CHICAGO — Stan Johnson Co. has negotiated the sale of 400 S. Financial Place, a retail center in Chicago’s Loop, for $7.9 million. The property is one of only two one-story retail assets along West Van Buren Street in Chicago’s CBD. Brandon Duff, Brad Feller, Tom Fritz and Josh Pardue of Stan Johnson marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a local Chicago-based private investor group. The buyer, a partnership between North American Real Estate and Belgravia Group, purchased the property as part of a 1031 exchange.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has brokered the sale of 1.65 acres of land located at Metcalf 75 Shopping Center in Overland Park. The land was purchased by an undisclosed buyer and will be used to build a 16,870-square-foot medical facility. Metcalf 75 Shopping Center will be torn down to make way for the new medical facility. David M. Block and Darren Siegel brokered the transaction on behalf of the property owners. Cary Fox and Bill Shakelford of AREA Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer. Darren Siegel, David M. Block and Steve Caffey of Block & Co. also handled lease negotiations between the new buyer and the existing tenants to vacate the property. Block & Co. has been the leasing and property management company for Metcalf 75 Shopping Center since the 1970s.
MUSKEGON, MICH. — Signature Associates has arranged the sale of a 39,598-square-foot office building in Muskegon in western Michigan. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 2389 Laketon Ave. Camcar Plastics, a full-service plastic injection molding company, purchased the building. Jim Olsen of Signature Associates represented the seller, Orchard View Public Schools.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Skanska has completed the excavation and foundation work for 99M, an 11-story, 234,000-square-foot office building under construction in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood. The building will be situated at the corner of 1st and M streets within walking distance of Nationals Ballpark and Navy Yard-Ballpark Metrorail entrances and seven blocks from the U.S. Capitol. Set to open in 2018, the asset will feature about 11,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, with two committed restaurants in place: CIRCA and Open Road. The property will also feature a green roof, rooftop terrace, fitness center, bicycle storage and four levels of underground parking. The excavation work began in November 2015. Skanska has five other development projects underway in the greater D.C. area: 2112 Pennsylvania Ave., RESA at Tyber Place, the First Street Tunnel, the headquarters facility for the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority and American University’s East Campus project.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged two loans totaling $55.5 million for two apartment communities in Orlando on behalf of the borrower, Insula Capital. The financing included the $41.5 million refinancing of The Glenn, a 396-unit apartment community off University Boulevard, and a $15 million acquisition loan for the 168-unit Landmark at Hailey Walk. Insula purchased Landmark at Hailey Walk from ELRH Investments for $18.6 million. The 10-year, floating-rate refinancing for The Glenn features an interest-only period, and the three-year loan for Landmark at Hailey Walk is interest-only for the full term. Mitch Sinberg, Michael Wallace and Matthew Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida office arranged both loans through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program, and the financing for Landmark at Hailey Walk was also derived from Freddie Mac’s Value-Add program.
RICHMOND, VA. — Bridge Investment Group has purchased WestMark Office Park, a 416,311-square-foot, two-building office complex located on a 40-acre campus at 11000 W. Broad St. in Richmond. Bridge purchased the asset with equity partner Mandalay-CRE Venture II from RER/New Boston West Broad LLC for an undisclosed price. Bridge will rebrand the asset SunTrust Center once SunTrust Bank takes occupancy of the entire 211,689-square-foot WestMark One building. WestMark was previously home to Capital One. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer and Cushman & Wakefield’s Washington, D.C., office represented the seller in the transaction. Bridge will invest in improvements to WestMark’s lobbies, common areas and the exterior façade.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $22.8 million Fannie Mae loan for The Luxe on West Call, a 390-bed student housing property near Florida State University in Tallahassee. Built in 2013, the community features 14,329 square feet of retail space leased to Maple Street Biscuit Co., Asian Rox and Bellezza Beauty Bar. Erik Storz of KeyBank arranged the seven-year acquisition loan with two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has signed a 50,203-square-foot office lease at 1180 Peachtree, a 41-story, Class A office building located in Midtown Atlanta. The company will consolidate its two existing offices to two-and-a-half floors at the building this summer. The commercial real estate services firm signed the lease with building owner Hines, which developed 1180 Peachtree in 2006. The nearly 700,000-square-foot property was the first high-rise office building in the world to be pre-certified LEED-CS Silver, and an acre of the site is devoted to public spaces, plazas and gardens.
HOUSTON — Provident Realty Advisors has completed the redevelopment of the former Texaco building in Houston as a luxury multifamily complex. The project costs were estimated at $95 million. The skyscraper, located at 1111 Rusk St., has been a historic landmark in Houston since its completion over 100 years ago. The 410,000-square-foot property was built in 1915, but has been vacant since 1989. The founders of Texaco originally commissioned the building, which the famed New York architectural firm Warren & Wetmore designed, according to the Houston Chronicle. The newly opened space, rebranded as The Star, offers 286 units ranging from 730 to 1,730 square feet with 21,000 square feet of street-front retail. The property features one- and two-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities include a hotel-style lobby lounge, complimentary coffee and snack bar, 24/7 concierge and free valet services. Beginning this spring, the property will also offer a fitness center with on-demand cardio and spin classes; resort-style courtyard with heated pool, summer kitchen, gas grills and cabanas; climate-controlled storage area; media/theater room; covered dog run and grooming station; and business center. The 16th floor of the building will feature a recreation area including a two-story foyer, club room, commercial demonstration kitchen, …
In 2016, the national vacancy rate for medical office buildings hit an all-time low, net absorption rose to its highest mark since 2008, rents grew and investment activity remained strong. But despite last year’s strong performance, Colliers International’s 2017 Health Care Marketplace Report shows that questions loom for the year ahead in the medical office space. While every administration change causes some degree of uncertainty, this year’s shift is markedly different as healthcare providers and system owners face the possible repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the details of the coverage set to replace it. Healthcare providers are also grappling with the implementation of the final terms for the site-neutral payment rule — which limits the way off-campus facilities are reimbursed by Medicare — and a continued rise in costs, from services provided to construction materials and labor. The report predicts that decision-making in the sector is likely to be delayed for a time, especially if policy changes surrounding the Affordable Care Act evolve over a protracted process. An additional burden to the healthcare industry is the continued aging of a large segment of the U.S. population. Healthcare expenditures per capita surpassed $10,000 in 2016, and are forecast to …