CARLSBAD, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $6.7 million in construction financing for a shopping center in Carlsbad. The project is a ground-up, partially preleased multi-tenant retail development. Trevan Swierczewski and Alexander Santulis of PSRS secured the nonrecourse financing, with a high-leverage structure, through a local debt fund. The financing features a 24-month term with two six-month extension options.
EAGLE RIVER, ALASKA — Angelic Real Estate Holdings, along with its institutional partner JDI Realty, has purchased 17101 Snowmobile Lane in Eagle River, a suburb of Anchorage. Terms of the transaction were not released. Completed in 2008, the two-story building offers just under 20,000 square feet of rentable medical office space. The new ownership plans to upgrade the property with advanced digital building monitoring and control systems, as well as some aesthetic interior and exterior improvements. Since 2021, Angelic has owned the sibling medical office building in Palmer, Alaska, a 25-minute drive from the Eagle River asset. The acquisition was financed with a loan from First National Bank Alaska, procured by Angelic Real Estate, the affiliated brokerage arm of Angelic Real Estate Holdings.
PLATTE CITY, MO. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 748,833-square-foot industrial facility in Platte City within metro Kansas City. Constructed in 2024, the distribution building is fully leased to Central Power Systems & Services under a long-term lease. The property features a clear height of 36 feet, 463 auto parking stalls, 74 dock doors and seven drive-in doors. Alex Cantu, Alex Davenport, Jeff Devine, Steve Disse, Tyler Ziebel and John Stafford of Colliers represented the seller, VanTrust Real Estate. The buyer was undisclosed.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has secured $35.6 million in acquisition financing for the Chicago Infill Industrial Seed Portfolio, a collection of four shallow-bay assets totaling 411,781 square feet in the O’Hare, Northwest Cook and North DuPage submarkets. Danny Kaufman, Lucas Borges, Mary Dooley, Emma Berner and Annie Thomas of JLL represented the borrower, a newly formed joint venture between Matterhorn Venture Partners and TPG Angelo Gordon U.S. Real Estate. The transaction represents the initial investment for the joint venture, which is targeting value-add Midwest industrial acquisitions. Built in the mid-1980s, the portfolio features clear heights ranging from 18 to 24 feet, 30 dock doors and four drive-in doors across the four buildings.
MIDDLETON, WIS. — CBRE has negotiated two 20-year lease extensions totaling 233,694 square feet for Thermo Fisher Scientific’s PPD clinical research business in Middleton near Madison. The Boston-based life sciences company will continue to occupy both laboratory buildings. CBRE’s Chase Brieman and James West represented the landlord, an affiliate of New York City-based global investment manager Nuveen. John Boyle and Roger Williams of Cushman & Wakefield and Craig Stanley and Deana Porter of Broadwing Advisors represented the tenant.
LAKE FOREST, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has arranged the $8.9 million sale of Conway Park, a 225,000-square-foot office complex in the northern Chicago suburb of Lake Forest. Danny Spitz of Greenstone represented the buyer, The STG Group, a private real estate investment group based in Petaluma, Calif. Matthew Tarshis, Andrew Rubin, Andrew Picchietti, Zack Pearlstein and Andrew Slovis of Frontline Real Estate Partners represented the undisclosed seller. The property is currently 43 percent leased. Three of the five largest tenants have lease terms extending through 2030 and beyond.
ASHBURN, VA. — The George Washington University (GW) has sold the Viginia Science and Technology Campus (VSTC) in Ashburn, about 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Amazon Data Services, a subsidiary of Amazon Web Services, purchased the property for $427 million, according to local media reports. Amazon plans to develop the 122-acre site into a data center, according to The GW Hatchet, the university’s student newspaper. Ashburn is situated in Loudoun County, which is dubbed locally as “data center alley.” The transaction agreement ensures that the university has the option to keep programs at VSTC for up to five years. Launched in 1991, VSTC supports research in engineering, physics and chemistry and is home to both academic programs and administrative services. GW’s School of Nursing, the Earthquake Engineering and Structures Laboratory and the Avenir Foundation Conservation and Collections Resource Center are all housed on the campus. “As stewards of the university’s mission, we must continually assess how best to use our resources in service of our community and future generations of GW revolutionaries,” wrote Ellen Granberg, president of GW, in a letter regarding the sale. “This includes our real estate portfolio, a critical asset that supports our academic mission, the …
SILVER SPRING, MD. — MCB Real Estate has signed Costco Wholesale to anchor Viva White Oak, a $2.8 billion mixed-use development in Maryland’s Montgomery County. Situated a little more than 12 miles northeast of Washington, D.C., Viva White Oak will span 280 acres near the headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center in Silver Spring. The 162,000-square-foot store will be the fourth Costco within a 10-mile radius of Viva White Oak, according to MCB. Viva White Oak is approved for more than 12 million square feet of mixed-use development, including 5,000 new residences, both for-sale and rental, as well as new shops, restaurants, a hotel and medical office space. Last week, the Montgomery County Council unanimously approved its first-ever Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district to advance Viva White Oak. MCB says it will use the TIF to unlock about $320 million for infrastructure. According to MCB, Viva White Oak is expected to generate more than 17,000 construction jobs, 9,000 permanent jobs and an estimated $62 million in annual revenue for Montgomery County. Phase I is expected to generate $1.2 billion in value and $33 million in annual revenue.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Landmark Properties, a Georgia-based student housing owner-operator, has purchased The Bloc, a 10-building, 556-bed property serving students at Texas Tech University in Lubbock. Developed in 2017, The Bloc offers 140 units and amenities such as a pool, rooftop lounge, grilling areas, a fitness center, computer and study lounge and other social gathering areas. CBRE arranged the sale of the property on behalf of the undisclosed seller. TSB Capital Advisors arranged acquisition financing for the deal on behalf of Landmark, which acquired the property in conjunction with Park East, a 732-bed student housing development located about a block away.
CLEMSON, S.C. — A joint venture between LV Collective and Harrison Street Asset Management is set to break ground on Rambler Clemson, a 749-bed student housing development located near the Clemson University campus in South Carolina. QuadReal provided construction financing for the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2028. Located on College Avenue, the mid-rise community will offer 227 units in studio, one-, two-, three-, four-, five- and six-bedroom configurations. The 567,000-square-foot development will also feature shared amenities including a ground floor coffee shop; coworking spaces with private study rooms; a multi-sport simulator; rooftop pool deck; clubroom and social lounge; fitness center with a yoga and flex studio and a wellness lounge with a sauna and cold plunge; and ground floor retail space. The development team for the project includes Niles Bolton, Juneau Construction Co. and Variant Collaborative.