TEMPE, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Tempe City Center, an office building located at 1400-1470 E. Southern Ave. in Tempe. Tempe CC Hui LLC purchased the 162,640-square-foot property from Tempe City Center Limited Partnership for an undisclosed price. At the time of acquisition, the property was more than 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including National Bank of Arizona, Fresensius Medical Care and regional law firm Carpenter, Hazelwood, Delgado & Bolen. Chris Toci and Chad Littell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. The members of the acquisition group, who are principally from Hong Kong and Honolulu, were introduced to the asset by Brandon Holdings Inc., the investment’s sponsor, and IX Advisors, an investment advisory based in Seattle.
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PHOENIX — Akara Partners has completed the purchase of a development site at 355 N. Central Ave. in downtown Phoenix. The buyer plans to develop Kenect Phoenix, a mixed-use residential and retail property, on the site. Designed by Tempe, Ariz.-based RSP Architects and the Chicago office of Perkins + Will, the 23-story building will feature 320 residential apartments units and approximately 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The residential component will feature a mix of floor plans from studio to three-bedroom units. On-site community amenities will include integrated furnishings with food and beverage options throughout the building, social and co-working lounges, fitness center, and a rooftop deck with a swimming pool, grills and fire pits. The first apartments are slated for completion in fall 2019. Acquisition details were not released.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Westgate Entertainment District, a mixed-use development located near Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue in Glendale. YAM Westgate, a venture formed by Scottsdale-based YAM Properties, purchased the 46.6-acre entertainment, retail and office destination, including 30 acres of undeveloped land, from The New Westgate LLC, formed by iStar Properties. The price was $133 million. Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Kirk Brummer, Sean Heitzler, Jesse Goldsmith, Steve Julius and Bryan Taute of CBRE represented the seller and buyer in the deal. Opened in 2016, the Westgate Entertainment District features more than 40 retailers and restaurants, including a 20-screen AMC Theatre, Dave & Busters and Yard House. Additionally, the property offers 159,026 square feet of Class A office space, as well as 76 multifamily lofts located on the upper floors.
PHOENIX — Biltmore RE, a net-leased investment group, has purchased an office building located at 2701 E. Camelback Road in Phoenix, for $3.1 million. The sale was an absolute triple-net leaseback to the seller, Arciterra Cos., a real estate investment and development company. The property features 8,501 square feet of Class A office space. Jenette Bennett of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Capital One has provided a $20.8 million loan for the refinancing of a seniors housing community in Tucson. The facility opened in 1964, with expansions added in 1977 and 1990. It currently features 24 independent living units, 19 assisted living units and 270 skilled nursing beds distributed across 132 units, making it one of the largest facilities in the Tucson area. The fixed-rate HUD 232/223(f) loan will replace bank debt with low-rate, long-term financing, allowing the owner-operators to recoup capital expenditures and retire partner debt. The operators have invested in newly redesigned therapy center and are installing LED lighting to reduce energy consumption.
MESA, ARIZ. — CyrusOne has acquired 68.2 acres of land within Mesa Elliot Technology Park in Mesa for the development of a cloud storage campus for the Fortune 1000. Upon completion, the campus will feature five buildings with up to 198 megawatts of critical power to power cloud computing services for clients. Details of the acquisition were not released. CyrusOne operates 45 data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia.
PHOENIX — BKM Capital Partners has acquired Diablo Business Center, a nine-building industrial business park located at 3610-3660 E. Wier Ave. and 4663-4645 S. 36th St. in Phoenix. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $8.1 million. The multi-tenant property features 150,000 square feet of light industrial space. BKM plans to implement a $1.8 million capital improvement program at the property. Planned renovations include creative speculative tenant buildouts, reviving dead units, the addition of private fenced yards and upgrades to the exterior including a modern, multi-tone paint scheme, drought-resistant landscaping, upgraded monument signage and standardized tenant signage. The company will also address structural improvements including a new roof, new parking lot and an improved HVAC system. Bob Buckley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Chicago-based Core Spaces is developing its third apartment complex in Tempe. Known as The Collective, the 21-story-plus-penthouse property will be located at the intersection of Seventh Street and Myrtle Avenue. The 319,148-square-foot building will feature 268 units, totaling 464 beds, and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Slated to open in 2020, the property will also feature a 5,800-square-foot indoor/outdoor communal garden, amenity space on the fifth floor, a 5,500-square-foot rooftop pool deck and amenity terrace, and outdoor seating area on the ground level.
IRVINE, CALIF. — MBK Real Estate has agreed to acquire a nine-property seniors housing portfolio in California, Washington and Arizona for $382 million. The Irvine-based investor is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Mitsui & Co., and the parent company of MBK Senior Living. The seller is West Living LLC, a California-based owner-operator. Although the specific properties were not disclosed, West Living only lists 10 properties on its website. The portfolio totals 1,200 units and features an annual combined net operating income of $21 million. MBK plans to implement renovations to the properties. The acquisition is expected to close in June. MBK already owns a portfolio of 25 properties totaling 2,600 units, also all geographically centered in the West.
CASA GRANDE, ARIZ. — New Jersey-based Lamar Cos., in partnership with Real Capital Solutions, has acquired the Promenade at Casa Grande in Case Grande, a suburb of Phoenix. Macerich sold the 550,000-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. The Promenade at Casa Grande is a portion of an open-air shopping center totaling more than 1 million square feet. Tenants at the property include Harkins Theaters, Ross Dress for less, Marshalls, PetSmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, Shoe Dept., Michaels, Beall’s Outlet, Dollar Tree and Ulta Beauty.