VENTURA, CALIF. — IRA Capital Advisors has acquired Poinsettia Plaza, a specialty retail shopping center in Ventura. Poinsettia Plaza LLC sold the property for $50 million. Located at 4220-4360 E. Main St. and 4687-4731 Telephone Road, the 153,200-square-foot shopping center is 84 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Ross Dress For Less, Office Depot, Lamps Plus, FedEx Office, Petco, Starbucks Coffee, Sally Beauty Supply, The Coffee Bean, Sherwin Williams and The Avenue. Dixie Walker and Charley Simpson of Cushman & Wakefield’s Retail Services group represented the seller, while the buyer represented itself.
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PHOENIX — Velocis has purchased Park One, a 205,405-square-foot office and retail project in Phoenix, for $39 million. The project is located at 2111, 2121 and 2141 E. Highland Ave. The property contains two office buildings, along with a restaurant space that is fully leased to Half Moon Windy City Sports Grill. The office portion was 84 percent occupied at the time of sale. Park One was built between 1982 and 1983. CBRE’s Barry Gabel, Chris Marchildon and Kevin Shannon (Shannon is now with NGKF) executed the transaction. The seller was MS MCC Park One LLC, a joint venture between Morgan Stanley and McCarthy Cook & Co.
COLTON, CALIF. — Centrepointe – JMYL PL has acquired Centrepointe Plaza, located at 1040 S. Mt. Vernon Ave. in Colton, for $22 million. Constructed in 1992, the center features 109,000 square feet of retail space. NorthStar Realty Finance, in conjunction with Wilemon & Associates and JB Resources, provided financing for the acquisition. Mario Alvarez of NAI Capital and Jack Lee of JMYL LP development represented the buyer, while Jamie Harrison of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Chicago-based Centrepointe Plaza, in the deal. The buyer purchased the property as a value-add opportunity.
NXT Capital Provides $29.6M in Acquisition Financing for Signature Place Apartments in Phoenix
by Nellie Day
PHOENIX — NXT Capital has provided $29.6 million in acquisition financing for its sponsor to acquire 300 units of the 440-unit Signature Place apartment community in Phoenix. The community is located at 600 W. Grove Parkway. Signature Place is situated near Arizona State University, Tempe Town Lake, ASU Research Park, the South 101 corridor and the Sky Harbor International Airport. Amenities include a fitness center, two pools, an indoor racquetball court, tennis court, and access to mountain trails and a putting green. NXT’s sponsor in the transaction manages more than 2,000 units across metro Phoenix. Brandon Harrington of Walker & Dunlop placed the loan with NXT.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — Hollywood Park Casino Co. has announced the new Cary Grant Pavilion at Hollywood Park Casino (HPC) will open this fall in Inglewood. The casino will be situated on nearly 11 acres that face the newly expanded Century Boulevard, just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles and minutes from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Cary Grant Pavilion at HPC will be built just steps away from the former site of Hollywood Park Casino. The new iteration will contain 110,000 square feet, with 125 card game tables, simulcast wagering, Century Bar & Grill, a lounge and a gourmet café. Developers broke ground in July 2015. JCJ Architecture designed the property.
HOUSTON — PCCP LLC has provided a $73.1 million senior construction loan to Houston-based Medistar Corp. for the development of the 21-story InterContinental Houston Medical Center in Houston. The hotel will include 353 rooms and a six-story parking garage, along with 11,800 square feet of meeting space and a 7,800-square-foot ballroom. Medistar has retained Houston-based TRC Capital Partners, a hotel development firm, to co-develop the project. Construction has begun and is scheduled for completion in late 2018. InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) will provide management services as the full-service operator at the property. The hotel will be developed on a 60,000-square-foot site bordered by Main Street and Old Main Street and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center of Houston. The hotel’s ground floor will contain the lobby, reception area, restaurant, bar and lounge, with the parking garage directly above the ground-floor amenities. The remaining 13 floors will contain a fitness center, outdoor pool, guestrooms and suites.
COPPELL, TEXAS — Addison-based Biel Partners has brokered a 19,000-square-foot office/warehouse lease for Triathlon Battery Solutions Inc. The company is a United States incorporated entity with investment backing from its German parent, Triathlon Batterien GmbH. The new location will be Triathlon’s headquarters within the United States. Triathlon supplies clients with lead-acid and lithium-ion batteries powering equipment such as electric forklifts and pallet jacks, electric industrial trucks and mobile lifting platforms. Triathlon occupied its new space at 631 Southwestern Blvd., Suite 140 in Coppell earlier this month and will hold a grand opening ceremony in October. Jeremy Kelly of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, ML Realty, in the lease deal.
HOUSTON — McCarthy Building Cos. has begun construction on a facility for Texas Children’s Hospital that will house the hospital’s pediatric and residents’ primary care group clinic. The project includes the demolition of existing interior space and construction of a 20,000-square-foot facility. When completed in November, the building will include a waiting area, exam rooms, nurses’ stations, administrative offices, staff lounge, storage, radiology and ultrasound space and a work room. Preston Hodges and Mike Kacal lead McCarthy’s specialized solutions group, which focuses on healthcare, laboratory and higher education interior renovation projects.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Transpacific Development Co. (TDC) has acquired a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution building in Fort Worth developed and occupied by logistics solutions provider DHL Supply Chain. Completed in June, the property is located at 5600 Mark IV Parkway, near the intersection of I-35 and I-820. John Huguenard and Sean Devaney of JLL represented DHL Supply Chain in the transaction. 5600 Mark IV Parkway was built with 36-foot clear heights, 154 dock doors, parking for 200 cars and 350 trailers and an ESFR fire suppression system. The building’s infrastructure was reinforced to withstand 120-mile-per-hour winds. DHL is preparing to break ground on a speculative basis on an adjacent building, totaling 712,500 square feet, with similar specifications. That building is scheduled for completion next spring.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Aprima Medical Software Inc., a provider of electronic health records, practice management and revenue cycle management solutions for medical practices, has signed a lease for its 55,000-square-foot corporate headquarters at 1010 E. Arapaho Road in Richardson. The facility will house 250 Aprima employees, who will be relocating from other north Texas facilities, including the company’s current headquarters in Carrollton. Aprima expects to occupy the new facility beginning in August. The new headquarters will house Aprima’s corporate administrative functions, product development, customer support, training and project management and revenue cycle management operations. John Roper of CBRE represented the tenant in lease negotiations. Momentum Commercial Realty’s Roy Greenberg and Bryan Lurie handled negotiations on behalf of the property owner. Dallas-based Momentum Commercial Realty recently acquired the three-story office building known as 1010 Arapaho, in which Aprima’s new headquarters will be based.