LANSING, MICH. — CBRE Hotels has arranged the sale of the Courtyard by Marriott Lansing for an undisclosed price. The 129-room hotel is located at 2710 Lake Lansing Road near the Michigan State University campus and Capital Region International Airport. Amenities include an indoor heated pool, fitness center and pet-friendly rooms. Nate Sahn of CBRE represented the seller, Lansing-based Wickens Group. Lansing Hotel Owners LLC, an affiliate of the Banyan Investment Group, purchased the property.
NAMPA, IDAHO — RCG Ventures LLC has acquired Nampa Gateway Center, a 471,340-square-foot retail center in Nampa, a suburb of Boise, for an undisclosed price. Greg Brown, Chris Drew and Peter Thompson of HFF arranged a three-year, fixed-rate loan with two one-year extensions through A10 Capital for the acquisition. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. JC Penney anchors the center, which is home to tenants including Shoe Carnival, Edwards Theater, CircusTrix and Crunch Fitness.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Stillwater Investment Group and CrossHarbor Capital Partners has obtained a $34 million loan to renovate and lease Element, a 165,028-square-foot office campus in the Orange County submarket of Aliso Viejo. The Class A campus is located at 26600, 26650 and 26700 Aliso Viejo Parkway. The property formerly served as the headquarters for QLogic. Element is situated near the 73 Freeway, close to the Aliso Viejo Town Center, Renaissance Clubsport and John Wayne Airport. HFF secured the loan through Amherst Capital Management.
SANDY, UTAH — Keller Investment Properties has purchased the Park at City Center, a 330-unit apartment complex in Sandy. Though the price was not disclosed, this was the “largest total dollar sale price for a single multifamily asset this year,” according to CBRE’s Patrick Bodnar and Eli Mills, who executed the transaction. The Park at City Center is located at 213 W. Civic Center Drive. Resort-style amenities include a swimming pool, hot tubs, golf simulator, executive-style lounge, expansive fitness center, designer clubhouse and mixed media room. Kaplan Development opened the property in July 2017.
ROSEMEAD, CALIF. — Panda Express, which first opened on the West Coast in 1983, has opened its 2,000th location, with the newest location in New York City. Located in Manhattan, where Panda Express marked its East Coast expansion in 2015, the new restaurant is at the corner of Broadway and 111th Street. The 1,500-square-foot restaurant will provide seating for up to 38 guests. Since launching its first traditional New York City location two years ago, Panda Express has opened five additional New York City restaurants, with an upcoming opening in Brooklyn before the end of the year.
SAN DIEGO — Sundance, a retailer of women’s and men’s apparel, footwear, jewelry, accessories, art and home décor, has opened its newest store in Westfield University Town Center in San Diego. Since August 2015, Sundance has opened stores in Edina, Minn.; Dallas; Southlake, Texas; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Tigard, Ore.; Atlanta; and Leawood, Kan., adding to its existing legacy stores in Park Meadows, Colo., and Corte Madera, Calif. Robert Redford, the famed actor, director and visionary of independent filmmaking, founded Sundance Catalog in 1989 to promote the works of artists and craftspeople from across the country and around the world. Sundance headquarters are located in Salt Lake City.
Sometimes there is a “herding” mentality in real estate investment activity, but markets that do not make the headlines of news stories or appear on the top market lists are the ones investors should focus on. New Orleans is one such market, and while it might not be on everyone’s radar, it has the fundamentals and dynamics that are attracting investors’ attention. With a total inventory of approximately 55,000 units, demand for multifamily acquisitions in New Orleans and the Gulf South region overall remains strong. Over the past 24 months, the market has experienced heightened demand from national, regional and foreign investors. The investment community is attracted to the stability of the market, as well as its significant barriers to entry. What is attracting investors to metro New Orleans are higher cash on cash returns and cap rates than what they are finding in larger metropolitan areas. Investors feel confident in their ability to realize rent growth, given the high cost of single-family housing and the significant geographic barriers to entry. Developable land is scarce and has given multifamily owners a franchise of sort since the ability to increase the supply is limited. As New Orleans prepares to celebrate its …
VISTA, CALIF. — San Diego-based multifamily investment firm MG Properties Group has acquired Waterleaf Apartments, a 456-unit multifamily community located at 333 Emerald Drive in Vista, about 40 miles north of San Diego, for $117.5 million. Built in 1986, the garden-style property offers convenient access to I-15 and I-5, as well as U.S. Highways 76 and 78. Amenities include two clubhouses, two pools, two fitness centers, two sports courts, a playground and a business center. MG Properties Group will continue the interior renovation plan currently in place, which will focus on upgrading the property’s common areas. “We are pleased to grow our existing San Diego portfolio, particularly in the North County region,” says Mark Gleiberman, CEO of privately owned MG Properties Group. “Waterleaf is well-positioned to capitalize on strong regional employment prospects and will allow us to further scale our operations in the region.” Ed Rosen and John Chu of Berkadia represented the undisclosed sellers in the transaction. In addition, Brian Eisendrath of CBRE arranged $76.4 million in Fannie Mae financing for the acquisition. Over the past 12 months, MG Properties Group has acquired 11 properties totaling more than 4,000 units and $817 million in capital investment. — Taylor Williams
HOUSTON — San Francisco-based investment and management firm Stockbridge Capital Group has sold a portfolio of four industrial properties totaling 936,608 square feet in Houston. The portfolio consists of the 206,483-square-foot Astro Business Park in south Houston; the 225,475-square-foot asset located at 5990-6018 Griggs Road; the 298,081-square-foot McCarty Business Park; and the 206,569-square-foot property located at 8710-8798 Westpark Drive on the city’s southwest side. The portfolio was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Trent Agnew and Rusty Hamlyn of HFF represented the Stockbridge Capital in the sale. ATCAP Fund I LP, the investment vehicle of Dallas-based ATCAP Partners, purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price. HFF’s Brian Carlton and Cameron Cureton also secured an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the transaction through Global Atlantic Financial Group.
SAN ANTONIO — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Avistar at Chase Hill, a 232-unit multifamily community located at 15800 Chase Hill Blvd. in San Antonio near the University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) campus. Built in 1978, the garden-style property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, on-site laundry facilities and a tennis court. Denver-based MBP Capital Inc. acquired the asset from American Opportunity for Housing, a San Antonio-based nonprofit organization. Will Caruth, Michael Miller, Christopher Ross and Cody Courtney of Berkadia brokered the deal.
