TUCSON, ARIZ., AND OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. — Gantry has secured $86.5 million in refinancing for a seven-property multifamily property in Arizona and Oklahoma. Patrick Barkley, Chad Metzger and Kevin Valenzuela of Gantry represented the borrower, BWL Properties, in the transaction. Wells Fargo arranged the 10-year Fannie Mae loans with five years of interest-only payments. Totaling 1,601 units, the seven apartment communities were built between 1972 and 1985.
PHOENIX — Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners has purchased an industrial facility located at 2525 E. Beardsley Road in Phoenix. The asset was acquired for an undisclosed price in a sale-leaseback transaction with Arizona Natural Resources (ANR), the current tenant. Built by ANR in 1992, the two-story, 130,656-square-foot building features office, warehouse and research space on a 5.4-acre site. ANR, which Chicago-based CORE Industrial Partners acquired in June, develops and manufactures skin, home and haircare products. Mary Garnett and Jim Tuesley of Barnes & Thornburg LLP represented MAG Capital Partners, led by principals Dax Mitchell and Andrew Gi. J.C. Asensio, Briggs Goldberg, Andrew Sandquist and Tyrell McGee of Newmark Knight Frank’s Chicago office represented the seller, CORE Industrial Partners, in the transaction.
MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based Drexler Enterprises has completed the disposition of a 12.3-acre development site located at the northwest corner of Loop 202 and Baseline in Maricopa County. LGP Enterprises, a commercial developer, acquired the site for $2.2 million. Zoned for commercial development, the land parcel is part of a new stretch of the Loop 202. Details on the buyer’s plans for the site were not disclosed. Brian Rosella of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction.
PRESCOTT, ARIZ. — Value Investment Group has completed the sale of Prescott Airpark NNN Flex Industrial, an industrial property located at 2286 Crosswind Drive in Prescott. A privately held, California-based 1031 exchange buyer acquired the asset for $3.1 million. Cory Gross of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller in the deal. Gross, along with Ryan Sarbinoff as Marcus & Millichap’s Arizona broker of record, secured and represented the buyer in the transaction. Built in 2000, the property features 30,020 square feet of warehouse and industrial space. At the time of sale, the facility was fully occupied by a mix of national and regional tenants all on triple-net leases.
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sora on Rose, a multifamily property located at 6201 N. 16th St. in Phoenix’s Uptown neighborhood. The property traded for $14.5 million, or $157,609 per unit. Paul Bay of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller, while Darrell Moffitt, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Built in 1971 on 2.7 acres, Sora on Rose features 92 apartments with an average unit size of 815 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse, laundry services, covered parking, swimming pool and a fitness center.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between FCP and Tides Equities has purchased Solara at Mill Avenue, a multifamily community in Tempe. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $77 million. Solara at Mill Avenue features 515 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts with updated kitchens, new cabinets, quartz countertops, wood-style flooring and large windows. Community amenities include a clubhouse, covered parking, dog park, fire pit, event lawn, swimming pool and 24-hour parcel/package concierge. Matt Pesch of CBRE brokered the transaction. Solara at Mill Avenue is adjacent to Tides at South Tempe, which the joint venture acquired in June.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Barclay Group and W.M. Grace Cos. have broken ground on 303 Logistics, a 349,663-square-foot speculative industrial building in Glendale. Fronting the Loop 303 freeway, the cross-dock facility will feature 36-foot clear heights, 75 dock-high and four grade-level doors, 52-foot by 50-foot column spacing, clerestory windows, R-30 insulation, and an ESFR sprinkler system. Additionally, the property will offer 89 trailer parking spaces and is expandable to 297 auto parking spaces on a fully graded and secure site. The project will be Foreign Trade Zone capable, offering up to 72 percent reduction in both real and personal property tax, duty deferral or elimination and reduced customs reporting entries. Completion is slated for second-quarter 2021. Butler Design Group is serving as architect and The Renaissance Cos. is serving as general contractor. Riley Gilbert, Anthony Lydon and Marc Hertzberg of JLL serve as the project’s leasing team.
By Brian Tranetzki, Principal, Taylor Street Advisors Multifamily is staying strong despite COVID-19. That’s because this product type was coming off an extremely hot market at the end of 2019 and early 2020 before the pandemic hit. The Phoenix metro area remains one of the few markets nationally with positive rent growth due to the steady population increase. Now, just months away from 2021, the market is faced with many unknown factors, such as unemployment, election outcomes, continued COVID uncertainty and the risk of eliminating 1031 exchanges. In turn, buyer sentiment also remains intense with a flurry of activity on those very exchanges. Development is still robust in the valley, with significant increases in downtown Phoenix, downtown Tempe and Chandler/Gilbert. There are currently more than 15,000 units under construction in the region. The building sizes are getting larger, while individual units are getting smaller. Developers are focused on building Class A properties with an emphasis on higher-end amenities, pool areas and concierge services. The class type determines whether it’s a landlord or tenant market. Tenants have several options in the Class A rental space, particularly as new units are delivered, which makes this a tenant-friendly environment. Class A vacancy is …
YUMA, ARIZ. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of a neighborhood shopping center in Yuma. Hawkins-Smith & Jason sold the asset to Moreno-Third Street for $3.4 million. Located at 500 W. Cataline Drive, the retail center features 35,157 square feet of retail space. Dollar Tree and dd’s Discounts, a subsidiary of Ross Stores, occupy the two-tenant property. Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of NKF represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Pebb Student Living and Coastal Ridge Real Estate has acquired The Cadence Tucson, a 456-bed student housing community located near the University of Arizona, for an undisclosed price. The community offers studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, hot tub, rooftop fire pit, grilling station, onsite retail space, fitness center, tanning salon, sauna, gaming lounge and coffee bar. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
