STILLWATER, OKLA. — Integrated Facility Services (IFS) has begun work on a $7.1 million HVAC and plumbing project for The Ranch, a $58 million retirement community under the Epworth Living brand in Stillwater that is currently under construction. Situated on 55 acres near Oklahoma State University, the 325,000-square-foot property will feature amenities such as 35,000 square feet of common area space, a fitness center, coffee shop and library. Completion of The Ranch is slated for March 2018.
GALVESTON, TEXAS — Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) has sold Broadway Shopping Center, a 74,604-square-foot retail center located at 5908 Broadway Ave. in Galveston. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to tenants such as Big Lots, Family Dollar, Subway and Anytime Fitness. Ryan West of HFF represented the seller in the transaction. The name and representative of the buyer, a private investor, were not disclosed.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — E Contractors, a Houston-based construction firm, has broken ground on Egrets Landing Sugar Land, a 22,000-square-foot, Class A office property. The building will be situated on 1.5 acres at the corner of U.S Highway 59 and State Highway 6 in the Houston metro of Sugar Land. E Contractors expects to complete the two-story building in January 2018.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A partnership between Gramercy Property Trust and TPG has acquired Nexus at ASU Research Park, a 123,864-square-foot office building in Phoenix, for $27.6 million. The Class A building is situated just off Loop 101 in the ASU Research Park. The building is fully leased to an online retailer. Amenities at the park include a day care center, six miles of jogging and bike trails, lakes, a helipad and security patrol. JLL’s Mark Detmer, Bo Mills, Mark Gustin and Ryan Sitov executed the sale. The seller was a joint venture between ViaWest Group and Blue Vista Capital.
DENVER — New York Life Real Estate Investors has originated a $51.8 million loan for the 306-unit Alta Cherry Hills apartment complex in Denver. The community is located at 3650 S. Broadway. The mortgage has a seven-year term. The funds were used to purchase the property. Michael Ortlip of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital acted as the mortgage broker. The borrower was Bell Partners. The seller was not disclosed
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $25 million sale of Gateway Center, an 89,625-square-foot shopping center located in Escondido. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Michaels, Barnes & Noble, Fantastic Sam’s, Firehouse Subs, Dickies and H&R Block. Rick Chichester, Donald MacLellan, Patrick Toomey and Tom Chichester of Faris Lee represented the seller, a partnership led by GDA Real Estate Services. Gene Ventura and Jeff Conover, also of Faris Lee, represented the buyer, a private investor from San Diego County.
SAN DIEGO — Capstone Advisors has signed six leases for tenants at The Presidio, a recently renovated and repositioned retail center located in San Diego’s Linda Vista community. The new tenants include Rip Curl, Luv Bridal, Hopsy, Babe Kombucha, West Coast Veterinary Hospital and Sharetea. Located at 5261-5401 Linda Vista Road, The Presidio is located between Napa Street and the University of San Diego. Capstone completed extensive renovations on the property at the end of 2015. Capstone Advisors originally purchased the property in 2014. For the new lease transactions at The Presidio, Aaron Hill and Justin Wessel of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Capstone Advisors. Luv Bridal and Sharetea represented themselves, Jones Lang Lasalle represented Rip Curl, Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Hopsy, Kidder Matthews represented Babe Kombucha and Strategic Real Estate Group represented West Coast Veterinary Hospital.
SAN DIEGO — Colliers International has arranged the $1.3 million sale of a 3,044-square-foot, two-unit retail condominium located in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood. Bill Shrader, David Maxwell and Joe Brady of Colliers International represented the San Diego-based seller, CR 5th & Nutmeg, and San Diego-based buyer The Cohen Family Trust. Shrader, Maxwell and Brady also secured Brooklyn Bicycles as the tenant for one of the units concurrently with the sale of the property. The shell-condition condominium is located at 2655 Fifth Ave. on the ground floor of Vue on 5th, a recently completed 45-unit residential building.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Eden Multifamily has broken ground on NOMA North Miami Beach, an $87 million apartment community located at 2145 N.E. 164th St. in North Miami Beach. The 354-unit property will be situated on a 2.6-acre site near Biscayne Boulevard, Laurenzo’s Italian Market, Snake Creek Canal and the City of North Miami Beach greenway. The eight-story project is a joint venture between Eden Multifamily and Florida Value Partners. The joint venture will finance the development with debt from JPMorgan Chase and preferred equity from Related Real Estate Debt Strategies LLC. NOMA North Miami Beach will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as an inner courtyard pool, community rooms, fitness center, cyber café, gathering areas and fiber-connected Wi-Fi throughout the community. NOMA will also include seven adjacent two- and three-bedroom townhomes along the greenway and commercial space along N.E. 164th Street. The project is the first component of a mixed-use development that will serve as the new urban town center for the eastern part of North Miami Beach. The design team includes general contractor Coastal Construction, architect MSA Architects, landscape architect Bruce Howard Associates and interior designer IDDI Design International. Eden Multifamily expects to deliver …
PALM HARBOR, FLA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the $82.4 million sale of Lansbrook Village, a 774-unit apartment community located in the Tampa suburb of Palm Harbor. The property features 152 individually owned units that weren’t part of the transaction. Pritzker Realty Group developed Lansbrook Village in three phases — Windsor in 1998, Cambridge in 2002 and Hampton in 2004. The development’s amenities include three swimming pools, two expansive clubhouses and gathering areas, a fitness center, business center, three new outdoor kitchens, two tennis courts, volleyball court, pet playground and a car-care station. Patrick Dufour, Scott Ramey and Ryan Crowley of ARA Newmark represented the sellers, Atlanta-based Carroll Organization and New York-based Bluerock Real Estate, in the transaction, which involved a loan assumption. Carroll Organization decided to buy back into the acquisition by replacing Bluerock as the equity. The company will continue to pursue buying Lansbrook Village’s individually owned units.
