STERLING HEIGHTS, MICH. — Franklin Property Corp., in partnership with Cranbrook Investment Partners LLC, has acquired Plumbrook Greens Townhouses in Sterling Heights for an undisclosed price. The property features 43 townhouse rental units with private garages and basements. Franklin plans to make minor improvements to the property over the next several months. Citi Real Estate Funding provided mortgage financing for the transaction. Franklin acquired the asset directly from the original developer’s family.
PEVELY, MO. — Mumford Co. has arranged the sale of a Super 8 hotel in Pevely, about 29 miles south of St. Louis. The sales price was not disclosed. The three-story hotel features an indoor pool. George Arvanitis and Justin Pinkard of Mumford Co. represented the seller, Faiz Awana LLC. Investment Property Exchange Services Inc. purchased the asset.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Greystar Real Estate Partners, on behalf of its real estate funds, has purchased Pacific Court Apartments, located at 250 Pacific Ave. in Long Beach, for an undisclosed price. The property features 211 apartment units, 35,000 square feet of retail space and a 400-space subterranean parking garage. On-site amenities include a fitness center, dog wash, business center, poker room and clubhouse. The name of the seller was not released.
HEALDSBURG, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Healdsburg Senior Living Community, a 110-unit assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing campus in the Sonoma County city of Healdsburg. Sitting on approximately seven acres, the community features 40 assisted living units, 32 memory care beds and 38 skilled nursing beds. A global private real estate investment firm with a large national seniors housing portfolio acquired the property for $19 million, or $173,000 per bed. The seller was not disclosed, though the property is featured on Pacifica Senior Living’s website. Mario Wilson and Christopher Hyldahl of Blueprint led the transaction.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Arriba Capital has arranged a $5.3 million loan for the acquisition of a multifamily property located in Beverly Hills. The borrower is a private equity real estate investment company, which plans to renovate the property. The 16-unit community was 38 percent vacant at the time of acquisition.
DENVER — Nexus Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Glenview Apartments, a multifamily property located at 16300 R. Colfax Ave. in Denver. Odgen Park Town Homes sold the property to 16300 Colfax Avenue Holdco LLC for $4.5 million. Situated on 1.8 acres, the 31,096-square-foot building features 48 apartment units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Jason Koch of Nexus represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — A partnership between D & B Capital Partners, Arrowroot Family Office and ARB Investments has formed Arrowroot Real Estate, a new entity which will invest in modernizing and rebranding well located, Class B multifamily and student housing properties. Arrowroot Real Estate is led by Brennen Degner and Adam Barzilay, former executives of MJW Investments, as well as Devin Antin, co-founder of D & B Capital Partners. The team recently closed on its first multifamily acquisition, 11415 Venice Blvd in Los Angeles. Arrowroot targets total acquisitions in excess of $200 million over the next 18 to 24 months.
SAN FRANCISCO — HFF has arranged $384.8 million in refinancing for Genesis North and South Towers, two office and life science buildings in San Francisco that feature 717,883 square feet of lab and office space. HFF secured two loans on behalf of San Diego-based Phase 3 Real Estate Partners Inc. The financing package included a $199.8 million, three-year loan for Genesis North Tower and a $185 million, five-year loan for Genesis South Tower. An undisclosed life insurance company provided the funds for the first loan, while a national bank provided the funds for the second. Genesis North Tower, which was recently completed, stands at 21 stories and spans roughly 390,000 square feet. Genesis South Tower was completed in 2016, standing at 12 stories and encompassing approximately 328,000 square feet. The two-property campus, which serves as the hub for the city’s biotech industry, is located adjacent to U.S. Highway 101 on the city’s south side. The site includes a seven-story parking garage. Amenities include a performing arts center, a bakery and market, two fitness centers, meeting and conference center, and a shuttle service. Upon completion of Genesis North Tower, the fitness center at Genesis South Tower will be converted into amenity space …
It is a simple formula: No metropolitan region can achieve extended economic growth without a healthy job market that is sustainable over the long-term. The greater Baltimore region has been able to accomplish just that — especially over the past two years, starting when a new governor was installed in Maryland. The State of Maryland’s rallying cry “We’re open for business” is putting its money where its mouth is with the generation of more than 135,000 new jobs since the start of 2015, and the state unemployment rate dipping to 3.8 percent, which makes it substantially lower than the national average of 4.4 percent. As an official with the Maryland Department of Commerce so accurately stated at our company’s year-end market update, Baltimore is known for having three famous birds: the Ravens, Orioles and — with all the construction underway — cranes. Momentum has been achieved with the continued distancing of the state’s previous “business unfriendly” reputation, the influx of institutional money targeting the region, its immediate proximity to the Nation’s Capital, a highly educated labor base and a diverse business economy led by the medical, high-technology and educational institution sectors. And, the most telling barometer of all is where …
MIDDLETOWN, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of a two-property, 518-unit apartment portfolio located in the Westlake District of Middletown for $62.6 million. The portfolio includes Middletown Brooke, a 280-unit apartment community with eight residential buildings, and Middletown Ridge, a 238-unit apartment community with nine residential buildings. The properties were constructed in 1988 and 1989. IPA represented the seller, Fairfield Midtown Ridge LP, and procured the buyer, Hamilton Zanze and Co. Middletown is located 16 miles south of Hartford and 26 miles north of New Haven.