is the borrower and developer. KeyBank’s CDLI team provided the construction loan and KeyBank’s CMG team provided a $35 million forward commitment through Fannie Mae. The transaction includes the first execution in Colorado of the incoming averaging rules enacted with the 2017 tax reform bill, allowing a property to serve households up to 80 percent area median income (AMI) as long as the average household income is 60 percent AMI. In addition to the tax-exempt bonds, financing also included tax credits through the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority; HOME funds from the city of Aurora; a loan through the Colorado Division of Housing’s Colorado Housing Investment Fund, and tax equity from CREA, the equity investor and limited partner. Range View Apartments will feature 10 garden-style residential buildings, covering parking, a pool and a community building with play areas and a community rooms. The residential buildings will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments reserved for residents earning up to 30 percent, 60 percent and …
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Jefferson Chandler, a Class A apartment community in Chandler. Irving, Texas-based JPI sold the property to RPC Chandler Apartments LLC, an entity formed by Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co., for an undisclosed price. Located at 3950 W. Chandler Blvd., Jefferson Chandler features 283 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with the average size of 924 square feet. The units offer nine-foot ceilings, wood-inspired plank flooring, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, washers/dryers, undermount kitchen sinks, pre-wiring for technology, private patios/balconies and exterior storage spaces. Community amenities include a clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, poolside cabana area, outdoor grilling stations with lounge seating, putting green, high-tech fitness facility, yoga studio, latte lounge, social business hub, game room with billiards, off-leash pet park, pet wash area and covered parking. David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
PHOENIX — Mentor Properties has completed the sale of Sonoma Sol, a multifamily community located in Phoenix’s West Valley. A joint venture between an affiliate of The Roxborough Group and SB Real Estate Partners acquired the asset for $32.2 million, or $100,781 per unit. The buyer plans to rename the 320-unit property Cordova Apartments. Built in 1985, the community features a majority of two-bedroom units with full-size washers/dryers in each apartment. Community amenities include a fitness center, resident clubhouse, swimming pools and outdoor play areas. The buyer plans to reposition the property, including upgrades to the common areas and amenities. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Alston Construction, as general contractor, has completed Centennial Commerce Center, located at 6405 E. Centennial Parkway in North Las Vegas. Situated on 10.4 acres, the facility features 213,000 square feet of speculative industrial space. Centennial Commerce Center features cross-dock industrial warehouse space, 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED warehouse lighting and flexible office build-outs. Valued at $16 million, the property was designed with flexibility to accommodate up to four 51,000-square-foot tenants. Speedway 10 Industrial LLC owns Centennial Commerce Center.
CHICAGO — A $100 million academic building and residence hall has opened at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) known as the Academic and Residential Complex. The property is home to a two-story, 54,000-square-foot academic building as well as a 10-story residence hall featuring 548 beds. The complex features 16,000 square feet of shared spaces, including study lounges on each floor, a fitness center, laundry facility and 10th-floor sky lounge. A 1,600-square-foot retail area includes a Starbucks. The facility was the result of a public-private partnership with developer American Campus Communities. Most of the financing for the project came from a tax-exempt bond issuance with Collegiate Housing Foundation, a nonprofit organization. Chicago-based SCB Architects designed the facility. Thornton Tomasetti provided structural engineering services.
IOWA — Eastern Union has arranged $17.9 million in acquisition financing for the Magna International portfolio, a collection of four automobile parts manufacturing facilities spanning 600,000 square feet throughout Iowa. Toronto-based Granite REIT America sold the portfolio to New York-based Beau Pere Real Estate LLC. Abe Kolman of Eastern Union arranged two loans with Bank of the West. The loan-to-value ratio was 75 percent.
INDIANAPOLIS — Sansone Group, in partnership with CenterSquare Investment Management, has acquired a 424,849-square-foot industrial building located at 7520 Georgetown Road in Indianapolis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property is part of a larger master-planned industrial park. The building features 19,417 square feet of office space, 37 dock doors, 43 trailer parking stalls and 594 car parking spaces. Vince Bajardi and Jake Corrigan of St. Louis-based Sansone represented the company in the purchase. Matt Kiger of Newmark Knight Frank and Conrad Jacobs of Halakar Commercial Real Estate brokered the transaction. Duke Secured Financing 2009-1ALZ LLC was the seller.
CINCINNATI — NorthMarq has arranged an $8.1 million loan for the acquisition of an 11-property multifamily portfolio located in metro Cincinnati. The properties range in size from eight to 58 units with a total unit count of 337. Noah Juran of NorthMarq arranged the loan with a local bank on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The 10-year, fixed-rate loan has a 30-year amortization schedule.
MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Warwick Business Court in Mount Pleasant for $2.7 million. The five-building, 24,600-square-foot office park is located at 1151 Warwick Way near I-94 and about five miles west of Racine. Concentra Urgent Care, DaVita Dialysis and Aurora Health Care are the major tenants in the office park. Alex Sacks, Brett Rodgers and Frank Roti of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a Canada-based investor.
For many years, companies seeking to establish major distribution operations for the southwestern United States flocked to one market: Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW). Any deal that required a warehouse or logistics space of several hundred thousand square feet or more headed to the metroplex, and Houston received what was left — deals falling anywhere from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet. That began to change in 2010, when oil was consistently trading at close to $100 per barrel. Subsequent innovations in hydraulic fracturing that lowered the threshold at which offshore drilling companies could turn a profit, combined with escalated tensions among Middle Eastern producers, kept prices for American crude at high levels until December 2014. At the time of this writing, oil futures traded at about $58 per barrel, suggesting that any hopes of a recovery by mid-2019 had been premature. But between 2010 and 2014, when the party was in full swing, Houston experienced tremendous job growth that attracted tens of thousands of new residents to the city. More housing was built, and significant amounts of industrial absorption began to stem from the need to store and distribute consumer goods, from food to furniture to household appliances. Today, Houston’s population is …