DENVER — NexMetro Communities and Trez Capital have partnered to develop five of NexMetro’s Avilla Homes communities in a deal worth more than $100 million. The communities will debut in 2018 in Denver, Phoenix and Dallas. NexMetro Communities is a developer of luxury leased housing communities, while Trez Capital is a private non-bank lender. NexMetro, which currently has more than 2,600 units either built, under construction or under contract, has already closed on two of the initial five Class A projects with Trez. This endeavor was inspired by the National Multifamily Housing Council’s announcement that about 4 million new apartments will be needed by 2030 to keep up with demand.
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DENVER — Griffis Residential has acquired The Huron, a new 296-unit apartment community in downtown Denver, for $100 million. The Class A+ community is located at 2975 Huron St. The Huron is situated just blocks from Coors Field in the Union Station North neighborhood. The property is also a few blocks from Union Station and a recently announced mixed-use development, which will include a Rockies Hall of Fame, outdoor public gathering area, hotel and office space. The Huron was built in 2016. Property amenities include a lounge with a tech bar, three theater screening rooms, a fitness center, controlled access and concierge service. Terrance Hunt, Shane Ozment, Jeff Hawks, Doug Andrews and Chris Cowan represented the seller, Edwards Cos., in this transaction.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — J.H. Snyder Company has obtained $68 million in bridge financing for a Class A office building in North Hollywood in the NoHo Arts District. The 179,000-square-foot property is located at 5250 Lankershim Plaza. The asset has been fully occupied for nearly 10 years, though the majority of the tenants are expected to roll over in the next several years. The transaction includes an adjacent six-story, 723-space parking garage. J.H. Snyder developed the property in 2009. Seth Grossman, Steve Edelstein and Jackie Tran of Meridian Capital Group executed the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — KASHL Corp. has purchased the 178-unit Radisson Hotel San Diego-Rancho Bernardo in the San Diego submarket of Rancho Bernardo for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 11520 W. Bernardo Court. The Radisson opened in 1989. It features about 4,000 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool in an interior courtyard, and C3 Restaurant and Bar. RAR Hospitality will manage the hotel. KASHL represented itself in the transaction, while CBRE Hotels represented the seller, an affiliate of Pinnacle Hotels USA Inc.
Katz Properties Acquires 266,565 SF Retail Property in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, for $47.2M
by Amy Works
QUAKERTOWN, PA. — Katz Properties has purchased Richland Marketplace, a shopping center located on 36.9 acres on Route 309 in Quakertown. An undisclosed seller sold the property, which was built in 2008, for $47.2 million. Aldi, Best Buy and BJ’s Warehouse anchor the 266,565-square-foot retail center. At the time of acquisition, the property was 90 percent occupied. Additional tenants include Petsmart, Five Below, Mattress Firm, Ulta, Red Robin, Chick-fil-A, WaWa and BB&T Bank. Chris Munley of HFF represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Katz Properties will provide leasing and property management services for the retail center.
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of 541,466 SF Office Property in Parsippany, New Jersey
by Amy Works
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Morris Corporate Center III (MCCIII), an office property in Parsippany. P3 Properties acquired the 541,466-square-foot Class A asset from institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management for an undisclosed price. The property includes four interconnected buildings on a 27-acre, amenity-rich campus at 400 Interpace Parkway. The park is 62 percent leased to four occupants, including TEVA Pharmaceuticals and Ogilvy CommonHealth Worldwide. Gary Gabriel, Andrew Morin, David Bernhaut, Kevin Donner, Brian Whitmer and Andrew MacDonald of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the sales transaction. John Alascio and Sridhar Vankayala of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity Debt and Structured Finance Group arranged $58.8 million in acquisition financing, including approximately $15 million of future funding earmarked for property upgrades.
NEW YORK CITY — The Domain Cos. has acquired a development site located at 545 Sackett St. in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn for $26.5 million. The site, which includes an existing 42,000-square-foot building, is zoned for up to 80,000 square feet of development. The site is a part of the area covered by the Bridging Gowanus community planning and land use process, an initiative to create a sustainable, livable and inclusive future for the Gowanus area. Dan Marks, Ofer Cohen and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG represented the seller, ATS Realty Inc., in the deal.
SOUTHPORT, CONN. — Maplewood Senior Living has started construction of Maplewood at Southport, a 98-unit assisted living and memory care community in Southport, located between Hartford and New York City. Maplewood is building the 93,000-square-foot community on a 27-acre plot. Stein Troost Architecture of Norwalk is the architectural firm on the project. Milone & McBroom of Cheshire will serve as the landscape architects, with Landtech of Westport as civil engineers and KBE Building Corporation of Farmington as the construction manager. The project is scheduled to open in 2019. Based in nearby Westport, Maplewood currently owns and operates 15 communities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Ohio. The company is expanding to New Jersey and has a high-profile project under construction on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Lancaster Pollard Arranges $15.3M Bridge Financing for Assisted Living Community in Portland, Maine
by Amy Works
PORTLAND, MAINE — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $15.3 million in bridge financing for Portland Center for Assisted Living, an 85-unit assisted living and memory care community in Portland. The borrower is First Atlantic Healthcare Corp., which sought to refinance existing debt. The financing will also fund repairs and reserves for the property, which was built in 1964. Aaron Becker led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HFF has arranged the sale of Riverbend West Distribution Center, a 301,500-square-foot, Class A industrial facility in Fort Worth. Completed in 2016, the cross-dock facility features 32-foot clear heights, LED warehouse lighting, 76 overhead dock doors and four drive-in doors. Hunt Southwest Real Estate Development sold the property, which was 86 percent leased to Ecolab and PODS at the time of sale, to Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust for an undisclosed price. Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF led the investment advisory team.