PHOENIX — Continental Realty Advisors has purchased the 368-unit Courtney Village apartment complex in Phoenix for $45.5 million. The community is located at 4848 E. Roosevelt St. Courtney Village was built in 2002. It includes two resort-style pools, a spa, 24-hour fitness center, gated access and dog park. CBRE’s Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch represented the seller, Passco, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Gardner Capital Development has announced plans for El Caro Seniors Residence, an $18 million, 102-unit affordable seniors housing property in Phoenix. The Arizona Department of Housing has reserved low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC) for the project. Construction of the five-acre development, named after the former golf course located at the site, is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2017, with completion expected 15 months later. All units will be leased to seniors earning generally between $18,000 and $34,000 per year, with a mix of apartments set aside at 40 to 60 percent of the Metro Phoenix median income. A quarter of the units will be reserved for seniors or family members with developmental disabilities. Gardner will serve as lead developer. Reid Butler and Scott Davis will serve as additional advisors to the project. The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Central Arizona will provide supportive services for the housing community when completed. Gardner Capital is an affordable housing and renewable energy tax credit development, syndication and investment company with offices located in St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco, Atlanta and Springfield, Mo.
GOODYEAR, Ariz. — REI, a specialty outdoor retailer, has teamed with Blue Oak Energy to complete a 2.2 megawatt rooftop solar installation atop REI’s new distribution center in Goodyear, a western suburb of Phoenix. The system is expected to offset all of the facility’s annual electricity consumption. REI and Blue Oak have worked together on solar projects for eight years. The partnership has resulted in a 5.4 megawatt solar portfolio for REI. Blue Oak Energy was founded in 2003 in Davis, Calif. In 2015, Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company and Coronal Group LLC invested in the company. REI is headquartered near Seattle and has 144 stores in 35 states.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $1.97 million sale of SurgCenter of Tucson, a 6,300-square-foot, net-leased property in Tucson. Jamie Medress, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed developer, in the sale of the property to an undisclosed limited liability company.
MORAGA, CALIF., PLEASANT HILL, CALIF., AND PHOENIX — Grace Healthcare has sold Grace Healthcare of Moraga, Grace Healthcare of Pleasant Hill and Grace Healthcare of Phoenix for a total of $14.7 million. The dispositions mark the owner-operator’s exit from the states of California and Arizona. Located 20 miles east of San Francisco, Grace Healthcare of Moraga features 49 beds on 1.9 acres. Built in 1965, the 12,484-square-foot community offers dementia care and rehabilitative care. Grace Healthcare of Pleasant Hill is located 10 miles east of the Moraga community and features 51 beds. The community was built in 1958 on one acre, and underwent renovations in 2012. Grace Healthcare of Phoenix features 100 beds in a 26,621-square-foot facility on three acres. A California-based investor bought both California communities for a total of $8.2 million. The new owner will lease the community to a new operator. A regional investment group bought the Phoenix property for $6.5 million. Evans Senior Investments, a seniors housing brokerage firm, represented Grace Healthcare in the three transactions.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — VenSure Employer Services has leased 25,000 square feet at Chandler Freeway Crossing. The Class A office space is located in Building One at the intersection of the Loop 101 and Loop 202 freeways in Chandler. All three buildings at Chandler Freeway Crossing are now fully occupied. VenSure will relocate from Mesa to the new space this September. Hani Aldulaimi of KW Commercial represented the firm. JLL’s Dave Seeger, Karsten Peterson, Mark Gustin and Elizabeth Collins are the exclusive leasing brokers for Chandler Freeway Crossing and represented Mark IV Capital in the lease transaction.
PHOENIX — Bridge Investment Group has purchased the 856-unit Saratoga Ridge apartment complex in Phoenix for $75.5 million. The community is located at 1450 E. Bell Road in the Deer Valley submarket. It was built in 1984 and is currently 95 percent occupied. Jim Crews and Brett Polachek of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, the Variable Annuity of Life Insurance Company (AIG Asset Management LLC), in this transaction.
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.
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.
