PEWAUKEE, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has arranged the sale of a 12,735-square-foot industrial building in Pewaukee, approximately 18 miles west of Milwaukee. The building is located at 633 Cecelia Drive. The buyer, James K. Ihn, purchased the building from Mainka Properties LLC. Cale Berg, Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of the Dickman Co. brokered the transaction.
DEERFIELD, ILL. AND CAMP HILL, PA. — Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) and Rite Aid Corp. (NYSE: RAD) have agreed to sell 865 Rite Aid stores and some assets related to store operations to Fred’s (NASDAQ: FRED) for $950 million in an all-cash transaction. The agreement came about due to concerns by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in its review of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s proposed acquisition of Rite Aid, which was announced in October 2015. That transaction is scheduled to close in early 2017. The 865-store sale would make Fred’s one of the largest drugstore chains in the United States, with a significant presence in the South and on the East and West coasts. If the sale is approved, Fred’s will continue to employ all store associates and certain field and regional associates related to the operations. The stores will also continue to operate under the Rite Aid banner. Fred’s has also agreed to purchase additional Rite Aid stores if the FTC mandates additional divestments for the proposed merger. BofA Merrill Lynch acted as Walgreens Boots Alliance’s financial adviser. Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal counsel on transaction legal matters and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as its legal …
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Cap rates in the fourth quarter of 2016 for the single-tenant net lease sector increased or remained the same for office, retail and industrial assets, according to The Boulder Group’s quarterly Net Lease Market Research Report. Retail cap rates experienced their first increase since the third quarter of 2013 to 6.19 percent. The nine-basis-point increase is the largest quarterly increase in retail cap rates since the second quarter of 2011. Cap rates for the office sector remained unchanged at 7.08 percent, while the industrial sector increased by 3 basis points to 7.17 percent. The Boulder Group attributes the increase in cap rates for the retail sector to the rise of treasury rates during the fourth quarter. During the fourth quarter, the 10-year Treasury yield increased significantly to 2.45 percent, up from 1.62 percent at the start of the quarter. During the fourth quarter, the spread between asking and closed cap rates for retail properties increased by five basis points. This was the largest spread between asking and closed cap rates for retail properties since the fourth quarter of 2013. Cap Rates Likely to Rise More in 2017 The net lease market is expected to remain active in …
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Lincoln Property Co. has purchased LNR Warner Center IV, a 510,105-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, for $147 million. The property includes two Class A office buildings, as well as a 0.88-acre land parcel that can accommodate a 7,500-square-foot retail building. LNR Warner Center IV is located at 21255 and 21215 Burbank Blvd. It is the newest phase in LNR Warner Center’s four-phase, master-planned office campus, which includes 1.3 million square feet in seven office buildings. Notable tenants include Activision, New York Life Insurance, Wells Fargo, United Online and Kaiser Permanente. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of NGKF Capital Markets, along with JLL’s Dan Sanchez, represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction. David Milestone and Scott Selke of NGKF Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $220 million Freddie Mac credit facility for a 1,808-unit affordable housing project in East Palo Alto. The Woodland Park project will feature 118 individual land parcels, including a mix of small properties (one to 50 units), as well as conventional multifamily and commercial properties. The borrower was Woodland Park Property Owner LLC, an affiliate of Sand Hill Property Co. John Nelson and Erik Franks of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team represented the borrower. Rob Russell, head of CMBS production in Greystone’s New York office, originated the financing.
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Kennedy Wilson and the Takenaka Corp. has purchased a 247,000-square-foot office tower in San Francisco for $135 million The Class A building is located at 400 and 430 California St. The sale includes a 27,000-square-foot bank branch. MUFG Union Bank is both the seller and the sole occupant of the property. The company will lease the property and vacate the tower over the next two years on a staggered basis. It will vacate the bank branch after four years. The tower will also undergo a complete interior renovation. James Andrew International represented Takenaka in this transaction.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Artis REIT has announced the development of the third phase of Park Lucero, a 146,832-square-foot industrial building in Gilbert. The facility will be located at 280 E. Germann Road. The build-to-suit project is fully leased by Silent-Aire USA manufacturing company. This is the third of four phases at Park Lucero. Phase II, a 131,796-square-foot general industrial building, is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in January 2017. Upon full buildout, Park Lucero will consist of nearly 600,000 square feet of industrial space in six buildings. Park Lucero is planned as a Class A industrial park with a combination of buildings situated on 48 acres at the northwest corner of Mustang Drive and Germann Road. Western Alliance Bank is the project lender. Butler Design Group serves as lead architect and D.L. Withers Construction serves as general contractor. Rusty Kennedy of CBRE Phoenix represented Silent-Aire in the lease transaction. JLL’s Pat Harlan and Steve Larsen represented the landlord and handle the leasing and marketing for Park Lucero.
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has acquired Mountain View Apartments, a 280-unit affordable seniors housing community in Cathedral City, approximately 100 miles east of Los Angeles. A private trust sold the property for an undisclosed price. In conjunction with the sale, CPP has unveiled plans for $11.3 million in renovations to the community, which includes 70 buildings of four one-bedroom units each on a 20-acre plot. The community was built in 1984, and renovations are slated for completion by late 2017. Planned renovations include replacing all windows and doors, new paint, water efficiency upgrades, new exterior lighting and landscaping, cable television and wireless internet installation, new appliances, and fully remodeled bathrooms. The cost of the upgrades equates to approximately $40,000 per unit. Irvine-based CPP is an affordable housing rehabilitation company that owns more than 4,500 units across the United States.
MEDIA, PA. — BET Investments Inc. has broken ground on West End Flats, a multifamily building located at the corner of Baltimore Pike and Brooke Street in Media. Slated for completion in 2018, the property will feature 162 apartments, common area social space and a covered parking garage. On-site amenities will include an outdoor swimming pool and lounge area, virtual spin and yoga classes, an aerobic and free-weight fitness center, social gathering areas with fireplaces, 24-hour concierge, and game/media room with pool table, shuffle board and HD television.
BOSTON — Related Beal through Related Real Estate Fund II has acquired a research and development facility located at 27 Drydock Ave. in Boston’s Seaport District for an undisclosed price. The building was purchased through the assumption of an existing long-term ground lease from Zoom Group LLC. At the time of sale, the 286,000-square-foot building was 84 percent occupied by healthcare, pharmaceutical and technology companies, including Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Ginkgo Bioworks, InviCRO, Emulate Inc. and 908 Devices.