NEW YORK CITY — Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $4.5 million sale of an eight-unit apartment building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. The four-story building measures 10,200 square feet and is near the Nostrand Avenue subway station, which provides access to the 2, 3 and 5 subway lines. Jonathan Berman and Michael A. Tortorici represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also undisclosed.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Gadsden Growth Properties has acquired Mission Hills Square, a mixed-used development in Fremont, for $240 million. Slated for completion in October 2019, Mission Hills Square will feature 158 residential apartments above 53,900 square feet of commercial space, including restaurants, retail and casual eateries. In November 2018, Gadsden Growth Properties signed an agreement to merge with FC Global Realty Inc.
SAN DIEGO — HFF has arranged the sale of Liberty Station, an office complex in San Diego. McMillin Cos. sold the property to a partnership between IDS Real Estate Group and Lionstone Investments for $76.8 million. Located at 2280, 2468 and 2488 Historic Decatur Road and 2750 Womble Road, Liberty Station features four buildings offering a total of 181,171 square feet of office space. The buildings were completed between 2003 and 2006 and are 81.1 percent leased to a diverse tenant roster of legal, professional and financial services, aerospace and defense, hospitality, government and media tenants, among others. Nick Psyllos and Kara Mathis of HFF represented the seller in the deal. Tim Wright and Chris Collins of HFF secured a $58.9 million, 72-month, floating-rate acquisition loan with SunTrust Bank for the buyer. Liberty Station is situated within the greater 360-acre Liberty Station master plan, which includes 349 residential units; 347 hotel rooms, with an additional 650 hotel rooms under construction or proposed; nearly 400,000 square feet of office space; more than 30 food and beverage establishments; over 40 retail stores, including grocery anchors; and 16 health and fitness centers. The master-planned community also features 11 event spaces; a luxury movie theatre; …
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Belmont Village Senior Living has opened Belmont Village Aliso Viejo, a 149-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Orange County city of Aliso Viejo. A grand opening celebration was held Feb. 9 for the community, which is Belmont’s 29th overall and 13th in California. Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh Architects designed the project, which W.E. O’Neil constructed. The three-story, Mediterranean-style building offers views of Saddleback Valley and is near Aliso Viejo Town Center and other neighborhood amenities.
COMMERCE, CALIF. — CapRock Partners has completed the sale of an industrial warehouse in Commerce. The tenant, a packaging solutions supplier, acquired the building and a 4.3-acre property for an undisclosed price. Located at 5331 and 5333 Slauson Ave., the asset features 97,000 square feet of industrial space. Ryan Campbell of NAI Capital and Tony Naples of Lee & Associates represented the seller, while Naples also represented the buyer in the deal.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Cushman & Wakefield National Senior Housing Capital Markets, exclusively advising seller Focus Healthcare Partners LLC, has arranged the sale of a portfolio of two seniors housing assets in Portland. The portfolio included Vancouver Pointe Senior Village, a 127-unit independent living community, and Hawthorne Gardens, a 58-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Sunnyside/Hawthorne neighborhood. A private equity investor acquired the properties for an undisclosed price. Artegan, the current operator, will continue to manage the communities. Vancouver Pointe Senior Village was originally built in 2006 and recently underwent renovations to the common areas totaling nearly $1 million. Hawthorne Gardens was built in 2007 featuring 36 assisted living units and a 22-unit memory care wing. The community also underwent a recent capital improvement program to complete a memory care conversion and a general upgrade of the community.
Greater Boston’s industrial market continued its hot streak in 2018. Positive net absorption of 350,000 square feet in 2018 marked the eighth straight year of gains. Vacancies, which ended the year at 10.1 percent, have halved since peaking at the end of 2010. Over this time, the market absorbed 17.5 million square feet and is now poised for continued growth. Tenant demand remains strong and some of the larger tenants in the market— Albertsons, Premier Distribution, Trimark, Jofran, Amazon, Wayfair, and Harte Hanks— are seeking a total of 3.5 million square feet of space. Rents are at record highs, in aggregate topping $9.50 per square foot triple-net, which factors in a space-weighted asking rent on available product. Tenants looking for product in the Urban markets are seeing rents at or above $20 per square foot triple-net, while new product in the South and West is into the $7 per square foot triple-net range. Cheaper space can still be found, but landlords have never seen a stronger rental market. Absorption Slows Despite the gains, absorption was held back by several large blocks of space coming onto the market throughout 2018. The closing of the Necco factory in Revere opened up more …
LOS ANGELES — Related Cos. and partner CORE USA have broken ground on The Grand, a $1 billion mixed-use development in downtown Los Angeles. Located across the street from the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Grand Avenue, world-renowned architect Frank Gehry designed the project. Upon completion, the property will include more than 176,000 square feet of retail space, an Equinox Hotel and more than 400 residences. The retail portion will include chef-driven restaurants and a collection of shops, as well as a movie theater complex. Approximately 20 percent of the residences will be affordable-rate units. The Grand and the Grand Avenue Redevelopment are the result of a collaborative public-private partnership, guided by the Los Angeles Grand Avenue Authority, a joint organization of the County of Los Angeles, the City of Los Angeles, and the former Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Los Angeles. It is estimated that The Grand will generate 10,000 new jobs and $397 million in revenues to the City of Los Angeles and $68 million in revenues to the County of Los Angeles over the next 25 years, according to the developers. The development will connect multiple areas of downtown and is organized around several key urban …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Led by surges in financing for healthcare, multifamily and industrial transactions, commercial real estate loan originations increased by 14 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). The Washington, D.C.-based firm released the preliminary findings in its Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations, which was showcased at the 2019 Commercial Real Estate Finance/Multifamily Housing Convention & Expo, held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego. The four-day conference concludes tomorrow. The fourth quarter saw a 61 percent year-over-year increase in the dollar volume of loans for healthcare properties, 32 percent jump for multifamily properties, 28 percent hike for industrial properties and a slight increase (1 percent) for retail properties. Originations decreased for hotel property loans by 4 percent and office property loans by 3 percent. With the fourth-quarter estimates, the MBA predicts that origination volumes in 2018 were 3 percent higher than 2017. By property type, originations rose 22 percent for multifamily properties, 12 percent for industrial assets and 5 percent for hotels. Office property originations were down 7 percent, retail properties declined 13 percent and healthcare properties decreased by 16 percent. In late March, MBA will release its …
CHEVERLY, MD. — New York-based Arbor Management Acquisition Co. (AMAC) has acquired Cheverly Station, a 555-unit multifamily community in Cheverly, for $66 million. Cheverly Station features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, a playground, fitness center, dog park and a swimming pool. The asset is situated about eight miles east of downtown Washington, D.C. AMAC purchased the apartment community through its AMAC Fund III investment fund using a 10-year Freddie Mac loan. The acquisition brings AMAC’s portfolio in Prince George’s County, Maryland to approximately 2,500 units.