PONTIAC, MICH. — Bernard Financial Group has secured a $1.8 million loan to refinance Walton Ridge, a 155-pad mobile home park in Pontiac. The property is situated on nearly 36 acres next to a lake and Galloway Creek. Dave Dismondy of Bernard Financial originated the loan for the borrower, Walton Development Co. LLC. Assurity Life Insurance Co. was the lender in the transaction.
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OMAHA — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $1.6 million loan to refinance the Alliance Group Office Building, a 24,304-square-foot office facility located at 2566 Leavenworth St. in Omaha. Gary Rifkin of NorthMarq Capital’s Omaha-based regional office structured the loan with a 15-year term and 15-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its correspondent relationship with Assurity Life Insurance Co.
ST. PAUL, MINN. —Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $1.5 million sale of 40,511 square feet of land located in St. Paul. Snelling Avenue Land is located at 678 Snelling Avenue South. The Water Senior Housing Group plans to redevelop the land into seniors housing. An 80-unit, four-story assisted living complex is expected to break ground next spring. Michael Ahles of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the seller, Bradshaw Funeral Home Inc. The buyer, a developer, was secured by an outside brokerage. Bradshaw Funeral Home Inc. will be relocating across the street from the site.
REDLANDS, CALIF. – Amazon has announced it will open a fifth California fulfillment center in Redlands. The 704,115-square-foot facility will join existing California fulfillment centers in San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Patterson and Tracy. Once complete, the online retailer will have expanded its presence in California to 2 million square feet. “We are proud to be hiring for more than 2,500 full-time jobs in California that offer wages 30 percent higher than traditional retail stores and include comprehensive benefits on day one, bonuses and stock awards,” says Mike Roth, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “We have found great talent in the state and we’re excited to be growing quickly to serve our customers.” The new center will be used to pick, pack and ship large items, such as big-screen televisions and kayaks. The landlord, Clarion Partners, was represented by JLL’s Ruben Goodsell, Peter McWilliams, Mike McCrary and Nicole Welch. Trammell Crow Company will manage the construction.
NAPA, CALIF. — Lowenberg Corp. has acquired Napa Valley Crossroads, a 313,812-square-foot industrial property in Napa for an undisclosed sum. The two-building property is located at 21 and 37 Executive Way. It is situated near the intersection of highways 12 and 29, about seven miles west of I-80. Napa Valley Crossroads was built in two phases that commenced in 2005 and 2008. The facility caters to the Napa Valley wine industry. Notable tenants at the facility include Collotype Labels and Sutter Home Winery. Both leases were negotiated by Glen Dowling of Cushman & Wakefield. Dowling also represented both Lowenberg and the seller, Live Oak Equities LLC, in the sales transaction. He worked in conjunction with Chris Neeb and Matt Bracco of the same firm.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. – Presidio Cornerstone Master LLC has acquired a 28-acre parcel of land in Oceanside for $25 million. The property is located on the northwest corner of College Avenue and Old Grove Road within the master-planned community of Rancho Del Oro. The land has been approved for the development of Terraza, a 338-unit luxury apartment community. The units will range from one-bedroom, one-bath, to three-bedrooms, two-baths. Gunder Creager, David Santistevan and Ciara Layne-Trujillo of Colliers International represented both the buyer and the seller, RDO Village Investment LLC, in this transaction.
LITTLETON, COLO. — Phillips Edison-ARC Grocery Center REIT II has acquired Kipling Marketplace, a 90,124-square-foot shopping center in Littleton, for an undisclosed sum. The center is located at 5005 – 5075 South Kipling Street. Kipling Marketplace is anchored by Safeway. Other notable tenants include Sylvan Learning, Dairy Queen, Cost Cutters and H&R Block.
AUSTIN — Texas American Resources LLC has sold its south Texas properties to an undisclosed buyer for $135 million. The sale includes the company’s existing production, reserves and Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk oil development opportunities on its 55,000 acres of leasehold in Dimmit, Frio, La Salle and Zavala counties. The company plans to use the proceeds from the sale to repay debt, flow back equity to its partners and accelerate development on its Texas Panhandle assets.
EDMOND, OKLA. — Disney Investment Group (DIG) has arranged the sale of Bryant Square shopping center in Edmond, Okla., just north of Oklahoma City. Bryant Square spans more than 275,000 square feet and tenants include Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, Stein Mart, Famous Footwear and Petco. The center is located at the southeast corner of Bryant Avenue and Second Street in Edmond. David Disney of DIG brokered the sale of Bryant Square to an undisclosed institutional buyer and worked with representatives of CBRE’s office in Conshohocken, Pa.
SEABROOK AND LA PORTE, TEXAS — JLL has announced the development of an industrial facility for third-party logistics firm Gulf Winds International and a lease expansion at a separate facility for a combined 543,000 square feet. Jeff Venghaus and Ryan Fusellier represented Gulf Winds in both leases. The deals include a new 10-year lease in a 243,000-square-foot build-to-suit on 12 acres in Seabrook, Texas. The facility is slated for delivery at the end of 2014. The other deal is a lease expansion of 300,000 square feet 10 miles away at 359 Old Underwood Road in La Porte, Texas. With the development of the new 243,000-square-foot facility, Gulf Winds will have 460,000 total square feet adjacent to the Bayport Terminal.