CLEVELAND — Rose Community Capital has provided a $16.1 million 221(d)4 loan for the rehabilitation of Fenway Manor in Cleveland. The 143-unit affordable housing property was originally constructed in 1923 as a residential hotel and rehabbed in 1974 for low-income seniors. Plans call for a new roof, windows, elevators, entrance, HVAC, flooring and paint. Individual units will be updated with new kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, paint and doors. The borrowers included Orlean Company and Renewal Housing Associates. Rose Community Capital is the financing arm of Jonathan Rose Cos.
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CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.3 million sale of 227 East Walton Place in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood. The buyers, a group of California-based private investors, plan to convert the property’s 25 condos into rental units. Built in 1956, the property is located at 227 E. Walton St. Kyle Stengle, Austin Weisenbeck, Sean Sharko and Brewster Hague of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. The sale price equates to $412,000 per unit. Under the Condominium Property Act in Illinois, condo unit owners can elect to sell a condo property if 75 percent or more are in agreement. Sellers then have the option to either move out of their units or lease them back from the new owner.
CHICAGO — Planet Granite has signed a 40,000-square-foot lease to open a climbing gym at The Shops at Big Deahl in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. The freestanding facility, which will be located at the corner of Blackhawk and Dayton streets, is scheduled to open in spring 2020. The three-level gym will feature climbing walls as high as 55 feet. The facility will include roped climbing, bouldering, yoga and a retail shop. Groundbreaking is slated for spring 2019. The Shops at Big Deahl, from developer Structured Development, is slated to include 150,000 square feet of retail and commercial space.
G.H. Palmer Receives $158.8M Refinancing for 752-Unit Apartment Property in Santa Clarita
by Amy Works
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — G.H. Palmer, a Southern California-based commercial real estate developer, has closed on $158.8 million in financing for Colony Townhomes, multifamily property located at 17621 Pauline Court in Santa Clarita. The property features 752 apartments in a mix of two- and three-bedroom layouts with personal garages. On-site community amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool and spa, and a picnic area. Gary Tenzer of George Smith Partners (GSP) arranged the financing for borrower. The new loan replaces a HUD loan, previously arranged by GSP, with a remaining term of 23 years and pre-payment penalties in place. The interest-only, non-recourse loan is fixed at a rate of 4.29 percent for a 10-year term. The loan represents 65 percent to value.
CBRE Arranges $35.8M Acquisition Financing for 130-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Folsom, California
by Amy Works
FOLSOM, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged financing for the acquisition of Prairie City Landing, a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Folsom, a suburb of Sacramento. A joint venture between AEW Capital Management, Tenfold Senior Living and Artēgan Senior Living acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The seller was another joint venture that developed the property. That group includes Tenfold, Artēgan and a global investment manager. The community opened in February 2017 and was over 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Artēgan Senior Living will continue to operate the property. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the $35.8 million Freddie Mac loan with a seven-year term, fixed rate and 48 months of interest-only payments.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $28M Sale of Multifamily Property in Costa Mesa, California
by Amy Works
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Vio Costa Mesa, a multifamily property located in Costa Mesa. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $28 million in a 1031 exchange. Tyler Leeson, Kurt Hediger and Matt Kipp of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and arranged the sale of a 54-unit apartment asset in Westminster, Calif., in phase one of the exchange. Additionally, Michael Derk and Nick Gray of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged $14.7 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of Vio Costa Mesa. The debt placement was structured on a nonrecourse basis with four years of interest-only payments and a $2 million post-closing earnout. Built in 1973, Vio Costa Mesa is currently under renovation and was sold in as-is condition after a 14-day due diligence period. The property features 84 apartment units.
PHOENIX — Akara Partners has completed the purchase of a development site at 355 N. Central Ave. in downtown Phoenix. The buyer plans to develop Kenect Phoenix, a mixed-use residential and retail property, on the site. Designed by Tempe, Ariz.-based RSP Architects and the Chicago office of Perkins + Will, the 23-story building will feature 320 residential apartments units and approximately 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The residential component will feature a mix of floor plans from studio to three-bedroom units. On-site community amenities will include integrated furnishings with food and beverage options throughout the building, social and co-working lounges, fitness center, and a rooftop deck with a swimming pool, grills and fire pits. The first apartments are slated for completion in fall 2019. Acquisition details were not released.
AURORA, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of an office property located at 651 Chambers Road in Aurora. A church acquired the property from Life Skills International for $1.3 million. Built in 1978, the property features 16,500 square feet of office space. Corey Sandberg and Jeff Johnson of Pinnacle represented the seller in the deal.
AVENTURA, FLA. — Aventura Mall Venture, a partnership between Turnberry Associates and Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), has received $1.75 billion in financing for Aventura Mall in Aventura, a city in South Florida’s Miami-Dade County. JPMorgan Chase Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley Bank provided the financing. According to multiple news outlets, the loan will be used to pay off a $1.2 billion CMBS loan that Turnberry and Simon secured in 2013, and a $214 million loan that mall owners took out in 2016 to fund a 315,000-square-foot expansion. The new three-level wing includes experiential additions to the Arts Aventura Mall program, a 93-foot-tall Aventura Slide Tower, the first Topshop Topman in Florida, Zara, Under Armour, Treats Food Hall and new dining options offering indoor and outdoor seating. The nearly 3 million-square-foot Aventura Mall is home to more than 300 tenants, including Nordstrom, Bloomingdale’s, Macy’s, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Anthropologie, H&M, Urban Outfitters and a 24-screen AMC movie theater. Jack Kessler, Rebecca Livingston Lando, Bruce Booken, Jason D’Amico, George Cass, Rebecca Trinkler and Haley Ayure of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC provided legal representation for Turnberry and Simon. “This transaction is important because it enables Aventura Mall to …
It’s an exciting time to be part of the action in Chicago’s real estate market. While Illinois remains an “outflow” state, construction cranes dot the Chicago skyline and the city’s inflow numbers remain positive. Large employers are considering Chicago for campus-like headquarters operations and exciting markets are continuing to grow. In particular, west side blight continues to be replaced by residential growth in the West Loop, with retail services finally gaining momentum despite slow adoption by soft goods merchants. The West Loop’s immediate neighbor to the north, Fulton Market, maintains its buzz as the popular new kid in town, demonstrated by its ability to attract office tenants. Yes, office tenants. Transportation for workers, the primary objection to Fulton Market that has previously knocked it out of contention, will continue to be a challenge as public options slowly catch up to the development in the area. Employers will have to be creative in providing alternatives for new talent not within reasonable cycling or ride-sharing range. How did this happen when a decade ago the notion of office space west of the expressway was thought to be an absurd one? Because Chicago is not landlocked to the west by any natural barriers, …