REDMOND, WASH. — Equus Capital Partners has purchased Quadrant Willows B and D, a two-building office portfolio in Redmond, for $22.3 million. The Class B buildings are situated along Willows Road at the west end of the Redmond Valley. Notable employers in the area include Microsoft’s world headquarters and Nintendo USA’s headquarters. Equus purchased Quadrant Willows C and E in March 2016. The firm plans to make significant upgrades to all four buildings. The acquisition was made on behalf of Equus Investment Partnership X L.P. CBRE’s Scott Davis, Tom Pehl and Lou Senini represented the seller, Menlo Equities, in this transaction.
MAR VISTA AND BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Newmark Realty Capital has arranged two separate refinancing loans for a Beverly Hills-based developer for two retail properties in Mar Vista and Beverly Hills totaling $21.9 million. George Mitsanas and Doug Tisdale of Newmark secured an $8.6 million loan for a 38,665-square-foot Whole Foods Market in Mar Vista and a $13.3 million loan for a 25,496-square-foot, four-building retail portfolio in Beverly Hills. The 15-year loans, which feature 30-year amortization schedules, were placed with one of Newmark’s correspondent life insurance company lenders.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Second City Real Estate has acquired a 72,572-square-foot office building in Portland’s Lloyd District for $14.5 million. The building, known as 1500 Plaza, is located at 1500 N.E. Irving St. It was built in 1964 and designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. The property is currently 95 percent leased. More than one quarter of the space has already been converted into modern, creative workspace. JLL’s Paige Morgan and Buzz Ellis executed the sale. The seller was Swift Real Estate Partners.
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Civic Partners has received approval for the development of Artisan Alley at The Diamond in Lake Elsinore. Situated on 11 acres, the development will feature 95,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a 130-room hotel on the corner of Diamond Drive and Malaga Road. Designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning, the property will be built in two phases with the first phase including a 7,000-square-foot restaurant building, 21,500 square feet of brewery space, 11,200 square feet of retail and a 6,700-square-foot pad building for a restaurant or retail space. Artisan Alley will feature a variety of craft breweries, as well as complementary non-traditional food offerings and retailers. Groundbreaking is slated to begin early this year, with completion scheduled for 2018.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. plans to relocate its Nordstrom Rack store in Lakewood Center to Long Beach Exchange in Long Beach. The 28,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in spring 2018. Burnham Ward Properties LLC, an affiliate of Burnham USA Equities Inc., owns the property, which is occupied by Whole Foods 365 and a variety of dining and fitness offerings.
GULF BREEZE, FLA. — IRC Retail Centers and joint venture partner MAB American Retail Partners LLC have purchased 16 acres along U.S. Highway 98 in the Pensacola suburb of Gulf Breeze for the development of a Publix-anchored shopping center. The 66,000-square-foot property, known as Tiger Point Pavilion, will feature a 45,600-square-foot Publix grocery store, 1,400-square-foot Publix Liquors store, additional inline retailers and three freestanding pad buildings on the site. The development will be situated adjacent to a Lowe’s Home Improvement store and a Walmart Supercenter. The IRC-MAB joint venture has developed other Publix stores in the Southeast, including Shoppes at Rainbow Landing in Rainbow City, Ala., Weaverville Plaza in Weaverville, N.C.; and Midtown Mobile in Mobile, Ala. Construction of Tiger Point Pavilion is expected to kick off in the next few weeks and wrap up in the first quarter of 2018.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $57 million sale of Milton Park, a two-building office campus spanning 320,000 square feet in Alpharetta. Matt Tritschler of Avison Young represented the buyer, Adventus Realty Trust, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were undisclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that a venture between Talcott Realty Investors LLC and Greenstone Properties were represented by CBRE and sold the assets for $57 million. Milton Park is situated off North Point Parkway near North Point Mall and Avalon. The two six-story buildings were 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Landis+Gyr, Pegasystems and Schneider Electric.
EDINA, MINN. — CBRE has arranged a $56 million loan for the refinancing of 71 France Apartments in Edina, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. The mixed-use property consists of 241 luxury apartment units and 21,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The property was completed in the second quarter of 2016 and the residential portion is now 95 percent leased. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. provided the 10-year loan. Joel Torborg of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the borrowers, IRET and Schafer Richardson.
COLUMBIA, MD. — The Howard Hughes Corp. has acquired two office buildings in downtown Columbia for a combined $38.8 million. The firm purchased The American City Building, which is adjacent to a Whole Foods Market on Little Patuxent Parkway, for $16.5 million and One Mall North, a fully leased, four-story office building, for $22.3 million. Both purchases were underwritten in view of their future development potential. Howard Hughes plans to demolish the mostly vacant American City Building to make way for a mixed-use development with multifamily, retail and restaurant components. The company hasn’t unveiled plans for One Mall North, but the site is zoned for retail, office or multifamily use of up to nine stories. The redevelopment opportunity for these sites will aid in the city’s goal to revamp downtown Columbia. The Howard County government recently approved a $90 million tax increment financing (TIF) to fund public infrastructure improvements and a new parking garage in downtown Columbia’s Merriweather District, a 5 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Currently downtown Columbia has nearly 14 million square feet of vertical entitlements, including the Merriweather District.
INDIANAPOLIS — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Georgetown Commerce Park in Indianapolis. The sales price was not disclosed. The property consists of two buildings located at 7301 Georgetown Road. The property is 83 percent occupied by 19 tenants. Jeff Castell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Mann Properties and GCP Investments. Todd Vannatta and Kevin Archer of Cushman & Wakefield will manage the leasing of 25,000 square feet of vacant space. Cushman & Wakefield will also manage both buildings, comprising 148,977 square feet. Congaree River LLC was the buyer.