PROVO, UTAH — Terracom has purchased The Park at Riverwoods, an office campus situated on 9.2 acres in Provo. Brentwood Provo sold the property for an undisclosed price. The two-building, 120,000-square-foot property formerly served as headquarters for Ancestry.com. Brandon Fugal, Josh Smith and James Bullington of Colliers International represented both parties in the transaction.
KALISPELL, MONT. — Immanuel Lutheran Communities has completed a 58,000-square-foot independent living expansion at its continuing care retirement community in Kalispell, which it claims as the only continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Northwest Montana. Known as The Villas at Buffalo Hill, the project added 36 units to the larger community. A grand opening will be held Saturday, Nov. 3. “We have been expanding and renovating in phases over the last few years, including the goal to significantly grow the number of our independent living residences to meet the evolving senior demographic,” said Jason Cronk, the company’s CEO. The new community also features the Wooden Nickel Bistro and Lounge with coffee bar and outdoor café dining, the Claremont Restaurant, and a variety of other services and amenities. Swank Enterprises built the expansion, which MMW and CJMW Architects designed. Sales and marketing services are provided by Solutions Advisors. Sawgrass Partners provided development advisory and financial planning services.
WHITESTOWN, IND. — CT Realty has purchased a 95-acre land site in Whitestown, about 20 miles northwest of Indianapolis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The developer plans to build a 1 million-square-foot building. Project costs are estimated at $50 million. CT acquired the land from GDI Cos., which is the master planner for the surrounding Crossroads Logistics Center. The project will be situated within a one-day drive of 57 percent of the U.S. population, according to CT. Completion is slated for late 2019. Terry Busch of CBRE represented GDI, which will serve as general contractor via its subsidiary GDI Construction. Busch is also handling lease-up of the building.
SAN FRANCISCO — Gemdale USA Corp. and Lincoln Property Co. have completed the sale of 500 Pine, an office building in downtown San Francisco. Heitman acquired the property on behalf of an affiliate for an undisclosed price. Michael Leggett, Gerry Rohm, Ben Bullock, David Dokko and Thomas Foley of HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer. Completed in 2017, the 56,179-square-foot building is LEED-Gold certified and features open floor plans, floor-to-ceiling window lines, a rooftop balcony and on-site parking with a bike room and showers. CVS/pharmacy and Blend fully lease the five-story building.
CHICAGO — A partnership between Green Door Capital and Citimark Inc. has purchased a seven-property industrial portfolio in metro Chicago for $38 million. The properties, totaling 447,059 square feet, include: 5120 Prairie Stone Parkway in Hoffman Estates; 1124 Tower Road and 1555-1559 Brasswood Road in Schaumburg; 3225 Corporate Drive and 3301-3301 Corporate Drive in Joliet; 454 Scott Drive in Bloomingdale; and 3720 Prairie Lake Court in Aurora. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 93 percent leased to 10 different tenants. Kurt Sarbaugh, Robin Stolberg, Stephen Skok and Sam Berry of HFF marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller, Globe Corp.
HILLSBORO, ORE. — The Wolff Co. has broken ground for Revel Amberglen, an independent living seniors housing community within Hillsboro’s mixed-use Amberglen Business Park. Slated to open in 2020, the five-story property will feature 143 studio, one- and two-bedroom residences, a full-service salon and spa, an indoor saltwater pool, a fitness studio and multiple restaurants. The new property joins Wolff Co.’s portfolio of 19 seniors housing communities currently open or under construction.
CANTON, OHIO — Romans Properties has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot data center in Canton for $9.3 million. The property, located at 4726 Hills and Dales Road, is fully leased to Secure Data 365. Chriss Orr of Romans represented the buyer, an institutional client. The seller was not disclosed.
CHICAGO — It’Sugar has opened a 2,000-square-foot store at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Founded in 2006, the candy retailer has approximately 100 locations across the country and worldwide. The store at Navy Pier offers a “Taste of Chicago Box,” which features products that originated in Chicago including Tootsie Rolls, Razzles, Baby Ruth, Juicy Fruit, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy and Chuckles. Other current tenants at Navy Pier include Build-A-Bear Workshop, Garrett Popcorn Shops, Giordano’s, Harry Caray’s Tavern, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., McDonald’s and Starbucks. Gregory Kirsch, Corey Black and Larry Kling of Newmark Knight Frank represented It’Sugar in the lease.
The malls of yesteryear are not dead, but many are in need of a revival if they want to thrive tomorrow and beyond, believes Leslie Lundin, co-founder and managing partner at LBG Real Estate Cos. Lundin, who held the “Transforming Challenges into Opportunities” workshop on Monday at ICSC’s Western Dealmaking Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center, asserts that many mall properties are situated in prime traffic corridors — meaning the traffic is there but it’s up to the owner to take advantage of these numbers. She points to the Shops at Hilltop, a 1.2-million-square-foot shopping center in the San Francisco East Bay submarket of Richmond, as one example. LBG acquired the asset, which is currently undergoing a rebranding and re-tenanting just off Interstate 80 in a dense traffic corridor that sits 20 miles northeast of San Francisco, in July 2017. It is set to become an Asian-themed shopping and entertainment destination that includes a movie theater, live theater, grocery store, food hall, and more than 100,000 square feet of restaurants along with various entertainment-related tenants. The Shops at Hilltop will also include off-price, valued-based tenants such as H&M, Forever 21 and Saks Off Fifth. Rich Walter, executive vice president …
SAN DIEGO — Manchester Financial Group has launched Manchester Pacific Gateway, a $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex in downtown San Diego. Situated along the waterfront near San Diego’s central business district (CBD), the new 3 million-square-foot mixed-use complex will include a new 17-story, Class A office building that will house the U.S. Navy headquarters. “The Navy is excited to break ground on a new administrative building. The Navy and San Diego have had a strong, mutually beneficial relationship for over 100 years and this project is another important chapter in that history,” says Rear Admiral Yancy Lindsey, commander of the Southwest region of the Navy. Manchester Pacific Gateway will span eight city blocks and will serve as the gateway to the San Diego CBD and downtown tourism corridor. According to the developer, the project is the largest private waterfront development on the West Coast. The 13.5-acre development will feature the following elements: ➢ Block 1 of Manchester Pacific Gateway will include a nearly two-acre plaza; a 29-story, 467,000-square-foot office tower; 68,000 square feet of retail space; and a 198,000-square-foot luxury boutique hotel with 235 rooms. ➢ Block 2 will feature a 29-story, 1 million-square-foot convention center hotel …