CHANDLER, ARIZ. — IPT Acquisitions has purchased a 91,204-square-foot last-mile logistic center in Chandler for $10.7 million. The center is located at 550 E. Elliot Road. Amazon occupies the property. Will Strong, Mike Haenel, Andy Markham and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Globe Management Co., in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Mark Spitz, a New York-based multifamily owner and investor, has acquired the 96-unit Los Compadres Apartments in Phoenix for $4.5 million. The community is located at 3518 W. Dunlap Ave. Carrick Sears of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the Canadian seller, Pat Stojak, in this transaction. The seller purchased the asset in 2013.
LOS ANGELES — Paradigm Talent Agency has leased 83,000 square feet of office space in Beverly Hills. The space is located at 8942 Wilshire Blvd. within the Wilshire La Peer Building. Paradigm will use the entire building for its headquarters, with plans to move in during spring 2018. The company plans to make capital renovations to the property. The agency is consolidating three locations into one space. NKF’s Michael Moll, CBRE’s Jeff Pion and BCRS’s Willa McNamarra Fields represented the talent agency, while LA Realty Partner’s Peter Best, Lisa St. John and Rick Buckley represented the building owners, Ocean West and Walton Street, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Weidner Apartment Homes has purchased The Lofts at Rio Salado, a 466-unit multifamily community located at 1033 N. Parkside Drive in Tempe, for $75.5 million. The Kirkland, Wash.-based apartment investor acquired the asset from an unnamed wealth and asset management services firm. The Lofts at Rio Salado is situated adjacent to the Center Parkway/Washington Street metro station and the 3.2 million-square-foot, mixed-use Grand at Papago Park Center. Arizona State University is within walking distance and downtown Phoenix is within 10 miles radius of The Lofts. Community amenities include two swimming pools with cabanas, an onsite recycling program, business center, clubhouse, fitness center, spas and conference room. Units range from studio to three-bedroom floor plans and command rents from $999 to $1,460 per month, according to Apartments.com. The Lofts is considered a value-add investment for Weidner, according to Steve Gebing, senior managing director of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap. Gebing and colleague Cliff David represented the seller and procured Weidner in the transaction. “Asking rents for newly constructed core assets in the Tempe submarket are substantially higher than the in-place rents at The Lofts at Rio Salado,” says Gebing. “This rent differential, coupled …
HOUSTON AND COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Hurricane Harvey has brought massive amounts of rain, flooding and destruction to southern Texas, but reports show that on- and off-campus student housing properties have largely escaped the worst of the damage. The Texas Tribune reports that colleges in Houston have cancelled class and evacuated some student housing as the rain continues to fall and floodwaters continue to rise. About three buildings on the University of Houston campus have taken on water, and 140 students were evacuated from Bayou Oaks, a university-owned, off-campus apartment complex for older and international students. Most universities in Houston — such as Rice University and Victoria College — reported minor damage including leaks and power outages. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi also reported minor structural damage, according to The Texas Tribune. The first day of classes has been pushed to September 5. Texas A&M University’s Kingsville and College Station campuses also reported no major building damage or flooding, and plan to begin classes early next week. Servitas reports that Park West — a 3,406-bed student housing community developed through a public-private partnership with Texas A&M University in College Station — did not receive any damage or leakage during the storm. The …
LOS ANGELES — C.W. Driver Cos. has completed construction of Fountainview at Gonda West, a luxury continuing care retirement community in Los Angeles’ Playa Vista neighborhood. The 460,000-square-foot property features 199 units that incorporate independent living and assisted living with healthcare services. Development costs were estimated at $120 million. Gensler designed the project for Jewish Home for the Aging, while The Los Angeles Jewish home will be the sponsor. The property is already fully pre-leased and includes a 257-space underground parking garage. C.W. Driver is a builder serving California since 1919. The company has already built several seniors housing campuses in the Los Angeles area for Jewish Home for the Aging.
HOLLADAY, UTAH — Mountain West Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Van Winkle Shopping Center, a 168,494-square-foot retail center located in Holladay, 11 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. VASA Fitness anchors the property. Chris Monson of Mountain West represented the seller, Glen Kitto. Ben Brown, also of Mountain West, represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $22.2 million sale of Michaels Plaza, a 62,952-square-foot retail center located adjacent to the 1.2 million-square-foot Galleria at Tyler Mall in the Inland Empire community of Riverside. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Michaels, David’s Bridal, Lamps Plus, Armed Forces, The Flame Broiler, GameStop and Miracle Ear. Ed Hanley, Bill Asher and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment represented the seller, an affiliate of The Krausz Companies Inc., in the transaction. Jefferson Kim of jKim Group Inc. represented the buyer, a private investor from Fullerton.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Landmark Properties has announced $2 billion worth of student housing project starts and deliveries. The developer delivered close to 5,000 beds this fall, including a student housing project called Stonefire at Berkeley near the University of California, Berkeley, in Northern California. In addition to its fall deliveries, the company has begun working on 11 new developments totaling more than 8,000 beds. These projects included the Standard at Flagstaff near Northern Arizona University and the Mark at Tucson near the University of Arizona. Landmark is also slated to break ground on another 12 projects totaling close to 9,000 beds in 2018.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — As part of its nationwide expansion, Massage Heights has signed three franchise agreements during the first half of 2017. The therapeutic massage and facial services provider will to expand the brand to the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, in addition to Houston and Boerne, Texas. Massage Heights also opened six new locations this year, including one in Fort Collins, Colo. The brand is on track to open 10 locations in 2017, with a goal of having 300 locations open by the end of 2020. Massage Heights is a family-owned, membership-based therapeutic services franchise company that provides massage and facial services.
