HOUSTON — Brandon Brown of LMI Capital has placed permanent agency financing for the acquisitions of two garden-style apartment complexes for the same borrower. The first transaction to close was a 10-year loan featuring two years of interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate of 4.2 percent. Proceeds totaled 75 percent of the purchase price for the 275-unit asset in the Baytown submarket. The second loan was a 10-year loan at 75 percent of the purchase price, with a three-year interest-only period and a fixed interest rate of 4.2 percent. The 270-unit complex is located in the Rosenberg suburb southwest of Houston. The buyer purchased the assets from the same seller via separate transactions.
CHICAGO — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged a $47.5 million loan to refinance the office and retail component of a 21-story building at 208 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago. The 1.1 million-square-foot, mixed-use building is located in the financial district. Michael Reschke of The Prime Group Inc. is the property owner. The loan is secured by five floors (13-17) of office space totaling 207,953 square feet and 11,379 square feet of street-level retail space, which is collectively 94 percent leased. The first 12 floors are occupied by a 610-room JW Marriott hotel. Neither the hotel nor the top four office floors were part of the collateral. The seven-year, non-recourse financing was funded by an affiliate of Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance. The loan refinanced a $35 million mortgage that was a part of a $321 million facility Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. arranged for the ownership two years ago. The deal was comprised of four different loans and included first mortgage debt and mezzanine financing. The property, built in 1914 as the headquarters for the Continental and Commercial National Bank, was designed by Daniel Burnham and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Des Moines-based BW GAS & Convenience Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Brookwood Financial Partners LLC, will acquire 21 convenience stores located in Iowa from Kum & Go L.C. The first three stores, located in Mason City, are being acquired this week, and the remaining 18 acquisitions will take place over the next four weeks. With these acquisitions, BW GAS & Convenience will own 31 stores in Iowa, and the company plans to acquire between 600 and 1,000 convenience stores throughout the United States over the next several years. In conjunction with the acquisitions, BW GAS & Convenience will begin rolling out a new national convenience store brand named Yesway, which will also be headquartered in Des Moines. BW GAS & Convenience plans to spend approximately $6.7 million to upgrade and remodel the stores that will be rolled into the Yesway portfolio, which will feature an expanded product assortment and food service offerings.
OMAHA — Dougherty Funding LLC has provided a $16.1 million loan for a 196-unit affordable housing property in Omaha. The borrower, Omaha Leased Housing Associates II LLLP, will use the loan proceeds to refinance the property and complete unit and amenity renovations. Bluff at Cherry Hills Apartments includes a fitness center, garages, playground, clubhouse and swimming pool. Unit amenities include kitchen appliances, in-unit washers and dryers, walk-in closets and patios or balconies. The complex offers two-, three- and four-bedroom townhomes. Dougherty Funding arranged the financing.
SAGINAW, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has brokered the sale of a 141,231-square-foot retail building in Saginaw for an undisclosed price. LNR Partners LLC sold the single-tenant building, located at 3828 Bay Road, to A.T. Frank Floor Covering via Ten-X. The store was formerly occupied by Value City and is situated on a 17.2-acre site. A.T. Frank Floor Covering will occupy the building, which will serve as the company’s seventh location. Rich Deptula of Friedman represented both parties in the transaction.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 28-unit apartment property in St. Paul for $2.3 million. Birmingham Woods, located at 1424 and 1426 Case Ave., was built in the early 1980s and consists entirely of three-bedroom/one-bathroom units. A private investor purchased the asset from a limited liability company. The seven-building complex features amenities such as a pet play area, courtyard, laundry facility, extra storage and garage parking. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Josh Talberg and Evan Miller of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Clarion Partners has purchased Pompano Business Center, a four-building, 624,531-square-foot industrial complex in Broward County’s Pompano Beach. Clarion purchased the asset on behalf of a commingled fund advised by the firm for $77.3 million. The Class A industrial park is located near the Florida Turnpike and I-95. The project features clear heights ranging from 24 to 28 feet, parking and T5 lighting. Pompano Business Center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Columbia Property Trust Inc. has sold an office property at 800 N. Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg for $48 million. The buyer, SunCap Property Group, plans to redevelop the asset as a distribution center. The 40-acre property includes a 393,000-square-foot office building that formerly housed an IBM data center. Columbia Property Trust plans to use the proceeds from the transaction to reduce borrowings on its revolving credit facility.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has closed on the purchase of a 95-acre site in north Charlotte known as The Metrolina Expo Center for the development of Metrolina Park, a 1.2 million-square-foot manufacturing and logistics campus. Beacon Partners purchased the site from Linda Pistone for an undisclosed price. The industrial park will be situated off Statesville Road nearly one mile from I-77. Phase I of the development features two spec facilities totaling more than 600,000 square feet, as well as infrastructure and pre-grading on three additional lots to accommodate an additional 600,000 square feet. The two facilities include a 140,634-square-foot rear-load building fronting Statesville Road and a 495,950-square-foot cross-dock facility located near the park’s entrance. Beacon Partners plans to deliver both properties in the second quarter of 2017. The development team includes general contractor Edifice, civil engineer Orsborn Engineering Group and architect Merriman Schmitt. Wells Fargo provided construction financing on behalf of Beacon Partners.
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Dermody Properties has begun construction on LogistiCenter at 480, a 546,000-square-foot industrial facility located in Shepherdsville, about 20 miles south of Louisville near the Louisville International Airport and the UPS Worldport air hub. The project will be situated within Cedar Grove Business Park on Park Loop Road, less than two miles from the I-65 and Kentucky Highway 480 interchange. Users within Cedar Grove Business Park include Amazon, Best Buy, Clorox, eBay, Gordon Foods, UPS and Zappos. LogistiCenter at 480 will include 36-foot clear heights, 49 dock doors, 63 trailer stalls and 320 parking stalls. Dermody and general contractor Gordian Design and Construction expect to deliver the asset by the end of the year. Dermody has selected Kevin Grove and Doug Butcher of CBRE to lease the asset, which Dermody thinks will be well-suited for an e-commerce user.