BROCKTON, MASS. — Horvath & Tremblay has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 1267 Main St. in Brockton. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $9 million. CVS/pharmacy will occupy the newly constructed 12,900-square-foot building under a 25-year triple-net lease with five five-year extension options. Bob Horvath and Todd Tremblay of Horvath & Tremblay represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEWARK, N.J. — Broadridge Financial Solutions has signed a long-term lease for approximately 160,000 square feet of office space at 2 Gateway Center in downtown Newark. Broadridge provides communications, technology, managed services, data and analytics solutions to financial firms in capital markets. Dudley Ryan, Cheryl Hardt and Kadeem Goodall-Reid of CBRE represented the landlord, C&K Properties, while Paul Amoruso and Michael Ciotta of Oxford & Simpson Realty Services represented the tenant in the lease transaction.
SEDONA, ARIZ. — DiamondRock Hospitality Co. (NYSE: DRH) has purchased the 88-room L’Auberge de Sedona and the adjacent 70-room Orchards Inn Sedona for a total of $97 million. The resorts are situated in the Red Rock region of Sedona on the banks of Oak Creek, just south of Flagstaff. DiamondRock plans to reposition the resorts through a $5 million capital investment plan, which will enhance the luxury cottages at L’Auberge, among other improvements. The renovations will be completed during the off seasons over the next two years for minimal disruptions. “This acquisition represents a rare opportunity to own two high-quality resort properties in a coveted, high-barrier-to-entry resort market,” says Mark Brugger, DiamondRock’s president and CEO. “While we believe the initial pricing of the deal is attractive, we have identified significant opportunities to increase profitability.” About $14 million has been invested in the resorts, its guest rooms and restaurants since 2015. Sedona is one of the highest growth markets in the U.S. hospitality industry, DiamondRock notes, with RevPAR (revenue per available room) increasing 11.3 percent in 2016. L’Auberge includes dining options Cress on Oak Creek and Etch Kitchen & Bar, while Orchards Inn features 89Agave Mexican restaurant, among other casual dining …
Center City Philadelphia continues to be one of the most vibrant residential downtowns in the country. Millennials and empty-nesters are attracted to the city’s myriad live, work and play opportunities, and the total number of Greater Center City residents has risen 17 percent since 2000. Overall the market is holding up strong; the average occupancy is 95 percent and it is expected to remain at this level for the foreseeable future. Annual effective rent growth is projected to be 3 percent in 2017 and average 2.8 percent from 2018 to 2020. The MSA’s largest job sector — higher education and healthcare services — has increased by 17 percent since 2005 and now provides 37 percent of all jobs in Philadelphia. Total job growth is projected to be 1.6 percent or more than 15,000 new jobs in 2017. Since the beginning of 2015, 23 companies, including EisnerAmper, WeWork and GSI Health, have established offices in the submarket. Multifamily investors and developers have been focused on Center City for the past few years. However, interest in some suburban markets has increased significantly as evidenced by the development and sale activity in 2016. More than $1 billion of sale transactions were recorded in …
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between LaSalle Investment Management & Pacshore Partners has received $89.2 million in acquisition financing for a three-building creative office portfolio in West Los Angeles. The portfolio contains a total of 215,261 square feet of Class A office space in Playa Vista and Malibu. Brad Zampa, Mike Walker and Megan Woodring of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team secured the five-year, non-recourse, floating-rate financing. A life company provided the capital.
SEATTLE — Hersha Hospitality Trust has acquired the 152-room Pan Pacific Hotel in Seattle for $79 million. The hotel is part of the 2200 Westlake mixed-use project in the South Lake Union neighborhood. Pan Pacific Hotel is situated across the street from Amazon’s global headquarters. Other nearby companies include Facebook, Google, Expedia, Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Chris Burdett and Matthew Behrens of CBRE Hotels Northwest represented the seller, Vulcan, in this transaction.
AURORA, COLO. — BMC Investments has acquired the 464-unit Landon Park Apartments in Aurora for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 100 S. Sable Blvd. Landon Park was built in 1978. It is situated one mile from the Aurora Metro Center light rail station, which provides access to Denver Tech Center, Fitzsimons Life Science District, the Stapleton Redevelopment and Denver International Airport. Terrance Hunt, Shane Ozment, Jeff Hawks and Doug Andrews of ARA Newmark represented seller, Bridge Investment Group, in this transaction.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a Chevron-occupied retail property located at 2525 White Lane in Bakersfield. A private investor acquired the property and bulk inventory assets for a total price of $2.4 million, with the real estate selling for $1.8 million. Bennet Pakdaman, Gregory Mills and Bruce Barnhard of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Barnhard and Mills represented the buyer in the deal.
CLOVIS, CALIF. — Retail California has brokered a lease of retail space at the Trading Post Shopping Center at 930 Herndon Ave. in Clovis. Dollar Tree signed a lease for 1,360 square feet of retail space from DN Clovis LLC at the shopping center. Peter Orlando and Lewis Smith of Retail California brokered the transaction.
PITTSBURGH — M&J Wilkow, in a joint venture partnership with DRA Advisors, has acquired 11 Stanwix Street, an office tower located on the southwest edge of Pittsburgh’s Golden Triangle. The 24-story tower features 467,843 square feet of Class A office space. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, KeyBank and HDR Engineering, among others, currently occupy the building. M&J Wilkow Properties will serve as the building’s manager, while JLL will represent the new ownership for all leasing activity. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released.