SAN FRANCISCO — A partnership between Blatteis & Schnur and Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing has acquired the 250,000-square-foot Macy’s Men’s Store located on Union Square in San Francisco for $250 million. The joint venture will redevelop the eight-story property, located at 120 Stockton St., into a mixed-use, retail-driven center. Anticipated uses for the development include flagship retail, art galleries, artisanal food, upscale restaurants and creative office space. A rooftop amenity is also being considered for the project, scheduled to open in 2021. Macy’s Men’s Store will remain as a tenant while the design, renovation and leasing of the new development progresses. Eastdil Secured acted as advisor to Macy’s Inc. in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between EdR and Opus Development Co. LLC has broken ground on a $164.9 million development adjacent to the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. The 407-unit student housing community will offer community amenities including a 24-hour fitness center, yoga studio, grilling area, dog park, club rooms, bike storage, terrace deck cabanas and 31,000 square feet of retail. EdR will own a 90 percent stake in the community, and will manage it upon completion in summer 2018.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — ValueRock Realty Partners has purchased a 76,939-square-foot office building in Long Beach for $24 million. The coastal infill property, known as Congressional Place, is located at 6700 E. Pacific Coast Highway. Congressional Place is fully leased to Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo and others. It was built in 1983. The seller was Colton Cos. The acquisition is part of a 1031 exchange for ValueRock.
LAS VEGAS — A China-based international investment group has purchased the 150-room Rumor Boutique Hotel in Las Vegas for $18 million. The hotel is situated directly across Harmon Avenue from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The property will soon be rebranded, as the Rumor brand was not part of the sale and will remain under the Siegel Group Nevada Inc. ownership. The Siegel Group plans to relocate the brand to an alternate location within the Las Vegas market. Cathy Jones and Josh Smith of Sun Commercial Real Estate represented The Siegel Group in the transaction.
FOSTER CITY, CALIF. — Atria Senior Living has opened Atria at Foster Square, a 155-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Foster City, located between San Francisco and San Jose. The six-story building totals 190,000 square feet. Atria is seeking LEED Silver certification for the community. The property is part of a larger multi-building development that includes additional housing and retail space aimed at seniors. Architecture firm Perkins Eastman designed the property, which San Francisco-based Webcor Builders constructed. Based in Louisville, Ky., Atria Senior Living is the eighth largest operator of seniors housing properties in the United States, according to 2016 numbers by the American Seniors Housing Association. The company totals 196 communities in 27 states and seven Canadian provinces, serving more than 21,000 residents.
LODI, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of Cedar Wright Gardens, an apartment complex located at 77 Mary St. in Lodi. Cedar Wright Apartments LLC acquired the property from Cedar Wright Gardens LP for $100 million. Situated on 31 acres, the property features 642 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts, on-site laundry facilities, off-street and optional garage parking and courtyards. Ken Uranowitz, Joseph Brecher and Greg Pine of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller and identified the buyer in the transaction.
BOSTON — HFF has arranged $63 million in financing for two office buildings, located at 320 and 333 Summer St. in Boston’s Seaport District. Frederic Wittman and Brett Paulsrud of HFF secured the 10-year, 3.65 percent fixed-rate loan with The Hartford Financial Services Group for the borrower, ASB Real Estate Investments. Totaling 217,000 square feet, the buildings feature loft-style space that is 97 percent leased to LogMeln, a PC data systems management firm that is merging into a subsidiary of Citrix. ASB’s Allegiance Fund, in a joint venture with Lincoln Property Co., owns the buildings.
NORWOOD, MASS. — Benchmark Senior Living has opened Benchmark Senior Living on Clapboardtree, a 90-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Boston suburb of Norwood. The community features 69 assisted living units and 21 memory care units. It is Benchmark’s 53rd community. Based in nearby Waltham, Benchmark is a developer, owner and operator of seniors housing communities in the Northeast, largely focused on New England.
NEW YORK CITY — Cignature Realty has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 3880 Broadway in the Washington Heights section of New York City. A South Florida investor acquired the building from Coltown Properties for $17.5 million, or $390 per square foot. The 44,868-square-foot building features 32 apartment units and three commercial spaces. Lazer Sternhell and Peter Vanderpool of Cignature represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. — Erickson Living, one of the largest seniors housing operators in the United States, has announced a Phase II expansion of Lantern Hill, the company’s 161-unit independent living community in New Providence, approximately 30 miles west of New York City. The expansion will add 114 additional independent living units to the property, for a total of 275. The new units will be in two new buildings scheduled to open in early 2018. Long-term, Erickson plans to turn the 20-acre property into a 360-unit continuing care retirement community. The first independent living phase opened in June 2016 and sold out in 10 weeks, according to Erickson.