PHOENIX — UHS of Phoenix LLC has acquired Quail Run, a 67,324-square-foot medical office building in Phoenix for $7.4 million. The Class A facility is located at 2545 West Quail Ave. near John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital.The Universal Health Services Inc. subsidiary plans to convert the foreclosed building into a psychiatric hospital. The building was sold to UHS as an REO property. The seller was SW Loan F., a Delaware Limited Partnership. UHS was represented by Tim Dulany of Colliers International of Greater Phoenix. SW Loan was represented by Capital Asset Management.
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EVERETT, WASH. – An 80-pad manufactured housing community in Everett has received $6.7 million in refinancing. The eight-year, fixed-rate loan amortizes over 30 years at 4.9 percent. It features a 65 percent loan-to-value. The property was 30 percent vacant at the time of closing. In addition to this, the borrower was holding an agency loan that was swelling. The owner plans to use the funds to free up equity to close on another manufactured housing facility. The loan was arranged by Glenn Gioseffi of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp.’s Seattle office.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – The Italian restaurant Tomatina has signed a 3,265-square-foot lease at West Valley Shopping Center in San Jose. The restaurant concept was created in 1998 by celebrity chef Michael Chiarello, who was appeared on the Food Network. It was acquired by Syufy Enterprises in 2011. This will be Tomatina’s second South Bay location once it’s completed early next spring. Syufy plans to open up to 12 Bay Area locations in the next 18 months. The restaurant was represented by Nick Schmidter and Josh Amoroso of Lockehouse Retail Group. West Valley Shopping Center is anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market and BevMo.
LAS VEGAS – Sansone Companies/Boulevard Ventures, LLC, has purchased Boulevard Mall, a 1.2-million-square-foot super regional mall in Las Vegas, for a reported $54.5 million. The mall is located at 3528 S. Maryland Parkway. It is anchored by Macy’s, Sears and JP Penney. Boulevard Mall opened in 1968. It is the oldest mall in Las Vegas. Local developer Roland Sansone purchased the mall from Rouse Properties after lenders took over its ownership via a deed in lieu of foreclosure. The transaction was executed by CBRE.
COLORADO, SPRINGS, COLO. – Passco Companies has purchased the 332-unit Vue21 apartments in Colorado Springs for $54 million. The community is located at 4610 Nautilus Peak View in the master-planned community of Cordera. The complex was formerly known as Alexan at Briargate. Passco plans to reposition and upgrade the property.
LOS ANGELES – Local developer Izek Shomof has acquired a 1.8-million-square-foot building in Los Angeles that previously served as a Sears mail-order distribution center for $29 million. The Art Deco building is located at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. The property still contains a 185,000-square-foot Sears retail store on the ground floor, though the majority of space has been vacant since the early ‘90s. Sears closed its distribution component in 1992. The 23-acre site features a 48,000-square-foot warehouse and a 15,000-square-foot Sears Auto Store. The buyer plans to redevelop the building into a mix of creative office space and leasable residential units. It also intends to develop the retail space on the site’s outlying parcels. The building was completed in 1927 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The seller was MJW Investments. The transaction was executed by Jeff Adkison, Brendan McArthur and Paul Sablock of Jones Lang LaSalle.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charter Properties Inc. has sold three multifamily communities totaling more than 800 units to Centennial Holding Co. for $96 million. Atlanta-based Centennial acquired Long Creek Club ($35.8 million) and Longview ($32.2 million) in Charlotte's Northlake submarket, along with The Paddock at Springfield ($28 million) in Fort Mill. The company has renamed the Northlake properties as Century Northlake and rebranded The Paddock at Springfield as Century Springfield Meadows. Charter sold the complexes because the company is developing three new properties in Charlotte, Fort Mill and Mooresville. Phil Brosseau, vice president of investment properties of CBRE Group Inc.'s Carolinas multi-housing group, represented Charter in the transaction.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Courtyard Cadillac Miami Beach Oceanfront, a boutique hotel in Miami Beach, is set to debut its new 93-guestroom, oceanfront tower. The 356-room hotel has recently undergone a $25 million restoration, which includes the addition of the LEED certified tower, a new oceanfront salt water pool, fitness center, updated lobby, 5,803 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space, renovated restaurant/bar and new poolside cabanas. Courtyard Cadillac Miami Beach Oceanfront is a Courtyard by Marriott hotel and Hersha Hospitality Trust, a hotel REIT, is the hotel’s owner and operator.
ATLANTA — The Shoptaw Group, along with its capital advisor Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, has arranged two loans totaling $37.2 million for the refinancing of two multifamily properties in metro Atlanta. The apartment communities in the transaction are Cypress Point, a 306-unit, Class A multifamily property in Alpharetta, and Uptown Buckhead, a 216-unit, Class A community in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket. Shoptaw arranged the loans through MetLife Real Estate Investors.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — Somerby of Peachtree City, a $16 million seniors rental community, has opened in Peachtree City. Phase I of the facility includes 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The upscale community includes a Wellness Your Way Clinic, which is staffed by Agape Senior Primary Care physicians. The community features amenities such as a fitness center, restaurant, bistro and café, library with a computer center and a theater. Somerby Senior Living, a division of Birmingham, Ala.-based Dominion Partners, is the project developer. Chicago-based Harrison Street Capital is Somerby’s equity partner in the project. The project team includes architect Trammell + Rubio LLC, general contractor Hardin, construction manager Maxus Construction and civil engineer/landscape architect Eberly & Associates.