LOS ANGELES — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), through Healthy Housing Foundation by AHF, has purchased the historic Biltmore hotel located at 501 S. Los Angeles St. in downtown Los Angeles. The purchase price and seller were not disclosed. The buyer plans to convert 204-room hotel into residential units for homeless or extremely low-income individuals. Built in 1910, the hotel is the fourth property acquired by the Healthy Housing Foundation since October 2017 for use as homeless or low-income housing. Currently, the hotel has 76 tenants in residence, who will remain in place. The non-profit organization also owns the 150-room King Edward Hotel, the 202-room Madison Hotel and the 27-room Sunrise on Sunset hotel in Los Angeles.
NORWALK, CALIF. — Charles Dunn Co. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property, located at 12419 Norwalk Blvd. in Norwalk. TIMSA LLC sold the property to Hope & Happy LLC for $5.6 million, or $421 per square foot. Kyle Gulock and Matt Kramer of Charles Dunn Co.’s Bank Property Group represented the seller, while Juliet Shoham of Nelson Shelton & Associates represented the buyer. Bank of America has occupied the 13,298-square-foot, single-tenant property for more than 50 years and has four years remaining on its lease.
LOS ANGELES — Stepp Commercial has arranged the sale of Washington Place Apartments, a multifamily property located at 11852 Washington Place in Los Angeles. Los Angeles-based Venetian Place LLC sold the property to Los Angeles-based S.R. Properties for $4.6 million, or $575,000 per unit. Built in 1990, the 11,482-square-foot property features six two-bedroom units and one one-bedroom unit, as well as a three-bedroom single-family house. Units feature balconies, wood floors, vaulted ceilings with skylights, stone countertops and a community backyard. Kimberly Stepp and Mark Ventre of Stepp Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
CAÑON CITY, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the acquisition of a retail property located at 2765 E. Main St. in Cañon City. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $1.2 million, or $56.82 per square foot. Zach Wright, Rob Edwards and Tom Ethington of Pinnacle’s The Edwards | Enthington Team represented the buyer, while Jeffrey Hirschfield of Antonoff & Co. Brokerage represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Office Depot occupies the 20,679-square-foot building, which was built in 2007 on 1.76 acres.
CHICAGO — FPA Multifamily LLC has acquired The Lex, a 332-unit high-rise apartment complex located within the McCormick Square entertainment district in Chicago’s South Loop. The seller was Crescent Heights, a developer of luxury multifamily communities with five offices across the country. San Francisco-based FPA purchased the property free and clear of debt for an undisclosed price. Sean Fogarty, Marty O’Connell, Wick Kirby and Kevin Girard of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2009, The Lex consists of one 35-story tower and one seven-story building featuring a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom residences. Units average more than 900 square feet each and include granite countertops, floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies. Communal amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling stations, 24-hour fitness center, game room, resident lounge and business center. The Lex also features more than 17,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and dining space. The property is situated adjacent to the newly constructed Wintrust Arena and Marriott Marquis Hotel. The location puts The Lex within walking distance of Lake Michigan. The Lex was originally built as a condominium project, but failed as it was completed in the midst of the housing crisis, according to local real estate …
The 195 million-square-foot Washington, D.C., metropolitan industrial market features various sectors and centers of demand across the region. The overall market has been extremely healthy, with unique forces impacting the area’s primary regions of Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland and Washington, D.C. The overall metro market expanded between first-quarter 2017 and first-quarter 2018. Net absorption in the period was 1.7 million square feet, albeit a significant slowdown from the previous 12-month cycle (4.2 million square feet). After falling significantly during the past five years, vacancy remained relatively flat in first-quarter 2018 and settled at 6.8 percent, a 10-basis-point drop year-over-year. A lack of available space limited opportunities for occupancy gains but allowed owners to increase asking rents. The average asking rent rose sharply to $10.04 per square foot, up from $9.58 per square foot one year earlier. Of the 1.9 million square feet of new supply under construction, 1.3 million square feet was in Northern Virginia’s less constrained but in-demand Loudoun County. Overall new supply was 55 percent preleased at the end of the first quarter. The Washington metro industrial market inside the Interstate 495 Beltway contrasts in many ways to the market outside the Beltway. The most significant difference is …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — An affiliate of The Luzzatto Co. Inc. (TLC), a Los Angeles-based investment firm, has acquired Austin Oaks, a 445,322-square-foot office park in central Austin. Built throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the 12-building property is situated on 31.4 acres and houses 140 tenants in industries such as financial services, healthcare, legal services and technology. TLC will reposition the property to add more green space, as well as a café and fitness center. HFF represented the seller, Dallas-based Spire Realty Group LP, in the transaction and assisted TLC in securing a 10-year acquisition loan through a life insurance company.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — A partnership between Houston-based Investment & Development Ventures LLC (IDV) and Sealy & Co. has broken ground on Thompson 10 Logistics Center, a 390,000-square-foot industrial facility in metro Houston. The project, which is being developed on a speculative basis, will be situated on 26.8 acres at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Thompson Road in Baytown, an eastern suburb. Thompson 10 Logistics Center will include a 130,074-square-foot front-load building and a 260,148 square-foot cross-dock building, each with 32-foot clear heights. Completion is slated for spring 2019. Tom Lynch and Mark Redlingshafer of CBRE represented IDV in its acquisition of the land and in securing an equity partner in Sealy. CBRE will also handle leasing of the property.
ARLINGTON AND ODESSA, TEXAS —Gordon Partners, a Houston-based full-service firm, has purchased two shopping centers totaling 170,000 square feet. Green Oaks Plaza in Arlington totals 100,000 square feet and Sherwood Village in Odessa totals 70,000 square feet. The company plans to remodel both properties beginning in the first quarter of 2019. The sellers were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Commercial mortgage brokerage firm Eastern Union has arranged a $24 million acquisition loan for Magnolia Creek, a 430-unit multifamily community located at 7272 Marvin D. Love Freeway in Dallas. The transit-oriented property features a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling area and a playground. Marc Belsky of Eastern Union arranged the financing through Arbor Realty Trust Inc. on behalf of the borrower, Ashcroft Capital.