YPSILANTI, MICH. — Greystone has provided an $11.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Ranches of Rosebrook in Ypsilanti. The 302-unit multifamily property features 650-square-foot two-bedroom units. Cary Belovicz of Greystone sourced the loan, while John Marr of Greystone originated the loan. Terms of financing were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the third and fourth floors of the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) building in Chicago’s River North neighborhood for $6 million. The property, located at 360 N. State St., is a four-story, mixed-use condo building totaling approximately 54,000 square feet. Until the sale, the MBC utilized the upper three floors, but will now consolidate operations on the second floor. STK Chicago, a restaurant, occupies the ground floor. Kyle Stengle and Stephen Lieberman of Marcus & Millichap marketed the floors on behalf of the museum. Fern Hill Co., a privately held real estate development and investment firm in Chicago, was the buyer.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — ML Realty Partners has acquired a 218,000-square-foot industrial building located at 701 Devon Ave. in Elk Grove Village for an undisclosed price. The property features a clear height of 24 feet and 16 exterior docks. Steve Stone of Cushman & Wakefield represented ML Realty in the sale. The seller was not disclosed.
PORTLAND, MAINE — AAM 15 Management has acquired the Embassy Suites of Portland, Maine, a 119-room hotel in Portland. The price was undisclosed. Located nearby the Portland Jetport, the hotel includes a full-service restaurant and lobby bar, as well as 2,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The hotel’s lobby was recently renovated. AAM 15 plans to further improve the remaining public space, guest rooms, exterior, pool and fitness. The seller was not disclosed.
SAN DIEGO — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged a 20-year, $148 million lease of an existing, 100,000-square-foot facility located at 8875 Aero Drive in San Diego. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leased the property from Protea Properties, which acquired the asset in August 2017. Brandon Keith and Kipp Gstettenbauer of Voit’s San Diego office, along with Voit’s Private Client Group, directed the lease. The facility, which is situated on 7.7 acres, will be transformed into a state-of-the-art VA outpatient clinic — the only one of its kind in Southern California. Once completed, the new clinic will total 140,000 square feet and feature significant interior and exterior upgrades, as well as a new multi-level parking structure.
LOS ANGELES — Holland Partner Group, as developer, and MVE+Partners, as architect, designer and planner, have completed the development of The Griffin and The Grace on Spring. The two 24-story residential towers are located at the intersection of Eight and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles. The Griffin on Spring features 275 apartments above 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, while The Grace on Spring consists of 300 units above 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Both towers include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as observatory rooftop lounges, a fitness center with separate yoga studio, business center, conference rooms, swimming pool, and entertainment lounge with kitchen, bar, media and billiards.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — The Phoenix office of Irgens has broken ground on 17 Three Hundred at Perimeter Center, a two-story office/healthcare building in Scottsdale. Located at 17300 N. Perimeter Drive, the property will feature 47,322 square feet of Class A office and healthcare space. Additionally, the building will feature extensive glass lines, contemporary horizontal window shades, balconies, operable windows and mature landscaping. Slated for completion in October, the building will be the second property in the Irgens Perimeter Center project. The project team includes Irgens Partners as developer, Vertical Design Studio as architect, RSG Builders as contractor and Greg Mayer of Cushman & Wakefield as leasing agent.
CAVE CREEK, ARIZ. — Scottsdale, Ariz.-based 1784 Capital Holdings has purchased a five-acre land parcel, located at 4725 E. Dynamite Blvd. in Cave Creek. P&G Properties LLC and Arizona LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to develop Tatum Self-Storage, a 120,182-square-foot self-storage property, on the site. The Class A, climate-controlled development will include two stories of above-ground storage and one below-ground level. Completion is slated for first-quarter 2020.
SAN DIEGO — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a freestanding office building, located at 3850 Fifth Ave. in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood. LuxView Properties sold the asset to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for $4.8 million. The buyer plans to transform the two-story, 13,253-square-foot building into a mixed-use property with a retail thrift store on the ground floor and medical clinic space above. Marc Posthumus of Colliers represented the seller in the deal.
In 2018, Nashville continued experiencing unprecedented population growth. Major job announcements, rising home prices and income growth have led to a shift in renters-by-choice. This has continued to transform our urban core and has had an immense impact on various industries within the city. On the investment side, multifamily assets in the market demonstrated some notable pricing trends through year-end 2018. The median price per unit in Nashville increased by more than 14 percent from fourth-quarter 2017 to fourth-quarter 2018, reaching $145,000 compared to $117,000 in the Southeast and $162,000 across the nation. This comparison demonstrates how Nashville is a highly valued market in the Southeast but remains attractive from a pricing standpoint to national investors looking to acquire quality product. What was an increasingly concessionary environment in 2017 and 2018, the Nashville multifamily market will tighten throughout 2019. Large-scale job announcements like AllianceBernstein, Amazon and Ernst & Young will bring thousands of jobs to Middle Tennessee. These announcements will help ensure that the recent trend of high absorption will continue through the year. Demand in Nashville has been strong relative to the historical average, but supply has outperformed demand in the past year due to new construction of much-needed …
