Hawaii is one of – if not the – top-performing industrial market in the country. The city and county of Honolulu, which contains Hawaii’s main shipping port, had a low vacancy rate of 2.05 percent at the end of the first quarter. This vacancy rate peaked at 4.8 percent in 2009. Significant gains have been made since then. The direct weighted average asking net rental rate for industrial users in Honolulu was $13.80 per square foot (NNN) at the end of the first quarter, while operating expenses ran an additional $5.16 per square foot, per year on top of that. Having bottomed out after the downturn in 2009 at $11.20 per square foot, the Honolulu market has gained almost 24 percent since then. Land values have also followed suit. Hawaii is definitely not Chicago or Los Angeles. In fact, both of those markets have individual industrial parks greater in size than the entire Hawaii marketplace, at 39 million square feet. Having said this, Hawaii is in the midst of a construction and tourism boom, with billions of dollars being allocated to urban core renewal projects, light rail, resort renovations and new residential developments. Up until recently, this renewal had occurred …
NORMAL, ILL. — First Hospitality Group Inc. has completed the renovation of Hampton Inn & Suites of Bloomington-Normal in Normal. Located at 320 S. Towanda Ave., the hotel is within the Shoppes at College Hills, minutes north of downtown Bloomington, Illinois State University, Illinois Wesleyan University and Mitsubishi Motors North American Headquarters. During the six-month renovation project that began late last year, interior features were updated throughout the property, including new carpet and wall vinyl. All of the 128 guestrooms were appointed with new sofas, desk chairs, mattresses, box springs and bedding. Starwood Capital Group owns the hotel, which is managed by First Hospitality Group.
BELLEVILLE, ILL. —Impact Strategies has begun construction on a new police headquarters in the City of Belleville, approximately 17 miles southeast of St. Louis, Mo. The station will be located at 720 W. Main St., previously occupied by the Bank of Belleville building. The facility will include a forensics lab, dispatch center, sally port and a community classroom able to accommodate 60 people. Construction plans for the 44,000-square-foot station also include a secured evidence storage area and dedicated storm areas that allow for increased safety for employees and prisoners. Impact Strategies will also construct a new, freestanding parking garage adjacent to the police headquarters. The garage is designed to hold 46 police cruisers and will include a mechanics area for city vehicles. Construction is expected to be complete in the spring of 2016.
TIPP CITY, OHIO — Integra Real Estate Capital has secured a $6.7 million refinance loan through a Wall Street conduit lender for Tipp City Plaza. Russell Kimyagarov of Integra arranged the non-recourse, 10-year loan for the borrower, TCP Center. Located in Tipp City, 15 miles north of Dayton, the 114,850-square-foot shopping center was remodeled in 2004. Foodtown, CVS Pharmacy, and Family Dollar anchor the shopping center.
ST. CLOUD, MINN. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided Apartments on 12th LLC with a $2.5 Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Charlamain & Montaje Apartment Homes. Located at 505 12th St., the 36-unit student housing property along the Mississippi River provides residency for students at St. Cloud State University. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the fully amortizing 20-year loan.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — DTZ has arranged the sale of The Summit at Scottsdale, a 190,408-square-foot shopping center located in Scottsdale, for $54.1 million. Safeway and Target anchor the center. Ryan Schubert, Michael Hackett and Dan Wald of DTZ worked on behalf of the seller. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including CVS/pharmacy, Office Max, PetSmart, Starbucks Coffee, Bath & Body Works, Verizon Wireless and Chico’s.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Evans Senior Investments has arranged the sale of a three-property seniors housing community, all located on the same campus in Vancouver, to a publicly traded REIT for $18 million. The three properties are Fort Vancouver Convalescent Center, a skilled nursing facility; Caretique, a memory care community; and Park Lido, an assisted living facility. With 136 total beds, the sale price represents $132,353 per unit. Opened in 1982, additions and buildings were added on to the facility in 1985 and 1992. At the time of the transaction, occupancy ran between 70 percent and 80 percent for the facilities. The capitalization rate was 11.7 percent based on the trailing 12 months of net operating income.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — EdR will soon begin construction on the redevelopment of Bowles Hall, a historic residential facility serving the University of California, Berkeley. The Bowles Hall Foundation (BHF) is funding the $39.5 million project primarily through tax-exempt revenue bonds underwritten by Raymond James Financial Inc. and a capital campaign led by Bowles Hall alumni and foundation members. The University of California Board of Regents approved the BHF’s proposal in March 2014 to renovate, refurnish and reestablish Bowles Hall as a residential college. With the signing of a ground lease with the University of California, Berkeley, the Bowles Hall Foundation will become the owner and independent operator of Bowles Hall for 45 years. EdR was selected by BHF last year to execute all the aspects of this renovation, including the design and construction processes, which will be led by PYATOK Architecture + Urban Design and Clark Construction Group, respectively. Construction will begin this month. EdR will provide property management services to the community upon its completion in summer 2016. The University of California, Berkeley has been selected by U.S. News & World Report magazine as the highest ranked public university for nearly 20 years. Bowles Hall was built in 1929 …
PEORIA, ARIZ — Heritage Communities of Omaha, Neb., has announced its plans to develop the company’s third seniors housing community in the Phoenix metro area: Orchard Pointe at Terrazza. Working in partnership with Telis Commercial Real Estate of Phoenix, the $22 million project will be located in Peoria as part of the Terrazza mixed-use development. When completed, Orchard Pointe at Terrazza will feature 118 units: 40 independent living, 56 assisted living and 22 memory care. Reece Angel Rowe, the architect for Heritage Communities’ other Phoenix properties, will also design this third location. Construction on the new project is slated to begin in 2016 with a projected open date in 2017. Heritage Communities’ first project in Arizona, Orchard Pointe, is located in Surprise. Opening in 2013, the community serves nearly 100 residents. Construction on Orchard Pointe at Arrowhead — Heritage’s second Phoenix-area community — is scheduled to begin this month in Glendale. Established in 2001, Heritage Communities owns and operates 10 senior living communities throughout Nebraska, Iowa and Arizona.
GRANITE BAY, CALIF. — Cain Brothers Funding LLC, the mortgage banking affiliate of Cain Brothers, has arranged a $13.7 million mortgage loan for Eskaton Lodge Granite Bay, a 105-unit nonprofit assisted living facility in Northern California. The proceeds of the FHA loan were used to retire existing bank debt and an interest rate swap. As a result of the refinancing, Eskaton was able to eliminate the risks associated with the bank debt/swap structure and replace it with a 35-year fully amortizing loan with a fixed mortgage note interest rate of 3.07 percent.