ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — A California-based investment firm has purchased The Terraces of Roseville, a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, for $39 million. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, a New York-based private investment group, in the sale. Westmont Senior Living will continue to operate the community after the sale. The Terraces of Roseville was built in 1987 and sits on a 4.1-acre parcel. The community was sold out of bankruptcy as a value-add property. The proposed repositioning includes capital investment and/or a substantial expansion on the site as well as adjacent 1.3-acre parcel. The sale price equates to approximately $197,000 per unit and a capitalization rate of 6.8 percent based on in-place operating income. Blueprint’s Christopher Hyldahl was the lead advisor on the transaction and was supported by Gideon Orion and Mike Segal.
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RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group has purchased Riverside Healthcare Center, a 188-bed skilled nursing facility, for $12.5 million. Shep Roylance of JCH Senior Housing Group represented both the buyer and the seller, Lifehouse, in the transaction. Lifehouse will continue to operate the facility under a 15-year lease with two five-year extension options. Located in Riverside, approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles, Riverside Healthcare Center is situated on nearly four acres and features several one¬story buildings. Originally constructed in 1969, the site has grown to nearly 40,000 square feet.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Global Investors Fund has purchased a 93,254-square-foot Carlsbad industrial building for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 2765 Loker Ave. W. It is fully leased to global manufacturer Nordson Asymtek after formerly serving as the home of Ashworth Golf. The building was constructed in 1999. CBRE Global Investors represented itself in the transaction, while CBRE’s Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe and Andrew Taylor and Dennis Visser, as well as Todd Davis of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller, a privately held real estate investment advisor.
ATLANTA — Edens, a Columbia, S.C.-based developer, owner and operator of shopping centers, has broken ground on Moores Mill, a 70,000-square-foot shopping center in Atlanta’s West Midtown District. The $95 million project will be anchored by Publix and feature a mix of retailers and restaurants, as well as apartment residences, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Located on Moores Mill Road at Marietta Boulevard, Edens plans to deliver the property in June 2017. Edens held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, March 2 that was attended by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Edens executives, local government officials and economic development officers.
CLEMMONS, N.C. — Hankins Properties plans to develop Clemmons Town Center, a 246,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Clemmons, a suburb of Winston-Salem. The project will feature retail and restaurants in a Main Street layout, a 139-room hotel, office space, surface parking lot and a two-tiered parking deck. The project will anchor the 340-acre Village Point project, which features a 312-unit apartment community, Novant’s $100 million hospital complex, Morgan Elementary School, WFBMC Medical Plaza and a Publix-anchored shopping center known as Peace Haven Village. Lewisville, N.C.-based Gillon Design is the project’s architect. Winston-Salem-based Meridian Realty Group brokered the sale of the 20-acre site between Hankins and the seller, Village Pointe LLC. Hankins has retained Meridian Realty to lease and manage the project, which is slated to break ground later this summer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency (DCHFA) has provided acquisition and construction funding for Archer Park, a four-story, 190-unit affordable housing project in Washington, D.C.’s Congress Heights neighborhood. The developer, WC Smith, will build the community into the 1200 block of Mississippi Avenue Southeast. The project is being financed utilizing $28.2 million in DCHFA short- and long-term tax exempt bonds and $19.6 million raised through syndication of low income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). Archer Park is Phase I of a two-phase redevelopment project of the former Trenton Terrace apartment complex. Upon completion in summer 2017, Archer Park will feature 24 efficiency units, 95 one-bedroom units and 71 two-bedroom units. The project will be affordable to families whose incomes are at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI), with 14 units rented to families earning 30 percent or less of the AMI and 10 reserved as permanent supportive housing. The property will include a 128-space parking garage, solar panels on the roof, a roof terrace, fitness center, business center and a meeting room. Phase II of the project will be a 74-unit townhouse development that will be separately financed for sale.
ATLANTA — Kroger has sold Bouldercrest Distribution Center, a three-building, 528,000-square-foot cold storage/food distribution center in southeast Atlanta, for $14.5 million. Highridge Provender purchased the property, which features a 374,155-square-foot dry grocery warehouse, a 132,184-square-foot freezer warehouse and a 21,119-square-foot truck maintenance building. Kroger has owned the property since 1992, but is in the process of relocating to the 1.2 million-square-foot, build-to-suit Gillem Logistics Center in Forest Park, Ga. Kroger will lease Bouldercrest from Highridge Provender for one year during the transition. Chris Cummings and Turner Wisehart of Colliers International’s Atlanta office represented the buyer in the transaction and will market the project for lease going forward.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. — Windsor Aughtry Co. Inc. has brokered the $6.3 million sale of Hampton Inn Johnson City, a 77-room hotel located at 508 N. State of Franklin Road in Johnson City. Pleasantburg Hospitality Inc. sold the hotel, which it has owned since the hotel was built in 1995. Jay Alexander and Bill Fayssoux of Windsor Aughtry represented Pleasantburg Hospitality in the transaction.
Drexel, Brandywine Realty Trust Partner on Philadelphia’s $3.5B Schuylkill Yards Development
by John Nelson
PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) will co-develop the Schuylkill Yards mixed-use community on a 14-acre site in Philadelphia. The development costs weren’t disclosed, but the Philadelphia Business Journal estimates total costs will reach $3.5 billion. Initial phases of the projected 20-year innovation development plan will consist of 5 million square feet of mixed-use real estate on a 10-acre site next to Drexel’s main campus and adjacent to Amtrak’s 30th Street Station. The master-planned neighborhood within Philadelphia’s University City submarket will feature entrepreneurial spaces, educational facilities and research laboratories, corporate offices, residential and retail spaces, hospitality, cultural venues and public open spaces. “Drexel University and Brandywine’s shared vision for the continued renaissance of University City provides a strong foundation for a long-term partnership. Together, we will create a dynamic and world-class innovation hub to attract the brightest minds to our region,” says Gerard Sweeney, president and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust. “Schuylkill Yards will transform Philadelphia’s skyline as new towers rise on the west side of the Schuylkill River,” he continues. “Brandywine’s existing Cira Centre, EVO and FMC Tower at Cira Centre South projects in University City will provide a synergistic connection to Schuylkill Yards, creating …
Recovery is continuing to occur in the Delaware retail market and forecasts show it will continue in the year to come. The retail sector has been strong in Class A locations, while secondary centers have experienced less demand. Land values on major corridors remain high and the limited supply is expected to further this trend. The area around Christiana Mall continues to be a strong draw for national retailers. Recent new retail activity includes the Christiana Fashion Center, which has been approved for buildings totaling in excess of 500,000 square feet. Current tenants include The Container Store, REI, Nordstrom Rack, DSW, Saks OFF Fifth, Ulta Cosmetics and Jared Jewelers. Allied Properties is developing the center. Also in the Christiana area, Kimco is planning to develop the Christiana Promenade which will encompass more than 400,000 square feet. Demolition of an existing structure is underway. The city of Wilmington will see a new $40 million redevelopment of a popular retail and office location on the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Mayor Dennis Williams recently announced the project, which will redevelop the existing property into an attractive, high-quality mixed-use and pedestrian-oriented space that incorporates luxury residences above a first floor of quality retail …