DALLAS, TEXAS — Chris Parker of Mark One Capital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., has arranged $3.06 million in debt refinancing for Park Place, an 82-unit multifamily community that was built in the East Dallas submarket in 1974. The loan was structured with a seven-year term and amortizes over 25 years with a fixed interest rate of 4.85 percent. The loan structure includes a 12-month period of interest-only installments. The LTV was 75 percent. “We are seeing a significant trend in the market of increased interest-only loans by lenders and this is driving many opportunities for investors to purchase and reposition properties in the East Dallas submarket,” Parker says.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Rockwood Capital has acquired a five-building office campus near downtown Mountain View for a reported $154 million. The 17-acre Mountain View Corporate Center campus is located at 301-381 E. Evelyn Ave. It is one of only a few large-scale office campuses in Silicon Valley where employees can walk or bike to Caltrain and nearby retail amenities. The campus was previously occupied by Hewlett-Packard Co., though it is now home to multiple tenants like Mozilla and Coursera. Like many other Silicon Valley tech campuses, Mountain View Corporate Center provides outdoor amenities like volleyball and basketball courts, along with easy access to nearby trails such as Stevens Creek. Rockwood plans to enhance the property over time. This wouldn’t be the first time the firm has employed this strategy in Silicon Valley. It has a history of acquiring, repositioning and developing transit-oriented office properties in this area. Rockwood transformed the former Mayfield Mall into a 520,000-square-foot office property. It also took 690 E. Middlefield Road and turned it into a 340,000-square-foot, build-to-suit development for Synopsys’ global headquarters, among other transactions. Mountain View Corporate Center’s seller, a global investment manager, was represented by Greg Cioth, Andy Zighelboim, Edmund Najera, Nate …
SAN FRANCISCO – A 128,678-square-foot office building at 3175 Hanover Street in San Francisco has received $86.5 million in acquisition financing. The single-tenant building is located within the Stanford Research Park, which is home to companies like VMware and Hewlett-Packard. The 700-acre Stanford Research Park includes 10 million square feet throughout 160 buildings and facilities. It contains more than 23,000 employees at 150 companies, including Tesla, which uses the park for its headquarters and research facility. The park was originally developed by the adjacent Stanford University in 1951. The building is fully leased to global law firm Cooley LLP. It was acquired by a Sand Hill Property Company joint venture. The non-recourse financing was arranged by John Nelson of CBRE's San Francisco office. It was provided by a Wall Street lender.
COMMERCE, CALIF. — 99 Cents Only Stores has leased a 615,000-square-foot industrial building in the Los Angeles submarket of Commerce. The building is situated on 27.5 acres at 6100 Garfield Ave. within the Garfield Corporate Center. This is the largest industrial lease in Los Angeles County so far this year, according to CBRE, which represented 99 Cents. The transaction was also the largest industrial infill lease ever signed in Los Angeles County, according to JLL, which represented the landlord, KTR Capital Partners. Once completed in the second quarter of this year, the Garfield Corporate Centerwill be the largest new free-standing industrial development in the Central Los Angeles market. It will serve as the company’s new corporate headquarters. 99 Cents Only was represented by CBRE’s John Privett, Cameron Merrill and Richard Rizika. KTR was represented by JLL's Barry Hill, Paul Sablock, Tim O'Rourke, Mike Fowler and Zac Sakowski.
LOS ANGELES — Trumark Urban has acquired a 151-unit condominium project in Downtown Los Angeles’ South Park neighborhood for $100 million. The community will be located at the corner of West 11th Street and South Grand Avenue. The project was originally entitled in 2007. It stalled during the financial crisis. Trumark plans to complete the design and entitlement processes this year, before breaking ground this January. The condos are scheduled to hit the market in 2016. This is Trumark Urban’s first foray into the Los Angeles market. Trumark Urban is an offshoot of San Francisco Bay Area-based Trumark Companies. The newest iteration now has 10 projects with more than 1,200 residential units in the process between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The total investment cost is more than $750 million. Trumark Urban is also in the middle of purchasing a second condo development site in Downtown Los Angeles. Construction is expected to begin on that project in the third quarter of this year.
MENLO PARK, CALIF. – An unnamed buyer has acquired a 41,933-square-foot office property in Menlo Park for $50 million. The Class A property is located at 200 Middlefield Road, near downtown Palo Alto’s retail core and the Palo Alto and Menlo Park Caltrain stations. The property was originally built in 1967. It underwent a full rebuild in 2012. The building is now fully leased to private equity and technology firms like Summit Partners, Optum Soft, Blackstone and Rubicon. The seller, Menlo Equities, was represented by HFF’s Steven Golubchik, Michael Leggett and John Simerlein, who worked in conjunction with Kevin Cunningham of Cornish and Carey.
DURHAM, N.C. — Crown Realty & Development has sold a five-building, Class A industrial portfolio totaling 705,365 square feet in Durham. Liberty Property Trust purchased the portfolio, located within Imperial Business Park, for approximately $44.3 million. Chris Norvell, Bill Simerville and David Meline of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
BALTIMORE — The Mount Vernon Hotel located at 24 W. Franklin St. in Baltimore will soon be repositioned as the city’s first Hotel Indigo. Marc Tropp and Barry Dollman of Eastern Union Funding arranged roughly $14 million in acquisition and redevelopment financing through Virginia Heritage Bank for the conversion. EB5-investment firm Oriental Dolphins Investments provided an additional $6 million for the project. The development team for the 170-room hotel includes developer Shaffin Jetha of MVH Baltimore Hotel and general contractor Kinsley Construction. The project’s estimated completion date is spring 2015.
RICHMOND, VA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $11.6 million to refinance two student housing properties serving students of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond. The two communities, NMJ Chesterfield Apartments and Stuart Apartments, total 132 rooms. Charles Cotsalas of NorthMarq Capital’s New York office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a CMBS lender on behalf of the borrowers, NWJ Chesterfield Apartments LLC and Stuart Apartments LLC.
MACON, GA. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the sale of Ansley Village, a 294-unit apartment community located at 6435 Zebulon Road in Macon. The property, built in 2008, features a business center, fitness center, pet park, swimming pool, clubhouse, laundry facility, playground and media center. Robert Stickel of MHA’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a joint venture between MAA and Thackeray Partners, in the transaction. The buyer, Bluerock Real Estate LLC, is a national real estate investment firm based in New York City.