NEW YORK CITY — Westbridge Realty Group has arranged the sale of a four-building multifamily portfolio in Brooklyn. Brooklyn-based J.Wasser & Co. acquired the portfolio from West 36 RS LLC for $3.5 million, or $185 per square foot. Totaling 18,960 square feet and 24 residential units, the properties are located at 2832, 2836, 2844 and 2850 W. 36th St. Steven Westreich of Westbridge Realty Group represented the buyer and seller in the off-market transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $44.2 million in fixed-rate bonds for Sunny Vista Living Center, a skilled nursing and independent living community in Colorado Springs. Sunny Vista features 110 skilled nursing beds and 50 one-bedroom independent living apartments using Section 8 subsidies through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The bonds will fund the addition of 38 assisted living units and 28 memory care units on a 4.8-acre site. The expansion will comprise 55,500 square feet. In conjunction with the financing, Sunny Vista merged with The Villa at Sunny Vista. The two communities were separate entities previously, but were affiliated and shared a CEO. The two facilities will now be a single, consolidated campus. The financing is composed of $42.3 million of tax-exempt bonds and $1.9 million of taxable bonds.
TACOMA, WASH. — Vestar has acquired James Center, a 140,240-square-foot shopping center located in Tacoma, for $31.4 million. The center is located at 6901 S. 19th St. directly across from Tacoma Community College. Tenants at James Center include Fred Meyer, Rite Aid, Starbucks Coffee, Subway, Verizon, Menchie’s, U.S. Bank, IHOP, FedEx, Kinko’s and Ivar’s. Over the past 12 months, Vestar has acquired five retail centers valued at $670 million throughout the Western U.S.
SAN YSIDRO, CALIF. — HFF has secured a $22.75 million refinancing for The Plaza at the Border, a 98,120-square-foot retail center located along the U.S./Mexico border in San Ysidro. Aldon Cole and Tim Wright of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, The Shamrock Group LLC, to place the three-year, floating-rate loan with NorthStar Real Estate Income II Inc. Tenants at the center include T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Vitamin Shoppe, Fashion Q, Rue 21 and Ulta Beauty.
DALLAS — Street Lights Residential and Tricon Capital Group Inc. have broken ground on a high-rise apartment community located at the corner of Harvard Avenue and Tracy Street in the Knox Henderson neighborhood of Dallas. The project, named The McKenzie, is a 22-floor building that will offer 183 units ranging from 990 to 2,700 square feet. The McKenzie will include one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with limited penthouse units. The average unit size is 1,600 square feet. Amenities will include a bar, garden room, fitness room, valet service, elevated pool deck and outdoor dining. The apartments are scheduled to be available in early 2018. Looney Ricks Kiss Architects is the architect for the project, Linda Tycher & Associates is handling landscape architecture and Waldrop + Nichols Studio is the interior designer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of Trinity Bell Gardens, a 240-unit multifamily community in Fort Worth. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile and Rowan Burch represented the seller, Western Securities Limited, and procured the buyer, Block Real Estate Services, in the transaction. Trinity Bell Gardens is located at 9500 Trinity Blvd. The property is 15 miles from downtown Fort Worth.
TULSA, OKLA. — Eastern Union Funding has secured an $8.8 million loan for the refinancing of the Tulsa Promenade, a 424,633-square-foot enclosed regional mall in Tulsa, Okla. Abe Kolman of Eastern Union arranged the non-recourse, five-year loan on behalf of Tulsa Promenade Realty Management LLC, a New York-based borrower. Ready Capital Structured Finance was the lender. The loan includes future tenant improvements and leasing commissions that will be used to address lease rollover at the property, which was purchased in a short sale more than two years ago for $12.3 million. Situated on 22 acres, the mall is anchored by Dillard’s, Macy’s, JCPenney and Sky Fitness & Wellbeing. Regal Promenade Palace Stadium 12 is also located in the mall.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Pima Medical Institute has purchased a 40,000-square-foot building in El Paso to expand its medical course offerings. The school will relocate from a smaller campus on Burnham Road to the former Saddleblanket Co. building at 6926 Gateway Blvd. East in fall 2016 once renovations are complete. Upon closure of Anamarc College in June 2014, Pima Medical stepped in and began teaching the former college’s 76 occupational therapy assistant students. In addition to the current program offerings of occupational therapy assistant, medical assistant and medical administrative assistant, more programs will be added to the new location, including certificate programs in dental assistant, pharmacy technician, veterinary assistant, central sterile processing and phlebotomy technician. Rebecca Rojas of CBRE’s El Paso office, along with Nancy McClure of CBRE’s Tucson office, represented Pima Medical Institute in the site search and sale negotiations.
DALLAS — KBS Realty Advisors has signed two renewal leases totaling 13,590 square feet at Parkway Office Center in Dallas. IOA Nine Hundred Executive Suites signed a 9,376-square-foot lease, and Great Southern Video signed a 4,214-square-foot lease. Renovated in 2012, Parkway Office Center is a Class A, two-building office park offering 224,289 rentable square feet. Located off the Dallas North Tollway between Spring Valley Road and Quorum Drive, tenants can access restaurants, retail shops, public transportation and Dallas’s central business district. Amenities at the property include a deli, conference center, parking garage, tenant lounge, security and on-site management. Michael Griffin of Transwestern represented IOA Nine Hundred Executive Suites, and Bob Acuff of Colliers represented Great Southern Video in their respective deals. Trey Smith and Lauren Napper of Cushman & Wakefield represented KBS Realty Advisors.
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — Tri Counties Bank has acquired a 40,000-square-foot office building in Roseville for $7.9 million. The building is located at 3700 Douglas Blvd. within the Slate Creek Corporate Center. It will serve as Tri Counties’ new regional headquarters. Robb Osborne, Cole Sweatt and Brandon Sessions of TRI Commercial/CORFAC International represented the buyer. The seller was Ellis Partners LLC.