MACOMB COUNTY, MICH. — RED Capital has provided an $18 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Sycamore Glen by Redwood in Macomb County. The 134-unit multifamily property is located at 23241 Yarrow Ave. Built in 2015, the property features two-bedroom units with private attached garages. The borrower was not disclosed.
SEATTLE — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $44.8 million in bond financing for The Hearthstone Corp. The bonds will fund an expansion at the company’s continuing care retirement community, The Hearthstone at Green Lake in Seattle. The Hearthstone comprises The Lakeside, a 10-story, 186,400-square-foot building constructed in 1966; and Cove West, a four-story, 48,243-square-foot building constructed in 2015 adjacent to The Lakeside. The combined buildings feature 147 independent living apartments, 37 assisted living apartments, 12 memory care apartments and 40 skilled nursing beds. The expansion project, known as Cove East, will be located adjacent to Cove West. The new building will offer 22 independent living units and underground parking, with a bistro on the ground floor. In addition to funding the expansion, the bonds also refinanced a set of existing bonds. The bonds are a combination of $36.1 million in tax-exempt bonds with a 35-year amortization and $8.7 million in tax-exempt bonds to be repaid with Cove East entrance fees.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Rainbow 73 Wornall LLC, a local investment group headed by David Block of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors, has acquired a retail building and .58-acre land site in Kansas City for an undisclosed price. Pride Cleaners currently occupies the 3,000-square-foot building, which is located at 7300 Wornall Road. Block & Co. plans to redevelop the site as a multi-tenant retail center or freestanding restaurant. Pride Cleaners plans to relocate to the corner of 75th Street and Wornall Road. David Block and Marshal Blount of Block & Co. brokered the sale. SNSC Properties LLC was the seller.
Hanley Investment Group Negotiates $2.9M Sale of Single-Tenant Retail Property in Rialto, California
RIALTO, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a recently constructed retail building located at 1877 N. Riverside Ave. in Rialto. Newport Beach-based Fountainhead Development sold the property to a Chatsworth-based private investor for $2.9 million, or nearly $1,700 per square foot. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment represented the seller, while Ash Joshi of San Fernando-based Capital Realty Solutions Inc. represented the buyer in the deal. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf occupies the 1,710-square-foot building, which features a drive-thru lane, under a 15-year lease.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — ML Realty Partners has purchased a 66,939-square-foot industrial building in Bensenville for an undisclosed price. The multi-tenant property is located at 300-330 County Line Road. Three units are occupied by longstanding tenants, while the last available space for lease totals 16,396 square feet and features two docks and 1,397 square feet of office space. Jeffrey Devine and Steven Disse of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller. Adam Stokes and Sean Bostrom of Nicolson Porter & List represented ML Realty and will market for lease the remaining available unit.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based Extell Development Co. has received $530 million in financing for the development of Brooklyn Point, a 68-story residential condo tower under construction in Brooklyn. The property is located within City Point, a development featuring 600,000 square feet of dining and retail. The financing consists of a $425 million senior construction loan, led by M&T Bank, and a $105 million mezzanine loan from New York-based RXR Realty. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units for sale. The property will feature 40,000 square feet of amenities, including rooftop and indoor pools, a fitness center, cocktail lounge, chef’s demonstration kitchen, game room, rock climbing wall, children’s playroom and screening/performance room. The ninth floor will offer a landscaped terrace with a putting green, fire pit and bar. “We were overwhelmed with interest in the building as soon as we opened the doors to our sales gallery,” says Ari Alowan Goldstein, senior vice president at Extell Development Co. “Our strong sales velocity is an indicator of pent-up demand for high-quality ownership opportunities in this extremely desirable neighborhood.” Pricing for studio to three-bedroom residences will start at $850,000. Purchasers will benefit from …
As demand for e-commerce and corporate distribution space continues to drive supply chain expansion in the Southeast, many developers are designing facilities to accommodate the truck-dependent, labor-driven operations present today and for the near-term. While robotics and automated vehicles are exciting to dream about, the reality is that these innovations are not expected to impact industrial building design any time soon in the Southeast. Modern industrial buildings that can support heavier than average employee parking needs while also providing abundant trailer storage are the standard for new projects. At the same time, these buildings need to support advanced technology, automation and extensive stacking and sorting operations. By building with an eye toward long-term tenant needs, developers are working to differentiate themselves in this highly competitive environment. These trends are particularly apparent in the Charlotte market, where developers have added 4.5 million square feet of industrial space over the past year. With a 5.3 percent vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2018, the market is well positioned to absorb the additional 4.7 million square feet of projects in the pipeline. Of that total, 62 percent is either preleased or set to be owner-occupied. Modern Design Demands At the core of …
FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS — The City Council of Fredericksburg, a city located about 80 miles west of Austin, has approved a proposal to develop a $78 million mixed-use project. Branded The Seven Hills Resort and Conference Center, the property will feature a 150-room hotel, 40,000-square-foot retail and restaurant village, 35,000-square-foot conference center and an outdoor amphitheater. According to The Houston Chronicle, the project is being developed by Houston-based Murphree & Co. and Dallas-based The Beck Group, and is expected to open in early 2020.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Irving-based Realty Capital Management (RCM) and Atlanta-based ArchCo Residential have broken ground on The Dylan, a 227-unit multifamily community in Fort Worth. The Class A property will also include 12,212 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Residential amenities will include a pool and a fitness center. Dougherty Mortgage LLC secured a $31.8 million construction loan for the project through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program, the agency’s flagship program for financing the development and redevelopment of market-rate and affordable housing communities. The Dylan is currently slated for a January 2020 completion.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Colliers International has negotiated the sale of a three-building, 177,055-square-foot industrial property located at 1100, 1110 and 1120 Eden Road in Arlington. Tenants at the property include steel framing company Light Gauge Solutions Inc. and EMI Industries, a provider of refrigeration solutions to the restaurant industry. Lizzy Blake of Colliers represented the undisclosed sellers in the transaction. The buyer was Boston-based High Street Realty Co.