REDDING, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of financing for Ray Stone Inc., which will use the capital to acquire River Oaks Retirement Community, a 102-unit independent living community in Redding, approximately 160 miles north of Sacramento. CBRE Multifamily Capital originated a fixed-rate loan through its Fannie Mae DUS multifamily loan origination program. Ray Stone will operate the property following the sale. CBRE’s Kevin Randles and Aron Will arranged the financing.
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Las Sombras, a retail property located at 72-261 Highway 111 in Palm Desert. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $3.7 million. The property includes 18,041 square feet of existing buildings that are currently vacant. Pablo Rodriguez, Richard Vincent and Bruce Haulley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the deal.
DENVER — Family casual-dining franchise Quaker Steak & Lube has increased its franchise development efforts and is seeking entrepreneurs interested in opening multiple restaurants in Colorado. The chain also plans to expand within Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. Earlier this year the TA Restaurant Group acquired Quaker Steak & Lube. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America, a Fortune 500 company. The more than 750 locations in the TA Restaurant Group’s operation include 10 proprietary and nearly 30 franchised restaurant brands nationwide. Quaker Steak & Lube, founded over 40 years ago in Pennsylvania in a renovated filling station, now includes over 50 locations in 14 states across the U.S. Since opening its first restaurant in 1967, the TA Restaurant Group includes more than 750 quick-service restaurants, full-service restaurants and other food outlets. The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America LLC, which offers diesel and gasoline fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities, convenience stores and other services in 43 states and in Canada.
NEW YORK CITY — Rubenstein Partners and Heritage Equity Group have broken ground for 25 Kent Avenue, an office and industrial property located in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. The eight-story, 500,000-square-foot property will occupy an entire block adjacent to the East River waterfront. The development, which received $197 million in construction financing in August, is designed for the city’s creative and tech sectors and will offer modern office and production space tailored to tenants’ needs. Wells Fargo Bank and Natixis Real Estate Capital provided the loan for the project.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — PCCP LLC has purchased Plainsboro Plaza, a shopping center located at 10 Schalks Crossing Road in Plainsboro, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 27 acres and built in 1987, the 218,000-square-foot property is occupied by CVS/pharmacy, Planet Fitness, UPS and Dunkin’ Donuts. At the time of acquisition, the property was 42 percent occupied, however a lease has been executed with Key Food that will bring the center’s occupancy to 62 percent in early 2017.
RIVERDALE, N.J. — HFF has arranged the $60 million sale of Alexan Riverdale, a multifamily property located at 6000 Riverdale Road in Riverdale. Situated on 15 acres, the 212-unit property features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units averaging 1,033 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, grilling area, fire pit with lounge seating, two landscaped courtyards, fitness center with yoga/spin studio, lounge with billiards, game room, business center and garage parking. Inland Real Estate Investments Inc. facilitated the purchase of the community, while Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Stephen Simonelli and Michael Oliver of HFF represented the seller, a global real estate investment manager. Additionally, the HFF team worked to secure acquisition financing for the buyer.
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL. — U.S. Realty Capital has originated $31 million in permanent financing for a multifamily complex located in northern New Castle County. The financing will replace an existing construction loan on the newly built 218-unit property. The property had significant pre-leasing activity and overall occupancy was close to 100 percent at completion. The property features a fitness center, pool and 9,000 square feet of retail space. Bruce Robertson Jr. and Jane Bender of U.S. Realty Capital arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
PITTSBURGH — Power of 32 Development Fund LP has provided a $9.5 million loan to help fund site preparation, including construction, for Almono, a 178-acre waterfront mixed-use project at a brownfield site in Pittsburgh. The fund contributed to the nearly $49 million private-public loan fund to close infrastructure financing gaps and increase the inventory of pad-ready sites in the 32-county greater Pittsburgh region. Located in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood neighborhood, the Almono was formerly part of the J&L/LTV Steel Hazelwood Works. The project will feature a mix of office, industrial, residential and retail space. Its first official tenant, Uber, has committed to utilize 42 acres on the site for a test track for its self-driving cars and to renovate the historic train roundhouse building for an Advanced Technologies Center.
ORLANDO, FLA. — In a move to further liquidate the company, CNL Lifestyle Properties Inc., a REIT specializing in the acquisition of resort properties, has sold a seven-property portfolio of international trophy retail assets located within luxury resorts for $103 million. A private real estate consortium between The Imperium Cos., MMG Equity Partners and Blue River Family Office Partners was the buyer. The portfolio consists of 423,482 square feet of ground-floor retail in the mixed-use villages of six ski resorts and one golf and beach resort in the United States and Canada. The properties include: • Whistler Creekside Village in Whistler, British Columbia • The Village at Mammoth in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. • Village at Snowshoe in Snowshoe, W.Va. • Village at Cooper in Frisco, Colo. • Stratton Mountain Village in South Londonderry, Vt. • Blue Mountain Village in Blue Mountains, Ontario and • The Village of Baytowne Wharf in Miramar Beach, Fla. Lori Schneider of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) division arranged the sale. Schneider, along with the Marcus & Millichap’s brokers of record for each state in the portfolio, exclusively represented the seller and procured the buyer. “These stabilized yet dynamic assets are unique in location, …
LOS ANGELES — Advanced Real Estate Services has received $73.9 million to refinance a five-property multifamily portfolio in Southern California. The portfolio contains a total of 479 units. The properties include Cantabria, Four Seasons, Lanter Bay, Solara and the Pines at Montclair. These assets are spread throughout Orange, Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. The refinancing features a seven-year term, 3.78 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq’s Michael Elmore arranged the financing through a national bank. The transaction was completed under the lender’s portfolio recapitalization program, which minimized prepayment and closing costs. It also provided cash-out proceeds to Advanced, which plans to use the excess funds for future acquisitions.
