Property Type

Lancaster Pollard Arranges Four Refinancings Totaling $55.1M for Summit Healthcare REIT

by Nellie Day November 30, 2017

PORTLAND, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $55.1 million in FHA Sec. 232/223(f) loans to refinance four Summit Healthcare REIT properties in Delaware and Oregon. The program provides for the acquisition and refinancing of healthcare properties including licensed skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, intermediate care facilities, board and care, and combinations thereof. The four properties refinanced were Atlantic Shores Rehabilitation & Health Center, a 181-bed skilled nursing facility in Millsboro, Del.; Pinnacle Rehabilitation & Health Center, a 151-bed skilled nursing facility in Smyrna, Del.; Applewood Retirement Community, a 69-unit independent living community in Salem, Ore.; and Gateway Care and Retirement Center, a 66-unit independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing community in Portland, Ore. Summit owns the four properties through joint ventures. Both Applewood and Gateway are part of the Sapphire Health Services Community network. Jason Dopoulos led the transactions for Lancaster Pollard.

November 30, 2017

Colorado Hospitality Western

Laurus Corp. Opens 285-Room Hotel in Vail, Colorado

by Nellie Day November 30, 2017

VAIL, COLO. — Laurus Corp. has opened the 285-room Hotel Talisa in Vail. The hotel, formerly known as Vail Cascade Resort and Spa, is located at 1300 Westhaven Drive along Gore Creek. The asset underwent a $60 million renovation and rebranding. Hotel Talisa is Vail’s only true ski-in/ski-out luxury resort, according to Laurus. The hotel will offer regular events, including a social hour, complimentary once-weekly beauty treatments, s’mores served creekside, and yoga classes followed by champagne. Hotel Talisa also offers three culinary venues, each sourcing ingredients from local Colorado ranchers and farmers. Two Roads Hospitality will continue to manage the property.

November 30, 2017

Colorado Loans Multifamily Western

Harborview Capital Partners Closes $30M HUD Refinancing for Denver-Area Multifamily Property

by Nellie Day November 30, 2017

DENVER — Harborview Capital Partners has closed a $30 million HUD refinancing for an undisclosed multifamily asset outside of Denver. The non-recourse loan came through HUD’s Section 223(f) program with a fixed interest rate for 35 years. The borrower is a local owner-operator. Harborview’s Avi Begun originated the loan.

November 30, 2017

Arizona Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

JV Starts Construction of 246-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Arizona

by Nellie Day November 30, 2017

CHANDLER, ARIZ. — LCS, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and Ryan Cos. US Inc. have started construction of Clarendale of Chandler, a 262,000-square-foot seniors housing community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. Once completed, the Class A community will be located on 16.5 acres and offer 116 independent living units, 64 assisted living units, 38 memory care units and 14 duplex villas. It will be the sixth Clarendale-branded community in the country, and the first in the Southwest. Ryan Cos. is acting as developer and general contractor, and its architecture and engineering team, Ryan A + E, will design the community. Direct Supply Aptura is providing interior design services. Life Care Services, an LCS Company, will operate the community once completed. Clarendale of Chandler is scheduled to open in the spring of 2019.

November 30, 2017

California Retail Western

London-Based Only Roses Opens First U.S. Floral Store in LA

by Nellie Day November 30, 2017

LOS ANGELES — OnlyRoses, a specialty rose gift brand, will open its first U.S. retail location and second non-franchise store in the Los Angeles submarket of Beverly Hills. The Beverly Hills location will be the company’s second non-franchise boutique in the world and home base in the U.S. for nationwide shipments, which will come from the company’s new warehouse in Hollywood. Italian architecture firm Baciocchi Associati designed the store. Roses are ethically sourced directly from farms in the Andes mountains near Quito, Ecuador. Originally founded by husband-and-wife team Anian and Sabine Schmitt in 2007, the original London-based OnlyRoses store is located in London’s Knightsbridge neighborhood on the block adjacent to Harrod’s. In the last decade, the business has expanded with franchise locations in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Riyadh and Kuwait City.

November 30, 2017

Mixed-Use Nevada Retail Top Stories Western

VICI Properties to Buy Harrah’s Las Vegas Casino from Caesars in $1.14B Sale-Leaseback Deal

by John Nelson November 30, 2017

LAS VEGAS — An affiliate of Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) has agreed to sell the real estate assets of Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for $1.14 billion. The buyer is VICI Properties Inc. (OTC: VICI), a Las Vegas-based REIT spun off last month from Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment. As part of the transaction, VICI will lease back the land and real estate to Caesars under a 15-year, triple-net lease agreement with four five-year renewal options. Harrah’s Las Vegas spans 4.1 million square feet and contains 90,600 square feet of casino space and 2,530 hotel rooms. The property features a Mardi Gras and carnival theme, with 16 restaurants and bars, retail shopping, spa services, a parking garage and 24,000 square feet of meeting space. VICI Properties also entered into a definitive agreement with Caesars to sell approximately 18.4 acres of undeveloped land located behind the LINQ Hotel & Casino and Harrah’s Las Vegas for $73.6 million. It is expected that Caesars will use the land with certain other parcels to construct a convention center adjacent to Harrah’s Las Vegas. “These transactions illustrate the growth potential provided by our …

November 30, 2017

Civic Conference Coverage Features Georgia Southeast Southeast Feature Archive Top Stories

Growing Smartly is a City’s Biggest Challenge, Says InterFace Keynote Speaker

by John Nelson November 30, 2017

ATLANTA — Tim Keane, City of Atlanta’s planning commissioner, is tasked with a monumental challenge facing many planners: how to practically design the future for a city on the cusp of a population boom. Citing the Atlanta Regional Commission, Keane said that the Atlanta metro area is on track to add 2.5 million people over the next 25 years, the equivalent of adding the entire metro Charlotte population. The city’s in-town population is also expected to grow from less than 500,000 today to 1.2 million in that same time frame. Adding to the challenge are city departments and communities that are unwilling to change because of a mindset that is resistant to growth. “Everyone thinks that more people is bad,” said Keane, who previously worked in the city planning departments in Davidson, N.C., and Charleston. “They don’t work on the assumption that a clear future for themselves is better with more people. We have to break out of that mentality because the change is happening.” Keane was the keynote speaker at the eighth annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference, held on Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. Hosted by InterFace Conference Group and Southeast Real Estate Business, the …

November 30, 2017

Features Heartland Feature Archive Midwest Mixed-Use Ohio

Grandview Yard Takes the LEED on Neighborhood Design in Columbus, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow November 30, 2017

COLUMBUS, OHIO — In spring 2009, the United States Green Building Council formally launched a new program with the vision of fundamentally changing how the country evaluated green design and development, LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND). The launch of the LEED-ND program coincided with the first phase of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Realty Investors’ Grandview Yard development: a $700 million, 1.2 million-square-foot, master-planned mixed-use neighborhood located in the fast-growing Grandview Heights community, just minutes from downtown Columbus and The Ohio State University. The first standard of its kind, LEED-ND embraces principles of smart growth and new urbanism, encouraging sustainable and environmentally responsible design and development on a broad and integrated scale. Like a scene in a movie that begins with the camera tightly focused on one element before zooming out to reveal an eye-opening new perspective, LEED-ND is about acknowledging context and connection. Distinguished LEED project Grandview Yard was one of the Midwest’s first LEED-ND Silver neighborhoods. When site work began on the first phase of development of the project in September of 2009, a comprehensive and ambitious on-site reuse and recycling strategy was already in place. An extensive and highly-coordinated warehouse demolition process served as both a challenge and an …

November 30, 2017

Mixed-Use Texas

Downtown Dallas Skyscraper to Undergo $380M Redevelopment

by Taylor Williams November 29, 2017

DALLAS — The Drever, a 52-story mixed-use property in downtown Dallas, will undergo a redevelopment project valued at approximately $380 million, according to the Dallas Business Journal. The outlet also reports that developer Drever Capital Management recently landed a $67 million bridge loan through Starwood Property Trust, enabling it to move forward with the redevelopment. The project will convert the 1.5 million-square-foot building into a development comprising a 324-unit high-rise apartment tower, a 218-room Thompson hotel and undisclosed amounts of office and retail space. Dallas-based Merriman Anderson is providing architectural and design services for the project and Andres Construction is serving as general contractor. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2018.

November 29, 2017

Hospitality Texas

Owner to Invest $78M to Renovate Plaza Hotel in El Paso

by Taylor Williams November 29, 2017

EL PASO, TEXAS — Paul Foster, the owner of the Plaza Hotel in El Paso, will invest approximately $78 million in renovations of the vacant property, which was built in 1930 and is a historic landmark. Foster’s team plans to convert the building into a boutique hotel with a minimum of 100 rooms, as well as 6,500 square feet of restaurant and bar space and 7,600 square feet of meeting space. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018.

November 29, 2017

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