ADDISON, TEXAS — Dallas-based coworking firm Common Desk will open a 26,500-square-foot location in Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas. The space will be located within FOURTEEN5, an office park developed by Cawley Partners that is situated just off the Dallas North Tollway. Slated to open in spring 2019, the location will offer private offices, team spaces and game and cocktail lounges.
TRUCKEE, CALIF. — Braemar Hotels & Resorts has agreed to acquire Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, an upscale hotel and resort property located 13031 Ritz Carlton Highlands Court in Truckee. Additionally, the company is acquiring a 3.4-acre parcel of vacant land adjacent to the hotel. The land is being entitled for luxury residential townhome development. Total consideration for the acquisition is $120 million and consists of $103.4 million for the hotel, or $608,000 per key; $8.4 million for the adjacent development parcel; and $8.2 million for capital reserves. The acquisition is expected to close by Jan. 15, 2019. Built in 2009, the property features 170 guest rooms, including 17 suites; ski-in/ski-out access to Northstar Ski Mountain; Lake Club on the shore of Lake Tahoe, a 17,000-square-foot full-service spa; six food and beverage outlets; more than 37,000 square feet of flexible indoor/outdoor meeting space; two outdoor pools; a fitness club and yoga studio; and the Ritz Kids Club. Ritz-Carlton will continue to manage the property following the acquisition.
HENDERSON, NEV. — American Nevada Co. has completed the disposition of three office buildings totaling 162,940 square feet in Henderson. San Francisco-based JMA Ventures acquired the assets for $34 million. This deal is the final transaction to complete the sale of American Nevada’s 1.2 million-square-foot master portfolio in Southern Nevada. The properties are located at 2475, 2485 and 2495 Village View Drive within the master planned Green Valley Corporate Center. Completed in 2004 and situated on 12.7 acres, the subportfolio consists of two two-story and one three-story Class A office buildings with reflective glass, well-designed lobby entries, common areas and tenant interiors, and large, flexible floor plates. Rick Reeder, Brad Tecca, Geoffrey West, Jayne Cayton and Michael Dunn of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in San Diego represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Santa Monica, Calif.-based BLT Enterprises has completed the sale of an R&D and flex building, located at 5454 Ruffin Road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa district. San Diego Unified School District acquired the asset for $18 million, or $330 per square foot. BLT acquired the property in 2017. During its ownership, the company converted the 77,000-square-foot, two-story office building back to its original 54,000-square-foot size by removing the dated addition of a second-story office space that was constructed in the late 1980s. Additionally, BLT modernized the property and added an outdoor amenity space, new lobby, exposed high ceilings, skylights, dual-pane, energy-efficient glazing and LED lighting. Ron Jacobson of SD Realty Partners, in conjunction with Brad Black and Chris Pascale of CBRE, represented the seller, while Tom Mercer of Colliers International represented the buyer in the deal.
MILLCREEK, UTAH — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has secured a $12 million conversion loan for Artesian Springs Phase III in Millcreek. Located at 36 E. Columbia Ave., the property features 120 units, of the larger property’s 134 total units, with long-term rent restrictions at 50 percent and 60 percent of area median income per a Land Use Restrictive Agreement with Utah Housing. Doug Taylor and Cindy Hannon of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the loan for the borrowers, David Bevan and David Peterson. The company provided a 24-month forward conversion using Chase Bank as the construction lender. Originally a Freddie Mac forward Tax-Exempt Loan closed in 2016, the forward loan converted to the Freddie Mac permanent loan prior to the forward commitment expiration date. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital is the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Shady Brook Apartments, a multifamily property located at 3655 S. Pennsylvania St. in Englewood. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 38-unit property for $5.1 million, or $134,211 per unit. Kevin Calame of Pinnacle represented the undisclosed seller, while Josh Newell, also of Pinnacle, represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between hotel owner-operator MCR and real estate developer and manager Building and Land Technology has secured a $647.5M refinancing for a 53-property hotel portfolio spanning 15 states and 31 markets. The 5,958-room portfolio includes 33 Marriot-branded properties and 20 Hilton-branded properties. The assets are 12 years old on average. Bank of America led the financing, which also included Wells Fargo and two mezzanine lenders. The proceeds will go towards repaying current loans as well as returning capital to the joint venture. Terms of the financing were not disclosed. MCR has offices in New York City and Dallas and is the sixth-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States. MCR’s hotels are operated under 11 different brands. Stamford, Connecticut-based BLT was founded in 1982 and has invested in more than 25 million square feet of commercial, hotel and residential properties across 26 states. — David Cohen
TAMPA, FLA. — Strategic Property Partners, LLC (SPP) has broken ground on Water Street Tampa’s first residential building, 815 Water Street, in Tampa. In addition to 420 rental residences, the dual-tower project will feature new dining, grocery and shopping options. The two towers will rise 21 and 26 stories and each tower’s roof will include an outdoor pool, fitness center, community kitchen, bar and club lounge. 815 Water Street Tampa is expected to open in late 2020. The two-tower project is part of SPP’s $3 billion mixed-use redevelopment, which will include more than 2 million square feet of office space; 1 million square feet of retail, cultural, educational and entertainment space; two new hotels totaling more than 650 rooms, including the city’s first five-star hotel; and the University of South Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute. SPP is a partnership between Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Cascade Investment LLC. The design team for 815 Water Street includes New York City-based architect Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), Toronto-based interior designer Cecconi Simone and Miami-based landscape architect Raymond Jungles Inc. This is KPF’s fifth project in Florida, but first in Tampa.
DAVENPORT, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. has signed Atlanta-based UPS to a full-building lease at 27 Logistics Park, a 207,676-square-foot, Class A industrial warehouse in Davenport, about 35 miles south of Orlando. The property is adjacent to McCraney’s Park 27, a 602,971-square-foot, Class A development. CBRE Orlando’s David Murphy and Monica Wonus represented McCraney Property, which has offices in West Palm Beach, Fla., and Charlotte.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $34.2 million 221 (d)(4) construction-to-permanent loan for Link Apartments Linden, a new apartment development underway in Chapel Hill. The borrower, Grubb Properties, is developing the 215-unit, market-rate apartment community, which will share a parking deck with a to-be-developed, 106,000-square-foot, Class A office park. Link Apartments Linden is Phase I of the Glen Lennox redevelopment, a public-private partnership between the Town of Chapel Hill and Grubb Properties that will include 3 million square feet of office, residential, retail and hotel space across 70 acres over the next 20 years. The site is about one mile from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Grubb Properties has Link-branded apartment communities in Richmond, Va.; Winston-Salem and Raleigh, N.C.; Greenville and Charleston, S.C., and more under development in Atlanta, Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
