BOISE — MedEquities Realty Trust has provided a $19 million acquisition and construction loan to fund the purchase and conversion of an existing long-term acute care hospital to a 72-bed inpatient psychiatric hospital in Boise. Haven Behavioral Healthcare operates six inpatient psychiatric hospitals in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. The firm provides inpatient psychiatric stabilization and treatment to adults experiencing acute symptoms of depression, anxiety, psychosis or other severe behavioral problems. The loan has a three-year term and an annual interest rate of 10 percent. Upon completion of the planned renovation, MedEquities has the exclusive right to acquire the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding loan balance in a sale-leaseback transaction that would include a 15-year triple-net master lease at an initial lease rate of 9.3 percent.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Atlanta-based Cousins Properties (NYSE: CUZ), Riverside Resources and Ironwood Real Estate will develop 300 Colorado, a 309,000-square-foot office tower that will be located in downtown Austin. Total development costs of the project are anticipated to be about $175 million. The property will be situated across the street from Cousins’ Colorado Tower, a 373,334-square-foot office asset. The property is 100 preleased to independent oil and gas firm Parsley Energy Inc., which has signed a 12-year, 302,000-square-foot lease; and restaurant Del Frisco’s, which has signed a 10-year, 7,000-square-foot lease. The partnership expects to begin construction in December and deliver the building in December 2020.
DALLAS — A partnership between Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) and Crescent Real Estate LLC will redevelop 2401 Cedar Springs, a 200,000-square-foot office building located in the Uptown area of Dallas that it recently acquired from Guidestone Financial Resources. Jack Crews of JLL represented Guidestone in that sale. The single-tenant property was built in 1989 and will soon be vacant. The redevelopment project will focus on the building’s exterior façade and lobby and will deliver new amenities while modernizing the tenant spaces and common areas. A timetable for completion of the project has not yet been established.
SAN ANTONIO — Canadian investment firm Western Wealth Capital (WWC) has acquired Sedona Canyon, a 296-unit multifamily community located at 4620 Thousand Oaks Drive in northeast San Antonio. The sales price was approximately $19.5 million. Built in the 1980s, the property offers amenities such as a pool, fitness center, tennis court, business center and resident clubhouse. The sale marks WWC’s third acquisition of a multifamily asset in San Antonio.
HOUSTON — HFF has brokered the sale of 5757 Woodway, a 162,188-square-foot office property situated on four acres in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. Dan Miller and Marty Hogan of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture sponsored by Fuller Realty Partners and Harbert Management Corp., and procured the buyer, Houston-based Braun Enterprises. The property was 70 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants spanning the finance, healthcare, communication, technology and education sectors.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Equitable Commercial Realty (ECR) has arranged an office lease at Regency Office Center in Austin. Mood Media, a provider of interactive mobile marketing solutions, will occupy 55,000 square feet at the property, which will serve as its new headquarters. ECR represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Sam Pruitt and Jeff Sheehan of Site Selection Group represented Mood Media.
NEW YORK CITY — Extell Development Co. closed on a $1.1 billion construction loan for Central Park Tower on Dec. 29, 2017. The financing package comprised a $900 million senior construction loan syndication led by J.P. Morgan and a $235 million preferred equity loan from a hedge fund. Situated on 57th Street, the 1,550-foot Central Park Tower will be the tallest residential building in the world. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the building will feature 179 residences, stratospheric views and a full-service amenity package, as well as a seven-story, 300,000-square-foot Nordstrom department store. Extell is co-developing Central Park Tower with SMI USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Shanghai Municipal Investment.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Building and Land Technology (BLT) is developing Harbor Landing, the redevelopment and rebranding of Stamford Landing and Davenport Landing in Stamford. The project will connect the Stamford Landing office complex and the Davenport Landing boatyard and residential properties. The newly connected waterfront property will be a combination of the former Stamford Landing, a 200,000-square-foot waterfront office complex, and the former Davenport Landing, featuring 218 residential rental units, two restaurants, a full-service boatyard operated by The Hinckley Co., a boardwalk and a marina with more than 120 available slips. The residential portion of the property is slated to begin leasing early this year. On-site amenities at the property include security, a shuttle to the train, a fitness center with yoga studio, marina slips, and two restaurants, Crab Shell and Prime. BLT has retained RHYS as leasing agent for the property.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Skyline Plaza, an office building located at 414 Eagle Rock Ave. in West Orange. A private investor sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $8.8 million. The three-story, 60,000-square-foot property was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Fahri Ozturk and Kim Kretowicz of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
EAST HARTFORD, CONN. — Chozick Realty has arranged the sale of Turtle Creek Apartments, a multifamily property located in East Hartford. Up Realty LLC acquired the property from Turtle Creek Realty for $8 million, or $66,666 per unit. Constructed in 1968, the 120-unit property features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, an indoor swimming pool, a steam room, a sauna, a commercial kitchen and dining room for resident functions, an indoor running track, a miniature golf course, fitness rooms, a billiards room, a media room and a library. Steve Pappas of Chozick Realty represented the seller and buyer in the deal.