LA PORTE, IND. — Huff, Niehaus & Associates Inc. has brokered the sale of the Best Western Plus hotel in La Porte, about 30 miles west of South Bend, for $4.5 million. The 142-room hotel also features a conference center. GDR Hospitality LLC has operated the hotel for over 10 years. The buyer, BRK Colorado Inc., intends to retain the Best Western Plus franchise and make renovations to the property. Brandt Niehaus of Huff, Niehaus & Associates brokered the transaction.
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has chosen the following 20 metropolitan areas (in alphabetical order) as potential locations for HQ2, the company’s planned $5 billion second headquarters in North America: – Atlanta – Austin, Texas – Boston – Chicago – Columbus, Ohio – Dallas – Denver – Indianapolis – Los Angeles – Miami – Montgomery County, Md. – Nashville, Tenn. – Newark, N.J. – New York City – Northern Virginia – Philadelphia – Pittsburgh – Raleigh, N.C. – Toronto – Washington, D.C. “Thank you to all 238 communities that submitted proposals. Getting from 238 to 20 was very tough — all the proposals showed tremendous enthusiasm and creativity,” says Amazon spokesperson Holly Sullivan. “Through this process we learned about many new communities across North America that we will consider as locations for future infrastructure investment and job creation.” In the coming months, Amazon will work with each of the candidate locations to dive deeper into their proposals, request additional information and evaluate the feasibility of a future partnership that can accommodate the company’s hiring plans, as well as benefit its employees and the local community. Amazon expects to make a decision this year. Amazon has emphasized that HQ2 will …
Welcome to St. Louis, Missouri. Home to nine Fortune 500 companies and the 11-time world champion St. Louis Cardinals franchise. St. Louis currently lays claim to nearly 3 million residents in the metropolitan statistical area and has exemplified economic stability and consistent growth since the Great Recession. Herein we’ll explore one key indicator of the economic health of the region: the slow but steady growth of the St. Louis office market. Demand drivers With approximately 136 million square feet of space, St. Louis is one of the largest office markets in the Midwest, and it is getting larger. Increased demand in the local office market has been predominantly driven by job growth and the consistent decrease in unemployment since its high mark of 10.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009. As of November 2017, the region’s unemployment rate is down to a healthy 3.3 percent, compared to a national average of 4.1 percent. Consequently, this demand for office space has resulted in decreased vacancy, increased rental rates and, ultimately, new construction. At the end of the third quarter of 2017, the vacancy rate was 7.6 percent, down from 8.7 percent in 2016. Average asking rental rates were up to …
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Hamilton Zanze has purchased the 364-unit Bella Springs apartments in Colorado Springs for $71 million. The community is located at 1050 Milano Point in the northern part of the city. The garden-style asset was built in 2001. It offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average apartment size of 855 square feet. On-site amenities include covered parking, two swimming pools, a fitness center and clubhouse/coffee lounge. CBRE’s Dan Woodward, David Potarf, Matt Barnett and Jake Young represented the seller, Praedium Group, in this transaction.
PARK CITY, UTAH — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged $60 million in financing for the 177-room St. Regis Deer Valley resort in Park City. The resort is located at 2300 Deer Valley Drive E. The St. Regis Deer Valley offers 67 hotel condominium suites divisible into 177 hotel keys and 25 private whole-ownership residences. The ski-in, ski-out resort includes amenities like the 14,000-square-foot Remède Spa, fitness facilities, a Jean-Georges Vongerichten signature restaurant (J&G Grill) and the Deer Crest Club, a private club. A domestic life insurance company funded the loan in a highly structured transaction. Proceeds of this non-recourse financing were used to refinance existing debt with a new long-term, fixed-rate loan. The proceeds will also fund the next phase of the resort’s development, which will include additional condominium and hotel units, a destination restaurant and other amenities. Construction on the next phase is scheduled to begin in late 2018 or early 2019. This is the third financing Sonnenblick-Eichner has arranged for the ownership. This includes a $212.5 million construction loan and a subsequent permanent loan.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Western Realco has sold a 181,069-square-foot industrial building in Fullerton. Brad Rambo and Associates purchased the Class A property for $32.5 million. The building is located at 4150 W. Palm St. Western Realco developed the property on a speculative basis after purchasing the site from LBA in 2017 and razing a vacant 88,000-square-foot office building. CBRE’s Sean Ward, Ben Seybold and Keith Greer represented Realco, while Casey Mungo of Daum Commercial represented the buyer.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has purchased a 98,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Pleasanton for $12.7 million. The facility is located at 5675 Sunol Blvd. Westcore will invest in upgrades throughout the Pleasanton property, including refurbishing the office space interiors and improving buildings systems, prior to leasing efforts. The firm acquired another East Bay property in Antioch in late 2017. Mike Quint of Jackson & Cooksey and Mark Pleis of Lee & Associates represented the seller, JDS Properties, while Westcore represented itself in this transaction.
DENVER — Red Robin International has renewed its office lease for 65,000 square feet of space at Tuscany Plaza in the Denver submarket of Greenwood Village. The plaza is located at 6312 S. Fiddler’s Green Circle. The casual dining restaurant chain has been headquartered at Tuscany Plaza since 2000. NKF’s Jim McGrath and Tom Pappas represented Red Robin in the lease renewal.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — JPI will develop Jefferson East Branch, a 741-unit multifamily community that will be located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The property will be situated near Addison Circle, a development that spans 500,000 square feet of office space and 120,000 square feet of retail space. Construction of Phase I, which will deliver 390 units, is slated to begin in late 2019, with the first occupancy scheduled for summer 2020. Construction of Phase II, which will deliver 351 units, is expected to begin during the spring of 2020.
MOORE, OKLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured $22.5 million in acquisition financing for The Villas at Countryside, a 360-unit multifamily community in Moore, a southern suburb of Oklahoma City. The property was built in 2002 and consists of 21 three-story buildings situated on 18.6 acres. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank secured the Fannie Mae loan, which features a five-year term, two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
