NEW YORK CITY — Acadia Realty Trust is nearing the completion of a $3.7 million capital improvement campaign at five properties located in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood. Located at 3780-3858 Nostrand Ave., the properties total more than 70,500 square feet of office and retail space. The capital improvements program includes renovations to the façade, storefronts, vacant office suites, lobbies, elevators and bathrooms. Additional improvements are underway to reopen the below-grade garage to better service tenants and customers. Acadia Realty Trust originally purchased the portfolio in 2012 for $18.5 million.
PHOENIX — Crow Holdings has purchased Esplanade III, a 218,266-square-foot office building in Phoenix, for an undisclosed sum. The Class A property is located at 2415 East Camelback Road. It is part of the Esplanade mixed-use development. Esplanade III was about 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants include CBRE, Alliance Residential, Regus, Helios and Major League Baseball’s western headquarters. The ten-story building was developed in 1997. It is situated in the Camelback Corridor. The seller was an institutional client of AEW Capital Management L.P. The transaction was executed by CBRE’s Jim Fijan, Will Mast and Kevin Shannon.
SEATTLE — A four-property retail portfolio in Seattle has received $64 million in financing. The transaction includes acquisition financing for a 49,000-square-foot shopping center in Bellevue that is anchored by Walgreens and Trader Joe’s. It also allowed the borrower to refinance Mill Creek Town Center, a 182,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored lifestyle center in Mill Creek, as well as two retail properties in Kirkland and Bellevue. The fully amortizing, cross-collateralized loans were arranged by Mike Taylor and Patrick Taylor of Newmark Realty Capital. The loans were placed through a relationship with one of Newmark’s correspondent life insurance companies.
DENVER — Granite Properties has purchased High Pointe Tower, a 119,834-square-foot office property in the southeastern Denver suburb of Greenwood Village for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 6430 South Fiddler’s Green Circle. High Pointe Tower was built in 1998. It sits directly across from Granite’s Plaza Tower One property, near Arapahoe Light Rail Station and the 203-room Westin Greenwood Village, which is scheduled to open next year. The building is currently 81 percent occupied by notable tenants like Hartford Insurance, TransUnion and the U.S. General Services Administration. High Pointe Tower is Granite’s third Denver-based acquisition since 2012. It also owns Plaza Tower and Prentice Plaza. The firm was represented in-house by Stephanie Lawrence, Will Hendrickson and Geoff Wescott. The unnamed seller was represented by CBRE’s Geoff Baukol.
PROVO, UTAH — Courtyard at Jamestown, a 132-unit assisted living and dementia care seniors housing community in Provo, has received $24.2 million in acquisition financing. The facility is located at 3352 N. 100 E. The community opened in 1999. It is situated about three miles north of Provo’s Central Business District, just minutes from Utah Valley Regional Medical Center. The borrower was ROC|Seniors Housing Fund Manager. ROC|Seniors is a subsidiary of Bridge Investment Group Partners. The seven-year Freddie Mac loan features a fixed-rate term with an interest-only period. It was structured by Berkeley Point Capital. This is Berkeley Point’s third financing with ROC Seniors over the past year.
SUN VALLEY, CALIF. – A 168,000-square-foot manufacturing building in the Los Angeles submarket of Sun Valley has sold to Prologis for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 9545 San Fernando Road and 9500 El Dorado Ave. It is fully leased to Sugar Foods Corporation. The multi-national food manufacturer has occupied the building for the past 30 years. The property is less than a mile from the 5 and 118 freeway interchange, and less than six miles from Burbank International Airport. CBRE’s Darla Longo, Barbara Emmons, Rebecca Perlmutter Finkel, Greg Geraci and David Harding represented both the buyer and private seller in this transaction.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. — Fourmidable Real Estate Services, a Bingham Farms-based national Commercial and Residential Real Estate Brokerage division, has brokered sale of Solaire Active Adult Community in Southfield for $20 million. Solaire, which was built in 1970, features 382 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment units. The community is for the 55-year-old-plus senior population. Solaire is located less than a mile from Southfield’s Providence Hospital and Medical Center. Fourmidable will provide complete management services to the residents of Solaire.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.9 million sale of a 9,217-square-foot retail property in Chicago. The property is located at 1250 S. Michigan Ave. Located in Chicago’s South Loop, the multi-tenant retail property is situated on the ground floor of a 29-story condominium tower. Sean Sharko, Alan Katamanin and Austin Weisenbeck of Marcus & Millichap’s Chicago Oak Brook office represented the seller, a limited liability company, and the buyer, another limited liability company.
DENTON, TEXAS — H&M, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), a fashion retailer, will open a new location in Denton. The 23,000-square-foot property is located at the Golden Triangle Mall and is set to open this fall. H&M currently operates 14 locations in the state of Texas. With the opening of the Golden Triangle Mall store, H&M will add about 30 people its estimated total of 15,000 U.S. employees. H&M operates 364 locations across the country.
COON RAPIDS, MINN. — Title Boxing Club has signed a lease for 4,168 square feet at Shoppes at Riverdale Commons II located in Coon Rapids. The 32,451-square-foot center is located on Riverdale Boulevard and features a FedEx Kinko’s, Five Guys, Potbelly, AT&T and Cherry Berry. Mid-America’s project leasing team represented the landlord in the transaction.