MILWAUKEE AND GREENFIELD, WIS. — Siegel-Gallagher has arranged two office leases in Wisconsin in separate transactions. In the first transaction, Penrod Software leased 7,151 square feet at the Phoenix Building located at 219-239 N. Milwaukee St. in Milwaukee. Phoenix 219 Investments LLC is the landlord. Shaun Dempsey and Dan Walsh of Siegel-Gallagher brokered the transaction. In the second deal, 2YS & 1K LLC leased 1,838 square feet to Thrivent Financial at Forest Green Executive Center I. The office building is located at 8555 W. Forest Home Ave. in Greenfield. Shaun Dempsey brokered the deal.
Operating as our state’s political core and as the “live music capital of the world”, Austin’s real estate market is as distinctive as the people that make this city great. Austin is a one-of-a-kind place that’s unique to Texas and the entire country. It defies stereotypes with its progressive and fiercely entrepreneurial spirit, and continually gets top marks for its quality of life, pro-business culture and pro-environment views. WalletHub recently ranked Austin as the 2015 best large city to live in and the data matches up — the city ranks second among 2015’s fastest-growing cities in the U.S., according to Forbes, behind Houston and ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth. In the era of ‘Walker, Texas Ranger,’ Emmitt Smith and ‘the Dream Team,’ and the release of ‘Dazed and Confused,’ the tech boom of the 1990s drove the Austin office market. During that same time, Austin’s total population increased 35 percent and close to 1,750 companies employed over 110,000 people in technology-related jobs in Austin. By the end of the 90s, Texas’ capital city was widely known as Silicon Hills, home to a critical mass of institutional technology knowledge and major tenants like Dell, IBM, Motorola and other software and gaming companies. …
SEMINOLE, FLA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $4.6 million loan secured by a Winn Dixie-anchored shopping center in Seminole. Bill Mattice and Phillip Cox of Grandbridge’s Greenville, S.C., office arranged the 10-year, interest-only loan through an unnamed CMBS lender. According to Mattice, the unnamed borrower was using a 1031 exchange as the equity to acquire the shopping center.
PHOENIX — Phoenix-based VEREIT Inc. has sold a $204 million pool of Red Lobster properties to San Francisco-based Golden Gate Capital. Additionally, the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership where VEREIT will opportunistically divest an additional $400 million of properties by executing single- or multi-unit dispositions at accretive valuations. The Red Lobster restaurants that are part of this transaction will continue to operate without change or disruption.
BUENA PARK, CALIF. — CBRE Group has brokered the sale of a retail building, located at 8030 Dale St. in Buena Park. Oshdale LLC acquired the 44,100-square-foot property from Village Properties for $15.7 million. Orchard Supply Hardware recently signed a 20-year, triple-net lease for the property and plans to open later this year. Dan Riley, Arthur Flores and Austin Wolitarsky of CBRE represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. Barclay Harty, also of CBRE, was the leasing agent at the time of sale.
FREMONT, CALIF. — PCCP has provided a senior construction loan to a joint venture between BHV CenterStreet Properties and JD Capital for the development of Artist Walk at 37070-3722 Fremont Blvd. Situated on 6.24 acres in the Centerville District of Fremont, the infill mixed-use project will feature 185 apartments and 28,641 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Plans for the development include three- and four-story buildings with surface parking, as well as continuous street-facing retail across three separate buildings along Fremont Boulevard with a mix of 12 to 17 restaurants and retailers. The apartment units will feature one- and two-bedroom layouts with nine-foot ceilings, washer/dryer, private balconies and upgraded finishes. On-site amenities will include a pool, clubhouse and business center.
SAN FRANCISCO — The Grove has signed a lease for 3,650 square feet of space at One Henry Adams, an apartment community located on Townsend Circle in Showplace Square in San Francisco. One Henry Adams and the new restaurant location are slated to open in the fourth quarter of 2016. Owned by Equity Residential, the 241-unit apartment community offers 8,600 square feet of retail space.
LAS VEGAS — The owner of the SLS Las Vegas has partnered with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to open the first W Hotel in Las Vegas. The hotel will occupy an existing 289-room tower that is currently operated under the SLS LUX brand. The new W Hotel is scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2016. The SLS Las Vegas will also become part of Starwood’s Tribute Portfolio, as part of the agreement. The hotel will include a dedicated entry and reception area for W Hotel guests, an Away Spa, and an outdoor pool and bar known as WET. It will also feature the signature W Living Room, which is the brand’s unique take on the traditional hotel lobby. Starwood will manage W Las Vegas, while Kreeger will continue to manage the remainder of the SLS property. The SLS Las Vegas is owned by Las Vegas Resort Holdings LLC. SLS Las Vegas will join Starwood’s four existing hotels in the market, including the Westin Las Vegas Hotel, Casino & Spa, the Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa, Four Points by Sheraton Las Vegas East Flamingo and Element Las Vegas Summerlin.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II Inc. has acquired Moreno Marketplace in Moreno Valley for an undisclosed price. Located 52 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, the 77,763-square-foot shopping center is anchored by Stater Bros., a privately held supermarket discount chain that operates 168 stores throughout Southern California. Additional tenants include Subway, Fantastic Sams, Wells Fargo Bank and Jack in the Box. The name of the seller was not released.
CLOVIS AND FRESNO, CALIF. — Newmark Grubb Pearson Commercial has brokered three retail leases in Clovis and Fresno totaling 6,254 square feet. In the first transaction, Royal Vapes leased 1,470 square feet at 140 W. Shaw Ave. in Clovis from J&D Properties. Troy McKenney and Craig Holdener of Newmark Grubb Pearson Commercial brokered the transaction. In the second deal, James McKenney leased 2,160 square feet of retail space at 841 Clovis Ave. in Clovis to Hodges Investment Group. McKenney and Holdener handled the transaction. In the final transaction, Urban Block Fitness inked a deal for 2,624 square feet of retail space at 4025 N. Figarden Drive in Fresno from The Grove Shopping Center. Holdener and McKenney, along with Terri Giovacchini of Cushman & Wakefield, brokered the deal.