Downtown Indianapolis is already feeling the impact of Salesforce.com Inc.’s recent decision to lease more than 220,000 square feet for a new regional headquarters in the state’s tallest office building, located at 111 Monument Circle. The firm’s $40 million investment over 10 years includes expansion plans for its regional headquarters as well as changing the name of the 48-story office tower from Chase Tower to Salesforce Tower Indianapolis. This will be one of only four towers in the world that bear the Salesforce name — the others are located in New York, London and San Francisco. Salesforce.com, a publicly traded company (NYSE: CRM), is a business software provider best known for applications that help salespeople track customer contacts and marketers plan campaigns, according to The Wall Street Journal. The San Francisco-based tech company currently has 1,400 employees in Indianapolis and plans to hire 800 new employees over the next five years. The company is expected to move into the tower in early 2017. The firm currently leases space in three other buildings downtown. This speaks volumes about Indianapolis’ efforts to become the Midwest hub for technology. While Salesforce is one of Indianapolis’ largest technology employers, nearly 100 tech companies are …
The multifamily industry has entered a phase in the development cycle where the velocity of starts and completions is decreasing. Through the first 10 months of 2016, multifamily starts nationally are down 1.8 percent year-over-year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Completions are down 3.1 percent during the same period. One of the governors on construction today is the ample supply of existing multifamily product in the top markets nationally, according to the development panel at the seventh-annual InterFace Multifamily Southeast conference. Alan Dean, region president of multifamily development firm Terwilliger Pappas Multifamily Partners, cited Nashville as an example of an overheated market. “Nashville delivered a record 5,300 units in the past 12 months. Next year, they’re going to deliver 10,000 units,” said Dean at the conference, which was held on Thursday, Dec. 1 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. “Nashville in large part has been redlined by the financing community because of those supply numbers. Looking at it, it’s probably a healthy thing that the pipeline is slowing down and banks are pulling back.” Michael Blair, managing director of development at Atlanta-based Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, doesn’t believe overbuilding is …
LOS ANGELES — Waterton has purchased the 189-unit Candlewood North Apartments in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge for a reported $43.5 million. The community is located at 9830 Reseda Blvd. Candlewood North contains three three-story buildings with apartments ranging from studios to two bedrooms. The community is within walking distance of the Cal State Northridge campus. Waterton plans to renovate the property, including the unit interiors and amenities.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Badiee Development has broken ground on Carlsbad Victory Industrial Park in the San Diego submarket of Carlsbad. The park will be located at 3248 Lionshead Ave. The first phase is a 55,573-square-foot industrial building is slated for completion early next summer. Carlsbad Victory Industrial Park has been designed with a mix of office and warehouse space for two tenants with suites measuring 25,148 square feet and 30,425 square feet. The project will feature two upgraded tenant entries, dock-high and grade-level loading, 26-foot clear height, automatic fire suppression system, mezzanine space, skylights and a large outdoor patio area. Badiee has begun pre-leasing for Carlsbad Victory Industrial Park. Tucker Hohenstein and Mike Erwin of Colliers International is acting as the project’s leasing agents. The team also represented Badiee in the purchase of the land parcel for Carlsbad Victory Industrial Park in December 2015. Smith Consulting Architects is the architect and TFW Construction is the general contractor for Carlsbad Victory Industrial Park.
ARVADA, COLO. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Arvada West Town Center, an 83,279-square-foot shopping center located roughly 11 miles outside Denver in Arvada. Walmart Neighborhood Market shadow-anchors the center, which is 89 percent leased to tenants including AutoZone, Wendy’s, Fantastic Sam’s, The Salvation Army, Quiznos and Qdoba Mexican Grill. Kevin Fryman and Edward Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented the buyer, Starboard Realty Advisors LLC, and the seller, Arvada West 04 LLC, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $14.8 million sale of Bell Tower Village, a 166,830-square-foot shopping center in Glendale. Walgreens anchors the center, which was 63.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Planet Fitness, Harbor Freight Tools, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Audio Express and Mattress Firm. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Bell Tower Village LLC, in the transaction. New Bell Tower LLC, a company formed by DPC Development Co., acquired the property.
GRESHAM, ORE. — Radiant Senior Living has broken ground on a new memory care building at Farmington Square Gresham, an assisted living and memory care community in the Portland suburb of Gresham. The community currently features four buildings. The new memory care building will include 15 units that can house up to 26 residents. Construction is scheduled for completion in June 2017. Radiant Senior Living operates 18 communities in Oregon, Washington, Montana and Colorado.
CHICAGO — Barings Real Estate Advisers has provided a $250 million loan to Waterton for the refinancing of Presidential Towers in Chicago’s West Loop. The four-tower apartment community totals 2,346 units and is located at 555 W. Madison Street. Solomon Cordwell Buenz designed the four identical, 50-story towers. In addition to the 1.6 million square feet of residential space, the property also includes 135,193 square feet of retail space. HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, with Stephen Skok representing the borrower. Barings Real Estate Advisers, a subsidiary of Barings, is a real estate-focused investment adviser with $50 billion in assets under management. Waterton is a real estate investor and operator focused on U.S. multifamily and hospitality properties with over $5.3 billion in assets.
DELAWARE, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Troy Farms in Delaware, a suburb of Columbus, for $27 million. The apartment property was built in two phases between 2003 and 2006 and offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom garden and townhome units. Michael Barron, Daniel Burkons, Joshua Wintermute, Richard Lattro and Jordan Marshall of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, The Champion Cos. The team also procured the buyer, Connecticut-based Hamilton Point Investments.
WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Midwest Industrial Funds has acquired a 158,000-square-foot industrial building located at 825-845 Hawthorne in West Chicago. The property features 22-foot clear heights and 12 loading docks. The property was 50 percent leased to three tenants at the time of closing. Midwest Industrial Funds has started major renovation work on the property including installation of a new architectural metal panel façade with an LED exterior lighting scheme, new windows, resurfacing the parking lot and landscaping enhancements. Michael J. Androwich Jr. of Lee & Associates represented the seller in the transaction and will be handling leasing on the available spaces for Midwest Industrial.