SUSSEX, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has negotiated the sale of a 36,203-square-foot industrial building in Sussex, about 19 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located on Main Street. Sussex Crossings LLC purchased the asset from Rosenow Creek LLC. Nick Keys and Zach Noble of the Dickman Co. brokered the transaction. Three units are currently available for lease at the property.
WOODBURN, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged an $8.8 million HUD refinancing for Heartwood Memory Care Community in Woodburn. The 48-bed community offers exclusively memory care services. The owner sought long-term financing after a successful opening in 2014. The new FHA-insured structure allowed the borrower to refinance senior and mezzanine construction financing into a non-recourse, 35-year, fixed-rate loan. Matt Lindsay and Casey Moore led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
MEDFORD, ORE. — Contemporary Healthcare Capital has arranged a $2.8 million mezzanine loan to affiliates of Sapphire Health Services. The loan will help finance the acquisition of two assisted living facilities in Medford. Contemporary’s senior lending partner on the transaction was Sunwest Bank of Irvine. The combined loans of approximately $11.8 million were used for the acquisitions of West Wind Enhanced Care, a licensed assisted living facility serving residents afflicted with traumatic brain injuries, and Ridgeview Assisted Living Facility, a community serving a younger population of residents with developmental or neurological challenges.
NEW YORK CITY — NKF Capital Markets has arranged an $81 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of 25-11 49th Avenue, a 135,000-square-foot warehouse located in the Long Island City area of Queens. The borrower is a partnership between New Jersey-based development and management firm Normandy Real Estate Partners and two New York-based investment firms, Keystone Equities and Drake Street Partners. Dustin Stolly and Jordan Roeschlaub of NKF Capital Markets secured the loan through Deutsche Bank. The redevelopment calls for a full repositioning of the two-story, loft-style warehouse, which will be converted into an 11-story office building totaling 238,000 square feet. Nine stories will be built atop the existing structure, which is located within the area’s factory district. “This property is ideally located near main transportation hubs, which represent part of the growing appeal of this neighborhood,” says Stolly. “This is an excellent opportunity for tenants that will allow them to recruit and retail quality talent.” The financing will also be used to implement a capital improvement plan, which will target the office entrances, lobby and common areas and outdoor roof deck. New elevators and HVAC systems, as well as new security and electronics system, are also included in …
ORLANDO, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $13.3 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Aventura Apartments, a 144-unit multifamily community in Orlando. Jeff Rodman and Kelly Frank of KeyBank originated the seven-year, floating-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. The loan features a 15-month earnout provision, which is collateralized by a KeyBank-provided letter of credit. Aventura Apartments was constructed in 1984 and has undergone extensive renovations over the past two years. The property will reserve 20 percent of the units for those earning 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). The community features a fitness center, swimming pool, playground and a grilling and picnic area.
Eight years into the recovery, Raleigh-Durham’s office market conditions remain decidedly in favor of landlords, but increased construction following years of limited development activity is at last providing much needed new leasing opportunities for tenants. While a combination of factors, including new construction, drove office vacancy higher by the second half of 2017, the market began the year with the tightest Class A leasing market witnessed since the dot-com boom. Class A vacancy bottomed out in the first quarter of 2017 at 9.1 percent, down from a cyclical peak of 17.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, and the lowest level since fourth-quarter 2000. Class A vacancy rose to 11 percent in the third quarter of 2017 as a wave of new deliveries hit the market. Total vacancy ended the third quarter at 13.5 percent, up 70 basis points year-over-year. It is worth noting that this figure includes a handful of large, formerly corporate-owned facilities in the Interstate 40/Research Triangle Park (RTP) submarket. Originally constructed for single tenants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Dupont and Reichold, these facilities are likely to need substantial retrofitting to achieve lease-up. While they are certainly a factor in the market, they are not an option …
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council has approved the sale of 10 acres on San Antonio’s east side for the development of Echo East, a $65 million mixed-use project. The council also awarded a $450,000 grant for the project, which will be developed by Michigan-based Foremost Development Co. According to San Antonio Express-News, the project will include roughly 500 residential units and 25,000 square feet of retail space. A timetable for construction has not yet been established.
CANONSBURG, PA. — Laurus Corp., through its affiliate 501 Technology Partners LLC, has completed the disposition of an office building located at 501 Technology Drive within Southpointe Business Park in Canonsburg. The three-story property sold for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the 98,314-square-foot office building was fully occupied. The name of the buyer was not released.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Greystone has provided a $19.2 million Fannie Mae loan as part of a $32.2 million property acquisition by AMS Acquisitions. The seven-year loan includes six years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization. The borrower acquired an 85-unit multifamily property located in Bayonne. Renovated in 2013, the property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The acquired property includes three undeveloped parking lot parcels, which AMS Acquisitions intends to develop into additional multifamily housing. Avrom Forman of Greystone originated the loan for the borrower.
PLANO, TEXAS — Dallas-based Billingsley Co. will develop a 967,000-square-foot office campus within International Business Park, a 300-acre mixed-used development that spans the cities of Carrollton and Plano. The campus at 6161 Plano Parkway will include five buildings ranging in size between 180,000 and 211,000 square feet. Phase I will deliver a four-story speculative building and an amenity center with a 4,300-square-foot fitness center, 108-seat conference room and a tenant lounge with a coffee bar. Construction is slated to begin in May and wrap by August 2019.