GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Hines has purchased Goodyear Crossing II, an 820,384-square-foot fulfillment center in Goodyear, for $56.2 million. The center is situated near the I-10 Freeway and Loop 101. It also features 15,000 square feet of office space. JLL’s Bo Mills and Mark Detmer represented the seller, Gramercy Property Trust, in this transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — A joint venture between PCCP and Capstone Partners has commenced construction of PDX Logistics Center III, a 257,120-square-foot industrial complex in Portland. The two-building property will be situated approximately half a mile from the air cargo entrance at Portland International Airport and three miles from Interstate 205. DX Logistics Center III is designed to attract smaller, local distribution users with space needs averaging about 45,000 square feet and requiring office build-outs. Construction is scheduled for completion next August.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged a $48.8 million loan for the acquisition of the 300-unit Cape May at Harveston apartment community in Temecula. The community is located at 40140 Village Road. The garden-style complex was built in 2006. CBRE’s Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson and Brian Cruz arranged the financing on behalf of MIG Real Estate. The Fannie Mae loan features a 10-year term and floating rate.
IRVINE, CALIF. — WNC, an Irvine-based national investor in real estate and community development, has closed WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund 42 L.P., a $102 million institutional low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund. The fund is estimated to include 1,504 affordable housing units in total, and is comprised of 17 multifamily and seniors housing communities scheduled for new construction and rehabilitation. The properties will be located in 12 states, including Arkansas, California, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. This is the second national fund and third multi-investor fund WNC has closed in 2016, totaling $329.7 million.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Love Funding has secured a $26.3 million loan for the construction and permanent financing of Overlook at Prestonwood, a seniors housing community under development in Carrollton. Overlook at Prestonwood will offer 183 age-restricted apartment units in one four-story building and five standalone cottages on 5.5 acres. The property will include one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The main building will also house a clubhouse and other amenities. Love Funding’s Laura Saull-Smith secured the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The HUD program provided the development team with low-rate, non-recourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. James Sawyer, president of Warsaw Realty Group, brought the transaction to Love Funding. The principals of the ownership group include Charlie Nicholas, Luke Harry, Steven Rumsey and Chris Willhite. NE Construction will be the general contractor, and Capstone is the property manager. Brian Rumsey of Cross Architects is the architect of record for this project.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Austin-based JTM Development will break ground next week on Walsh Tarlton Overlook, a 55,000-square-foot office building in southwest Austin. Located just north of Capital of Texas Highway (Loop 360) and west of the Barton Creek Square Mall, the three-story building is located at 2530 Walsh Tarlton Lane. Sixthriver Architects designed the project, which will feature limestone, marble and walnut finishes throughout the building, as well as in the elevator lobbies and elevators. The structure includes a five-floor parking garage beneath the building. Walsh Tarlton Overlook is scheduled to open in 2017. The Burt Group is the general contractor on the project. TBG Group designed the landscaping. JTM Development is partnering on the project with Cypress Real Estate Advisors, which has owned the 16-acre site since 2007. Cypress received approval from the city of Austin to rezone the property for mixed-use development in 2011.
DALLAS — Pioneer Realty Capital LLC has closed a $13.8 million construction loan for a 130-room Home2 Suites Hotel in Dallas. The 82,130-square-foot property is an extended stay hotel featuring customizable guest room design. Amenities at the five-story hotel will include a combined laundry and fitness facility and pet-friendly accommodations. Freedom Hospitality LLC in Bryan is working with the contractor, Aguirre Roden Building Specialties Inc. of Dallas. Construction began in July. The 18-month project is scheduled to open in December 2017.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — MCR Development LLC has completed a renovation of the Courtyard by Marriott Brownsville, a 90-room select-service hotel. Located off I-69 East, the newly renovated hotel features an updated exterior with a stucco façade. The renovation of the hotel’s exterior follows recently completed updates to the interior, which included upgrading the lobby and guestrooms and the addition of a bistro. The hotel is located near Mitte Cultural District and the University of Texas at Brownsville.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has represented Panattoni Development Co. in the sale of a 24,000-square-foot office/warehouse facility located on 10.6 acres to Eagle Fabricators Inc. The facility is located at 5522 Shirley Lane in Houston. John Ferruzzo and Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented Panattoni Development during the transaction negotiations.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $63 million sale of a six-property, 1,244-unit apartment portfolio in Central Florida. The properties include the 200-unit Millennium Eagle in Orlando, the 344-unit Eagle Reserve in Orlando, the 248-unit Eagle Bay in Daytona Beach, the 232-unit Eagle Oaks in South Daytona, the 120-unit Eagle Park in Daytona Beach and the 100-unit Eagle Briar in New Smyrna Beach. The portfolio was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Michael Donaldson, Nicholas Meoli and Evan Kristol of Marcus & Millichap, along with Still Hunter III of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors division, represented the seller, a family partnership based in Daytona Beach. The team also procured the buyer, a private investor based in Miami.
