CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a 12-unit multifamily building in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood for $2.1 million. The property is located at 6203-09 N. Ravenswood Ave. Brad Feldman and Adam Saxon of Interra brokered the transaction. The seller recently completed a renovation at the property, including a new roof, windows and in-unit laundry. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale. The undisclosed buyer purchased the asset at a capitalization rate of 7.5 percent.
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Alagem Capital Group, Cain International Partner for Ownership of Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, Beverly Hilton
by Amy Works
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Alagem Capital Group has joined with Cain International as part of an investment partnership to own the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills and The Beverly Hilton, two luxury hotels in Los Angeles. As the first of its kind between Alagem and Cain International, the partnership will support the success of the 170-guest room Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, located at 9850 Wilshire Blvd., and the future revitalization of the 596-guest room Beverly Hilton, located at 9876 Wilshire Blvd. The partnership values the combined properties at over $1 billion. Specific terms of the partnership were not disclosed.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Pacific, Wash.-based Trimark Property Group has purchased two hotels located in Glendale for $22 million. The properties are a Staybridge Suites at 9340 W. Cabela Drive and a Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 9310 W. Cabela Drive. Constructed in 2007 and 2008, the two properties are situated on 4.5 acres and feature a total of 212 guest rooms. James Meng and Jon Grantham of Colliers International Greater Phoenix represented the buyer in the deal. The seller was Columbus, Ohio-based Rockbridge Capital.
SALT LAKE CITY — NALS Apartment Homes has sold Cobble Creek, a multifamily property located six miles south of downtown Salt Lake City. An established, family-owned real estate investment business purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1974, the property was owned and operated by the seller for more than 25 years. Situated on more than 18 acres, the property features 309,696 square feet of net rentable space and 361 apartment units, with an weighted average unit size of 858 square feet. Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) and Cliff David, Danny Shin and Brock Zylstra of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal. Cody Cannon of Marcus & Millichap is the broker of record in Utah.
BOULDER, COLO. — ARA Newmark has arranged the sale of 2037 Walnut, a multifamily asset located one block from Pearl Street in Boulder. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property from Boulder-based Element Properties for $7.6 million. Constructed in 1981 and renovated in 2014, the property features 26 one-bedroom units, averaging 400 square feet, with private patios. Recent renovations included new kitchens and bathrooms, stainless steel appliances, engineering hardwood floors and energy-efficient appliances. Andy Hellman and Justin Hunt of ARA Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
GUNNISON, COLO. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail building located at 720-730 N. Main St. in Gunnison. A Crested Butte, Colo.-based individual investor acquired the property for $1.2 million. At the time of sale, the 8,848-square-foot property was fully occupied by a variety of tenants, including Domino’s and Verizon. Zack Hilgendorf of Quantum Real Estate represented the seller, a Phoenix-based individual investor, in the transaction.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — A partnership between GlenStar and Rubenstein Partners, known as CT Acquisitions LLC, has acquired Continental Towers for $121.5 million. The 910,796-square-foot office property is located in Rolling Meadows, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago. GlenStar initially acquired the property in 2013 and has since completed approximately $30 million in improvements for the asset. GlenStar added a 734-stall parking garage and renovated the fitness center, restrooms and corridors. As a result, occupancy jumped from 55 percent to 90 percent with the addition of tenants such as Verizon and Panasonic. The new joint venture between GlenStar and Rubenstein plans to complete an additional $20 million in renovations, including an overhaul of the two-acre plaza deck as well as the lobbies, café and amenity space. Work is set to begin immediately. Originally constructed in the early 1980s, Continental Towers is a three-tower office complex situated on 34 acres. The Class A property is located near I-90 and Woodfield Mall. “Our main focus as a firm is to seek out and acquire high-quality, value-add office assets in emerging markets,” says Brandon Huffman, portfolio manager of equity investments for Rubenstein. “Continental Towers represents everything we typically look for in an investment.” …
GARLAND, TEXAS — Digital Realty, a San Francisco-based data center REIT, will embark on a $400 million expansion of its data center campus in Garland, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. The project will add 16 acres to the original site at the intersection of Campbell Road and the George Bush Turnpike. The company’s Garland campus is being developed over a 20-year period in five phases, each of which will add about 280,000 square feet of space and operate at 32 megawatts of critical IT load. The first phase is expected to be operational by late 2021.
PLANO, TEXAS — CAVA Group Inc., a privately held restaurant group specializing in Mediterranean cuisine, will acquire Zoës Kitchen for approximately $300 million. The Plano-based fast casual chain has about 260 restaurant locations throughout the country. Under the terms of the agreement, shareholders of Zoës Kitchen will receive $12.75 in cash for each share of common stock, a premium of approximately 33 percent over the closing share price on August 16, 2018 (the stock price opened at $13.30 per share on Tuesday, August 21). The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Irving-based multifamily developer JPI has secured construction financing for Phase II of Jefferson Mercer Crossing, a project that will add 416 units to the property, which is located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. Current amenities at the property include a pool with a swim-up bar, fitness center with a yoga studio, a dog park and access to a 30-acre lake and walking trails. Comerica Bank provided the financing for the project, the first units of which are expected to be available for occupancy by the first quarter of 2020.