CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the sale of a multifamily property in Chicago for $1.8 million. Kinsch Family Trust sold the asset, located at 7427-39 N. Winchester Ave., to an undisclosed buyer. Located in the Rogers Park neighborhood, the 20-unit building sold at a capitalization rate of 6 percent. The asset is comprised of 14 two-bedroom units and six one-bedroom units and includes 17 parking spaces. The buyer plans to make unit and operational improvements. Craig Martin of Interra represented both parties in the transaction.
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WAHIAWA, HAWAII — CBRE has arranged $19.7 million in acquisition financing for the 106-unit Palms of Kilani apartment complex in Wahiawa. The community is located at 1060 Kilani Ave. It was built in 1972 and renovated in 2005. The 10-year, floating rate loan was provided to DiNapoli Capital Partners. The company purchased the asset for $26 million. DiNapoli plans to invest an additional $450,000 to renovate the property. CBRE’s Andrew Behrens and Jesse Weber secured the loan.
VAN NUYS, CALIF. — REX Investment has purchased a 54,597-square-foot industrial facility in the Los Angeles submarket of Van Nuys for $8.7 million. The four-building facility is located at 7730-7750 Gloria Ave. and 7739-7751 Densmore Ave. It is situated two blocks from Van Nuys Airport. Yair Haimoff of NAI Capital represented REX Investment. The seller was Camillus and Phyllis Decinces.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Sacramento-based Armstrong Development Properties Inc. is developing a retail center at the former Hubacher Cadillac dealership, located at 1 Cadillac Drive in Sacramento. Situated on 6.4 acres at the corner of Howe Avenue and Fair Oaks Boulevard, the site will be redeveloped into a multi-tenant retail center, including a 16,900-square-foot CVS/pharmacy, 8,900 square feet of restaurant and shop space, and a 36,144-square-foot Raley’s grocery store. Demolition on the existing car dealership began in 2015, and the new center is slated for completion in spring 2017.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Room & Board has signed an eight-year, 12,000-square-foot lease for retail space within South Coast Collection (SOCO), located at 3303-3323 Hyland Ave. in Costa Mesa. The Minneapolis-based modern furniture and home furnishings retailer is relocating to SOCO from South Coast Plaza where it had occupied 36,000 square feet for 15 years. SOCO features more than 300,000 square feet of showrooms, restaurants, artisan food purveyors, boutiques and creative studios. Myron Sokolsky of NAI Capital represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Terms of the transaction were not released.
SAN DIEGO — Union Cowork has signed a 10-year lease for the Unicorn Building in downtown San Diego. The historic space is located at 704 J St. This will be the cowork space’s fifth location in Southern California, which includes two additional outposts in the San Diego submarket of North Park. David Maxwell and Bill Shrader of Colliers International represented both Union Cowork and the landlord, PREF Unicorn, an affiliate of Paragon Real Estate Investments, in this transaction.
SEATTLE — MetLife (NYSE: MET) has purchased Alley24, a 215,402-square-foot, Class A office building with ground floor retail in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket, for $129.3 million. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the sellers, Vulcan Inc. and PEMCO Insurance Co. MetLife assumed an existing life insurance company loan as part of the purchase. Alley24 is located at 221 Yale Ave. N. Completed in 2006, the property was one of Seattle’s first mixed-use projects to earn LEED certification and features sustainable elements such as natural daylight, operable windows, energy-efficient water flow fixtures, automatic sun-tracking sun shades and environmentally sensitive building materials. The 85 percent-leased property serves as the corporate headquarters for architectural firm NBBJ. Additional tenants include Skanska and Cole & Weber. Alley24 offers tenants two roof decks and flexible floor plans. Todd Tydlaska, Nick Kucha and Michael Leggett led the HFF team. “Alley24 is one of the only true mixed-use assets in the South Lake Union submarket, a centrally located, high-amenity, pedestrian-oriented location that has maintained historical occupancy of more than 96 percent since it was completed,” says Tydlaska. MetLife’s stock price closed at $37.43 per share on Friday, Feb. 12, down from $50.86 one year prior. — …
There is a popular song from the HBO show Treme written and performed by Steve Earle titled “This City Won’t Wash Away”. Ten years ago the wind and water of Hurricane Katrina threatened to destroy almost a third of the multifamily market in metro New Orleans. After a decade of rebuilding, the multifamily market has emerged as one of the most dynamic and resilient markets in the country. For 10 straight years this world-class city has seen strong demand, increasing rents and stable occupancy. New Orleans is not only unique in its food, music and culture, but also its geography. The Crescent City is situated on the bend of the Mississippi River with Lake Pontchartrain to its north and wetlands to the east and west. The ability to increase inventory in Metro New Orleans is seriously impaired by a lack of land, as well as historic and demographic factors. Over the past 14 years the multifamily inventory in metro New Orleans has only increased by 10,500 units, an average of only 750 units per year. Included in that number is the rebuilding of existing inventory damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Fifty percent of the increase of inventory has been in downtown …
SAN FRANCISCO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a total of $268 million in refinancing for a pair of San Francisco-based industrial portfolios. The first portfolio received $141 million and contained 18 properties with a total of 3.3 million square feet. Major tenants include Ashley Furniture, Anixter and US Foods. The second portfolio received $127 million and contained 12 properties. Major tenants include Amazon, LG Electronics and FedEx. Dennis Williams of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco office finalized the refinancings for both institutional borrowers through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
LOS ANGELES — A private investor has purchased the 21-unit Verona Villas condominium complex in the Los Angeles submarket of Toluca Lake for $14.7 million. The community is located at 10640 Woodbridge St. It was built in 2008. Matt Ziegler of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer. The same firm’s Jeff Louks and Daniel Hirth represented the seller, the property’s developer.