RALEIGH, N.C. — KDC has started construction on a new regional office building for Credit Suisse in Raleigh’s Research Triangle Park. The 205,000-square-foot, four-story building will be located at 6933 Louis Stephens Drive, adjacent to the existing Credit Suisse office building that KDC developed in 2007. Upon completion of the new facility in June 2019, KDC will begin renovations of the existing building. More than 3,000 Credit Suisse employees will occupy the campus after the project is complete. The investment banking and financial services company is headquartered in Zürich and has regional offices across the U.S. The 62-acre site will feature outdoor workspaces, a new food service cafeteria, internet cafés, conference center and a pedestrian trail. In addition, KDC will add new entrance and exit points and a pedestrian bridge to connect the two buildings. The developer plans to seek LEED certification for the project. Architecture firm Gensler, general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie and engineer Crenshaw make up the rest of the project team.
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HOOVER, ALA. AND WILMINGTON, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $37.4 million in financing for two multifamily properties in Hoover and Wilmington. In Hoover, KeyBank provided a $16.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Hawthorne at Wisteria, a 200-unit community. The property was built in 1978 and renovated in 2015. In Wilmington, KeyBank provided a $21.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Hawthorne at New Centre, a 301-unit apartment community that was constructed in 1998 and renovated in 2014. Tim DeWispelaere of KeyBank originated both 10-year loans with 30-year amortization schedules on behalf of the undisclosed borrowers.
ROSWELL, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $19.4 million sale of Space Shop Self Storage, a 1,174-unit self-storage property in Roswell, located roughly 23 miles north of Atlanta. Stacey Gorman of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Stein Investment Group, and procured the buyer, a regional self-storage operator. Space Shop Self Storage was constructed in 1995 and was recently renovated and expanded. The property is situated on six acres along Alpharetta Highway.
SHERWOOD, ARK. — Denver-based NexCore Group has broken ground on a 42,133-square-foot research and education facility for CHI St. Vincent, an Arkansas-based regional healthcare provider, in the Little Rock suburb of Sherwood. Located at 6020 Warden Road, the facility will be located on CHI St. Vincent’s North Little Rock campus, and will serve as the new home of the Arkansas Neuroscience Institute. The building will include a research laboratory, auditorium, classrooms, an exhibit area and office space for physician practices, expanding the list of services offered to patients on one campus. The Arkansas Neuroscience Institute will relocate its surgical and clinical operations to the new facility by the end of the year. The education and research center is expected to open in early 2019.
LOS ANGELES — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of an eight-property, 644-unit multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles County for $161.9 million. The properties include: Oaktree Apartments and Stillmore Apartments in Santa Clarita; Tamarind Terrace Apartments in Hollywood; Regency Apartments, Woodley Court and Sylvan Apartments in Van Nuys; Vista Del Madre in Pasadena; and Foothill Village in Sylmar. Seven of the eight assets were not subject to rent control. Greg Harris, Ron Harris, Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Bryan Schellinger of IPA represented the seller, a private ownership group. The team also procured the five separate buyers, which include an institutional discretionary fund, regional syndicators and private investors. Renovations are currently planned for the properties. “It is rare to find a sizeable, almost completely non-rent-controlled, value-add portfolio where the upside can be immediately realized,” says Green. Cap rates ranged between 3.5 percent and 4.5 percent based on current net operating income, according to Harris. Projected cap rates following renovations are between 5 percent and 6 percent. — Kristin Hiller
For decades, El Paso was a big, sleepy town nestled on the banks of the Rio Grande that relied on a slow-paced, but consistent economy. In those days, housing was always affordable. Pricing levels for single- and multifamily properties were below national averages, but so too were wages. The city’s office market, which has traditionally served as a leading indicator for multifamily growth, hummed along without ever experiencing strong asset appreciation or interest from outside investors. Taken at face value, this activity would suggest that there was a firm ceiling for new development and rent growth for both of these markets. In recent years, however, El Paso natives have seen their city experience enormous growth fueled by exceptionally low crime rates and expanding population at Fort Bliss Army base. Development of both single- and multifamily product really took off between 2011 and 2014, causing rent growth to subside and vacancies to rise from 5 percent a few years ago to roughly 9 percent today. The market returned to a more sustainable pace of new development in subsequent years. Looking ahead, the metro’s job growth should remain a factor of its population of military personnel and federal employees. As El Paso …
WALTHAM, MASS. — Davis Marcus Partners, a joint venture between Marcus Partners and The Davis Companies, is developing a new 220,000-square-foot lab and office facility in Waltham for Alkermes, a global biopharmaceutical company. The new building, which is located at 900 Winter St., represents an expansion of Alkermes’ current facility at 852 Winter St. The new facility was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and will seek LEED certification. Amenities will include an eatery, coffee bar, fitness center, outdoor amphitheater and a rooftop terrace. As part of the build-to-suit arrangement, Alkermes will sign a 15-year lease at the property. Construction on the new facility began April 30.
SECAUCUS, N.J. — HFF has arranged $36.7 million in permanent financing for a newly constructed, two-building industrial facility at One County Road in Secaucus. Completed earlier this year, the 240,317-square-foot facility features a 32-foot clear height, 180-foot truck courts and 50-by-35 foot column spacing. One County Road is situated on 20 acres in the Meadowlands industrial market. The HFF team worked on behalf of the borrower, Bhasin Properties, to place the 15-year, fixed-rate loan with Allianz Real Estate of America. Loan proceeds will be used to take out an existing construction loan, which was also arranged by HFF.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 77-79 Madison Street in Manhattan, a six-story, mixed-use building, for $12 million. Barbara Dansker and Zachary Ziskin of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor. The building, which is located in the Two Bridges neighborhood, consists of 28 residential and four commercial units.
Chula Vista, Port of San Diego Approve 535-Acre Convention Center Development in Chula Vista
by Amy Works
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — The City of Chula Vista and the Port of San Diego have approved key agreements to advance the Chula Vista Bayfront resort hotel and convention center project on San Diego Bay. The Board of Port Commissioners and the Chula Vista City Council unanimously approved a disposition and development agreement between the public-private partnership of port, the city and RIDA Development Corp. Construction is slated to begin in late 2019. Gaylord Hotels, the large convention hotel brand of Marriott International, will operate the 535-acre project. Located west of Marina Parkway between H and G streets, the waterfront development will include 1,600 hotel rooms and a 415,000-square-foot convention with 275,000 usable square feet of convention and meeting space. Additionally, the project will feature associated retail and resort-style amenities, including restaurant, bar and lounge facilities, recreational facilities, spa, pool with a lazy river, bike and boat rentals, more than 250 acres of protected wildlife habitat, and 46 acres of new parks, trails and bike paths. Public infrastructure improvements are planned to start by 2019, which includes site preparation, building access roads and new public streets, providing utility services and developing the new Harbor Park. Sun Communities Inc. is developing …