NEW ORLEANS — Kennedy Funding Financial has closed a $1.5 million acquisition loan for a 40,000-square-foot lot in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans. Fronting Charles Street and bounded by Mazant and Royal streets, the site houses a former seafood processing plant. The borrower, Pelican Royal LLC, plans to develop a 43-room, 32,000-square-foot hotel and hostel known as Stateside on the site. Slated to open in early 2018, Stateside will feature a laundromat, courtyard, pool, restaurant and bar and a coffee and juice shop.
LOS ANGELES — An affiliate of Swig Co. has acquired Sepulveda Center, a 178,157-square-foot office tower in West Los Angeles, for $68.2 million. The Class A tower is located at 3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd. The 12-story property is 83 percent leased to a mix of media, technology and financial tenants. The new owner will implement a capital improvement plan that will update the lobbies, bathrooms and outdoor facilities. The plan will also expand the common building amenities. The seller was KBS Capital Advisors. HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Andrew Harper and Michael Leggett executed the sale. The firm also worked on behalf of the new owner to secure a three-year, floating-rate loan through MetLife Real Estate.
NORTH LAS VEGAS — The Bascom Group has purchased the 312-unit Trellis Park Crossroads Apartments in North Las Vegas for $35.3 million. The community is located at 3825 Craig Crossing Drive. Trellis Park was built in 2009. It is situated near the 95 and 215 freeways, less than 10 miles from the Las Vegas Strip. CBRE’s Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice arranged a $31.5 million loan with Resource Real Estate Funding for the transaction. The firm’s Spence Ballif executed the sale.
SAN DIEGO — McEwen-Otay LLC and MP McEwen I LLC have acquired Cornerstone Centre, a 43,423-square-foot multi-tenant flex industrial property in the San Diego submarket of Rancho Bernardo, for $7.4 million. The facility is located at 10840 Thornmint Road. Cornerstone Centre was built in 1990. The building was fully occupied by six tenants at the time of sale. Mark McEwen of Colliers International represented the buyers. Randy LaChance, Brian Mulvaney and Josh West of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller, CRP – 2 San Diego, in this transaction.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — GolfTEC has leased 17,000 square feet of office/flex space at the Inverness Business Park in Englewood. The space is located at 67 Inverness Drive E. JLL’s Todd Roebken, David Welker and Mike Deatley represented the golf lesson provider. TJ Smith and David Hazlett of Colliers represented the landlord in this transaction.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Leading grocery retailer ALDI has earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its environmentally sustainable distribution center and regional headquarters in Moreno Valley. According to USGBC, LEED projects are responsible for diverting more than 80 million tons of waste from landfills. Compared to the average commercial building, LEED Gold buildings consume a quarter less energy and generate 34 percent lower greenhouse gas emissions. To meet LEED Gold standards, ALDI worked with Graycor Construction Co. as a design-build partner along with architects and engineers to improve the design and materials used in the development of its distribution center and regional headquarters. The sustainable building features include: • Renewable energy from onsite solar panels that provide 60 percent of the electricity. • Ammonia refrigeration system, which is a naturally occurring element and highly energy-efficient. • Electric vehicle charging stations and bicycle racks that promote the use of greener methods of transportation. • Water-efficient landscaping and plumbing. Partners in the project include Graycor, HPA Architecture, Webber/Smith Associates, Inc., Gregg Electric, Inc., Air Control Systems, HSA Engineering Inc., Huitt-Zollars, Ridge Landscape Architects and KDI. Throughout the construction of its Moreno Valley warehouse, …
OAKDALE, N.Y. — Amity University, a non-profit international educational organization, has acquired St. John’s University’s 170-acre campus, located at 500 Montauk Highway in Oakdale for $22.4 million. The campus includes 11 buildings totaling 260,000 square feet. The acquisition enables the seller, St. John’s, to continue offering its existing academic programs under a lease agreement through June 2017 as Amity University assumes control of the property immediately. Helen Hwang and Karen Wiedenmann, formerly of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Andrew Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Ryan Dowd and David Pennetta of Cushman’s Metropolitan Area Capital Markets group, represented St. John’s in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Tribeca Associates plans to reposition 30 Broad Street, a 47-story office tower located in Manhattan’s Financial District, which the company purchased in April. The 477,000-square-foot building will undergo an infrastructure modernization and renovation to suit the needs of today’s tenants. Additionally, office spaces will be updated with new fixtures and fittings as part of the prebuilt program as they become vacant. The lobby will be revitalized with a custom light installation, contemporary artwork by Annica Cuppetelli and Cristobal Mendoza, and an expanded coffee bar. Building amenities will also be added in the central amenities suite. The repositioned building will offer full-floor branding opportunities for tenants that start at 5,881 square feet. Andrew Peretz, Hal Stein, David Malawer, Courtney Adham and Daniel Appel of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank are the leasing agents for the property.
UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the sale of 10 Mountainview, an office building located in Upper Saddle River. Mack-Cali Realty Corp. sold the property to Moshe Gold, on behalf of a private investment group, for $19.7 million. At the time of sale, the 207,730-square-foot building was 67 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Sherwin Williams and Stryker. Jeffrey Dunne, Kevin Welsh and Brian Schulz of CBRE Institutional Properties, in collaboration with Jeffrey Babikian of CBRE’s Saddle Brook, N.J., office, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
PHILADELPHIA — Berkadia, on behalf of Casa Farnese Inc. and PRD Management, has secured $11.1 million in financing for Casa Farnese, Philadelphia’s first affordable housing community for seniors. Proceeds of the loan were used to renovate the property in advance of its upcoming 50th anniversary. Kevin Kozminske and Brian Campbell of Berkadia arranged two loans through the firm’s partnership with HUD: a $7.04 million loan under section 207/223(f) and a $4.11 million loan under section 241(a) to finance improvements to the community. The non-recourse loans provide 90 percent loan-to-cost financing and 35-year amortization schedules. The financing enables the owners to complete a $9.7 million rehabilitation effort on the property, while also meeting the first mortgage’s payment terms. Gilbane Building Co., serving as general contractor, finalized the renovations to the 18-story, 288-unit building in March.