Kentucky

WINCHESTER, KY. — NexCore Group has broken ground on the 24,693-square-foot Catholic Health Initiatives Saint Joseph Health Winchester Medical Office Building in Winchester. The Denver-based developer expects the building to be delivered in February 2020. The facility will offer a full complement of healthcare services including primary care, cardiology, orthopedics, imaging, lab, specialist timeshare space, family practice, radiology, CT, ultrasound, blood draw, a physical therapy gym and nuclear medicine, a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material to diagnose and determine the severity of or treat a variety of diseases. The facility is located about 25 miles east of Lexington.

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LEXINGTON, KY. — Passco Cos. has acquired The Henry at Fritz Farm, a 306-unit multifamily community in Lexington, for $62.4 million. The apartment complex is situated about five miles south of downtown Lexington within The Summit at Fritz Farm, a mixed-use development offering a 120-room hotel, 44,000 square feet of office space and 285,610 square feet of retail space. Retail tenants at the Bayer Properties-developed development include Whole Foods Market, Shake Shack, Pottery Barn, Arhaus, Babalu and Lululemon. Amenities at The Henry include a saltwater swimming pool, sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, business center, fire pits, clubroom and a pet spa. Mike Kemether and Craig Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, the Dobbins Group, in the transaction. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.

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DALLAS — Affiliates of Dallas-based Colony Capital have purchased a national portfolio of 54 light and bulk industrial buildings for $1.2 billion. The value-add portfolio is located across 10 U.S. markets, totaling 11.9 million square feet, and is 71 percent leased. A portion (48) of the buildings are last-mile light industrial assets and were acquired through Colony’s existing light industrial platform. The remaining six buildings are bulk industrial and were purchased through a newly formed joint venture, in which Colony Capital has 51 percent interest and a third-party institutional investor has 49 percent interest. Located in Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Pennsylvania, the light industrial portfolio totaling 7.7 million square feet and was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. The bulk portfolio totals 4.2 million square feet, with an average of 700,000 square feet per building, and was 67 percent leased to blue chip, international companies. CBRE National Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.

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LEXINGTON, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $16.8 million sale of a 152,000-square-foot office building in Lexington. The building was constructed in 2009 at 1648 McGrathiana Parkway on the University of Kentucky’s 735-acre Coldstream Research Campus. The asset was 90 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as The American Family Board of Medicine, the University of Kentucky, FBI, the Secret Service, Komatsu Mining and A&W Restaurants. Chris Vitori and James McHale of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Starwood Capital Group, in the transaction. The buyer was a private family investment office.

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FLORENCE, KY. — GE Aviation is expanding its footprint in northern Kentucky with a planned 68,000-square-foot facility near the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). The new facility in Florence, which is situated just south of the airport and about 11 miles southwest of downtown Cincinnati, will provide engine repair services. VanTrust Real Estate and Paul Hemmer Co. are developing the center, which is more than twice the size of GE’s current facility in nearby Hebron, Ky. The company is expecting to move to the new site at the end of this summer.

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BARDSTOWN, MANCHESTER AND ELKHORN CITY, KY. — Strawberry Fields REIT has acquired three skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky for $21 million. Landmark Group will operate the properties, which total 312 beds. Average occupancy in the portfolio is 73 percent, of which 21 percent are Medicare residents, 60 percent are Medicaid and 19 percent are private-pay and insurance. The acquired communities include Landmark of Bardstown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Bardstown (100 beds); Landmark of Laurel Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Manchester (106 beds); and Landmark of Elkhorn City Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Elkhorn City (106 beds). Oxford Finance LLC provided financing for the acquisition. The seller was not disclosed.

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SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Louisville, Ky.-based Crossdock Development has broken ground on a 572,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility situated within the Salt River Business Park in Shepherdsville. The Class A facility will be located on a 43-acre site off Interstate 65 about 14 miles south of the UPS Worldport in Louisville. The project, which will be shell-ready in June, will feature 36-foot clear heights and expandable parking. This facility marks the eighth industrial project in the Louisville market for Crossdock Development.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. — Middleburg has acquired Arcadia Park, a 418-unit apartment complex in Louisville that is mostly abandoned. The sales price was not disclosed, though Middleburg is planning a $16 million renovation for the asset, which will be rebranded as Vesta Derby Oaks. The property currently offers two-bedroom floor plans. Middleburg plans to renovate all 418 units to offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Further renovations include new siding, windows, roofs, interiors, plumbing, HVAC and electrical systems, new Energy Star-rated appliances, LED lighting and improved sidewalks and landscaping. The name Vesta Derby Oaks is a tribute to Churchill Downs, which is situated less than one mile from the apartment complex.

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CRESTWOOD, KY. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $3.5 million sale of Crestwood Crossing, a 19,129-square-foot retail center in Crestwood, about 19 miles west of Louisville.  Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther and Chris Edwards of SRS represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. The property was 94 percent leased at the time of the sale to a mix of fitness, dental, service-oriented and restaurant tenants. The Ohio-based buyer bought the center that was built in 2007.

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COLD SPRING, KY. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has brokered the $26 million sale of Cold Spring Crossing, a 325,383-square-foot retail center in Cold Spring, a Kentucky town about eight miles southeast of Cincinnati. The center was built in 2004 and is anchored by Kroger, Home Depot and Kohl’s. Craig Fuller and Erin Patton of IPA represented the seller, a private Cincinnati based-developer, in the transaction. Ashish Vakhariya of Marcus & Millichap’s Detroit office represented the buyer, a private investor, in a 1031 exchange. Cold Spring Crossing was 99 percent leased at the time of the sale.

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