SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — DBM Ventures, a local partnership, has acquired a 2.8-acre land parcel, located at 8399 E. Hartford Drive within Perimeter Center in Scottsdale, for $9 million. The partnership plans to develop a two-story, 32,054-square-foot office building on the property. LGE Design Build is providing architectural services and general contracting for the project. Construction is slated to begin at the end of year with occupancy scheduled for summer 2019. Jim Keeley of Colliers International’s Greater Phoenix office negotiated the land sale transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Willis Development has completed construction of Sage Desert, an assisted living and memory care community in Northwest Tucson. The community features 86 assisted living units and 20 memory care units, with views of the surrounding desert and mountains. Dekel Strategic Investors provided equity capital for the development, while East West Bank provided construction financing. Milestone Retirement is operating the property. The design team included Jeffrey Demure + Associates and StudioSix5. W.E. O’Neill managed construction. This is the second senior living development project that Willis Development and Dekel have completed together, with a third in California scheduled for groundbreaking later this year.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Sun Commercial Real Estate’s Investment Services Group has arranged the sale of a medical office building located at 20325 N. 51st Ave. in Glendale. A California-based buyer acquired the property for $4.5 million, or approximately $375 per square foot. DaVita Dialysis occupies the 12,148-square-foot property on an absolute net-leased basis, with at least 10 years remaining on its lease. Cathy Jones, Jessica Cegavske, Roy Fritz, Paul Miachika and Taylor Vasquez of Sun Commercial Real Estate handled the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
PHOENIX — New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of a joint venture between New York Life Insurance Co. and Finland-based Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co., has purchased 24th at Camelback, an office property located in Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor submarket. Hines U.S. Office Value Added Venture III sold the property for an undisclosed price. The eight-story property features 302,209 square feet of Class A office space. CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Spectrum Retirement Communities has opened The Enclave at Chandler Senior Living, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The three-story, 165,000-square-foot community features a total of 90 independent living units, 45 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The property will also offer Spectrum’s Residence Club, which offers a transitional step between assisted living and memory care. Spectrum now owns and operates seven seniors housing communities in the Phoenix metro. The developer is based in Denver.
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.
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.