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Emerald Communities Completes $145M CCRC Near Seattle

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

GIG HARBOR, WASH. — Emerald Communities has opened Heron’s Key, an 18-acre continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Seattle suburb of Gig Harbor. Development costs were estimated at $145 million. Ziegler provided bond financing for the project and construction began in June 2016. The community offers a total of 275 units: 184 independent living apartments, 10 independent living cottage homes, 36 assisted living apartments and 45 private skilled nursing beds. Independent living homes range from 729 to 1,800 square feet. Heron’s Key offers an financing plan that includes a one-time, 75 percent-refundable entrance fee. This will be the first CCRC in the county, and the largest project ever built in Gig Harbor, according to Emerald Communities, a Seattle-based operator.

October 13, 2017

Arizona Industrial Western

Bailard Buys 188,142-Square-Foot Industrial Building in Phoenix for $16.1M

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

PHOENIX — Bailard has purchased a 188,142-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix for $16.1 million. The facility is located at 7822 S. 46th St. in the Sky Harbor Airport submarket. The property is fully leased to BAE Systems. The seller, Cohen Asset Management, acquired the asset in 1992. Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield and Rick Lee and Conner Lee of Lee & Associates represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.

October 13, 2017

Loans Multifamily Seniors Housing Washington Western

Berkeley Point Capital Provides $9.3M HUD Refinancing for 63-Unit Seniors Housing Community Near Seattle

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

TACOMA, WASH. — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $9.3 million FHA 232/223(f) refinancing for Spring Ridge Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 63-unit seniors housing community in the Seattle suburb of Tacoma. The loan replaces the existing debt on the property, which was for the acquisition, renovation and expansion of the property. Tom White led the transaction out of Berkeley Point’s Bethesda, Md., office. The loan features a 3.45 percent interest rate and an 80 percent loan-to-value ratio.

October 13, 2017

Arizona Office Western

Benchmark Electronics Leases New Headquarters at Rio 2100 in Tempe

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

TEMPE, ARIZ. — Benchmark Electronics has announced its plans to relocate its new headquarters to Rio 2100, a new 52-acre office park in Tempe. The Class A property is situated at the southwest intersection of the Loop 101 and 202 freeways. Rio 2100 will eventually feature office, retail, restaurant and multifamily space, as well as two hotels within the Rio Salado corridor. Groundbreaking for the new site is expected to begin before the end of the year for completion in early 2019. Benchmark’s current headquarters is at 4141 N. Scottsdale Road. The global design, engineering and manufacturing company was previously based in Angleton, Texas. JLL’s Andrew Medley represented Benchmark. CBRE’s Bryan Taute represented the landlord, Boyer, in this transaction.

October 13, 2017

California Retail Western

Ross Stores Opens 40 New Locations Nationally

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

DUBLIN, CALIF. — Ross Stores has recently opened 30 Ross Dress for Less and 10 dd’s Discounts stores across 22 different states in September and October. These new locations complete the company’s store growth plans for fiscal 2017. (Ross added 96 new stores total in 2017.) “This fall, we continued to expand our Ross and dd’s footprints across both new and existing markets, with nearly half of our Ross store openings in our newest market — the Midwest,” says Jim Fassio, president and chief development officer. Ross Stores Inc. is headquartered in Dublin and boasts 1,412 Ross Dress for Less locations in 37 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. The company also operates 215 dd’s Discounts stores in 16 states. Long term, the company hopes to reach 2,000 stores for Ross and 500 for dd’s Discounts

October 13, 2017

New York Northeast Office Top Stories

Columbia Property Trust Buys Two Office Properties in Manhattan for $514M

by Nellie Day October 13, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — Columbia Property Trust Inc. (NYSE: CXP) has purchased two office properties in the Chelsea submarket of New York for $514 million. The acquisition includes two adjoining office buildings that total 281,294 square feet at 245-249 W. 17th St., as well as a 165,670-square-foot office building at 218 W. 18th St. The seller was not disclosed. Twitter’s New York headquarters occupies the majority of the boutique buildings on 17th Street. The adjoining buildings include a six-story western tower and a 12-story eastern tower that serves as a showroom for the high-end modern furniture chain Room & Board. The nearby 12-story building on 18th Street houses the New York City headquarters of beverage and lifestyle company Red Bull, along with several other office tenants. This acquisition has allowed Columbia to increase its New York presence to a total of 2.6 million square feet of Class A office space spread throughout seven assets. This represents 44 percent of the trust’s overall portfolio. “Our acquisition of these prime Midtown South buildings allows us to expand within New York, where we already held the largest concentration in our portfolio, and will further establish Columbia as a significant player in Manhattan’s most dynamic …

October 13, 2017

Market Reports Office Texas Texas Market Reports

El Paso Office Market Seeing Strong Absorption Through 2017

by Taylor Williams October 13, 2017

The border economy of the United States and Mexico is complex and deeply intertwined, to say the least. As such, the sister cities of El Paso and Juarez should be viewed as one economy. The region ended 2016 on a high note. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso’s total nonfarm employment rose 1.7 percent during the year, besting the state average of 1.6 percent. The city added more than 5,000 jobs, with strong gains in service-providing sectors offsetting losses in the manufacturing sector. Leisure and hospitality led the way, according to the Fed, adding more than 1,700 jobs. At the same time, employment in Juarez’s manufacturing sector was up 5.4 percent from the previous year for a projected total of 263,000 new jobs. The downtown El Paso office market currently totals about 3.2 million square feet across 65 buildings. It breaks down into about 1.1 million square feet of Class A space, 1.2 million square feet of Class B space and 900,000 square feet of Class C space. For years, vacancy in the city’s Central Business District hovered around 20 percent, with virtually no new construction. But lately, conditions have dramatically improved. According to CoStar Group, …

October 13, 2017

Multifamily Northeast Pennsylvania Student Housing

Goldenberg Group Breaks Ground on $199M Student Housing Community Near Temple University

by Amy Works October 12, 2017

PHILADELPHIA — The Goldenberg Group has broken ground for a $199 million student housing development located on the edge of Temple University’s campus at 12th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue in Philadelphia. The 470,000-square-foot property will feature 984 beds within one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. All 368 units are fully furnished with flat-screen televisions, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, dishwashers, icemakers and garbage disposals. Community amenities include a 24-hour concierge; a coffee bar; fitness center with rooms for fitness on-demand, yoga and spin; an outdoor rooftop terrace; a social activities area; a business center; study and conference areas; a package locker system; sky lounge; indoor bicycle storage and on-site resident parking, including dedicated car sharing spaces and electric charging spaces. Additionally, the property will offer 30,000 square feet of ground-level retail, restaurant and commercial space opening to a plaza with seating, green space and activity areas. The project is designed to complement The View at Montgomery, the company’s existing 832-bed student housing property. This is the second and final phase of Goldenberg’s master-planned redevelopment of the 4.6-acre site of the former John Wanamaker High School. The first phase opened in August 2014. The new development is slated for completion …

October 12, 2017

Loans Massachusetts Multifamily Northeast

IBA Secures $53M in MassHousing Financing to Renovate 181-Unit Apartment Building in Boston

by Amy Works October 12, 2017

BOSTON — IBA, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, has secured a $53 million permanent loan from Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency (MassHousing) to renovate Villa Victoria’s Viviendas Apartments, an affordable housing property located in Boston’s South End neighborhood. Renovations will include extensive structural and cosmetic improvements, upgrading the exterior and interior to preserve building quality and enhance tenants’ residential experience. Upgrades will include replacing the asphalt roof with 30-year architectural shingles, improvements to pre-existing draining structures and updating the property’s façade with fresh stucco and paint. Originally built in the 1960s by IBA, Viviendas Apartments is one of four properties that make up Villa Victoria, a 435-unit affordable housing community that promotes wellness, active living, public safety, cultural expression and socioeconomic mobility through a specialized range of residential services.

October 12, 2017

Multifamily New York Northeast

Meridian Investment Negotiates $29.8M Sale of Apartment Building in the Bronx

by Amy Works October 12, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — Meridian Investment Sales, the commercial property sales division of Meridian Capital Group, has arranged the sale of an apartment property located at 1555 Grand Concourse in the Mount Eden neighborhood of the Bronx. Pistilli Realty Group purchased the building from Eric Silverstein for $29.8 million. Mark Steinmetz and Richard Velotta of Meridian represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Built in 1927, the six-story, 139,000-square-foot building features 149 apartment units and was recently upgraded with renovated elevators, a new intercom system and a gas conversion.

October 12, 2017

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