LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OHIO — BMC Capital has arranged a $3.6 million acquisition loan for a property net leased to Walgreens in Liberty Township, approximately 30 miles north of Cincinnati. The 10-year, interest-only loan features a fixed rate of 5.23 percent and a 30-year amortization schedule. Jada Jordan of BMC Capital arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower through a CMBS lender.
OAK CREEK, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has completed the sale of a 66,310-square-foot industrial building in Oak Creek, approximately 15 miles south of Milwaukee, for an undisclosed price. Southbranch Property LLC purchased the building from 2250 W. Southbranch LLC. Samuel M. Dickman Jr. and Samuel D. Dickman of The Dickman Company Inc. were the sole brokers in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Construction crews have begun infrastructure work on the redevelopment of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. The total development costs for the 10-year project will be $6 billion, according to the San Francisco Business Times. The development team, known as Treasure Island Community Development LLC, includes Lennar Urban (NYSE: LEN), Kenwood Investments, Stockbridge Capital Group and Wilson Meany. The San Francisco Planning Commission approved the project in 2011, and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP developed the master architectural and engineering plan. The development will feature up to 8,000 residential units, including 7,700 to 7,850 on Treasure Island and 150-300 units on Yerba Buena Island. At least 25 percent of the multifamily units will be offered at below-market rates. The project will also include up to 140,000 square feet of new retail space, 300 acres of parks and public open spaces, up to roughly 500 hotel rooms, a joint police/fire station and 100,000 square feet of office space. The development team will also repurpose Building 1 and Hangars 2 and 3 on Treasure Island and the historic buildings on Yerba Buena Island. According to Kenwood Investments’ website, the development could feature a …
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based PREIT has sold three non-core malls in Alabama and Virginia for $66 million. The malls include Gadsden Mall in Gadsden, Ala.; Wiregrass Commons Mall in Dothan, Ala.; and New River Valley Mall in Christianburg, Va. All three malls are anchored Belk and JC Penney. As part of its disposition strategy, PREIT has sold 13 non-core malls since November 2012, as well as a few retail power centers and land parcels, for roughly $600 million in gross proceeds. Average gross rents for the 13 malls sold were $28.82 per square foot, nearly 50 percent lower than PREIT’s portfolio average of $54.56 per square foot, excluding non-core malls. Average non-anchor occupancy for the 13 malls at the time of sale was 82.1 percent, which compares to a portfolio average of 92.9 percent at the end of 2015, excluding non-core malls.
GRETNA, LA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $29 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Calypso Bay Apartments, a 280-unit multifamily community in Gretna, situated across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and features a swimming pool, fitness center, billiards room and a business center. Dougherty’s Dallas office arranged the 40-year HUD 223(f) loan on behalf of the borrower, Calypso Bay LLC.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $25 million loan for the refinancing of Plaza Towers Apartments in Hyattsville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Built in 1963, the 289-unit, 11-story property is located at 6700 Belcrest Road. The building features a key-controlled entrance lobby, an office with a conference room, fitness and laundry rooms and access to an adjacent pool and tennis courts. Doug Westfall and Jonathan Hiller of NorthMarq Capital arranged the refinancing through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9.5 million sale of a 14,820-square-foot Walgreens located at 10420 Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington, a suburb of West Palm Beach. The store is located at the entrance to The Mall at Wellington Green, a 1.3 million-square-foot regional mall anchored by Nordstrom, Dillard’s, JC Penney and Macy’s. The buyer, a limited liability company, purchased the Walgreens store at a sub 5 percent cap rate. Russell Malayery and Walter Chapman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Benjamin Silver, Douglas Mandel and Richard Niewiadomski of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer.
KENNESAW, GA. — Winter Construction has started the construction of Canterfield Senior Living of Kennesaw, a luxury seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Atlanta-based Medical Development Corp. (MDC) hired Winter to build the three-story, 74,000-square-foot community. The expected completion date for Phase I of construction is spring 2017. Number of units, continuum of care and development costs were not disclosed. MDC launched the Canterfield brand in 2011. Atlanta-based architecture firm Corcoran Ota Group designed the model. Winter Construction is a general contractor based in Atlanta.
The Toledo industrial real estate market continued its steady improvement in the second half of 2015. Tenant demand for space was solid at a time when virtually no new speculative space was added, which led to a shrinking vacancy rate. At the end of 2015, the vacancy rate stood at 6.8 percent, down from 7.2 percent at mid-year and 7.7 percent at the end of 2014. The market absorbed 564,947 square feet in the last half of 2015 on top of the 632,775 square feet absorbed in the first half of the year. With vacancy rates contracting, the overall average asking rental rate in the Toledo industrial market rose 10 cents to $3.14 per square foot between June 2015 and the end of the year. We have commented in prior reports on the dearth of new speculative construction in the region. This trend continues. Only one speculative building has been constructed in the market since well before the Great Recession. That building — a 100,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution building located in Overland Industrial Park in the North Toledo submarket and developed by Harmon Family Properties — was delivered in the second half of 2015. As of December 2015, the building was still …
WARREN, N.J. — Rubenstein Partners and Vision Real Estate Partners have acquired Warren Corporate Center, an office development in Warren. Northwestern Mutual Real Estate sold the 820,000-square-foot office property for $136 million. Situated on 176 acres, the five-building property is 81 percent occupied by Citibank. The property was originally developed in 1996 as the headquarters of Lucent Technologies. Jeffrey Dunne, Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz and Jeremy Neuer of CBRE represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. In addition to arranging the acquisition, Jim Gunning and Donna Falzarano of CBRE arranged a $123 million term loan, a portion of which is available for future capital and tenant improvements and leasing commissions.