NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Inc. has arranged the sale of an 18, 000 square-foot property, located at 105 Apollo St. in Brooklyn, for $2.6 million. The one-story, 9,000 square foot industrial warehouse building also features 9,000 square feet of available land. HK Marble & Tile Corp. is relocating its operations from Queens to 105 Apollo St. Jeffrey Unger of Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates represented the seller, Wolkow-Braker Roofing Corp., in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — An affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corp. has acquired the 189-room Driskill Hotel in Austin for $85 million from an investment fund managed by Lowe Enterprises Investors. The hotel will keep its name but be managed under the Hyatt Hotels & Resorts umbrella. The buyer will also invest approximately $8 million for renovations to the hotel. The Driskill Hotel was built in 1886 and was designated a national historic landmark in 1969. Jones Lang LaSalle's Hotels & Hospitality Group represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Woodbine Development Corp. will manage the development of the Kimpton Hotel, a 146-room luxury boutique hotel that will be located in downtown San Antonio. The hotel will be part of Pearl, a 22-acre mixed-use development surrounding the historic Pearl Brewery site. The hotel will occupy the former brewhouse, a 119-year-old structure. The hotel will feature two restaurants, a roof-top pool, venue space facing the river and a cocktail bar. New York City-based Roman & Williams Buildings and Interiors is part of the design team, along with Dallas-based three: living architecture, the architect of record. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants will operate the hotel and its associated restaurants. The hotel is slated for a fall 2014 opening.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dallas-based Inland American Communities, a subsidiary of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc., has purchased The VUE, a 118-bed, mixed-use student housing property located on the campus of Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. The property opened in August 2012 at full occupancy. The four-story mid-rise community features 6,000 square feet of retail space currently under construction. The retailers are expected to open this spring. CBRE's National Student Housing Group assisted in the transaction. The VUE will be rebranded as a University House community.
VICTORIA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the 82-room Candlewood Suites Victoria, located at 7103 Navarro St. in Victoria. The hotel is located in the Eagle Ford Shale play, the largest oil/gas find in the history of Texas. Michael Yu, Rahul Bijlani and Eric Guerrero of Marcus & Millichap's National Hospitality Group in Houston represented the seller, a hotel developer based in southeast Texas. The buyer, a West Coast-based hotel investor, purchased the property at 98 percent of its list price.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Dallas-based Quadrant Realty Finance (QRF) has secured construction and renovation financing for the redevelopment of The Woodland Resort & Conference Center in The Woodlands. The property is a 440-room hotel with 60,000 square feet of meeting and conference space located in the heart of The Woodlands. Randy Fleisher, Jason Piering and Dave Leach of QRF arranged the floating-rate loan through US Bank. The borrower will use the proceeds of the loan to remodel the facility, build a new wing of rooms, renovate and update the lobby, construct a steakhouse restaurant and build a lazy river water feature.
GREELEY, COLO. — Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II has acquired five medical office buildings throughout the U.S. for $47 million. The buildings are located in Greeley, Colo.; Ruston, La.; and Abilene, Tex. The REIT is co-sponsored by American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corporation. The three-building Greeley Northern Colorado Medical Office Building Portfolio was included in this transaction. The 99,000-square-foot medical office building portfolio is currently 93 percent leased to three tenants, including the University of Colorado Health. The seller of the Greeley portfolio, Concordia Company of Greeley, LLP, was represented by Craig Hau and Kyle Lundy of Sperry Van Ness.
SEATTLE – The mixed-use Shelby Apartments complex has received a $21.3-million loan. The property contains containing 98 units and 5,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. It is located in the Belltown section of Seattle. The 10-year, non-recourse loan was arranged by Amos Smith and Ryan Chapman of Johnson Capital’s Irvine office. Financing was provided by Fannie Mae.
AURORA, COLO. — Majestic Realty Co. has announced plans to build a 500,000-square-foot speculative industrial warehouse and distribution building at the Majestic Commercenter in Aurora. The Class A industrial property will break ground in May and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. Once complete, this will be the largest spec building to ever be constructed in the Denver area, according to Majestic.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A pair of Class A office buildings in San Jose that are fully occupied by the Echelon Corporation has received $14 million in refinancing. The buildings are located at 550 Meridian Ave. and serve as the firm’s headquarters. Financing was secured by Paul Schroeder of Cohen Financial’s San Francisco office on behalf of a local commercial real estate developer. The fixed-rate, long-term, non-recourse financing was provided by Sun Life Financial.