WILTON, CONN. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a development site located at 200 Danbury Road in Wilton. The Kent House LLC sold the parcel to 200 Danbury Road LLC for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a mixed-use residential and retail center on the site. Sean McDonnell and Alison Luisi of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between subsidiaries of Sunstone and Park Hotels & Resorts has obtained a $220 million refinancing for the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront in downtown San Diego. The hotel is located at 1 Park Blvd. The loan has a three-year initial term and three one-year extension options. The loan is interest-only and provides for a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.05 percent with a 25 basis-point increase during the final one-year extension period, if extended. The loan is expected to reduce the company’s consolidated annual cash interest expense by about $2.6 million. The financing replaces the existing loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2019 and had a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.25 percent. The refinancing was completed by Sunstone Hotel Investors.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — HFF has arranged the $24.5 million sale of Colonia Verde, a 98,937-square-foot retail center in Tucson. Gleb Lvovich of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Westwood Financial Corp., and Nick Kassab of HFF represented the buyer, ROK Properties Inc. Additionally, Jeremy Womack of HFF secured a 10-year, $17.8 million acquisition loan for the asset through a global financial services firm on behalf of the new owner. Safeway and Walgreens anchor Colonia Verde, which was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ace Hardware, Wells Fargo, Panda Express, Coldstone Creamery and Jamba Juice.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — Castle Lanterra Properties has purchased the 280-unit Sunset Ridge Townhomes in Westminster for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 8300 Sheridan Blvd. Sunset Ridge was built in 1972. It was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include an updated clubhouse, Wi-Fi Café, lounge area, fireplace, zero entry swimming pool, barbecue grills, dog park, parking lot and playground. ARA Newmark represented the seller, WillMax Capital Management, in this transaction.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Sunrise Senior Living has opened the doors on Sunrise of Pleasanton, an 83-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Bay Area city of Pleasanton. The two-story, 63,800-square-foot community can serve up to 103 residents. It features easy access to ValleyCare Medical Center. Sunrise recently opened another seniors housing community near San Diego, and plans to open 10 communities over the next two years. Based in McLean, Va., Sunrise Senior Living operates 322 communities in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom totaling 28,700 units.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Illinois-based design/build firm FCL Builders Inc. has broken ground on an 877,230-square-foot distribution center for Ashley Furniture in Mesquite. The facility will be located at 4000 E. Scyene Road near several major thoroughfares, including Interstates 635 and 20, as well as U.S. Highway 80. Completion of the facility, which is expected to create about 170 new jobs, is slated for September 2018.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Blue Vista Finance LLC has provided a $19.5 million loan for the refinancing of the Sheraton Milwaukee Brookfield Hotel in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield. The six-story hotel features 389 rooms. Built in 1972, the hotel underwent a $4.3 million renovation in 2014. The property features more than 19,000 square feet of meeting space, a 24-hour business center, fitness center, indoor and outdoor heated pools and The Craft Room restaurant. Located at 375 South Moorland Road, the hotel is just off I-94 and adjacent to the Brookfield Square Mall. Scott Hall, Jeff Bucaro and Aaron Lapping of HFF arranged the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, LLJ Ventures. Loan proceeds will be used to pay off the hotel’s existing loan and to fund additional strategic capital improvements.
LOMBARD, ILL. — M & J Wilkow has sold a 174,098-square-foot office complex in Lombard, 20 miles west of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. A joint venture between Red Rock and Lincoln Property Co. purchased the property, which is located at 701 E. 22nd St. M & J Wilkow acquired the office complex in September 2014 with a fund managed by DRA Advisors. The property was 81 percent leased at the time. The company renovated the lobby atrium, corridors and fitness center. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale.
HOUSTON — Buffalo Bayou Brewing Co. will open a three-story, 28,000-square-foot brewery and restaurant at 2101 Summer St. in Houston’s First Ward. Houston-based Method Architecture will be designing the property, which will offer a rooftop beer garden with views of downtown Houston and a full-service kitchen. Construction is currently slated to begin this winter, with a target completion date of late 2018. A general contractor for the project has not yet been selected.
ST. CHARLES, ILL. — Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) has acquired AMLI at St. Charles in the Chicago suburb of St. Charles for an undisclosed price. Now called Ascend St. Charles, the 400-unit apartment property is located at 100 Lakeside Drive. Built in 2000, the property features 20 three-story buildings on 25 acres. The buildings include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool with sundeck, clubhouse, sand volleyball court, business center, multimedia center and fitness center. Andy Sands of LEI led the acquisition team. Moran & Co. represented AMLI in the transaction, while Hunt Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing. Greystar has been retained to provide property management services.
