TUCSON, ARIZ. — Benson-DBS LLC has purchased a retail building located at 67880 N. Sandario Road in Tucson. Damco Arizona Properties sold the asset for $1.8 million. Dollar General occupies the property. Dave Hammock of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the buyer in the deal.
PHOENIX — Epoch Residential has completed the sale of Capital Place, a multifamily property located at 11 S. 12th St. in Phoenix. Knightvest Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2016, the two-building Capital Place features 292 apartments offering stainless steel kitchen appliances, custom kitchen cabinets, granite counter tops and covered balconies. Residential amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, spa, cabanas, barbecue grills and parking garages. Mike Higgins, Charlie Steele and John Cunningham of the JLL Capital Markets Investment Advisory team represented the seller in the deal. Mark Brandenburg and Brad Miner, also of JLL, arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac for the buyer. Jones Lang LaSalle Multifamily, a Freddie Mac Optigo lender, will service the loan.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Westcore has purchased an industrial warehouse situated on 16.5 acres at 2550 N. Nevada St. in Chandler. Greenlaw sold the property for $38 million. At the time of acquisition, the 164,486-square-foot, Class A facility was fully leased to a global e-commerce company. The secured warehouse distribution building, which was extensively renovated, features 30-foot clear heights, extensive power, ESFR sprinklers, ample loading and newly designed and constructed office space. Jeff Chiate, Will Strong and Mike Adey of Cushman & Wakefield, with support from Steve Larsen of JLL, represented the seller, while Westcore was self-represented in the deal.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured $27 million in refinancing for The Missions at Sentinel Peak Apartments and The Woods Apartments in Tucson. Adam Parker and Chad Metzger of Gantry’s Phoenix office arranged both loans for the undisclosed borrower through an agency lender. Located at 2410 S. Mission Road, The Missions at Sentinel Peak Apartments features 404 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Since 2018, the owner has extensively renovated the property with 80 percent of the units being upgraded at the time of financing. The $12 million loan was structured as a 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which allowed the owner to officially operate and rebrand the two adjacent properties, Mission Sierra 1 and 2, as one community. The Woods Apartments, located at 1970 W. Valencia Road, features 360 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Gantry arranged $15 million in refinancing, structured as a 15-year, fixed-loan, for the asset.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Truist Commercial Real Estate has originated a $52 million balance sheet loan for the Tides at South Tempe apartment community. The borrower is a joint venture between Tides Equities and FCP. The loan will allow Tides Equities and FCP to continue to implement the value-add business plan for the property. Once complete and stabilized, the owners expect to refinance the debt via an agency loan from Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, a division of Truist. Situated on 20.5 acres at 4130 S. Mill Ave. in Tempe, the garden-style community features 442 apartments, covered parking, guest parking, on-call maintenance, pre-installed WiFi, a spa, assigned parking, cable television, disability access, laundry facilities, a picnic area with barbecues, swimming pool and fitness center. Jonathan White of Truist Real Estate Capital’s Agency Bridge program, Scott Cook of Truist National Real Estate and Evan Hom of Grandbridge Real Estate Capital originated the loan transaction.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Watermark Residential, a wholly owned affiliate of Thompson Thrift, has acquired a 10-acre land site located in Gilbert for the development of The Wyatt by Watermark, a $43 million apartment project located at 1205 S. Gilbert Road. Slated for completion in late 2021, The Wyatt will feature 216 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 978 square feet. Units will include a gourmet bar-kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliance packages, walk-in closets and full-size washers/dryers. Community amenities will include a clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool with cabana, pet-friendly park and dog spa. The Wyatt is the third of six developments to be funded by the Watermark 3G Development Fund II, which closed in late 2019. Watermark also owns the 250-unit Watermark at Gateway Place in Gilbert.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Leon Capital Group has selected McShane Construction Co. to build Kierland Apartments, a multifamily property in Scottsdale. Situated on 1.7 acres at 7111 E. Tierra Buena Lane, Kierland Apartments will feature five stories of wood-frame construction over a two-story concrete podium with one sub-grade level. The exterior façade will consist of a mix of stucco, stone and metal panels with wire and glass railings on the balconies. The 202 apartments will offer high-end finishes, beverage centers and premium appliances, with some units featuring NanaWall folding glass door systems that lead to private balconies. Floors three through six will offer a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, while the top floor will consist of penthouse suites with upgraded finishes. Community amenities will include underground parking for residents; bicycle storage; a clubhouse with a poker room and community kitchen; and a deck with a saltwater swimming pool, spa and barbeque area. Completion of the property, which Design Studio Architects designed, is slated for August 2022.
PHOENIX — Long Beach Trading Co. has purchased Lyra Residences, a rental townhome community located at 2950 N. 38th St. in Phoenix. Lyra Residences 38th St LP sold the asset for $8.1 million, or $450,333 per unit. Built in 2020, Lyra Residences features 18 two-story smart homes, averaging 1,778 square feet. The three-bedroom, two-and-one-half-bath townhomes offer private backyards, two-car garages, full-size washers and dryers, high-speed internet, keyless door entry, doorbell cameras and smart climate control, among other technologies. Brian Smuckler, Jeff Seaman, Derek Smigiel and Bryson Fricke of CBRE’s Phoenix office represented the buyer and seller the transaction.
PHOENIX AND MESA, ARIZ. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sales of three retail properties totaling 48,188 square feet in Phoenix and Mesa. The properties include Don Carlos Plaza, located at 2651-2667 W. Baseline Road in Mesa; Meineke, located at 2056 W. Southern Ave. in Mesa; and Fairway Plaza, located at 5843 W. Indian School Road in Phoenix. Terms of the transactions were not released. Chase Dorsett, Steve Julius and Jesse Goldsmith of NKF represented the sellers for the Don Carlos Plaza and Meineke deals and both parties at Fairway Plaza.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NorthMarq has arranged a $46 million construction loan and $27.5 million mezzanine equity investment for a Class A speculative office project in Chandler. Bank OZK provided the loan to an affiliate of Douglas Allred Co. An insurance company, with NorthMarq as correspondent, provided the mezzanine equity. Situated within Park Place, a 200-acre master-planned business park assembled and developed by Douglas Allred Co., the new project will feature two three-story buildings totaling 300,000 square feet and an 800-stall parking structure. The concrete tilt-up buildings will offer 10- to 12-foot ceiling heights, high-quality finishes and a 6/1,000 parking ratio. Completion slated for October 2021. San Diego-based Douglas Allred Co. begin assembling and developing Park Place in 2007 and to-date has completed 1.5 million square feet of office, manufacturing and retail space within the assemblage. The office buildings total 1.2 million square feet and are 95 percent leased to mostly national companies.