RENO, NEV. — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the disposition of buildings A1 and B of the North Valleys Commerce Center (NVCC) in Reno. PRISM-IQ Nevada LLC and GOF Nevada LLC purchased the properties for $81.1 million. Panattoni made the sale through CP Logistics NVCC and CP Logistics NVCC Building A-1, two joint ventures between Panattoni and a public retirement fund. Building A1, totaling 352,957 square feet, and Building B, totaling 707,660 square feet, are located on 56 acres at 9460 N. Virginia St. in Reno. Trademark Global, Exxel Outdoors, Microflex Corp. and SupplyHouse.com are tenants at the properties. Completed in 2018, the buildings are cross-docked distribution facilities with a 36-foot clear height and low-cost LED lighting. JLL and Kidder Mathews represented the sellers in the deal.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. — The Ensign Group, on behalf of a wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired an office building located in San Juan Capistrano. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. The Ensign Group plans to enter into a lease with its wholly owned subsidiary, Ensign Services, and expects Ensign to occupy a portion of the 115,517-square-foot property upon termination of its existing office leases in 2019. At the time of acquisition, the property was 92 percent occupied by third-party tenants. The Ensign Group is the parent company of the Ensign line of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home healthcare, hospice care and assisted living companies. Mitch Lundquist and Ryan Hawkins of JLL represented the buyer in the transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Soul Community Planet (SCP) has opened its first SCP Hotel. The renovated property is located in Colorado Springs. Located at the base of Pikes Peak, the 98,000-square-foot hotel features 176 guest rooms crafted with reclaimed and beetle-kill wood and sustainable elements; a 2,000-square-foot lobby with co-working spaces, a 500-square-foot meeting room and free WiFi for guests; and SCP Fit, a 12,000-square-foot full-service health and wellness club. SCP Hotels offer a holistic hospitality concept for travelers and the surrounding community through services and the extensive use of green materials, eco-friendly products, solar energy, sustainable practice and water-conserving fixtures. The hotel is in its final stages of a $6 million, nine-month renovation, with a soft opening scheduled for June 27.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the acquisition of MCA Business Center, a newly constructed industrial building located on Dendy Parkway in Temecula. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property from MCA Realty for $16.8 million. The buyer plans to occupy the entire 143,689-square-foot facility. Completed in 2018, MCA Business Center features 32-foot clear-height ceilings, 120-foot truck courts, 26 dock-high loading doors, three grade-level doors, 255 skylights and unobstructed views of the Temecula Valley. The property is located within Westside Business Center, a 385-acre master-planned business park that is 95 percent built out. Stan Nowak and Cody Lerner of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Lee & Associates, along with CBRE, represented the seller in the deal.
SEATTLE — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 5201 Ballard Ave. NW in Seattle. A limited liability company acquired the property from a private investor for $3.1 million. Built in 1905, the two-story building features 10,540 square feet of retail space. Brian Mayer and Clayton Brown of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller, while Mayer also represented the buyer in the transaction.
CHICAGO — CRG, Clayco’s real estate development group, has broken ground on a 12-story apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The development, located at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue, will feature 149 units, 5,000 square feet of retail space and 29 parking spots. Amenities will include a 2,000-square-foot rooftop deck, coffee bar, exercise facility, business center and dog salon. Completion is slated for July 2019. Clayco is serving as the design-builder and its subsidiary, BatesForum, is the project architect. Capital partners include POB Capital and Principal Real Estate Investors.
ALTON, ILL. — U-Haul plans to acquire an 84,180-square-foot building formerly occupied by Kmart in Alton, about 25 miles north of St. Louis, in August. U-Haul, which currently leases the property, will transform the space into 700 climate-controlled, self-storage units with truck and trailer sharing and towing equipment onsite. The building, which had previously been vacant for eight months, is located within the Seminary Plaza shopping center. Madison Plaza Associates was the seller. U-Haul’s acquisition of the property was driven by its corporate sustainability initiative. The company says the adaptive reuse of existing buildings reduces the amount of energy and resources required for new-building materials and helps cities reduce their unwanted inventory of unused buildings.
HARTVILLE AND NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of two single-tenant properties net leased to CVS Pharmacy in Ohio for $5.2 million. The properties are located at 600 W. Maple St. in Hartville, about 15 miles north of Canton, and 8001 W. 130th St. in North Royalton, about 15 miles south of Cleveland. CVS has approximately five years remaining on its leases, which expire in January 2023. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate investment company. The buyer was a Southeast-based real estate partnership.
STICKNEY, ILL. — Timber Hill Group has completed a $2.8 million renovation of a two-building industrial property in Stickney, about 10 miles west of Chicago. Delta Logistics Inc. will fully occupy the property. A 25,000-square-foot building features 54 doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and two drive-through repair bays. A 13,000-square-foot maintenance facility features 12 drive-in doors and six repair bays. Renovations included new lighting, roofs, drive-in doors, windows and a new concrete floor at the maintenance building. Timber Hill, a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and development of logistics-related industrial real estate, acquired the property early last year.
PLANO, TEXAS — After announcing on Monday, June 18, it had entered into an agreement to be acquired by Vintage Capital Management, Rent-A-Center Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS: RCII) has seen its stock price increase steadily throughout the week. The company’s stock price opened at $14.78 per share on Thursday, June 21. This figure represents a nearly 23 percent increase in the span of just one week, but remains a far cry from the peak price of $40 per share in summer 2013. Vintage Capital agreed to acquire Rent-A-Center for $15 per share in a transaction that is valued at approximately $1.4 billion and which will take the Plano-based retailer private. The deal is expected to close before year’s end. The price represents a premium of approximately 49 percent over Rent-A-Center’s closing stock price of $10.07 per share on Oct. 30, 2017. According to one retail analyst, Rent-A-Center’s struggles stemmed from several factors, including a high number of new competitors in the home goods sector and the lack of financial resources to establish robust online sales. “Rent-A-Center is an interesting case because it kind of bleeds into that personal services category, yet it’s not especially resistant to e-commerce because of the physical goods …