FLORENCE, KY. — The Cotsworld Group has acquired Turfway Plaza, a 134,000-square-foot retail center in Florence. At the time of sale, the property was 96 percent leased to tenants including Big Lots, Party Town, Office Depot, Rent-A-Center, Family Dollar, Cosmo Prof, Check ’n Go and H&R Block. The property is situated at 167 Lloyd Ave., 12 miles south of downtown Cincinnati. Jeff Johnston and Chris Prosser of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The Harrison, N.Y.-based buyer purchased the property for an undisclosed amount.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Hilton Hotels has broken ground on Tempo by Hilton Louisville NuLu, a 130-room, six-story hotel in Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood. The property is situated at 710 E. Jefferson St., two miles east of downtown Louisville and six miles north of Churchill Downs, site of the annual Kentucky Derby. Hilton, and co-owners First Hospitality and Weyland Ventures, expect the hotel to open in time for the 2021 Kentucky Derby. Tempo by Hilton will offer a rooftop bar, fitness center, meeting space, complimentary coffee service and public greenspaces. Hilton has more than 30 confirmed deals for the Tempo brand in cities including New York City, Maui, Boston and Washington, D.C.
PROSPECT, KY. — Civitas Senior Living has opened the doors at The Grand Senior Living in Prospect, a suburb of Louisville. The property totals 191,832 square feet near Norton Commons, a massive mixed-use development with restaurants, retail services, annual festivals and single-family homes. The development was completed approximately 10 years ago on 600 acres of vacant farmland. The Grand features 91 independent living, 62 personal care and 24 memory care residences. Guttman Properties, based in nearby Cincinnati, developed The Grand, which Civitas is operating.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Monument Capital Management has purchased Triple Crown at Tates Creek, a 228-unit multifamily community in Lexington. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, playground, barbecues with outdoor dining and a dog walk area. The complex was built in 1974 and is situated at 3501 Pimlico Parkway, five miles south of downtown Lexington. The buyer, an affiliate of the Alex Rodriguez-led A-Rod Corp., plans to upgrade each unit. Brad Williamson and Wesley Moczul of Berkadia arranged a three-year, floating-rate, interest-only acquisition loan through an undisclosed life insurance company. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Monticello has provided $117 million in first lien debt financing for the acquisition of 12 skilled nursing properties and the refinance of one other in North Carolina and Kentucky. The skilled nursing portfolio totals 1,357 beds. The names and specific locations of the properties were not disclosed. The transaction also includes a $10 million working capital loan to the operators of the properties provided by Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital LLC. The borrower is an experienced owner and operator with a current portfolio of 8,752 licensed beds and has an established relationship with New York City-based Monticello. Prior to this deal, Monticello financed the acquisition of a number of facilities during 2018 and 2019 for the borrower.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Lexerd Capital Management LLC has bought Anchorage Viera, a 163-unit multifamily property in Louisville. The property, which the buyers renamed The Lory of Louisville, comprises 19 two-story buildings and a community building. The community was originally built in 1985 and has recently undergone a $2.5 million renovation to include new Hardiplank siding, roofing, parking lot seal and stripe and refreshed amenities including a clubhouse renovation. Lexerd Capital plans to also invest in further upgrades, including updating kitchens with backsplash and upgrading fixtures, as well as installing soft seating and a TV lounge to the common pool area. The Lory of Louisville is located at 201 Heritage Hill Trail, 14 miles east of downtown Louisville. Further details of the transaction were not disclosed.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Kansas City, Mo.-based Hunt Midwest will develop Blankenbaker Logistics Center, a speculative industrial building located 13 miles southeast of downtown Louisville within Blankenbaker Station business park. Blankenbaker Logistics Center will occupy a 20-acre site at 13007 Rehl Road and include more than 322,000 square feet of leasable space, 187 surface parking stalls, 44 tractor trailer parking stalls and a 140-foot truck court. Building features will include 32 dock positions in a cross-dock configuration with 36-foot clear heights, four drive-in doors and mechanical dock equipment. Completion of the Blankenbaker Logistics Center is scheduled for December of this year. Located south of Interstate 64 and west of Interstate 265, Blankenbaker Logistics Center will be adjacent to the local FedEx Ground terminal, with access to UPS Worldport and Ford’s Kentucky Truck and Louisville Assembly Plants. The design team includes civil engineer Mindel Scott, architect H2B Architects and general contractor Summit Construction. Kevin Grove of CBRE will represent Hunt Midwest in the lease-up of the facility.
Inventory taxes pose an additional cost of doing business in more than a dozen states, and despite efforts to mitigate the competitive disadvantage the practice creates for many taxpayers, policymakers have yet to propose an equitable fix. Virtually all states employ a property tax at the state or local level. The most common target is real property, which is land and land improvements; and tangible personal property such as fixtures, machinery and equipment. Nine states also tax business inventory. These include Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Vermont. Another four states — Alaska, Michigan, Georgia and Massachusetts — partially tax inventory. In these 13 states, inventory tax contributes a significant portion of overall property tax collections. From a policy standpoint, however, inventory tax is probably the least defensible form of property tax: It is the least transparent of business taxes; is “non-neutral,” as businesses with larger inventories, such as retailers and manufacturers pay more; and it adds insult to injury for businesses whose inventory is out of sync with finicky consumer buying habits. Few fixes Taxpayers have had few options in attempting to reduce inventory tax liability because an inventory’s valuation is seldom easily disputed. So, …
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Atlanta office of Dougherty Mortgage recently provided an $8.2 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Newberry Parc Apartment Homes, a 132-unit, market-rate multifamily property in Louisville. Borrower Durham Hill Properties II LLC obtained the 12-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule utilizing Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program. Located at 250 Olde English Court, the apartment complex was constructed in 1971 and renovated in 2017. One- and two-bedroom units are located in six three-story residential buildings. Newberry Parc offers picnic and grilling areas, a pool, business center and onsite laundry.
WALTON, KY. — Trez Forman Capital has provided a $38.8 million construction loan for two spec industrial buildings totaling 776,820 square feet in Walton, a city in northern Kentucky approximately 20 miles south of downtown Cincinnati. The borrower, SFG Walton KY LLC, is developing the buildings on a 55-acre site within Logistics Park 75, near the intersection of Interstates 75 and 71. The first building will span 544,320 square feet and feature two tenant bays of equal size. The second will span 232,500 square feet also with two bays of the same size. The space has the ability to be subdivided to accommodate a wide variety of tenants. Each structure features 36-foot clear ceiling heights and multiple dock-high doors. The lot is situated 15 miles from Amazon’s Prime Air Cargo Hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. Brett Forman and Russ Holland of Trez Forman Capital originated the loan on behalf of the borrower.