MINNETONKA, MINN. — The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) will invest $14.8 million in the Zvago Cooperative project, a 54-unit, four-story cooperative for seniors along the banks of Glen Lake in the Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka. The $19 million project is an expansion of the Glen Lake Redevelopment project, which includes a 52-unit mixed-use project built in 2008 and a 159-unit seniors housing community built in 2011. In addition to the 54 new seniors housing units, the expansion will offer views of Glen Lake, a community patio overlooking the lake and adjacent wetlands, and amenities such as a clubroom, fitness facility and heated underground parking. The developer for the project is OneTwoOne Development LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecumen, a Minnesota-based nonprofit provider of seniors housing and aging services. Zvago Cooperative is the HIT’s 76th project in Minnesota. The multifamily investment firm is based in Washington, D.C.
Associated Bank Provides $9M Acquisition Loan for Three Manufactured Housing Communities in Michigan
CANTON, BELLEVILLE AND CARLETON, MICH. — Associated Bank has provided a $9 million acquisition loan for three manufactured housing communities in the Ann Arbor area. Zeman Homes is acquiring Wagon Wheel at 51000 Mott Road in Canton, Wagon Wheel South at 51000 Michigan Ave. in Belleville and Carleton Mobile Home Park at 12500 Jones St. in Carleton. The Wagon Wheel properties were constructed in the 1970s and have a total of 377 sites. The Carleton Mobile Home Park features 228 sites. All three properties include both single-wide and double-wide homes. Jerry Rotunno of Associated Bank originated and managed the loan transaction.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 117,000-square-foot industrial property in Northbrook, approximately 25 miles northwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. Molto Properties sold the asset to Atlas Fibre Co. The property, situated on 4.7 acres, is located within the Sky Harbor Industrial Park. The asset features 20-foot clear heights, new mechanical systems, six interior docks, two drive-in doors and 168 parking spaces. Brett Kroner, Keith Puritz and Eric Fischer of Avison Young represented the seller in the transaction.
MILWAUKEE — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged the sale of a 2,714-square-foot office property in Milwaukee. FM-MKE Wisconsin LLC sold the Commission House, located at 400 N. Broadway (Suite 303), to Richards Pieper Sr. and Sue Pieper for an undisclosed price. John Dulmes, Dan Walsh and Marianne Burish of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Magic Development LLC has revealed plans for Magic Place, an 87-acre, $3.3 billion mixed-use development near Walt Disney World Resort in the Orlando suburb of Kissimmee. Rodrigo Cunha and Luis Claudio Sinelli are co-CEOs of Magic Development LCC, which is developing several other projects in Florida. Italian designer Paolo Pininfarina designed the project. At full build-out, the project will include five towers, shops, restaurants and resort amenities. The multifamily portion will be a mix of residential, condo and fractional units as well as nightly rental hotel rooms. Construction will begin on the first phase in July, according to the Orlando Business Journal. Phase I will include a 25-story, 251-unit resort tower, 40,000 square feet of retail and a 20,000-square-foot office building on U.S. Highway 192. Plans call for the finished development to include 250,000 square feet of retail and 1,850 residential units. The residential portion has a construction value of around $1.7 billion, according to the Business Journal. James Mincy, the project’s manager, says the company plans to build one building every four or five years, making a total construction time of between 20 and 25 years. — Haisten Willis
LOS ANGELES — Lincoln Property Company has purchased a 22-story office tower in Downtown Los Angeles that it had previously sold in 2007. The latest purchase price was not disclosed. The Class A asset is located at 915 Wilshire Blvd. It is situated across the street from the 73-story Wilshire Grand Center. Lincoln plans to renovate 915 Wilshire by updating the ground-floor lobby and valet area. It will also redesign the outdoor patio space, as well as replace elevators and dated building systems. Though the firm previously sold the 390,312-square-foot property to Brickman Associates, it stayed on as the tower’s property manager and leasing agent. The tower was built in 1980. It is currently 88 percent leased. Kevin Shannon of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank executed the deal.
NAPA, CALIF. — JOSS Realty Partners has acquired Napa Square, a 65,848-square-foot mixed-use asset in downtown Napa, for $39.3 million. Originally built in 1957 and redeveloped in 2009, Napa Square is LEED Gold certified and features 41,010 square feet of office space and 24,848 square feet of ground-floor retail. Wells Fargo, Charles Schwab, U.S. Bank and UPS occupy the 92 percent leased center along with anchor tenants Oenotri, a southern Italian restaurant, and The Norman Rose Tavern, a neighborhood pub. Nicholas Bicardo, Scott Pertel, Danny Reddin and Brandon Rogoff of HFF represented the seller, CDI Companies, in the transaction. Jordan Angel of HFF secured a $22.3 million acquisition loan with J.P. Morgan Asset Management on behalf of JOSS.
DENVER — HFF has arranged $30.5 million in financing for construction of the 216-unit Mountain View at Palisade Park in the Denver submarket of Broomfield. The community will be located at the southwest corner of 169th Avenue and Huron Street. The property will contain eight residential buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 909 square feet once it’s completed in 2017. HFF’s Josh Simon and Kristian Lichtenfels placed the construction loan with a regional bank on behalf of MountainView Capital.
BOISE, IDAHO — PMZ Realty Capital has arranged a $27 million refinancing for a four-property hotel portfolio in Boise. The Boise Airport Hotel Portfolio includes the Fairfield Inn by Marriott Boise, Hampton Inn Boise – Airport, Holiday Inn Boise Airport and the La Quinta Inn & Suites Boise Airport. The portfolio contains more than 300 hotel rooms.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Plaza De Majorca, a shopping center located at 12220 Pigeon Pass Road in Moreno Valley. A Gardena, Calif.-based private investor acquired the asset from Continental Investment Group for $5.8 million. Circle K and Farmer Boys anchor the 38,872-square-foot retail center. Greg Bedell , Paul Su and Brad Umansky of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while William Larson of Sonnocco Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the transaction.