SAN FRANCISCO — Cushman & Wakefield Senior Housing Capital Markets Group has arranged the $25 million sale of Hayes Valley Senior Living, a 52-unit, two-property assisted living portfolio in San Francisco. The two properties are located across the street from each other at 601 and 624 Laguna Street. 601 Laguna Street was built in the 1880s as a hotel and converted to assisted living in 1997. 624 Laguna Street was purpose-built as an assisted living facility in 2005. The buyer was a San Diego-based private owner-operator and the seller was a local nonprofit owner-operator. Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner and Aaron Rosenzweig led the Cushman & Wakefield team on the transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Schulte Hospitality has purchased the 126-room Hyatt Place in Colorado Springs for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 503 W. Garden of the Gods Road. CBRE Hotels’ Larry Kaplan and Mark Darrington represented the seller, a joint venture between Sage Hospitality and Whitman Peterson, in this transaction.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed a $10 million loan that will be used to acquire, renovate and stabilize a Class B office building in Newport Beach. The 44,434-square-foot building is located at 4440 Von Karman Ave., within the master-planned Koll Center in the John Wayne Airport submarket. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term with two extension options, flexible pre-payment, and is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, interest and reserves.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Following last week’s announcement of massive store closures by Macy’s and Sears, The Limited is following suit, announcing over the weekend the closure of all its remaining 250 brick-and-mortar stores. The women’s apparel retailer posted a brief message on its website on Saturday reading “We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors. But this isn’t goodbye. The styles you love are still available online — we’re just a quick click away 24 hours a day.” Sun Capital Partners Inc., a Boca Raton-based private equity firm and owner of The Limited, has not issued a press release on the closure, but released a statement to Reuters citing “an increasingly challenging environment for mall-based retail and women’s apparel” as the catalyst for its decision to shutter the remaining stores. The move is expected to eliminate about 4,000 jobs, including 800 full-time positions, according to Reuters. The Limited Inc. was founded in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, by Leslie “Les” Wexner, who now serves as the chairman and CEO of L Brands Inc. (NYSE: LB). Known for being a stylish alternative to department stores, The Limited grew to 100 stores by 1976 and …
There are two trends that describe the current state of retail development in Southern Nevada: restaurants are expanding and some junior boxes are closing. Ecommerce competition and the consolidation of retailers nationally has caused junior box tenants to continue to struggle. It is odd to see a new development like the 1.6-million-square-foot Downtown Summerlin open on the affluent west side of the Valley in October 2014, only to see two junior boxes close since then. The Sports Authority shuttered its doors earlier this year, while Golfsmith just announced it would cease operations by the end of 2016. Other retailers in the development are doing very well, but it is an unfortunate sign of the times to see junior anchors close in good retail developments. When analyzing ecommerce vs. bricks and mortar, retailers are paying more attention to the facts listed in the table below. The example compares Amazon to Walmart — both great businesses but differing models. The reason is clear why it is difficult to compete when Amazon is able to produce 165 percent more per employee. This analysis does not include the difference in fixed assets, which only further exaggerates the advantage for Amazon when considering what a …
PHILADELPHIA — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of a data center, located at 2401 Locust St. in Philadelphia. Built in 1928 as a manufacturing facility, the four-story 44,015-square-foot property is now used as a mission-critical data facility. Meir Kessner of Eastern Union represented the borrower, CRCO Phil LP, in the transaction.
PITTSBURGH — A fund advised by CBRE Global Investors has acquired Liberty Center, a 27-story Class A office property located in Pittsburgh’s central business district, for an undisclosed price. The property features 529,289 square feet of office space. The buyer plans to enhance the property through implementation of its proprietary 5-Star worldwide service and amenity program.
ETTERS, PA. — Vastgood Properties has acquired Newberry Commons, a 246,000-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located at 10 Newberry Commons in Etters. Newberry Commons LLC sold the property for $17 million. Constructed in 1987, the center underwent an extensive $2 million renovation in 2014. Rite Aid Pharmacy occupies approximately 130,000 square feet of the property. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased. Andy Stape and Vito Lupo of KLNB Retail represented the seller and procured the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — RKF has brokered the sale of a 1,400-square-foot retail property located at 682 Broadway in Manhattan’s NoHo district. Premier Equities sold the property to Ascot Properties for $10 million. The property features ground-floor retail space, basement space and 50 feet of street frontage. GNC Holdings currently leases the space on a long-term basis. Brian Segall and Ariel Schuster of RKF represented the seller, while Matthew Marshall of Marshall Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — IPsoft Inc. has renewed and expanded its lease at RFR Realty’s 17 State Street, a 42-story office tower located in Manhattan. The artificial intelligence company renewed its 97,955-square-foot lease and expanded to add 41,687 square feet of space on floors 16, 19 and 20. AJ Camhi of RFR Realty, along with Mitch Knosker of JLL, represented the landlord, while Rob Lowe of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in deal.