FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Realty Capital Management has broken ground on Lakeside Professional Office, a 21,750-square-foot project in Flower Mound. The Class A property is being developed on a speculative basis. Bancorp South provided the construction loan for the project, which is expected to be complete by summer 2018.
BENTONVILLE, ARK. — NAS Investment Solutions has acquired a 30,829-square-foot office building in Bentonville, along with five tenants-in-common (TIC) co-owners. Nick Viscount and Tim Winton of Keystone Mortgage Corp. arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition on behalf of the buyer. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The property features a brick-and-glass architectural design and was solely occupied by a Fortune 500 company at the time of sale.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Fitness Connection has opened a 55,000-square-foot gym at Shops at Tech Ridge, a 504,153-square-foot shopping center on Austin’s north side. The club will offer a kids’ club with a movie theater, a women’s-only workout area, a sauna and a variety of group fitness classes. This is the second location that Fitness Connection has opened in Austin in the past year.
PALATINE, ILL. — Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC) has sold a 71,324-square-foot retail building occupied by Mariano’s Fresh Market in Palatine, about 30 miles northwest of Chicago, for $29 million. The property sits on 6.5 acres at 545 N. Hicks Road. The building, constructed in 2011, is 100 percent leased to Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc., which is owned by Kroger Co. IPC facilitated the sale of the property on behalf of one of its 1031 exchange investment programs. Christian Williams and Michael Kaider of CBRE represented IPC in the sale. The buyer was a private investor.
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILL. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 190,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in Mount Prospect within Chicago’s O’Hare submarket. The sales price was not disclosed. The four-building portfolio is 97 percent leased to tenants such as EPP Corp., Nikuni America and Lapmaster International. The buildings include: 501 Algonquin Road (62,344 square feet), 401-411 West Algonquin Road (15,278 square feet) and 1840-1864 and 1870-1894 South Elmhurst Road (56,182 square feet in each complex). Erik Foster and Mike Wilson of Avison Young represented the seller, Clear Height Properties. The buyer was not disclosed.
MINNEAPOLIS — WeWork has signed a 46,000-square-foot office lease at MoZaic East in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The 198,000-square-foot creative office and retail property is currently under construction, with completion slated for late 2018. This lease represents one-quarter of the total office space available at MoZaic East. WeWork is a shared workspace for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups and small businesses. WeWork currently has more than 170 locations spread across 56 cities in 18 countries. The company maintains one other location in Minnesota at Capella Tower in downtown Minneapolis. Emily Nicoll of CBRE represented WeWork in the lease transaction. Mark McCary, Larissa Champeau, Brent Karkula and Joe Conzemius of CBRE represented the landlord, Ackerberg.
FENTON, MO. — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has arranged $5.4 million in bridge and subsequent permanent financing for Ravinia Estates in Fenton. The 217-site mobile home community spans 74 acres at 1103 Robindale Drive. Maverick arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, JWW Robinland LLC. The bridge loan enabled the borrower, a private real estate investment firm, to fully renovate the infrastructure of the park including new signage, retaining walls, perimeter fencing, new office, parking lot, new asphalt, sealcoating and significant tree removal. The borrower invested in excess of $150,000 in capital improvements. Maverick was then able to secure permanent financing that paid off the existing bridge lender, returned equity to the borrower and paid for closing costs.
MADISON, WIS. — Baceline Investments LLC has acquired Meadowood Retail Center in Madison for $3.2 million. The 45,319-square-foot retail center is located at 5759 Raymond Road. The property is 90 percent leased to tenants including Old National Bank, Madison Community Center and the Madison Library. Baceline purchased the property from an affiliate of MLG Capital. This is Baceline’s third asset in Wisconsin. The Denver-based privately held real estate investment and management company specializes in the acquisition, management and sale of neighborhood shopping centers in secondary markets across the Midwest.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — As part of what DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) calls a “strategic transformation,” the shopping center REIT has approved a plan to spin off a portfolio of 50 assets — including 38 continental U.S. assets and all 12 of its properties in Puerto Rico — into a separate publicly traded REIT to be named Retail Value Trust (RVT). The gross book value of the assets in the RVT portfolio is approximately $3 billion. “We believe that these two distinct companies with two distinct business plans will appeal to a much broader pool of investors than the combined DDR today,” said David Lukes, president and CEO of Beachwood-based DDR, during an investor conference call late Thursday afternoon. “This strategy adds value for all of our stakeholders and maximizes both our growth and optionality well into the future.” Specifically, the RVT portfolio consists of 38 high-quality, lower-growth assets in the continental U.S. and all 12 assets in the Puerto Rico portfolio. The properties within the RVT portfolio in the continental U.S. are mostly located in suburbs outside metro areas. Common tenants include Bed Bath & Beyond, Michaels, Kohl’s and T.J. Maxx. The remaining company, known as the “New DDR,” will …
San Antonio is one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities, with a booming, diversified economy that’s luring new businesses and young people at a rate that most other metro areas can only envy. Lacking Austin’s hipster cred, Dallas’ moneyed glamour and Houston’s perennial position at the epicenter of a global industry, San Antonio’s many strengths are often overlooked. While this lower profile hasn’t slowed growth in the Alamo City, it has left its expanding market for Class A apartments comparatively underserved. Led by education and health services, the San Antonio area’s economy added approximately 21,500 new jobs in 2016. This represents a 2.1 percent growth rate, a healthy pace for the San Antonio MSA, albeit a slight reduction from the 2.8 percent growth rate in 2015, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. This steady expansion fueled a population boom that saw 47,906 new residents join the metro between July 2015 and July 2016. This 2 percent growth rate ranked San Antonio as the 10th fastest-growing MSA with a population greater than 1 million people, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. Millennials Lead the Way San Antonio isn’t just a leader in total population growth; it also ranks …
