Colorado

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GLENDALE, COLO. — JLL has arranged $22.8 million in financing for two adjacent multifamily properties located in Glendale, a suburb of Denver. The borrower is Glendale-based Slipstream Properties. Kristian Lichtenfels led the JLL team that arranged the two 10-year, interest-only, fixed-rate loans through Freddie Mac’s Green Advantage program for the borrower. The loans will be serviced by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP, a JLL company and a Freddie Mac Optigo lender. Proceeds were used to refinance existing loans on the properties. Totaling 185 units, Phenix at Infinity Park I and II are situated along East Mississippi Avenue and South Dahlia Street. The Phase I portion was most recently renovated in 2011 and Phase II was renovated in 2014. The buildings comprise a variety of one- and two-bedroom units, which were 97 percent occupied overall. Community amenities include a swimming pool, dog park, grilling areas and courtyards.

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DENVER — Schnitzer West has announced plans to develop The Current, River North, a Class A office building located at 3615 Delgany St. in Denver’s River North (RiNo) Art District. The development is a partnership between Schnitzer West and Crafts Cos., a Denver-based real estate firm. Schnitzer West acquired the 34,250-square-foot site to develop an office building for business and retail purposes. The 12-story building will feature two levels of underground parking, three levels of above-grade podium parking and eight floors of office space. The top two floors will offer private amenities for tenants, including Schnitzer West’s signature “great room” working and leisure space and a rooftop terrace. Additional amenities will include ground-level retail, office-building lobby and conference center and bicycle storage. The first phase of construction is scheduled to begin in February 2020. Davis Partnership Architects served as architect and Transwestern has been retained to handle leasing for the completed project.

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DENVER — MGL Partners and Solvera Advisors have completed the conversion of the historic Tammen Hall building in Denver into 49 affordable seniors housing units. The eight-story, 52,000-square-foot project is located on the Saint Joseph Hospital campus in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood. All units are reserved for those age 62 and older who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. The Neenan Company served as the design-build partner. Saint Joseph Hospital sold the building to the developers in 2017, with its parent organization, SCL Health, providing a substantial investment to finance the redevelopment. Denver Economic Development & Opportunity, Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Midwest Housing Equity Group, Advantage Capital, Citi Community Capital and Denver Housing Authority all provided additional financial support to the project. The redevelopment also benefited from state and federal historic preservation incentive tax credits. “The Tammen Hall redevelopment project is just one example of how we try to use our campus to enhance our community beyond healthcare,” says Saint Joseph Hospital President Jamie Smith. “This solution is the best of all worlds for us because it preserves the neighborhood’s historic character, adds more affordable housing to the community and aligns with our mission.” …

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DENVER — Estero, Fla.-based TerraCap Management, a privately held investment firm, has purchased Denver Corporate Center II & III, two eleven-story office buildings located within the Denver Tech Center in Denver. A joint venture between Bridge Investment Group Partners and DPC Cos. sold the assets for $71.7 million. Situated along Interstates 25 and 225 and Belleview Light Rail Station, the property offers a total of 381,466 rentable square feet. TerraCap plans to continue the capital upgrade program that is currently underway at the asset. Tim Richey and Charley Will of CBRE represented the seller. Citizens Bank provided debt financing for the buyer.

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2742-US-Highway-50-Grand-Junction-CO

GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the purchase of a single-tenant retail property, located at 2742 U.S. Highway 50 in Grand Junction. A Denver-based investor acquired the property for $1.6 million in a 1031 exchange transaction. The seller was a Denver-based developer. Built this year, the asset consists of a 10,038-square-foot building on a 1.3-acre lot. Dollar Tree occupies the building on a net-lease basis. Justin Krieger of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.

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1925-Blake-St-Denver-CO

DENVER — Cushman & Wakefield has facilitated the sale of 1925 Blake Street, a 129-year-old mixed-use building in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood. The property traded for $6.4 million, or $418 per square foot. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Jon Hendrickson and Aaron Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield’s Denver Capital Markets group handled the transaction. Originally constructed in 1890 as a warehouse, the three-level building was converted into an office building in 1934. At the time of sale, the 15,375-square-foot building was fully leased to four tenants.

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DENVER — Irvine, Calif.-based Greystar has purchased Griffis at Lowry, a multifamily property located at 9649 E. Fifth Ave. in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood. Denver-based Griffis Residential sold the asset for $45.7 million. Built in 2011, Griffis at Lowry consists of eight rental buildings situated on 6.2 acres. Originally planned as a condominium development, the 150 units feature an average size of 1,130 square feet, in-unit full-size washers/dryers, at least nine-foot ceilings and attached garages in select floorplans. Approximately 40 percent of the units were renovated prior to the community’s sale. At the time of sale, occupancy was more than 97 percent. The property is located within the redevelopment of the former Lowry Air Force Base, an 1,800-acre site that includes 500 acres of residential use, 800-plus acres of recreational and open space, 1.8 million square feet of office space, 130,000 square feet of retail space and a 160-acre educational campus. David Potarf, Dan Woodward, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Newmark Knight Frank Colorado has arranged the sale of a Roundhouse, a retail building located at 600 S. 21st St. in Colorado Springs. CWC Income Properties 6 LLC acquired the property from 600 S. 21st LLC as an investment asset for $10.1 million. Riki Hashimoto, Dan Grooters, Brian Wagner and Mark O’Donnell of NKF Colorado represented the seller in the transaction.

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Stafford-Logistics-Center-Aurora-CO

AURORA, COLO. — NorthPoint Development has closed on 185 acres of land that will be part of the site for Stafford Logistics Center, a 350-acre, 4.4 million-square-foot industrial and mixed-use development in Aurora. The property is located at the confluence of Interstate 70, Expressway 470, East Colfax Avenue and Picadilly Road. NorthPoint has already started construction on a 598,500-square-foot warehouse that is slated for delivery in the second quarter of 2020. Building 1 at Stafford Logistics Center will feature 136 trailer spaces, approximately 134 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors/ramps, 36-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinklers. Aaron Valdez, Tyler Smith and Alec Rhodes of Cushman & Wakefield Denver’s industrial team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Additionally, the Cushman & Wakefield team has been retained to handle the leasing efforts of Stafford Logistics Center.

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5300-Sterling-Dr-Boulder-CO

BOULDER, COLO. — JLL has arranged $8.7 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of two flex buildings in Boulder. The borrower is Ivy Realty. Leon McBroom of JLL Capital Markets team secured the three-year, floating-rate loan with two one-year extensions. A regional lender provided the funds. Located at 5300 and 5305 Sterling Drive, the properties total 46,702 square feet. Beginning in the summer of 2020, Ivy Realty plans to start converting the buildings into creative office space for use by large single tenants. The borrower previously repositioned the adjacent building at 5360 Sterling Drive with a similar strategy. Built in 1983, 5300 Sterling Drive is currently a two-story industrial warehouse consisting of 19,904 square feet. 5305 Sterling Drive, which was constructed in 1996, is a two-story, 26,798-square-foot, Class B flex building.

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