GARDENA, CALIF. — Partners Capital has purchased a 15,000-square-foot industrial building, located at 510 E. Airline Way in Gardena. Jennifer M Anderson sold the property for $2 million. The building offers direct access to interstates 110, 91 and 405. At the time of sale, Sparks Recycling fully occupied the space. Remington Moss and David Bales of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, while Brent Daniels and Robert Colacion of Gateway Business Properties represented the seller in the deal.
WENATCHEE, WASH. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of Riverwest Senior Living, a 65-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Central Washington city of Wenatchee. A group of seniors housing industry veterans sold the property to a 1031 exchange buyer for $7.4 million. The deal also included the placement of a new operator, simplifying the asset transfer. Jim Hazzard and Nick Stahler were JCH’s lead agents on the transaction.
MAULDIN, S.C. — Hughes Investments has unveiled plans for BridgeWay Station, a $100 million mixed-use development in Mauldin, a city in Greenville County. The development will be situated on 40 acres at the intersection of Interstate 385 and Bridges Road, roughly 10 miles south of downtown Greenville. Hughes Investments will build upon the existing 430,000 square feet of neighboring office facilities that house Spectrum, Samsung Electronics America, Jackson Marketing and Greenville Heath System’s Regional Distribution Center. Phase I of BridgeWay Station will total 1 million square feet and include 300,000 square feet of retail, more than 180,000 square feet of Class A office space, 380 multifamily units and a 175-room hotel. In addition, the development will include a community center, 16 acres of green space and pedestrian and bike paths with proposed connectivity to the Swamp Rabbit Trail, a 20.6-mile multi-use greenway system, across I-385. Dawn Prince Hoover of The Shopping Center Group is handling the leasing assignment for BridgeWay Station. Construction on the first phase of the project is expected to be complete in 2020.
TAMPA, FLA. — Strategic Property Partners (SPP) has broken ground on the 519-room JW Marriott Tampa hotel within its planned Water Street Tampa development. The $3 billion mixed-use project is a multi-phase, 50-acre development that at full build-out will include more than 9 million square feet of commercial, residential, hospitality, educational, entertainment, cultural and retail space. JW Marriott Tampa represents the first of 10 buildings that SPP plans to begin building over the next year. Designed by Florida-based architecture firm Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates, JW Marriott Tampa will feature 100,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including the largest hotel ballroom in Tampa Bay at approximately 30,000 square feet. The hotel will also feature a full-service spa and fitness center, pool and sun terrace, ground-floor restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating and a rooftop lounge and terrace on the 26th floor. The hotel is located adjacent to the Tampa Convention Center and Amalie Arena, home to the National Hockey League’s Tampa Bay Lightning, which is owned by SPP head Jeff Vinik. JW Marriott Tampa will be one of three hotels within the Water Street Tampa development. Earlier this month, SPP unveiled plans to develop the 173-room EDITION …
PLANT CITY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $35.7 million sale of Plantation at Walden Lake, a 352-unit apartment community located at 1400 Plantation Blvd. in Plant City, roughly 25 miles east of Tampa. Luis Elorza, Brad Capas and Robert Given of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Mercury Investment. Bridge Investment Group acquired the 23-building property, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Plantation at Walden Lake was constructed in phases from 1990 to 1994 and includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, dog park, playground and a picnic and barbecue area.
NEW ORLEANS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $22.2 million loan to refinance Oakmont Apartments, a 336-unit multifamily community in New Orleans. Robert Bhat of MMCC arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Bruno Inc. Oakmont Apartments features a swimming pool with sundeck, tennis court, laundry facility and on-site maintenance. MMCC is a subsidiary of Irvine, Calif.-based Marcus & Millichap.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Colliers International has arranged the $5.3 million sale of Village Commons, a 12,001-square-foot retail center located at 4490 and 4492 Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville. The seller, Rimrock Southside LLC, developed the property last year. Colliers International arranged the 1031 exchange on behalf of the buyers, Bronx Wendy’s SCH LLC and Southside RMR LLC. Village Commons is home to tenants such as AT&T, Pet Supermarket, First Watch and Wells Fargo.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay has received a $181.5 million loan for the construction of 333 N. Green St., a 548,932-square-foot office tower in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. The Class A office tower will rise 19 stories, with floor plates ranging from 13,634 to 40,589 square feet. The property will feature 31,521 square feet of street-level retail space and a four-floor parking garage. Amenities will include a fitness center, conference area, tenant lounge and private rooftop. The LEED Silver-certified building is 47.2 percent preleased to GroupM and will serve as the advertising media company’s North American headquarters. The building will also serve as the regional headquarters for GroupM’s parent company, WPP. Other big-name companies that have chosen to open offices in the bustling Fulton Market district include Google, McDonald’s and Dyson. Timothy Joyce, Danny Kaufman and Christopher Knight of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo. Sterling Bay is a real estate investment and development firm with over 10 million square feet in its portfolio. The Chicago-based company currently has a pipeline of over $10 billion in development. — Kristin Hiller
Compared to the four major MSAs in Texas, El Paso has often been overlooked by national and regional retailers. But times change, and interest in retail real estate in West Texas is at an all-time high. Major retailers that have taken space in El Paso are experiencing steady sales growth and expanding their footprints. Over the last couple years, we’ve seen new leases for major retailers, including At Home Furniture — which leased more than 100,000 square feet at its newest location — Ross Dress For Less, Tuesday Morning, Marshall’s and Sprouts Farmers Market, to name a few. Like the rest of Texas, El Paso’s economy is growing and strengthening. The city has posted a 3.7 percent unemployment rate to start the year, which is lower than the state (3.9 percent) and national (4.1 percent) averages. The city’s population continues to grow, driven by downtown office development, greater military spending (El Paso’s resident military base, Fort Bliss, houses tens of thousands of active duty and reservist military personnel, their families and civilian workers) and a reduction in crime in Ciudad Juarez, the sister city located just across the border. These forces have combined to imbue El Paso with a unique, …
DALLAS — Billingsley Co. has refinanced 9111 Cypress Waters Boulevard, a newly built, 223,319-square-foot office building that Billingsley developed in Dallas. Trey Morsbach and Jim Curtin of HFF placed the 15-year loan through Lincoln Financial Group on behalf of the borrower, Billingsley. The building is located within the 1,000-acre Cypress Waters development, which upon completion will feature 8 million square feet of office space, 45,000 square feet of retail space and up to 10,000 multifamily units. 9111 Cypress Waters, which houses 7-Eleven’s North American headquarters, was 94 percent leased at the time of the placement of the loan. Proceeds were used to take out a construction loan.