LAKEWOOD, OHIO — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has acquired Lakewood City Center, a 67,280-square-foot shopping center located in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, for an undisclosed price. A 39,400-square-foot Marc’s grocery store anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Gamestop, Best Cuts, Pet Supplies Plus, the UPS Store, Boston Market, Marco’s Pizza, Ace Cash Express, T-Mobile, Palm Beach Tan and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
CORONA, CALIF. — The Shops at Dos Lagos are welcoming two new retailers to the retail center located at 2780 Cabot Drive in Corona. Creative Souls Art Lounge is opening a 2,800-square-foot location at the property. The art lounge will bring its paint-and-sip concept to the area, as well as space for private parties. Additionally, Stone Church Brewery is joining the tenant roster at The Shops at Dos Lagos with a 2,483-square-foot location with up to 12 beers on tap. Creative Souls Art Lounge is hosting its grand opening on April 7, and Stone Church Brewery is celebrating its grand opening on April 23.
BALTIMORE — Vision Properties has acquired 100 East Pratt, a 662,708-square-foot trophy office tower at 100 E. Pratt St. overlooking Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, for $187 million. Vision acquired the asset from Columbia Property Trust (NYSE: CXP). The building is the long-time headquarters of T. Rowe Price, a global investment firm that leases roughly 65 percent of the building. Other tenants of the tower, which was 98.5 percent leased at the time of sale, include PriceWaterHouseCoopers, Merrill Lynch and Tydings & Rosenberg. The property is located in downtown Baltimore near Harborplace and The Gallery, as well as a multitude of dining and retail options around the Inner Harbor and along Pratt Street. Stephen Conley, Jim Meisel, Dek Potts, Andrew Weir and Matt Nicholson of HFF represented Columbia Property Trust in the transaction, which also included the property’s 932-space parking garage. Vision Properties plans to upgrade the lobby of the 28-story building, according to reports by the Baltimore Business Journal. Columbia Property Trust intends to use the proceeds of the sale to repay a $119 million short-term bridge loan and borrowings on its unsecured credit facility. Vision Properties is a full-service real estate investment and management firm headquartered in New Jersey. The …
The Jacksonville multifamily market continues to enjoy strong fundamentals at levels not seen since before the recession. In fact, the last 18 to 24 months have seen a major record-setting environment. Jacksonville saw new records being set across the board from all asset classes in all submarkets. Class A and value-add assets continue to see cap rate compression and consequently we have new benchmarks for highest price per unit and price per square foot. In 2014, Jacksonville reached nearly $800 million in sales — accounting for more than 12,000 units (includes transactions exceeding $1 million). Based on the year-to-date transactional volume — $735 million with multiple large deals set to close by the end of the year — it’s safe to say that we will exceed last year’s amount. This is the highest sales volume for multifamily in Jacksonville in the last decade. The apartment market has experienced a steady improvement in fundamentals during the past 12 to 15 months. Effective rent increased 2.6 percent from $905 in the first quarter to $928 in the second quarter, which resulted in an annual growth rate of 5 percent. According to CBRE Econometric Advisors’ (CBRE EA) second quarter report, the forecast for …
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $43.9 million sale of University Village, a 180,681-square-foot, movie theater-anchored shopping center located in Riverside. University Village is located near the University of California at Riverside campus, and serves as the primary commercial area for the college. Philip Voorhees, Todd Goodman, Jimmy Slusher, Megan Wood, Matt Burson, Brad Rable, and Kirk Brummer of CBRE represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based partnership, in the transaction. A China-based private investor acquired the property.
ISSAQUAH, WASH. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, an Atlanta-based lender, has closed a $19.4 million first mortgage loan for Aegis of Issaquah. The property is a 99-unit assisted living, memory care and short-term rehabilitation community in the Seattle suburb of Issaquah. Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution (CME) Multifamily loan product provided the capital. Richard Thomas, senior vice president, and Meredith Davis, vice president, led the Grandbridge team on this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Meridian Capital Group has arranged the $4.8 million refinancing of a 12,630-square-foot mixed-use property located in Los Angeles. The two-story building, located at 8431 Melrose Place, features retail and office components, including Waterwork’s new flagship showroom. Drew Anderman and Sean Robertson of Meridian secured the seven-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, VE Equities, through a balance sheet lender. The financing features no prepayment penalty, and an amortization schedule that is coterminous with the ground lease.
TIGARD, ORE. — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $3.1 million Freddie Mac supplemental loan to Frontier Management LLC. The money will be used for strategic growth and property improvements at Washington Gardens Memory Care, a 48-unit memory care community in the Portland suburb of Tigard. The community opened in 2011. Frontier Management LLC manages 83 seniors housing properties serving more than 4,000 residents across the United States. The company is based in Portland. Doug Harper, director of seniors housing, and Casey Moore, director, led the Berkeley Point team. Harper operates out of the Columbus, Ohio, office while Harper works from the Boston office.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Kenneth Brown Salons has signed a lease for 4,000 square feet of retail space at 2700 W. Coast Highway within Mariners Mile Square in Newport Beach. The 10-year lease begins in May. Rick Turner of DAUM Commercial represented the tenant, while Ned McCune of Mariners Mile Co. represented the landlord in the transaction.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $165 million in permanent financing for The One, a multifamily property located at 110 First St. in Jersey City. The borrowers are BLDG and Ares Management LP. The seven-year loan, provided by a life insurance company, features a 3.5 percent rate and two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Constructed in 2015, the 35-story features 439 apartments, a landscaped rooftop with swimming pool, lounge, barbecue and fire pits. Aaron Birnbaum, Carol Shelby and Dani Sabesan of Meridian Capital negotiated the financing for the borrowers.