DENVER — Griffis Residential has obtained an $81.9M acquisition loan to purchase the 400-unit Skye 2905 Urban Flats apartment community in Denver. The property is situated across from 20th Street from the Union Station neighborhood. The property was formerly named Skye 2905. HFF’s Eric Tupler and Josh Simon represented the borrower to place the 10-year, 3.98-percent, fixed-rate loan with five years of interest-only payments. A correspondent life insurance company provided the capital.
NAPA, CALIF. — A private investor has purchased the 42-unit Marina Vista Apartments in Napa for $10.3 million. The community is situated approximately one mile from Highway 29 and nearby to the 150,000-square-foot River Park Shopping Center. It was built in 1978. Greg Cohn of Capital Realty Group and Ron Karp represented the buyer. Vincent Schwab of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a syndicator based in Southern California, in this transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Staples has leased 263,413 square feet of industrial space at Interstate Crossroads Distribution Center (ICDC) in Portland. The center is situated in the Portland’s Airport Way industrial submarket at 16441 N.E. Cameron Blvd. Interstate Crossroads LLC (a partnership between Specht affiliates and Pacific Coast Capital Partners LLC) developed the warehouse and distribution center in 2015. Specht Properties manages the asset. Staples will use the facility for the warehousing and distribution of consumer goods. Paul Breuer and Jerry Matson of the Portland office of Colliers International represented ICDC.
DENVER — Pet Scoop has leased a 10,000-square-foot of industrial space in Denver. The space is located at 1260 West Byers Place. Pet Scoop is the largest private dog waste contractor in the state. Nick Schill of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented Pet Scoop in this transaction.
VISALIA, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a Chicago-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of Park Visalia Assisted Living, a 100-unit assisted living community in Central California. The community is located in Visalia in the San Joaquin Valley, approximately midway between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. The sellers, a Chicago-based private equity firm, acquired Park Visalia in 2014, investing in several capital improvement projects and bringing in a California-based third party management company to turnaround operations. However, after the first year occupancy remained constantly below market levels, the owner elected to transition the operations to a Midwest-based provider that stabilized key leadership staff positions and improved occupancy and cash flow. The buyer was a privately held real estate investment company based on the West Coast, with Park Visalia representing the company’s fourth California seniors housing acquisition in the past two years. The buyer plans to remodel the community, including the addition of a secured memory care wing. The purchase price was not disclosed. The new owner will transition management to a new operator that has several other communities in California. Jacob Gehl, Ben Firestone, and Michael Segal of Blueprint were the lead advisors on the transaction.
EAST ORANGE & ORANGE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates’ David Oropeza has arranged the $29.2 million sale of two apartment properties in East Orange and Orange. Oropeza represented the sellers and identified the buyers of each property. The first transaction was the $15.7 million sale of 151 units in East Orange. Oropeza also arranged the sale of 157 total units in Orange for $13.5 million.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Matt Halprin of New England Retail Properties has brokered a 24,000-square-foot lease to Liquors 44 at 1755 Boston Road in Springfield. Liquors 44 is locally owned and operated.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — CBRE’s capital markets debt and structured finance team has secured a $41 million acquisition loan for a 155,000-square-foot medical office building located at 1865 Marlton Pike E. in Cherry Hill. The property, which is leased on a long-term basis to University of Pennsylvania Health System, serves as a primary care center and clinical offices for medical practices including cardiology and radiology. CBRE’s Nick Harris, Steve Roth and Steven Doherty procured financing for the borrower.
Portsmouth, N.H. — The Kane Co. has negotiated a 4,081-square-foot lease for Medical Billing & Consulting in Portsmouth. Catie Medeiros of The Kane Co. represented the tenant in the lease at 95 Brewery Lane. Medical Billing & Consulting specializes in solving medical billing and revenue cycle challenges for healthcare clients. The property is located in the Malthouse Exchange Plaza, joining other tenants including Seacoast Sports Club, MoJo’s BBQ Grill, Portsmouth Center for Yoga and Wink Salon & Spa. Andy Fleisher of NAI Norwood Group represented the landlord in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Ready Capital Structured Finance has secured a $10.7 million non-recourse loan in New York City. The loan is for the recapitalization, renovation and stabilization of a 60-unit condominium property at 9511 Shore Road in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn. The collateral is part of a 104-unit, seven-story, condominium tower with views of the Narrows and Verrazano Bridge. Ready Capital Structured Finance closed a floating-rate interest-only loan featuring a 12-month term with two extension options and flexible pre-payment.
