Property Type

A Growing Number of National Retailers Have Wichita on Their Radar Screen

by Kristin Harlow June 1, 2017

The pace of retail construction remains brisk in Wichita with national retailers showing an increased interest in the market. In the first quarter, developers started construction on nine buildings totaling 112,961 square feet, reports brokerage firm NAI Martens. Completions during the first quarter totaled 117,300 square feet. Notable store openings included Sprouts Farmers Market at Central Avenue and Rock Road; Save-A-Lot grocery store at 1640 S. Broadway; Cavender’s western wear store in Greenwich Place at K-96 and Greenwich Road; Andy’s Frozen Custard at NewMarket Square along 21st Street; and a freestanding Starbucks at Wichita State University on the school’s innovation campus. In short, developers in Wichita appear to be making up for lost time. As a result of the Great Recession, the local economy shed 30,000 jobs between 2009 and 2011, many of them related to the aviation industry, according to the Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce. Commercial real estate activity ground to a halt at that point. “Between 2008 and 2012 and maybe into 2014, we just didn’t have much development at all. There were some plans on the drawing boards, but nothing really reached fruition,” recalls Thomas Johnson, president of NAI Martens. But consumer confidence gradually began to …

June 1, 2017

California Office Western

Mariner, PRES Buy St. Joseph Health System Office Building in Anaheim for $58.9M

by Nellie Day May 31, 2017

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — A joint venture between Mariner Real Estate Management and PRES Cos. has purchased a 191,556-square-foot office building in downtown Anaheim for $58.9 million. St. Joseph Health System fully occupies the asset. The building is located at 200 W. Center St. Promenade. It was built in 1992 and renovated in 2015. St. Joseph maintains a long-term lease at the property that still has 10 years left. NGKF’s David Milestone and Brett Green represented the buyers. The same firm’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White and Blake Bokosk represented the undisclosed seller.

May 31, 2017

California Restaurant Retail Western

Four New Restaurants to Join Beverly Center as Part of $500M Renovation

by Nellie Day May 31, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Taubman Centers, Inc. has named four new restaurants that will join Beverly Center’s culinary lineup as part of the shopping and dining destination’s $500 million redevelopment. The restaurants — Cal Mare, Eggslut, Farmhouse and Yardbird — will be located on Level 1. All are expected to open by the end of 2018. A brand new 8,200-square-foot concept from James Beard Award-winning, Michelin-starred Chef Michael Mina, Cal Mare is a celebration of coastal Italian cuisine with Mediterranean and Californian influences. Farmhouse celebrates California’s bounty from local farms, markets, dairies and purveyors, situated within a new informal dining experience in a 7,000-square-foot space. Yardbird will be a 6,000-square-foot homage to farm-fresh ingredients, classic Southern cooking, culture and hospitality, helmed by award-winning restaurateur John Kunkel. Eggslut is a gourmet food concept founded in 2011 as a food truck. Every store is open throughout the renovation that is scheduled to be completed by holiday 2018. Beverly Center has more than 100 distinctive stores, including Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Saint Laurent and Salvatore Ferragamo. The center is anchored by Bloomingdale’s and Macy’s. Taubman Centers is engaged in the ownership, management and/or leasing of 27 regional, super-regional and outlet shopping centers …

May 31, 2017

Loans Multifamily Student Housing Washington Western

Capstone, Harrison Street Close Equity Financing for $50M Mixed-Use Development at Seattle University

by Nellie Day May 31, 2017

SEATTLE — Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital have closed on equity financing for an on-campus mixed-use development at Seattle University. The 143,000-square-foot mixed-use development will include 300 beds of student housing and 16,000 square feet of office space to be used as administrative offices for the university. Financing for the $50 million development was completed under Capstone and Harrison Street’s P3+ development model. Construction on the project is already underway, with an opening scheduled for August 2018. Ankrom Moisan Architects designed the project, which Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty Company, is constructing. Seattle University Housing & Residence Life will provide residence life programming services, while Capstone and Harrison Street will provide asset management and Blanton Turner will provide facility maintenance services, all in a shared governance approach.

May 31, 2017

California Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $5.4M Sale of 40-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Hemet

by Nellie Day May 31, 2017

HEMET, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.4 million sale of The Terrace at Seven Hills, a 40-unit seniors housing property in Hemet, located east of Los Angeles and north of San Diego. Built in 2012, the property is age restricted and features 12 one-bedroom, one-bath units and 28 two-bedroom, two-bath units. The sales price equates to $135,000 per unit and a capitalization rate just under 6 percent. Reza Ghaffari from Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario office represented the seller, a limited liability company. Ghaffari and Mark Bridge represented the buyer, a private investor.

May 31, 2017

Mixed-Use Texas

Whitestone Acquires 216,944 SF Mixed-Use Asset in Houston for $158M

by Taylor Williams May 31, 2017

HOUSTON — Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) has acquired BLVD Place, a 216,944-square-foot, mixed-use property in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown neighborhood. Whitestone purchased the property for approximately $158 million, according to realtynewsreport.com. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale by tenants such as Whole Foods Market, Frost Bank and Verizon Wireless. The sale includes 1.4 acres upon which the company will develop a six-story mixed-use building featuring 46,000 square feet of retail space and 91,000 square feet of office space.

May 31, 2017

Multifamily Texas

Oden Hughes, Desarrollos Delta Break Ground on 308-Unit Apartment Community in San Antonio

by Taylor Williams May 31, 2017

SAN ANTONIO — Oden Hughes LLC and development partner Desarrollos Delta have broken ground on Amara Apartments, a 308-unit multifamily community located at 19327 Talavera Ridge in northwestern San Antonio. The property will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from roughly 600 to 1,365 square feet. Scheduled to open in mid-2018, the 23-acre project will be the latest addition to The Rim, a 700-acre, mixed-use development with office, retail and residential space. Austin-based Kelly Grossman Architects designed the multifamily project.

May 31, 2017

Industrial Oklahoma

TierPoint to Build 60,000 SF Data Center in Metro Tulsa

by Taylor Williams May 31, 2017

BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — Tierpoint, a Missouri-based IT firm, will build a 60,000-square-foot data center that includes infrastructure support and office space in the Tulsa metro of Broken Arrow. The initial phase of construction, which will deliver 30,000 square feet of total space and 16,000 square feet of raised floor, will cost approximately $20 million. Completion is scheduled for late 2017. The property will be TierPoint’s fourth data center in Oklahoma.

May 31, 2017

Multifamily Texas

Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 192-Unit Apartment Complex in San Antonio

by Taylor Williams May 31, 2017

SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Richland Apartments, a 192-unit multifamily complex located at 7791 Woodchase Drive near the South Texas Medical Center and the University of Texas at San Antonio. Amenities include a pool, 24-hour fitness center and a resident clubhouse with a game room. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Jordan Featherston of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer.

May 31, 2017

Hospitality Texas

Rosebriar Arranges Sale of 4.3 Acres in Dallas for Development of Marriott Hotel

by Taylor Williams May 31, 2017

DALLAS — Rosebriar Properties has arranged the sale of 4.3 acres within the Stemmons Crossroads, a 50-acre development in Dallas, for the future construction of a Marriott-branded hotel. The new hotel will be the second hospitality development within Stemmons Crossroads this year, the other project being a 103-room Holiday Inn Express. Rob Adams and Bill Hanks of Rosebriar Properties represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.

May 31, 2017

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