ALBANY, N.Y. — KeyBank has provided an $11.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Astro Apartments, a student housing complex located across the street from the primary campus of State University of New York in Albany. Built in 1998, Astro Apartments consists of two three-story buildings on a 2.4-acre site. According to Apartments.com, the property totals 100 units and offers amenities such as a fitness center, business center, package handling service and onsite laundry facilities. Residences come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Dirk Falardeau and Mark Flanders of KeyBank structured the financing on behalf of the borrower, Redburn Development Partners.
BALDWINSVILLE, N.Y. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $4.3 million sale of a 13,625-square-foot retail property in Baldwinsville, located just outside Syracuse, that is net leased to Caliber Collision. The building sits on a 3.8-acre site, and the tenant operates under a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Midwest-based investor that acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange, in the transaction. The seller was a Southeast-based developer. Both parties requested anonymity.
By Matt Valley DALLAS — The success or failure of an active adult community hinges on whether the operator can deliver on its valuation proposition, and tenants are willing to pay a premium if their lifestyle expectations are met. That’s one of the key takeaways from an active adult panel discussion that took place March 6 during the 2024 NIC Spring Conference at the Omni Dallas Hotel. Prospective tenants in this real estate niche are experienced, sophisticated consumers who know when they are being sold a bill of goods. They know if leasing people aren’t being sincere, said Robert May, managing director of Avenida Partners, a national real estate development firm with offices in Newport Beach, California, and Nashville, Tennessee. “They come to our communities for the first time knowing a whole lot more about us than we do about them because of the internet, because of social media, because of that senior network that’s out there,” explained May. “The brand is everything. It’s what they see, it’s what they hear, and they’ve got to feel it. They’ve got to feel that you’re really there to deliver that value proposition, that lifestyle that they are looking for.” For traditional multifamily …
By Louis Suarez, Misty Bowe and Brian Bruggeman, Colliers The Twin Cities medical real estate market has experienced many different phases over the last few years, reflecting the region’s journey toward post-pandemic recovery. Currently, this sector is experiencing a notable shift that is fueled by rising vacancy rates for on-campus hospital properties contrasted with a low vacancy rate of 4.9 percent for off-campus medical buildings. This shift is significantly influenced by the push to outpatient surgery centers, ongoing financial pressures and consolidation trends. Additionally, experts in this region are predicting a scarcity of new medical building supply in 2024, which is expected to exert ongoing pressure on rental rates for existing medical office space, despite the stabilization of interest rates that is anticipated to come later this year. As of the fourth quarter of 2023, the current construction pipeline consists of a mere 84,000 square feet, all of which is spoken for with no additional supply projected to come to market in the next year, which is a nearly 80 percent decrease year-over-year. The dramatic increase in interest rates, rising construction costs and capital constraints have pushed asking rents for new proposed projects to well above $30 per square foot …
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — The IDI Group Cos. (IDI) and its development partners have broken ground on Belmont Logistics, a $110 million industrial campus located in Woodbridge, roughly 25 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. According to the developer, the project marks the only new industrial project along Northern Virginia’s I-95 corridor so far this year. Upon completion, the development will feature three tilt-up concrete buildings totaling 416,000 square feet situated on 36.6 acres. Additionally, the development will include 540 car parking spaces, 40 trailer parking spaces and 55,000 square feet of additional storage space. Belmont Logistics will be developed in two phases, with the first phase comprising a 110,000-square-foot warehouse on 9.5 acres. Completion of the first phase is scheduled for the end of this year. Delivery of the campus in its entirety is scheduled for 2026. Offering connectivity to I-95, the location is situated roughly 30 miles from Dulles International Airport and 20 miles from Reagan National Airport. In addition to IDI, the joint venture developing the campus includes landowners ACD Precast LLC and the Carosi family. RW Murray is the general contractor for the project, which MGMA designed. Keystone National Group is providing an undisclosed amount of financing for …
IRVING, TEXAS — Locally based developer KDC has topped out the 850,000-square-foot office campus in Irving’s Las Colinas district that will serve as the new regional headquarters for Wells Fargo. The campus will consist of two 10-story, 400,000-square-foot buildings and a connecting parking garage, as well as various open green spaces, all on a 22-acre site. The San Francisco-based bank is consolidating its regional real estate footprint and expects to employ about 3,000 people at the campus, inclusive of the hiring of 650 new staffers. Completion is slated for late 2025. Project partners include architect Corgan, civil and landscape engineer Kimley-Horn and general contractor Austin Commercial.
IRVING, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction debt for TriStar Business Park, a 173,680-square-foot industrial project in Irving. The development will comprise two buildings with 32-foot clear heights, 100-plus trailer parking stalls, eight-plus dock-high doors, 130- to 140.5-foot truck court depths and ESFR sprinkler systems. Dustin Volz, Stephen Bailey, Dom Espinosa, Zach Riebe and William Hairston of Newmark arranged the debt through an undisclosed regional bank on behalf of the developer, a joint venture between Hopewell Development and MBK Industrial Properties. Newmark also structured the joint venture between the two companies last fall. Colliers is the leasing agent for TriStar Business Park.
ALLEN, TEXAS — Gillett Commercial, a developer with offices in Texas and California, is nearing completion of a 71,920-square-foot industrial flex project in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Allen. Allen Exchange consists of three buildings that were developed on a speculative basis, the largest of which spans 50,864 square feet, sits on 3.6 acres and includes office and showroom space. The other two buildings total 10,500 square feet. Raymond Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for an April delivery. Citadel Partners is marketing the development for sale and/or lease.
PLEASANTON, TEXAS — Avensis Energy has signed an 18,000-square-foot industrial lease in Pleasanton, about 40 miles south of San Antonio. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 206 Oil Road was built on 4.9 acres in 2014 and totals 27,000 square feet. Carlos Marquez and Brian Heines of Partner Real Estate represented the landlord, Four Seasons Business Park II Ltd., in the lease negotiations. Sonit Seth with The Seth Brothers Team represented the tenant.
CLEVELAND, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners has negotiated the sale of a 16,000-square-foot industrial building located at 2024 County Road 388 in Cleveland, about 45 miles northeast of Houston. Matt Rogers of Oxford Partners represented the seller, BE Plastics Inc. in the transaction. Tim Larson of KW Commercial represented the undisclosed buyer.