SAN ANTONIO — Berkeley Point Capital LLC has arranged a $9.8 million refinance loan for Aguila Oaks Apartments, a 346-unit multifamily community in San Antonio. The affordable housing property includes 25 garden-style apartment buildings, two swimming pools, two laundry facilities, a leasing office and a learning center. Mickey Rist of Berkeley originated the 35-year, FHA 223(a)(7) loan. California-based Cesar Chavez Foundation, which has built or renovated 42 communities in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, is the sponsor. Funds from the refinancing will be used for near-term capital improvements and a large initial deposit to reserves for future capital needs.
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LOS ANGELES — Greenland Group has purchased Metropolis, a 6.33-acre development site in Downtown Los Angeles, for a reported $150 million. The five-parcel site is located along Francisco Street. It spans from 8th Street to James W. Wood Boulevard between the Convention Center/LA Live Entertainment District and the Financial District. The land is entitled for about 1.65 million square feet of multifamily, hotel, office and retail space. The China-based group intends to break ground in the next 30 days. The seller, a joint venture between IDS and an institutional pension fund, was represented by Patrick Spillane and Rob Fuelling of IDS Real Estate Group, and by CBRE’s Laurie Lustig-Bower, Onno Zwaneveld, Brad McCarthy, Rod Apodaca, Bob Kaplan and Andrew Behrens.
HENDERSON, NEV. — MIG Real Estate has acquired Sansone Pecos II, an eight-building office portfolio in Henderson for an undisclosed sum. The portfolio consists of office and medical office buildings that total 122,922 square feet. It is located at 9005-9089 South Pecos Road.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — ViaWest Group has purchased San Tan Tech Center, a 129,187-square-foot office building in Chandler that caters to life sciences and technology companies, for $9.6 million. The Class A center is located at 145 S. 79th Street. It was built in 1981 and renovated in 2010. The City of Chandler is the center’s largest tenant. It occupies 49 percent of the property, with its lease due to expire in 2024. The city is doing business at the center as Innovations, an incubator targeting entrepreneurs in the life sciences and emerging technology industries. Other notable tenants at the center include the University of Arizona Center for Applied NanoBioscience & Medicine, HealthTell and Cummings Engineering. ViaWest represented itself in this transaction. The seller, Capital Commercial Investments, was represented by CBRE’s Barry Gabel and Chris Marchildon.
SAN FRANCISCO — Dick’s Last Resort leased 9,151 square feet at the Anchorage Square shopping center inside Fisherman’s Wharf. The center is located at 500 Beach Street in San Francisco. The restaurant is scheduled to open this summer. It will be the chain’s third West Coast location. Dick’s also operates outposts in San Diego and Las Vegas. The restaurant was represented by Steve Graul of Innovative Concept Associates. The landlord, CBRE Global Investors, was represented by Rhonda Diaz Caldewey and Jessica Birmingham of Terranomics Retail Services.
EVANS, COLO. – A 17,460-square-foot retail strip center in Evans has sold to 1031 exchange buyers for $1.8 million. The center is located at 3225 S. 23rd Street, southeast of Fort Collins. Dollar Tree is one of the center’s notable tenants. Other area tenants include Walmart and Sam’s Club. The buyers were represented by Jamie Mitchell of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors.
ORLANDO, FLA. — ContraVest, a multifamily developer, has begun construction on two apartment developments in Orlando: The Courtney at Lake Shadow and The Courtney at Universal Boulevard. The combined construction cost for the two projects is $82 million. The Courtney at Lake Shadow is a 244-unit community located along Lake Shadow in Maitland, a northern suburb of Orlando. The Courtney at Universal Boulevard is located next to the Orange County Convention Center in south Orlando. The properties both feature a clubhouse, fitness center, resort-style pool, pet wash station, elevators and granite kitchen countertops. ContraVest will also provide general contracting and property management services for the projects. First move-ins are expected to begin in January 2015.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — CIT Real Estate Finance, a subsidiary of CIT Group Inc., has provided a $26 million loan to redevelop the PGA Plaza Shopping Center, a retail center located in Palm Beach Gardens. The borrowing entity is a joint venture headed by Menin Development, a commercial real estate owner and developer. CIT Real Estate Finance provided the loan through CIT Bank, the U.S. commercial bank subsidiary of CIT Group.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. AND SAVANNAH, GA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $15.3 million to refinance Tillery Ridge Apartments in Knoxville and Buccaneer Trace Apartments in Savannah. Tillery Ridge is a 109-unit, affordable housing property located at 1716 Merchants Drive. Buccaneer Trace is a 208-unit apartment community located at 55 E. Deerwood Drive. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq Capital’s Kansas City regional office arranged both loans with 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules through Freddie Mac.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calkain Urban Investment Advisors, a division of Calkain Cos., has brokered the sale of a retail condominium unit at 1401 R St. N.W. in Washington, D.C. The 1,278-square-foot unit sold for approximately $1.4 million, or $1,100 per square foot. The property is leased on a long-term, triple net basis to a local restaurateur who is operating a café. Andrew Fallon and Rick Fernandez of Calkain represented the seller, a developer based in Washington, D.C., in the transaction. The buyer was a Washington, D.C.-based real estate firm.