CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ziff Properties Inc. has sold Maplecrest Industrial Park, a 63,200-square-foot flex industrial facility located in Charlotte. The buyer, an undisclosed private buyer based in the Western U.S., purchased the asset for $4.7 million. The transaction marks Ziff Properties’ fifth North Carolina disposition this year. Jared Londry, Robert Cochran and Ashton Nolan of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ziff in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Transwestern has arranged the sale of a six-building industrial portfolio in metro Chicago. Chicago Properties LLC sold the portfolio to Clear Height Properties for an undisclosed amount. Transwestern represented Chicago Properties in the transaction. The portfolio includes 21 tenants across the six properties. Tenants include Pace Suburban Bus Service, Stanley Black & Decker, Veltri Inc., Claridge Products, Red Barcode Planet Inc. and ECL Products LLC. Properties in the portfolio include: A 31,726-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 600 Northgate Parkway in Wheeling, Ill. A 30,000-square-foot, single-tenant property at 3847 Exchange Ave. in Aurora, Ill. A 27,600-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 921-927 State St. in Elgin, Ill. A 22,644-square-foot, single-tenant property at 3121 Tollview Drive in Rolling Meadows, Ill. A 20,000-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 72-92 N. Lively Blvd. in Elk Grove Village, Ill. A 14,372-square-foot, multi-tenant property at 2130 Oxford Road in Des Plaines, Ill.
CHICAGO — Novak Construction Co. has broken ground on a new Whole Foods Market in Chicago. The grocery store will be located at the intersection of Ashland, Belmont and Lincoln avenues. The store under construction at 3201 N. Ashland Ave. is replacing the existing Whole Foods Market, which is located at 3300 N. Ashland Ave. The new 70,000-square-foot store will feature a second-story balcony for outdoor dining and additional indoor dining space. Completion of the new Whole Foods Market is slated for spring 2017.
RACINE, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has arranged a 2,400-square-foot industrial lease for Elwood Corp. in Racine, approximately 25 miles south of Milwaukee. Vail Rentals owns the 14,400-square-foot, multi-tenant building, located at 2723 Carlisle Ave. Cale Berg and Anthony Huenerbien of The Dickman Co. were the sole brokers in the transaction.
Improving real estate fundamentals in the St. Louis office market are opening the floodgates to new construction that is greatly needed as large occupiers are finding limited, if any, existing available options. Over the past few years, the gap between rent for existing office properties and new properties was too great to justify construction. Until now, that is. The St. Louis employment base is finally reaching a pre-recession level with continued growth in the healthcare, information technology and engineering industries. The centrally located and more affluent residential areas — the West County and Clayton submarkets in particular — are experiencing higher occupancies and increasing rental rates. Clayton historically has been the best-performing submarket in St. Louis and still is today, while West County is situated near mid- to upper-level income workers. Development has and will continue to follow these highly sought after submarkets as they offer the metro area’s best real estate fundamentals and returns. Add to all of those factors a lack of new product in the past several years — plus a Class A vacancy rate of 10 percent — and you have an ideal climate for new construction. Pivotal project is catalyst The announcement that St. Louis-based …
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged $105 million in financing for the 590-unit Barcelona Apartments in Aliso Viejo. The community is located at 23592 Windsong. The property was about 95 percent occupied at the time of closing. The loan features a 10-year term, 3.51 percent interest rate and interest-only payments for the full term. Mitch Thurston and Andy Ahlers of Berkadia originated the transaction through the firm’s Fannie Mae program.
SEATTLE — CBRE has arranged a $19.1 million loan for seniors housing investment company Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) to acquire Maple Leaf Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 119-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Seattle. The non-recourse, floating rate loan includes a three-year term with 24 months of interest-only payments. Of the proceeds, $16.6 million will be used for the acquisition and $2.5 million are for capital improvements. Planned improvements include upgrading units and renovating common areas, with particular emphasis on the memory care areas. Upon acquisition, CSH will lease the community to Washington-based operator Milestone Retirement Communities. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — CBRE Group Inc. has brokered the sale of Woodlands Plaza, a shopping center located at 530-660 E. Los Angeles Ave. in Simi Valley. DP Grand Simi LLC acquired the 61,373-square-foot property for $15.9 million. The center is located on four parcels totaling 6.7 acres and has traffic counts of more than 38,000 vehicles per day. The property is 81 percent occupied to a variety of tenants, including Fantastic Sam’s, Goodwill, H&R Block and Subway. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade and Maxx Cohen of CBRE represented the seller, B/C Sinaloa Plaza LLC, in the transaction.
CARPINTERIA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 51,585-square-foot office building in the coastal Southern California town of Carpinteria for $10.7 million. The buyer, Steadfast Carpinteria Senior LLC, plans to build a 76-bed seniors housing community on the site. Construction will begin once all current tenants have vacated. Stephen Leider and Clarice Clarke, principals with Lee & Associates Santa Barbara, represented Steadfast in the sale. Steadfast is an affiliate of Steadfast Cos., an Irvine-based real estate investment management company that owns and/or operates a $3 billion portfolio in the U.S. and Mexico. Lee & Associates is a brokerage with office locations throughout the country.
SAN DIEGO — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has brokered the renewal of 3,655 square feet of restaurant space within Campus Plaza. Popeyes is the lessee at 6095 El Cajon Blvd. for $1.2 million for a 10-year term. Bill Thaxton and Stewart Keith of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate represented the lessor, while the lessee was self-represented in the transaction.
