FRESNO, CALIF. — JRK Property Holdings has purchased a 614-unit apartment portfolio in Fresno for $98.7 million. The portfolio includes the 218-unit Crown Point and the 200-unit Cascades. Both properties are situated within the Dominion neighborhood. Each property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans with wood-burning fireplaces, and units come with either garages or covered parking. Mark Leary and Nate Oleson of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Demmon Partners, in this transaction.
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Grandbridge Provides $44M Permanent Loan for Crowne at Timberline Apartments in Fort Collins
by Nellie Day
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has provided $44 million in first-mortgage financing for the 310-unit Crowne at Timberline apartments in Fort Collins. The Class A community is located at 2001 Rosen Drive. Crowne at Timberline offers a view of the Rockies Mountains Front Range. Amenities include a media room, exercise room, business center, swimming pool, waterscape area, and outdoor lounge area with fire pit and TVs. The 10-year, permanent, fixed-rate loan features a 30-year amortization schedule with an initial period of interest-only payments. Proceeds from the loan will be used to pay off the construction loan. The property opened in late 2016. William Silsbee originated the transaction for an undisclosed repeat customer.
HILLSBORO, ORE. — National Financial Realty (NFR) has sold the 211,863-square-foot Wells Fargo Bank office building in Hillsboro for $39.7 million. The building is located at 18700 N.W. Walker Road. The buyer was not named. The transaction represents the final sale and investment exit of a 3.6 million-square-foot portfolio that contained 41 office and retail buildings in nine states. NFR originally purchased the Hillsboro property in 2010. In March 2013, the firm acquired a 40-building, 3.3 million-square-foot portfolio with 90 percent of the buildings leased to Wells Fargo. NFR and its capital partners invested several million dollars in capital improvements throughout the portfolio.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — C.W. Driver has broken ground on Newport Harbor Medical Plaza, a 26,500-square-foot medical facility in Newport Beach. The Class A facility will be located at 330 Old Newport Blvd. It is situated near Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital Newport Beach. The facility is scheduled for completion in fall 2018. Office spaces will range from 2,000 square feet to 16,500 square feet. The property will offer second-floor patio deck amenities, two levels of below-grade parking and gurney-accessible elevators. Shaoulian Properties is developing Newport Harbor Medical Plaza, which Bundy-Finkel Architects is designing.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Hilton has opened the new dual-branded Hilton Garden Inn Phoenix-Tempe ASU Research Park and Home2 Suites by Hilton Phoenix-Tempe ASU Research Park in Tempe. These hotels will add 228 new rooms to the Arizona State University area. Developer RB-WW Tempe LLC owns the properties, which Widewaters Tempe Hotel Management Company LLC manages. The hotels are situated across the street from the 320-acre ASU Research Park, which serves as the headquarters for GoDaddy and Shutterfly, among others. The hotel has two distinct lobbies and will share access to an outdoor pool, fire pit and barbeque grill area, and fitness center.
GILBERTSVILLE, PA. — Brixmor Property Group has sold Gilbertsville Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored retail center located at 1050 E. Philadelphia Ave. in Gilbertsville, a suburb of Philadelphia. The Westover Cos. bought the property for an undisclosed price. Weis Markets anchors the 85,576-square-foot center, which was constructed in 1976. The 95.6 percent leased center is also home to Anytime Fitness, T-Mobile, Pet Valu, Dairy Queen, National Auto Stores, Great Clips, Quest Diagnostics, KeyBank and Fine Wine & Good Spirits. Chris Munley, Michael DiCosimo and Jose Cruz of HFF represented the seller in the deal.
Digital Federal Credit Union Acquires 129,000 SF Office Building in Chelmsford, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
CHELMSFORD, MASS. — Digital Federal Credit Union has purchased an office building located at 297 Billerica Road in Chelmsford for an undisclosed price. The three-story, 129,000-square-foot building features a state-of-the-art data center, outdoor grilling and seating area, training rooms, in-house café, and shower and locker rooms. The buyer plans to use the facility to accommodate its continued expansion. The property was built and formerly occupied by Kronos Inc., which recently relocated its global headquarters for Lowell, Mass. Mark Reardon, Peter Dominski, Alex Plaisted and Ben Roopenian of CBRE/New England represented the seller, Anchor Line Partners, on behalf of Kronos. Garry Holmes of R.W. Holmes Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the sale of two adjacent five-story apartment buildings on Honeywell Avenue in the West Farms neighborhood in the Bronx. The Fruchthandler real estate family’s FBE Limited bought the two buildings, located at 2103-2117 Honeywell Ave., for $44.4 million. Built in 1979 and totaling 181,093 square feet, the property features 197 apartments and 46 indoor parking spots. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood Realty represented the seller, Rajmattie Persuad, in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of an apartment building located at 41 Jefferson St. in Brooklyn’s Bushwick section. A private investor sold the 21-unit property for $7.5 million. Shaun Riley, Tom Shihadeh and Andrew Reiter of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
Billtrust Leases 90,000 SF of Office Space at Princeton Pike Corporate Center in New Jersey
by Amy Works
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. — Billtrust, a payment cycle management software company, has leased 90,000 square feet of office space at 1009 Lenox Drive within Princeton Pike Corporate Center in Lawrenceville. The company plans to establish its new headquarters at the Class A office campus. Vision Real Estate Partners (VREP) owns the eight-building, 817,000-square-foot office campus, which recently underwent a multi-million-dollar revitalization program. Steve Tolkach of Newmark Knight Frank represented the landlord, while Bradford Fenlon of Colliers International represented the tenant in the deal.