PHOENIX – The 312-unit Arboretum at South Mountain apartment complex in Phoenix has sold to an unnamed buyer for $45.5 million. The community is located at 15251 S. 50th St. in Ahwatukee Foothills, an urban village adjacent to South Mountain Park in Phoenix. Arboretum at South Mountain is situated near Interstate 10, U.S. Route 60, Loop 101 and the upcoming Loop 202 expansion. Notable employers in the area include Intel, Verizon Wireless, Honeywell, Avnet and Insight. Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi Housing Group represented the unnamed seller and procured the buyer.
Arizona
Lancaster Pollard Arranges Sale of Two American Orchards Seniors Housing Communities in Arizona
by Nellie Day
MESA and APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. — Lancaster Pollard has advised on the sale of two American Orchards Senior Living communities in Arizona for an undisclosed price. Madison Realty Cos. purchased the communities, both located in the Phoenix suburbs and offering assisted living and memory care. The Mesa location was built in 2010 and the Apache Junction location was built in 2012. American Orchards plans to focus its efforts on its newest development in nearby Gilbert. Lancaster Pollard managing directors Jason Dopoulos and Chad Elliott led the transaction.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE has arranged a $19.7 million loan for the acquisition of MorningStar at Arrowhead, an 85-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Phoenix submarket of Glendale. The borrower is a joint venture between MorningStar Senior Living, Oakwood Real Estate Partners and Confluent. MorningStar developed the property, which opened in September 2015. The company will continue to operate the community after the transaction. The non-recourse, floating-rate loan features a three-year term, 36 months of interest-only payments and an all-in rate below 3 percent. A national bank provided the capital. Aron Will, vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing. Oakwood is a commercial real estate private equity firm located in Denver. Confluent is a full-service real estate investment and development company, also based in Denver.
PHOENIX — Curtis Capital Group has purchased the 124-unit Barrington Regent apartment complex in Phoenix for $11 million. The community is located at 825 W. Osborn Road. It is less than a mile from the Metro Light Rail and about one mile from the Downtown Phoenix Corridor. Top employers in the area include both city and state governments, as well as TGEN Bioscience Research. Barrington Regent was built in 1980. The seller was Su Casa properties. Mark Forrester, Ric Holway, Dan Cheyne and Tom Wolff of Berkadia executed the transaction.
PHOENIX — Strategic Storage Growth Trust has acquired an 840-unit self-storage facility in the Phoenix submarket of South Mountain Village for an undisclosed price. The facility is located at 1500 E. Baseline Road. Glacier Development designed the Class A property.
PHOENIX — Weidner Apartment Homes has acquired The Reserve at Arrowhead, a 472-unit multifamily asset in Phoenix, for $64.5 million. The community is located at 7701 W. St. John Road. Mark-Taylor Inc. developed the property between 1998 and 1999. The Reserve at Arrowhead is within walking distance of Arrowhead Towne Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot super-regional mall. Notable employers in the area include Joseph’s Westgate Medical Center, Luke Air Force Base, AAA, the City of Glendale, Honeywell, Humana Healthcare, Midwestern University, Conair Corp. and the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi Housing Group represented both the buyer and the seller, an institutional investment management firm, in this transaction.
MESA, ARIZ. — IMT Capital has purchased the 340-unit Sienna at Riverview apartment complex in Mesa for $53.8 million. The community is located at 711 N. Evergreen Road. It was developed in 1999. Marina Heights, Arizona’s largest office development, is currently being developed on the south bank of Tempe Town Lake, less than three miles from Sienna at Riverview. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi Housing Group, represented both the buyer and seller, LCOR, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Western Wealth Capital has purchased the 300-unit Signature Place Condominiums in Tempe for $40 million. The community is located at 4715 N. 32nd St. It is situated near Discovery Business Campus, ASU Research Park and Chandler’s Price Technology Corridor, known as the Silicon Valley of the Desert. Doug Lazovick, Eddie Chang, Alon Shnitzer, John Kobierowski and Rue Bax of ABI Multifamily represented both the buyer and the seller, Mercury Investment, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Exeter Property Group has purchased a three-property industrial portfolio in metro Phoenix for $66 million. The portfolio contains a total of 937,655 square feet. The acquisition includes the 603,909-square-foot Riverside Business Center; the 250,157-square-foot Estrella Buckeye distribution center; and the 83,589-square-foot 2021 S. 51st Ave. truck terminal facility. The portfolio is leased to six tenants. JLL’s Bo Mills and Mark Detmer represented the seller, Duke Realty Corp., in this transaction.
ORO VALLEY, ARIZ. — Nonprofit owner/operator La Posada and architecture firm three: living architecture have unveiled plans for Nakoma Sky, a 268-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Oro Valley, just north of Tucson. The community will be a resort-style complex situated on 79 acres in the foothills of the Catalina and Saguaro mountain ranges. The main building will be 500,000 square feet and five stories tall. Development costs are estimated at between $90 million and $100 million. When complete, the community will offer 220 independent living units, 24 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The development team expects Nakoma Sky will open in early 2019. Diversified Design and Construction, landscaping firm Talley Associates, interior design firm THW Design, and three: living architecture will collaboratively design the project.