WARREN, R.I. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 64,294-square-foot industrial facility in Warren. Located within the Warren Industrial Park at 15 New Industrial Road, the facility is set on more than 11 acres of land. The facility was most recently occupied by FedEx. Daniel Cregan and Thomas Barry of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was Mussuchuck Properties LLC.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between the principals of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based The Wolff Co. and Seattle-based Leavitt Capital Cos. has completed the sale of Rio West Business Park, an office campus located at 1621-2021 W. Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe. A fund managed by Los Angeles-based Oaktree Capital Management acquired the asset for $63.3 million. Tracy Cartledge, Steve Lindley and Bob Buckley of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller. The five-building Rio West Business Park features 296,663 square feet of office space. At the time of sale the property was fully leased, with American Airlines occupying four of the five buildings.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — HFF has secured a $17.6 million acquisition loan for a mixed-use building, located at 1404-1408 Third St. in Santa Monica. The borrower is Blatteis & Schnur. Marc Schillinger and Paul Brindley of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan with a debt fund as the lender. Upon expiration of existing leasing and attainment of entitlements Blatteis & Schnur has plans to develop a new building on the site. The mixed-use building totals 14,584 square feet of two-story creative office space and ground-floor retail space, which is occupied by Lush and Chilli Beans.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Villa Capri, a multifamily property in Escondido. VCA Co. sold the property to 902 Washington for $19.2 million. Completed in 1971, Villa Capri features 11 one- and two-story buildings offering a total of 98 apartment units. Christopher Zorbas and Austin Huffman of The Zorbas Group of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $7 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Hawthorne Court at Ahwatukee, a seniors housing property located in the Ahwatukee area of Phoenix. The borrower is a joint venture partnership between Pasadena, Calif.-based CALCAP Real Estate Advisors and Greg Roderick, president and CEO of Frontier Management. Brady Johnson, Kathryn Burton Gary and Michael Jones of Hunt Real Estate Capital originated the 24-month loan, which features interest-only payments for the entire term. Built in 2000 and renovated in 2016, Hawthorne Court features 44 memory-care units in a mix of private and semi-private rooms, all with private bathrooms. On-site amenities include an outdoor courtyard and patio, dining room, lounge area, activity room, beauty salon and open-concept sitting space. The seller was Senior Resource Group, represented by Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors.
SEATTLE — Starboard Realty Advisors has purchased Madison View Apartments, a multifamily property located near the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, for an undisclosed price. Originally built in 1912 and renovated in 2018, the building features 56 units, including eight micro-units, with modern finishes, a community courtyard with fire pit and balconies with views of Lake Washington in select units. The renovations includes stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, new cabinets, modern fixture, vinyl plank flooring, LED lighting and a bar top in most kitchens. Jerrid Anderson and Dylan Simon of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
MILWAUKEE AND WAUKESHA, WIS. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a six-building office portfolio in Milwaukee and Waukesha for $37.7 million. The 392,021-square-foot portfolio includes a mix of single- and multi-tenant buildings. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 92 percent leased to 23 tenants, including Von Briesen & Roper, Morgan Stanley, Aurora Health Care and DentaQuest. Tom Shepherd of Colliers represented the seller, LSOP WI LLC. Felton Properties was the buyer. Colliers will handle property management services on behalf of the buyer.
CHICAGO — Co-developers Brinshore Development and Michaels have broken ground on 4400 Grove, an 84-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The development will include a mix of affordable and market-rate units, as well as street-level retail space, a public plaza and landscaped park space. The city of Chicago provided $7.2 million in tax-increment financing and $1.9 million in low-income housing tax credits. U.S. Bancorp and the Chicago Housing Authority are also project partners. The affordable units will be restricted to households earning up to 60 percent of area median income. Pappageorge/Haymes served as the architect. McShane Construction and UJAMMA Construction are the general contractors. First move-ins are expected in spring 2020.
COLUMBIA, MO. — ThermAvant Technologies is set to open a 33,000-square-foot facility in Columbia in May. The facility will more than quadruple the thermal management company’s engineering and manufacturing space. Last year, ThermAvant received $400,000 in funding from Missouri Technology Corp. to promote entrepreneurship and foster the growth of new and emerging high-tech companies.
EAST DUNDEE AND CAROL STREAM, ILL. — Cawley Chicago has arranged two industrial property sales in Illinois. In the first transaction, High Street Realty purchased a two-building portfolio totaling nearly 80,000 square feet in East Dundee. In the second transaction, Venture One Real Estate acquired a 16,072-square-foot building. The facilities were fully leased at the time of sale. Jack Brennan and Daniel Cawley of Cawley represented the sellers, both of which were private investment entities.
