HOUSTON — Deals are in place for three new Houston metro locations of Dunkin’ Donuts, which recently announced its commitment to open a minimum of 60 locations in the area within the next five years. Jonathan Hicks of Davis Commercial represented the tenant in build-to-suit agreements with Tweed Property Interests LLC in Deer Park, Calvert Lindsay Interests LP with Yes Partners LLC in Katy and Ayrshire Corp. with Daily Grind LLC in the Southeast Houston submarket.
SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH. – A 120-unit apartment complex in Spokane Valley has received $9.7 million in permanent financing. The total take-out loan contains a 10-year term, 30-year amortization schedule and an 80 percent loan-to-value. It was arranged by Demetri Koston of Newmark Realty Capital in Spokane.
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — TP-Link USA Corporation has signed a 38-month lease at a 52,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in San Dimas. The company will be relocating from its current 15,000-square-foot space in City of Industry. The new facility is located at 975 Overland Court. TP-Link was represented by CBRE’s Jason Chao. The landlord, , PEER Properties-2 and RDS Investment Holdings, was represented by Lynn Knox and Kent Stalwick, also of CBRE.
PHOENIX – A 9.4-acre plot of land in Deer Valley has sold to the Mack Company for $2.6 million. The company plans to build a 169,000-square-foot, Class A industrial development on the site, which is located near the southwest corner of Pinnacle Peak Road and 7th Street in north Phoenix. It is scheduled for completion in May 2014. Mack was represented by Steve Sayre, Pat Harlan, Kyle Westfall, Mark Detmer and Bo Mills of Jones Lang LaSalle. The seller, 7th Street & Airport Drive II, LLC, was represented by Luke Lewis of Luke Land Realty.
SEATTLE – Construction has begun on Alliance Residential’s 248-unit Broadstone Capitol Hill project in the Seattle submarket of Capitol Hill. The project will be located at 1414 10th Ave. in the Pike Pine Corridor. It is scheduled for completion in early 2015 and will be built by Exxel Pacific. Though the project is referred to as Broadstone Capitol Hill, its branded name is still pending.Alliance recently debuted the 166-unit Broadstone Koi in nearby Ballad, which is at nearly 90 percent occupancy. The 105-unit Viva mixed-use development in Capitol Hill is also scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2014.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — R.D. Olson has opened the doors to its 149-room Residence Inn and 145-room Fairfield Inn & Suites inside the Tustin Pacific Center. The $60-million Tustin Pacific Center is a 196,000-square-foot, mixed-use hotel and retail development in Tustin. Both new projects fall under the Marriott Hotel Brands. The hotels will be owned by R.D. Olson and Martelli Investments. Marriott International will provide management services. They were built by R.D. Olson Construction.
BEAVERTON, ORE. – The 351-unit Reflections at Summer Creek in Beaverton has received $29 million in refinancing. The Class A community is located at 11103 SW Davies Road in Beaverton’s Murrayhill submarket. It is 93 percent occupied. The non-recourse, floating-rate financing was provided by HSBC. Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt and Structured Finance team served as exclusive advisor to an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Asset Management in this transaction.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — ZOM, a luxury multifamily real estate developer, will break ground this month on North Bay Village, a $73 million, 285-unit luxury apartment community in North Miami Beach. The community sits on a 4.5-acre peninsula with more than 1,400 linear feet of waterfront space overlooking Biscayne Bay. ZOM is developing the eight-story community through a joint venture with Clarion Partners. KAST Construction will serve as the general contractor for the project, and ZRS Management LLC will serve as the property manager.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Skanska, a construction and development firm based in Stockholm, Sweden, has signed a contract with the University of Kentucky for the expansion and renovation of its Gatton College of Business and Economic building on its Lexington campus. The contract is valued at $53 million. The project will consist of nearly 59,201 square feet of additions and about 139,931 square feet of renovations. Skanska is expected to begin work on the project in November and wrap up construction in March 2016.
NORFOLK, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $1 million sale of a 21,300-square-foot industrial facility, located at 3700 Progress Road in Norfolk. Bill Throne and Eric Throne of Cushman & Wakefield's Virginia Beach office represented both the buyer, 3700 LLC, and the seller, Thirty Seven Hundred Progress Rd LLC, in the transaction. The buyer purchased the property as an investment for Bimbo USA Distribution Facility.