SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — GPS Insight has signed a seven-year lease for 49,571 square feet of space at Henkel Corporate Center in Scottsdale. The center is located at 19001 N. Scottsdale Road. The GPS fleet tracking company will relocate its corporate headquarters from nearby 21803 N. Scottsdale Road. The center is now 95 percent occupied. GPS was represented by Matt Coxhead and Ryan Bartos of Cushman & Wakefield of Arizona. The landlord, Henkel/The Dial Corporation, was represented by Steve Corney and Andrew Medley of Jones Lang LaSalle.
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CORONA, CALIF. – A 42,000-square-foot retail center in Corona has sold to Corona Capital, LTD for $4.6 million. The center is located at 4300 Green River Promenade. It is a multi-tenant investment property zoned for retail, medical and office use. Roger Niez, David Knowlton and Steve Liu of NAI Capital’s Orange County office represented both the buyer and the seller, Wayman Promenade LLC, in this transaction.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Cross Campus has signed a seven-year lease for 13,337 square feet in Santa Monica. The space is located at 1558 10th Street. Cross Campus will be relocating and expanding from its current operations just two blocks away at 820 Broadway. Randy Starr and Tim Dornan of Avison Youngrepresented both Cross Campus and the landlord, Tenth & Colorado Associates Ltd., in this transaction.
PLACENTIA, CALIF. – The 422-unit Emerald Isle, a Class A, age-restricted apartment community in Placentia, has received a $62.5-million refinancing. The community is located at 661 North Rose Drive in the Orange County suburb. It is leased to seniors ages 55 years and older. Emerald is currently 97 percent leased. The ten-year, fixed-rate loan contains a $56.5-million CMBS first mortgage and a $6-million mezzanine loan. Both loans feature five years of interest-only payments. The owner used the new funds to prepay the existing CMBS and mezzanine loans. The transaction was executed by Seth K. Grossman of Meridian Managing and Greg Reed and Kristen Croxton of Beech Street Capital.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) andCornerstone Real Estate Advisers has purchased a 1.3-acre site in West Hollywood for an undisclosed sum. The site is located at 7141 Santa Monica Blvd. It will be used to develop Domain West Hollywood, a mixed-use project that will contain 166 apartments and about 9,300 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space. A sound studio and industrial facility that currently exists on the property will soon be demolished. Construction on Domain West Hollywood is scheduled to begin this fall. Residents are scheduled to move in spring 2016. It will be built by TCR. The joint venture acted on behalf of an institutional client.
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZ. — Whitestone REIT has acquired Fountain Hills Plaza, 111,289-square-foot retail center in the Phoenix suburb of Fountain Hills, for $20.5 million. The center is located at the southwest corner of Palisades Boulevard and La Montana Drive. It is anchored by a Bashas grocery store and an Ace Hardware. New tenants to the center include Little Caesar’s, GNC, H & R Block and Great Clips. The seller, J & R Holdings XX LLC, was represented by Glenn Smigiel, Bob Young, Steve Brabant and Rick Abraham of CBRE’s Phoenix office. J & R is an entity formed by Pederson Group.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Connor Group has entered the Nashville market with the $60.5 million purchase of Ashton Brook, a 390-unit, Class A apartment community located in the Cool Springs submarket of Franklin, a suburb of Nashville. The acquisition has the second highest purchase price in The Connor Group’s history. The gated apartment community features resort-style pools, a fitness center, tennis courts, a pet park and garages. The Connor Group purchased Ashton Brook from Alara Franklin Corp.
SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. — J. Milton & Associates, a Miami-based real estate development firm, plans to break ground on a luxury multifamily community in Sunny Isles Beach in spring 2014. The Parque Towers at St. Tropez will feature concierge services, car wash and detailing services in the parking garage, private cinema, performance theater and a private beach club. Residents will also be able to rent out guest suites on the premises. Other features include a public park, family picnic area, cascading water wall, interactive water feature for children, butterfly garden and an outdoor plaza.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based NAI Realvest has closed the $24 million sale of an industrial portfolio totaling more than 525,000 square feet. The properties are located in Orange and Seminole counties in Florida. The industrial facilities include Monroe CommerCenter North and Monroe CommerCenter South in Sanford, Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando and Goldenrod CommerCenter in east Orlando. George Livingston, Christie Alexander, Drew Saphos, Paul Vera and Michael Heidrich of NAI Realvest handled the transaction. NAI Realvest will continue to serve as property manager for the new owners. A joint venture between Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Partners and Baltimore-based Rio Hondo Capital Partners purchased the facilities from Cornerstone Core Properties REIT.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Largo Center Apartments, a 100-unit apartment community located in Upper Marlboro, part of metro Washington, D.C. The transit-oriented, affordable apartment community is located at 520 Largo Center Drive, within walking distance to Largo Town Center Metro Station and Boulevard at Capital Center. Ari Firoozabadi, John Mullen, Kyle Tangney, Lance Ahmadian, Caleb Brown and Mike Bediones of Greysteel represented the sellers, Boston Capital and Humphrey-Stavrou Associates Inc., in the transaction. Beachwold Residential purchased the Largo Center Apartments.