PHOENIX — Young’s Market Company has purchased a 248,900-square-foot refrigerated/cold storage industrial building in Phoenix for $20 million. The building is located at 402 S. 54th Place. It was built in 1999 and renovated in 2003. Andy Markham, Will Strong, Mike Haenel and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the family-owned wines, spirits and select beverages distributor. The seller was Barley Equites V LLC.
GUNNISON, COLO. — A limited liability company has acquired the 107-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites Gunnison for $9.7 million. The hotel is located at 910 E. Tomichi Ave., southeast of Grand Junction. The LLC plans to improve the hotel. Gordon Allred, Shane Hanrahan and Neville Rustomjee of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. Allred and Rustomjee also represented the seller, another LLC, in this transaction.
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $9.1 million sale of a net-leased property in San Juan Capistrano to a private local buyer utilizing a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. The property, a car dealership, traded for $348 per square foot. CBRE’s Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo and Doug Mack represented the seller, TerraCotta Group LLC, a private investment firm based in El Segundo. CBRE’s Emil Gurfinkel, Tim Kuruzar and Ken McLeod represented the buyer. The 26,181-square-foot Fiat Chrysler Automobiles car dealership, located at 32881 Camino Capistrano, traded at a 5.1 percent capitalization rate.
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Cahuenga Investors LP, a Los Angeles-based investment group, has acquired the home of Grandmasters Recorders, a recording studio on North Cahuenga Boulevard in Hollywood, to make room for a retail development. The price was $6.1 million. The building was built in the 1920s and began its life as Bijou Studios. Artists who have recorded at Grandmaster Recorders include Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Motley Crue, Chaka Kahn, Rick James, Blondie, Billy Idol, The Pointer Sisters, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Crowes, Foo Fighters, Gwen Stefani, Jack Johnson, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, Tool and Rush. Kathleen Silver and Kay Sasatomi of Silver Commercial represented the seller in the transaction. Howard Sadowsky of Brooktree Partners represented the buyer. The property includes a 9,200-square-foot commercial building on 8,557 square feet of land, is located at 1518 N. Cahuenga Blvd. The buyer plans to renovate and convert the space to retail, restaurants and possibly a nightclub.
FORREST CITY, ARK. — Shandong Ruyi Technology Group (Ruyi), a textile manufacturer based in China, plans to invest $410 million into the former Sanyo manufacturing facility in Forrest City. The facility will be the company’s first property in North America. Ruyi plans to employ up to 800 people at the plant, with plans to begin renovations in the fourth quarter of this year. The property has been vacant since Sanyo shut down production in 2007. Ruyi will use the facility to take 200,000 tons of Arkansas cotton annually and spin it into yarn for textile use. The company plans to begin operating at the Forrest City plant by mid-2018. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission worked with Ruyi to bring this deal to fruition. Ruyi can earn up to $4 million in grants from the State of Arkansas, depending on the company’s job creation at the plant.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Moran & Co. Southeast has brokered the $63.5 million sale of M789, a 33-story apartment high-rise located at 789 Hammond Drive in Sandy Springs, a suburb of Atlanta. The property’s 300 units average 1,221 square feet. Chicago-based Magnolia Capital purchased M789 from Austin, Texas-based CWS Capital LLC. Sean Henry and Joel Sasser of Moran & Co. Southeast brokered the transaction. The apartment tower’s amenities include a 24/7 concierge, resident clubroom, media lounge, entertaining kitchen, business center, resort-style pool and sundeck, fitness center, tennis court, on-site dry cleaners, sundries store and a private dog park.
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Browning Investments has broken ground on a 721,050-square-foot spec industrial facility situated within Velocity 65 Trade Center in Shepherdsville, roughly 20 miles south of Louisville and near the UPS Worldport. The industrial park will ultimately accommodate 4 million square feet on 300 acres and feature interchanges with Interstate 65. Browning Investments plans to deliver the spec facility in August. The developer has selected Phil Charmoli of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Kentucky to handle the leasing assignment for the park.
BRADENTON AND ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Goldman Sachs has provided $54.3 million in financing for two apartment communities in the Tampa Bay area. The properties include the 281-unit Fountain Lakes Apartments located at 5620 Fountain Lake Circle in Bradenton and the 276-unit Sienna Bay Apartments located at 10501 3rd St. in St. Petersburg. Mona Carlton, Elliott Throne and Matthew Sand of HFF arranged the two 10-year, fixed-rate loans through Goldman Sachs. The borrower, Beachwold Residential, will use the financing to retire existing bridge financing and return sponsor equity following a renovation/expansion program at both communities.
WEST MELBOURNE, FLA. — Passco Cos. has purchased The Haven at West Melbourne, a 336-unit apartment community located at 4550 Explorer Drive in West Melbourne, part of Florida’s “Space Coast” in Brevard County along the Atlantic Ocean. Community amenities include a resort-style pool and sundeck, business center, sand volleyball court, children’s play park and a yoga center. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jay Ballard and Ken Delvillar of Cushman & Wakefield’s Orlando office represented the seller, Flournoy Cos., in the transaction. Chris Black of KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing through Fannie Mae on behalf of Passco Cos.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $19 million in acquisition financing and $2 million for the repositioning of One Lincoln Center, an office property in Syracuse. The financing was arranged on behalf of Asher Zamir of Zamir Equities. Meridian’s Steven Edelstein, Steven Adler and Luke Hingson negotiated the loan, which was provided by a debt fund. One Lincoln Center is a 19-story, 305,594-square-foot office tower anchored by JPMorgan Chase, Bond, Schoeneck & King, CadaretGrant, Arcadis, and Earthlink. Located at 110 W. Fayette St., the property is adjacent to the intersection of I-81 and I-690.
