TUCSON, ARIZ. — Taylor Street Advisors has arranged the sale of Fort Lowell Casitas, a multifamily community located at 1501-1503 E. Fort Lowell Road in Tucson. An out-of-state investor acquired the property for $1.5 million, or $116,153 per unit. The Class B property features 13 two-bedroom/one-bath units. The seller was not disclosed.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Los Angeles-based Banyan Residential has broken ground for the first phase of Banyan North Tempe, a 651-unit multifamily community in Tempe. Working with Indianapolis-based Milhaus, Banyan annexed a 16.5-acre site, which is the first time the City of Tempe has expanded its boundaries in more than a decade. Construction is now underway for the $177 million development, with the first phase slated for completion in early 2023. Designed by Todd & Associates, Banyan North Tempe will feature 310 studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units in its first phase and a total of 651 units at full build-out. Community amenities will include two swimming pools, a fitness center, an outdoor spa, a clubhouse and library. The development team secured a $52 million construction loan from UMB Bank and Academy Bank. McShane Construction Co. is serving as general contractor on the project.
MESA, ARIZ. — Ready Capital has closed a $12.2 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of an apartment community located in Mesa, a suburb of Phoenix. Upon acquisition, the undisclosed sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to upgrade the 146 unit interiors and property exterior. Capital improvements will include new paint, new cabinets, vinyl-plank flooring, stainless steel appliances, upgraded landscaping and upgraded HVAC/electrical/utility systems. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan that features a 24-month term, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital improvements.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cold Summit Development is planning Cold Summit PHX, a speculative cold storage facility and the company’s first project in the Phoenix metro area. Sitework and construction are slated to begin immediately for completion by December 2021. The project is located at 9600 N. 151st Ave. in Glendale within the Woolf Logistics Park with Class I railway connectivity through BNSF. The 357,000-square-foot project, which is expandable to 485,000 square feet, will include high-quality office space, flexible structural bay spacing to accommodate multiple racking configurations, a 51-foor clear height in the warehouse with full temperature convertibility, 156 trailer drop spots and more than 75,000 pallet positions.
PHOENIX — CBRE has arranged the sale-leaseback of an industrial property located at 1815 Deer Valley Road in Phoenix. A private, Los Angeles-based investor acquired the asset for $6.9 million, or $140 per square foot. Regency Technologies, an IT asset conversion service provider, sold the facility and signed a 10-year, triple-net lease to occupy the 49,815-square-foot property. Geoffrey Turbow, Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo, Bryan Johnson, Gary Cornish, Rusty Kennedy, Pat Feeney and Danny Calihan of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Ready Capital has arranged $19.2 million in financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a Class B apartment community located in Phoenix’s Biltmore submarket. Upon purchase, the undisclosed sponsor will implement a capital improvements plan to renovate the interiors of the 117 units, upgrade the façade and improve landscaping. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan with a 36-month term, two extension options and flexible prepayment. The financing is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. — The Bascom Group has purchased Sierra Charles Apartments, a multifamily property located at 600 Charles Drive in Sierra Vista, approximately 80 miles southeast of Tucson, for $11.6 million, or $59,164 per unit. The name of the seller was not released. Built in 1985, Sierra Charles features 196 garden-style apartments. Bascom plans to renovate the unit interiors with new countertops and appliances, wood-plank flooring, new baseboards, cabinetry improvements, new fixtures and lighting and a new two-tone paint scheme. Additionally, Bascom plans to improve community amenities with a pool deck expansion, dog park addition and leasing office redesign. Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant of CBRE Capital Markets arranged the acquisition financing, which MF1 Capital provided. MEB Management Services will provide property management services and CAPgro Construction Management will provide construction management for the renovations.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Denver-based Comunale Properties, with Stevens-Leinweber Construction as general contractor, is developing Chandler Connection, a Class A industrial property located adjacent to the Chandler Municipal Airport in Chandler. Located on Germann Road, Chandler Connection will offer 201,000 square feet of mid-bay industrial space featuring 32-foot clear heights, 140-foot to 240-foot bay depths, 52-foot by 60-foot column spacing and a 135-foot fenced and secured concrete truck court. The project will also offer dock-high and drive-in loading, as well as accommodations for users ranging from 14,500 square feet to full building. Construction is slated to begin in July 2021, with completion scheduled for first-quarter 2022. Butler Design Group is serving as architect for the project, which Ken McQueen and Chris McClurg of Lee & Associates will market for lease.
MESA, ARIZ. — Thompson Thrift Retail Group (TTRG) has acquired the first parcel of a 15-acre master-planned development in Mesa. When fully developed, the property at the northwest quadrant of US 60 and Signal Butte Road will offer 95,000 square feet of retail space in a mix of freestanding and multi-tenant buildings. Whataburger, Backyard Taco, Black Rock Coffee and EOS Fitness have committed to the new project, with the first phase is slated to open first-quarter 2022. At build-out, TTRG expects the development to have a total project cost in excess of $28 million. This is the 26th project for TTRG in the Southwest since opening its Phoenix office in 2016. In addition to the Mesa development, TTRG’s 2021 Southwest pipeline is slated to include more than $150 million in development across the Phoenix metro, including planned projects in Glendale, Gilbert, Tempe, Peoria, Maricopa, Tucson and Casa Grande.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Ready Capital has closed $3.8 million in bridge-to-Freddie Mac agency financing for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 56-unit apartment property located in Tucson’s Acaso submarket. Upon acquisition, the undisclosed sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to upgrade the asset’s interior and exterior. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan features a 24-month term, two extension options and flexible prepayment. It is inclusive of a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures. Additionally, the sponsor has the ability to execute a low-cost refinancing with Ready Capital’s Freddie Mac SBL program.
