Arizona

PHOENIX — An affiliate of Menlo Equities LLC has purchased the remaining three buildings of Thistle Landing office park in Phoenix for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 4801, 4805 and 4811 E. Thistle Landing Drive. Thistle Landing includes four Class A office buildings. The park was built in 1998. Menlo had previously purchased the initial building. The park is fully leased to Fiserv Inc., United Healthcare, DISH Network and OptumRx. Chris Toci, Chad Littell, Jerry Noble, Pat Devine and Greg Mayer of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Torchlight Investors LLC.

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PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $10.5 million sale of North Mountain Plaza, a 95,000-square-foot shopping center located in Phoenix. Dan Salley and Jack Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, Pivot Development LLC, and Cam Stanton of CBRE represented the seller, CT Retail Properties Finance IV LLC, in the transaction. Fry’s grocery store anchors the center, which is 82 percent occupied.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — Harsch Investment Properties has purchased an office and flex industrial portfolio in Tucson for an undisclosed sum. The portfolio includes two buildings that total 190,000 square feet. The acquisition consists of the 60,000-square-foot Butterfield Corporate Plaza office/R&D flex property and the Tucson Airport Center, a 130,000-square-foot project with office and industrial tenants. Both properties are situated near Tucson International Airport and Interstate 10. CBRE’s Bill DiVito and Jesse Blum acted as the leasing agents for both properties. The seller was not named.

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CHANDLER, ARIZ. — TruAmerica Multifamily has purchased the 290-unit Trevi apartments in Chandler for $47.5 million. The Class A community is located at 635 S. Ellis Street. Trevi was built in 2005. It is currently 97 percent occupied. TruAmerica leveraged the acquisition with $34.2 million in agency debt financing secured through Berkeley Point Capital. Mitch Clarfield originated the loan. This is TruAmerica’s second acquisition in the Greater Phoenix area. The purchase was made in partnership with an institutional investor. The seller was Alliance Residential Company.

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CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Cohen Asset Management has purchased a 104,352-square-foot manufacturing and distribution building in Chandler for $9.4 million. The building is located at 464 E. Chilton Drive. It was built in 2000. The space is fully leased to Phoenix Packaging LLC. JLL’s Steve Larsen and Bill Honsaker represented both the buyer and seller, GP Investments LLC, in this transaction.

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Progress Residential has leased 34,558 square feet of office space at Riverwalk Arizona in Scottsdale. The space is located at 7580 N. Dobson Road. Riverwalk Arizona will eventually include about 1.5 million square feet of corporate office and retail space. Progress Residential is one of the largest providers of single-family rental homes in the United States. Matthew Coxhead of Savills Studley represented Progress in the lease. Kurt W. Rosene of Novo Development represented the landlord, the Alter Group.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — Legacy Partners Residential has received city approval for the development of University Village 2.0, a new $60 million mixed-use, 775-bed student housing community near Arizona State University in Tempe. Located directly adjacent to Tempe’s light rail line, University Village 2.0 will replace a 1960s-era student housing complex, which will be demolished. KTGY is the project’s designer and architect. University Village 2.0 will feature 260 units and include studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom units. The community will also include 1,800 square feet of ground-level retail space. The units will range in size from 445 square feet to approximately 1,400 square feet and feature high-end finishes, stone countertops, stainless steel kitchen appliances, vinyl wood-plank flooring and in-unit washers and dryers. The majority of the units will feature the four-bedroom floor plans. The development will include multiple indoor and outdoor amenities, including a resort-style pool with beach entry, outdoor jumbo TV, sand volleyball court, fitness center and clubroom spaces. University Village 2.0 will consist of a single, five-story apartment building wrapped around two central courtyards and a parking garage. Legacy Partners plans to start demolition and construction on University Village 2.0 by summer 2016, and open for the fall 2018 semester.

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TUSCON, ARIZ. — CBRE National Senior Housing has arranged a $25 million construction loan for Hacienda at The River, a 129-unit assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing community in Tuscon. A joint venture of The Freshwater Group and Watermark Retirement Communities is developing the community on a 5.75 acre plot. When completed, Watermark will manage the community. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Jim Sellers and Tim Prouty, both senior vice presidents of the CBRE Debt & Structured Finance office in Tucson, secured a three-year, floating-rate loan that then converts to a three-year, mini-perm loan. The loan was placed through a regional bank. Based in Tuscon, Watermark is the 13th largest operator of seniors housing communities in the U.S. with 38 communities comprising 7,483 units, according to 2015 data from the American Seniors Housing Association.

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SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions, in a joint venture with its institutional equity partner, has acquired Plaza Vista Mall, a 227,110-square-foot retail power center located in Sierra Vista. The center is 95.8 percent occupied by tenants including Cal Ranch, Hobby Lobby, Marshalls, Dollar Tree, Cato, Payless ShoeSource, Ross Dress for Less and Sally Beauty.

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Arc Construction and MacDonald Development have purchased a 17,711-square-foot building in Scottsdale that houses the Arizona School of Real Estate & Business for $7.7 million. The building is located at 7142 E. 1st St. The sale also included an adjacent parking lot on 40,623 square feet of land. Jon Rosenberg and Keri Davies of LevRose Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, Bill Gray, the school’s original founder.

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