SALT LAKE CITY – The 450-unit Foothill Place Apartments in Salt Lake City has received a $49.6-million acquisition loan. The community is located at 2260 Foothill Drive. Kennedy Wilson purchased the Class B+ community for $61.8 million. It invested $15 million of equity in the transaction. The loan features a 10-year term with two years interest-only and a 3.58 percent fixed interest rate. Financing was structured under Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program.The loan was provided by Berkeley Point Capital LLC.
DENVER — Platform at Union Station, a 287-unit high-rise development in Downtown Denver, has broken ground. It will be located at Chestnut Place and 16th Street in the city’s Union Station neighborhood. Platform’s developer, Holland Partner Group, is striving for LEED-Gold certification. Holland Residential, the firm’s operations division, will act as property manager once construction is complete. That date has yet to be released. The 21-story building will sit across from Union Station, which provides Amtrak, RTD FasTracks, light and commuter rail services, among other modes of transportation. The hub is currently undergoing an extensive redevelopment.
ORO VALLEY, ARIZ. — Oro Valley Marketplace, a 521,000-square-foot power center, has received $48.4 million in refinancing. The center is located at the southwest corner of Tangerine Road and Oracle Road in Oro Valley. It is currently 93 percent leased to tenants like Walmart Supercenter, Cinemark Theatre, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petco, Best Buy and Big Lots. The center had been encumbered with a floating-rate construction loan that had about two years left on its term and loan amounts that exceeded a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The loan recapitalization allowed Vestar to right-size the center’s debt while securing long-term, fixed-rate debt. The seven-year permanent loan was provided by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company through its subsidiary, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, LLC.
POMONA – The Shops at Indian Hill, a 58,485-square-foot shopping center in Pomona, has sold to a private Los Angeles investor for $14 million. The center is located at 631-641 Indian Hill Blvd. and 1541-1575 Holt Ave. It’s fully occupied by tenants like El Super, ACE Cash Express, Adriana’s Insurance, AT&T, Baskin Robbins, Liberty Tax and Mattress Xpress. The buyer was represented by Edward B. Hanley of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors. The seller, Red Mountain Retail Group, was represented by Carlos J. Lopez and Kevin T. Fryman, also of Hanley.
MONTECITO, CALIF. – A mixed-use development in Montecito that will contain two condo units atop 10,323 square feet of office and retail space has received a $7.3-million loan. The project will be located at 1255 Coast Village Road. Some of the retail space has already been pre-leased to a high end women’s clothing boutique and a restaurant owned by the Hillstone Restaurant Group. Financing was secured by Jeffrey Hudson of George Elkins Mortgage Banking Company on behalf of Black Valnar Properties, LLC.
ORLANDO — Calkain Cos. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant, approximately 28,000-square-foot office building located in Orlando for $6.33 million. The building is currently occupied by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under a lease with three firm years remaining and a rolling termination option thereafter. Calkain’s Patrick Nutt and Brian O’Hear represented LNR Partners, which served as special servicer for the foreclosed property. The buyer was a Florida-based investor. The property traded for $225 per square foot at an 8.69 percent cap rate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ground has broken for the first project at St. Elizabeths East Campus, a 183-acre campus located in southeastern Washington, D.C. The Gateway Pavilion will be a $5 million outdoor space that will provide venues for casual dining, a farmers market, and cultural and entertainment events while the rest of the campus is under development. The D.C. Office of Planning & Economic Development has proposed several adaptive reuse projects for Phase I of St. Elizabeths including: 500,000 square feet dedicated to academic and innovation-minded companies; a 400,000-square-foot, mixed-use town center; approximately 100,000 square feet of trophy office space; and civic space.
CLERMONT, FLA. — Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Forum Architecture & Interior Design has been selected to design Phase II of The Glen at Cagan Crossings. The project will add six three-story buildings to the Clermont multifamily community, bringing its total to 792. Forum also designed Phase I of The Glen at Cagain Crossings. Phase II construction will begin this fall. The Glen is part of the Cagan Crossings mixed-use community, which contains retail, restaurants and residences. Cagan Management Group is its owner and developer.
DECATUR, GA. — The Atlanta office of Grandbridge Capital has arranged $13.59 million in acquisition and bridge financing for two apartment properties located in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur. The two garden-style communities total 332 units and are named Birch Grove Apartments and Sycamore Chase Apartments. Tom Walsh secured the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower, which intends to undertake a major renovation project.
ATLANTA — Cocke Finkelstein has completed its previously announced acquisition of the assets of Lane Co. The combined company, named CFLane, now has 30,000 multifamily units under management in the Southeast, Midwest and Texas. CFLane will remain headquartered in Atlanta. Cocke Finkelstein co-founders Byron Cocke and Brett Finkelstein now serve as co-CEOs, and Lane Co. founder George Lane serves as chairman of the board.