PHOENIX AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — BKM Capital Partners has acquired a portfolio of eight light industrial buildings in Phoenix and Tempe from an affiliate of Equus Capital Partners Ltd. for $167.8 million. The portfolio features 889,352 square feet spread across 46 buildings. Rusty Kennedy, Joe Cesta and Darla Longo of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. The portfolio includes: The properties offer a range of unit sizes, providing leasing flexibility.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Trilogy Investment Co. has opened Rêv3 at Encanto West, a townhome build-to-rent community in Avondale. Developed with Cimbra Partners, Rêv3 at Encanto West offers 84 three-bedroom/two-and-a-half bathroom townhomes with open-concept layouts, chef-inspired kitchens with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, luxury vinyl plank flooring, smart home technology, attached garages and private backyards. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with cabanas, a clubhouse with gathering spaces, a fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. The community is now leasing, with first residents expected this fall.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured a $25.5 million permanent loan to provide funds for the acquisition of Power Commerce Center in Gilbert. Situated on 14.2 acres at 3380 S. Power Road, the master-planned industrial park was delivered in 2023 and features 11 buildings offering 20 units totaling 146,000 rentable square feet. Additionally, the asset includes fenced outdoor yard spaces for each building. Patrick Barkley, Chad Metzger and Andrew Christopherson of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor, in the financing. The fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization, came from one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders. Gantry will service the loan.
PHOENIX — Regent Properties has completed the sale of a two-building flex industrial and office portfolio in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket to a private investor for $22.5 million. Geoffrey Turbow, Anthony DeLorenzo and Ashley Brooks of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Located within the North Loop 101 Business Center, the single-story buildings were constructed in 2001. The portfolio includes:
PHOENIX — Vestar has received approval from the Village Planning Committee to develop Laveen Towne Center, an open-air shopping center in Phoenix’s southwest submarket of Laveen. Set to break ground in summer 2026 with grand opening targeted for winter 2027, Laveen Towne Center will feature 500,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space on 90 acres. Vestar plans to preserve the character and charm of the area through the project’s design and programming. The development will reuse existing materials and features found onsite, including from Hudson Farmhouse and informational plaques will inform visitors about the site and Laveen’s agrarian heritage. Additionally, the project will include a landscaped community space named Laveen Village Green that will host seasonal events, outdoor entertainment and public gatherings throughout the year. Laveen Towne Center is one of five ground-up projects that Vestar has brought to the Phoenix metro area since 2020, with an additional 1.5 million square feet of new projects in pre-development, set to be completed by 2031.
LAKE SAMMAMISH, WASH., AND CHANDLER, ARIZ. — TruAmerica Multifamily has acquired two apartment properties in Lake Sammamish and Chandler, adding 423 units to its Pacific Northwest and Southwest portfolios. Located in Lake Sammamish, Archstone Redmond Lakeview offers 166 garden-style apartments and 45 income-generating boat slips. TruAmerica plans to rebrand and renovate the community, which was built in 1987, as The Docks at Redmond Lakeview. Eli Hanacek, Kyle Yamamoto and Mark Washington of CBRE facilitated the transaction. Situated in Chandler, Park Tower Apartments & Townhomes features 180 garden-style apartments built in 1986 and 77 condominium-quality townhomes built in 2017. TruAmerica will combine the two properties and rebrand the community as Parkland Commons. Chris Canter, Brad Goff and Brett Polachek of Newmark, along with Dan Cheyne of Berkadia, arranged the off-market transaction. Mitch Clarfield, Meghan Varga and Garrett Swanky of Newmark facilitated financing for the deal.
PITTSBURGH AND LAKEWOOD, COLO. — The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (NYSE: PNC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Lakewood-based FirstBank Holding Co., including its banking subsidiary FirstBank, in a deal valued at $4.1 billion. Founded in 1963, FirstBank Holding has $26.8 billion in assets under management as of June 30 and provides commercial and retail banking services across Colorado and Arizona. The bank operates 95 FirstBank retail bank branches. PNC plans to retain all of FirstBank’s retail branches, as well as the onsite banking team members. The bank branches will be rebranded as PNC Bank branches following the closing of the merger, after which FirstBank will be fully merged into PNC Bank NA. “For decades, FirstBank has been proud to serve Colorado and Arizona with a strong community focus, deep customer relationships and dedicated commitment to our employees,” says Kevin Classen, CEO of FirstBank. “In PNC, we have found a partner that not only values this legacy but is committed to building on it. Their scale, technology and breadth of financial services will allow us to offer even more to our customers, while ensuring that our employees and communities continue to thrive.” Upon completion of the merger, Classen …
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Casa Estrella del Norte, an apartment community in Tucson. Hamid Panahi, Clint Wadlund, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer. Terms of the deal were not released. Built in 1959 on 7.4 acres, Casa Estrella del Norte features 196 studio and one-bedroom apartments spread across eight residential buildings and a standalone clubhouse.
PHOENIX — Sword Industrial Partners has purchased Mountain Vista Commerce Center, a three-building industrial complex in Phoenix’s Southwest Valley. Sword Industrial Partners was formed by MAG Capital Partners and Scott Word to pursue multi-tenant infill industrial properties in the Western United States. Located at 14647 S. 50th St., the 135,000-square-foot Mountain Vista Commerce Center features 18-foot clear heights, 33 grade-level roll-up doors and flexible floor plates of varying bay depths. At the time of sale, the warehouse asset was fully leased to tenants in engineering, real estate and light manufacturing. Eric Wichterman, Chris Toci, Mike Coover, Will Strong, Phil Haenel, Foster Bundy, Molly Hunt, Jack Stamets and Madeline Warren of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a Dallas-based private fund. Terms of the transaction were not released.
PEORIA, GILBERT AND MARICOPA, ARIZ. — CBRE has secured $116 million in pre-stabilized bridge financing for a three-property multifamily portfolio in the greater Phoenix market. Bruce Francis, Doug Birrell, Bob Ybarra, Nick Santangelo and Shaun Moothart of CBRE secured an initial two-year, floating-rate term featuring full-term interest-only payments with three extension options on behalf of the owner. The lender was MF1 Capital. The portfolio includes the 112-unit Bella Olivia in Peoria, the 120-unit Woodcrest at Power Ranch in Gilbert and the 209-unit Honeycutt Run in Maricopa. The properties were each built in 2025 and are all currently leased. Each community features a resort-style pool, clubhouse, fitness center and attached one- and two-car garages.
