SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Tim Maczko and Lisa Hughes of The J. Beard Real Estate Co. represented VP1 Partners LP in the lease of 8,720 square feet within 128 Vision Park Office in Shenandoah. The 75,000-square-foot, three-story office building is situated on five acres near I-45. Fischer Co. represented the tenant, Reed Group Management, which will occupy the space by the end of the year.
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CA Ventures Delivers Eight Student Housing Communities for 2016/2017 School Year
CHICAGO — CA Student Living, the student housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has completed eight student housing communities comprising nearly 4,000 beds across the U.S. Located in eight states, the properties are about 95 percent occupied and represent nearly 10 percent of the 47,700 off-campus student housing beds slated to deliver nationwide in 2016, according to the developer. Valued at more than $460 million, the new communities boost the size of CA Student Living’s portfolio to $1.5 billion. All offer fully furnished apartments with in-unit laundry and a 1:1 bed-to-bath ratio in most units. The newly delivered communities include: Uncommon Athens — Uncommon Athens is a five-story building located at 165 E. Dougherty St in Athens, Ga. It is within walking distance to both downtown Athens and the University of Georgia. The property’s 210 beds include a mix of one-, two- and four-bedroom floor plans, and the development contains 10,600 square feet of street-level retail space. Indoor amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, golf simulator, business center, study lounge, group meeting space, club room and coffee bar. Uncommon Charlottesville — Uncommon Charlottesville, a six-story building located at 1000 W. Main St. in Charlottesville, Va., is within …
GREENWICH, CONN. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged $36.25 million in financing for 500 West Putnam Avenue, a 124,668-square-foot Class A office building in Greenwich, for Connecticut investment group 500 WPA LLC. Jordan Roeschlaub, Daniel Fromm and Steve Sperandio of NGKF led the team that arranged and structured a floating-rate loan that provides a three-year initial term and two one-year extension options. The loan proceeds were used to fund the acquisition of the property from SL Green and execute the sponsor’s business plan for the property, which was 54 percent occupied at closing.
PHILADELPHIA — Greysteel, a national commercial real estate investment services firm, has arranged the sale of the Cliveden Apartments in Philadelphia’s Mount Airy neighborhood to a private local owner on behalf of Wexford Property Management for $2.9 million. The property, located at 4549 East Cliveden Street, was constructed in 1925 and totals 40 units. Amenities include laundry facilities and elevator service, with most units featuring hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and updated kitchens and bathrooms. Ari Firoozabadi and Caleb Brown of Greysteel arranged the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $1.5 million refinance for a mixed-use property comprising 15 residential units and one retail unit located at 340 East 86th Street in New York City. The transaction was structured with a 10-year term with five years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through NorthMarq’s relationship with a regional bank.
NEW YORK CITY — Development partners Bizzi & Partners Development, Aronov Development and Halpern Real Estate Ventures have begun accepting pre-sales for 565 Broome SoHo, a 290-foot, 115-unit, dual-tower multifamily building under development in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The project marks the first New York City residential project for the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing is overseeing the marketing and sales. Parisian firm RDAI is designing the interiors. 565 Broome SoHo’s two-tower design will offer 360-degree views of the Hudson River, historic SoHo, midtown Manhattan, Tribeca and the World Trade Center. Amenities at the property include a saltwater pool and private driveway entrance.
Driven by strong leasing activity, the New Hampshire Seacoast industrial market now has a limited supply of available options. The overall Seacoast vacancy rate is currently 5.6 percent. Compare that to the end of 2010, when vacancy in the market hit 12.9 percent. Narrowing the focus to the Portsmouth industrial market (excluding the Pease Tradeport), the vacancy hit 8 percent in 2010 but it had dropped to 3 percent at the end of 2015 — and at the end of June 2016, the vacancy rate hovered at 2 percent. This significant drop in vacancy leaves users with less viable product to choose from and is pushing them away from the Interstate 95 corridor of Portsmouth and Seabrook. Industrial Users Turn to Ground-Up Development Users in Portsmouth and surrounding communities, unable to find existing buildings to meet their needs, have turned to ground-up development in areas outside of Portsmouth and further away from the Interstate 95 corridor. Two large industrial users, Rand Whitney and Stonewall Kitchen, broke ground on projects in 2015 and have recently moved into their new facilities. Rand Whitney, part of the Kraft Group, originally opened a corrugated cardboard sheet plant in Dover back in 1972. Over the …
Employment gains in New Haven and Fairfield counties, coupled with a bustling job market in the New York City metro, have generated high demand for apartments in New Haven and Fairfield counties, overcoming some of the recent negative optics in Connecticut. Newly hired employees are looking for housing. Employers in New Haven and Fairfield counties are set to add 10,500 individuals to the local workforce this year. And although a significant number of tenants work in the boroughs of New York, they prefer Connecticut rentals due to a significant price differential. Even after considering costs for commuting, the value proposition New Haven and Fairfield counties remains very robust as average rents are priced at approximately $2,000 less per month than those in New York City. Market demand for housing in these two counties will create upward pressure on rent this year, advancing average effective rent 1.6 percent to $1,635 per month. In 2015, effective rent closed the year at $1,609 per month — an 18.3 percent pace of growth since 2011. Builders will deliver 2,100 apartments in New Haven and Fairfield counties in 2016, a reduction from the 3,550 apartments that were delivered in 2015; and they are focusing on …
LOS ANGELES — Sandstone Properties has purchased the Tower at Sherman Oaks, a 167,726-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Sherman Oaks, for $56.7 million. The Class A building is located at 14724 Ventura Blvd. The Tower at Sherman Oaks was built in 1966 and underwent a complete renovation in 1991. It is currently 96 percent occupied. Sandstone Properties plans to reposition the asset as a creative campus. Bob Safai, Chris DuMont and Bob Pearson of Madison Partners will handle leasing efforts. The firm also arranged acquisition and renovation financing totaling $48.1 million with Loancore Capital. Safai also represented the seller, Douglas Emmett, along with Matt Case and Brad Schlaak.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (CTO) has sold a 14-property portfolio of single-tenant income assets for $51.6 million. The portfolio includes nine Bank of America financial centers in Orange County. The buyer assumed CTO’s existing $23.1 million mortgage loan secured by the properties. The portfolio sale resulted in an estimated gain of about $11.1 million for CTO, or about $1.20 per share, after tax. CTO plans to use the proceeds for the recently reported Bloomin’ Brands sale-leaseback and future acquisitions as part of one or more Section 1031 like-kind exchange transactions.