SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has secured approximately $90 million in acquisition and repositioning financing for an eight-building office and R&D campus in San Diego. The property is located at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive in the Rancho Bernardo submarket. Financing was arranged on behalf of the buyer, an entity owned and managed by Swift Real Estate Partners. CBRE tailored the balance-sheet financing with a base term of three years and the ability to extend the loan as long as seven years. The non-recourse financing included capital toward the purchase of the property, as well as funding to perform capital improvements to reposition the buildings and amenities. The funds will also cover tenant improvements and leasing commissions. CBRE structured a prepayment provision that will allow Swift to sell individual buildings or refinance with long-term debt. CBRE closed the financing with Acore Capital, a domestic advisor of debt investments that worked on behalf of a Japanese Life Insurance Company.
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FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Priderock has purchased the 309-unit Arcadia Townhomes in the Seattle submarket of Federal Way for $68.5 million. The community is located at 1300 S.W. Campus Drive. Community amenities include barbeques and a gazebo, fitness center, clubhouse with Wi-Fi, outdoor pool, hot tub, biking and walking paths. JLL’s David Young and Corey Marx represented the seller, a joint venture between TruAmerica Multifamily and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has unanimously approved plans for the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s new Anita May Rosenstein Campus in Hollywood. Slated for opening in early 2019, the campus will serve as the new administrative headquarters for the Center, and include up to 100 units of affordable housing for seniors, 100 beds for homeless youth, new senior and youth centers, up to 35 units of permanent supportive housing for young people, and ground-floor retail space. Architecture firm KFA, in collaboration with design firm Leong Leong, is the architect for the development. The project will tie together The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, creating one large campus. Currently, The Village includes two theaters, two gallery spaces, offices for AIDS/LifeCycle and community meeting space. The campus expansion will also free up space at the Center’s McDonald/Wright building, which can then be fully dedicated to medical and mental health care, addiction recovery services, HIV/STD testing and treatment and other medical services. The project will now seek approval from the Los Angeles City Council. The Los Angeles LGBT Center was founded in 1969 and claims to serve more people in the LGBT community than any other organization in the …
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $42.1 million sale of Southgate Plaza, a 339,369-square-foot shopping center in Sacramento. Tenants at the center include Walmart Neighborhood Market, 99 Ranch Market, 99 Cents Only, Ross Dress for Less, Baskin-Robbins, Sally Beauty and Payless Shoe Source. CBRE’s Philip D. Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Todd Goodman, Megan Wood, Matt Burson, Kirk Brummer, Preston Fetrow and John Read represented the seller, Wrightwood Financial, and the buyer, a subsidiary of NewMark Merrill Cos. LLC, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged $15.1 million in acquisition and renovation financing for The Palazzo, a 359-unit continuing care retirement community in Phoenix. The renovations will modernize the community and change the unit mix among the continuum of care. The firm’s Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig and Timothy Hosmer arranged the financing on behalf of a joint venture between Westport Capital Partners and Integro Healthcare Consulting. PNC Bank provided the capital. Integro will operate the community after the acquisition.
Capstone, Provident Secure Financing for Development of $139M On-Campus Community at UMass Boston
by Amy Works
BOSTON — Capstone Development Partners and Provident Commonwealth Education Resources Inc. have closed on the financing for a $139 million student housing and dining community to be constructed on the University of Massachusetts Boston campus. The development will be the first on-campus student housing at the university. The two-building, 250,000-square-foot community is set to feature 1,077 beds targeted for primarily first-year students and an approximately 23,000-square-foot dining facility. The property will also include living-learning amenities such as seminar rooms, study lounges and other social and academic amenities to support student success and enhance the quality of campus life. Structured as a public-private partnership project, the development is being financed by tax-exempt revenue bonds issued by the Massachusetts Development Authority and underwritten by Citigroup. Provident Commonwealth Education Resources will own the housing and dining space, subject to a ground lease from the institution. UMass Boston and Capstone On-Campus Management will manage the housing. The design-build team for the project includes Elkus Manfredi Architects and Shawmut Design and Construction. Construction is slated to begin within the coming weeks, with completion scheduled for fall 2018.
Capital Group Properties Secures Anchor for Mixed-Use Development in Maynard, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
MAYNARD, MASS. — Colliers International, on behalf of developer Capital Group Properties, has secured a grocery anchor for the planned 293,500-square-foot Maynard Crossing property in Maynard. Market 32 by Price Chopper has signed a lease for 68,000 square feet of space at the mixed-use project, which is slated to break ground in the second quarter of 2017 with completion scheduled for summer 2018. Upon completion, the project will feature two full-service and two fast-casual restaurants, a 20,000-square-foot health club, a community bank, hardware store, apparel stores, and medical care center, as well as 180 residential rental units and a 143-unit independent senior living facility. Colliers International Boston is the leasing team for the development.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a land site located at 88 Withers St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. BK Developers and RYBAK Development acquired the site from Withers 88 Group LLC for $11.5 million, or $340 per buildable square foot. The corner site was purchased with approved plans for a 39,000-square-foot building comprising 33 residential units and a ground-floor retail unit. The residential portion will include three three-bedroom units, 14 two-bedroom apartments, eight one-bedroom units and eight studio apartments. Brendan Maddigan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
R.W. Holmes Realty Facilitates $1.9M Sale of Office, Warehouse Property in Bellingham, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
BELLINGHAM, MASS. — R.W. Holmes Realty has arranged the sale of an office and warehouse building located at 24 Williams Way in Bellingham. Gainsboro Brothers LLC sold the property to Matt Clark of TMC Holdings & Development for $1.9 million. Situated on three acres, the building features 34,700 square feet of office and warehouse space. The buyer plans to renovate the property and site for multi-tenant use. John Eysenback of R.W. Holmes represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
Adolfson & Peterson Completes Construction of 88-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Metro Dallas
by Amy Works
ALLEN, TEXAS — Adolfson & Peterson Construction has completed construction of Christian Care Senior Living Community, an 88-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Dallas suburb of Allen. Christian Care Centers owns the community, which REES Architects designed. Christian Care Senior Living Community features 22 independent living cottages, 32 assisted living units and 34 memory care units in a 72,000-square-foot, two-story building. Christian Care Centers is a nonprofit, faith-based owner and operator of several communities in the Metroplex area. The company is headquartered in Mesquite, Texas. Adolfson & Peterson Construction is a construction firm with offices in Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Portland, Ore., and Tacoma, Wash.