DENVER — Clarion Partners has purchased a 3.7 million-square-foot industrial portfolio for $200 million. The portfolio is situated in four states. The Denver portion of the portfolio includes more than 1.9 million square feet, marking Denver’s single largest industrial transaction on record, according to Clarion. This portion has been renamed Clarion Gateway. Clarion Gateway includes 14 Class A logistics properties situated in the Airport submarket, the region’s primary distribution corridor. The properties were constructed between 1995 and 2015. They feature ESFR sprinkler systems, dock-high and drive-in loading, and clear heights ranging from 22 ft. to 32 ft. The Denver portfolio is currently 96.5 percent leased. The remainder of the portfolio focuses on supply chain markets, including two Las Vegas properties totaling 698,300 square feet. The buildings are all new Class A construction, built in 2016 or 2017, with low office finishes and clear heights ranging from 32 feet to 36 feet. Tenants across the portfolio span a mix of global, national and local companies, including United Parcel Service, Simmons, M S International, Whirlpool, SITCO Lumber and Cardinal Health. The portfolio is diversified by industry with no single tenant occupying more than 13 percent of the total rentable area. CBRE represented …
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Security Properties has purchased the 220-unit Willows at Printers Park apartment complex in Colorado Springs for $41 million. The community is located at 2205 Willow Tree Grove, two miles east of downtown. Willows at Printers Park contains one- to three-bedroom apartments with well-appointed kitchens, walk-in closets, in-unit full-size washers and dryers, and private patios/balconies. Amenities include a swimming pool, clubhouse with a small kitchen and attached business center, playground, and fire pit gazebo. Security Properties plans to upgrade the property, continuing the unit renovations initiated by prior ownership, adding aesthetic upgrades to the clubhouse and expanding the amenity offerings. Security Properties-affiliate Security Properties Residential will manage the property.
DENVER — Nexus Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Glenview Apartments, a multifamily property located at 16300 R. Colfax Ave. in Denver. Odgen Park Town Homes sold the property to 16300 Colfax Avenue Holdco LLC for $4.5 million. Situated on 1.8 acres, the 31,096-square-foot building features 48 apartment units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Jason Koch of Nexus represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
AURORA, COLO. — M&J Wilkow Ltd., along with MetLife Investment Management, has acquired The Southlands, a retail center located in southeast Aurora. Developed in 2005, the 1.7 million-square-foot complex features retail and office space. Tenants include AMC Theatres, Dick’s Sporting Goods, H&M, Bed Bath & Beyond, Barnes and Noble, Ross Dress for Less, Ulta Beauty and Best Buy. Additionally, the center consists of a traditional power center component, an open-air lifestyle component (known as the Town Center) with fashion, food and entertainment and office space totaling more than 917,000 square feet. Southlands is the third retail center co-owned by M&J Wilkow and MetLife. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — BKM Capital Partners has entered the Denver market with the purchase of Inverness Business Park, located at 14 Inverness Drive East in Englewood. A private family office sold the property for $20.2 million. The eight-building asset features 215,268 square feet of Class A industrial space. At the time of acquisition, the park was 91 percent occupied by 86 tenants averaging approximately 2,750 square feet each. BKM plans to invest $2 million in upgrades to the asset, including a complete rebrand as well as fresh paint, upgraded landscaping, cosmetic upgrades to the lobby and signage, and various structural improvements. Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.
DENVER — Focus Property Group, a Denver-based property investor and developer, and Ascent Living Communities, an owner and operator of senior living communities based in nearby Centennial, have announced plans for a seniors housing community in Denver’s Hilltop neighborhood. The three-story property, which has not yet been named, will sit on 4.4 acres and feature 200 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. Focus Property Group acquired the site, a former milk processing and distribution center, in 2016. Focus teamed with Ascent Living Communities to co-develop, operate and manage the community. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2019, with initial move-ins planned for summer 2020. Hord Coplan Macht will design the project.
CASTLE ROCK, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant office building located at 1189 S. Perry St. in Castle Rock, a suburb of Denver. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $3.4 million, or $269.51 per square foot. Built in 2005, the property features approximately 12,801 square feet of office space. Corey Sandberg and Jeff Johnson of Pinnacle represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
DENVER — Nexus Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of Park Plaza Apartments, located at 2250 Josephine St. in Denver. Anchor Josephine LLC acquired the apartment building from Park Plaza Josephine LLC for $3.2 million. The 22-unit building features 20 one-bedroom units, one studio apartment and one two-bedroom unit. Adam Riddle of Nexus represented the seller, while Riddle and Austin Smith, also of Nexus, represented the buyer in the deal.
TIMNATH, COLO. — The Neenan Co. has started construction for The Plaza at Riverbend, a mixed-use retail center in Timnath, a suburb of Fort Collins. The project will total 39,000 square feet and include two freestanding single-story buildings with retail, office and restaurant space. The larger building will feature 23,000 square feet of commercial space. Studio 68 will own 9,307 square feet of space, slated to open by the end of the year. The second facility will feature 16,000 square feet of speculative commercial space. Serving as the project’s developer and design-builder, The Neenan Co. will sell the retail and office condominiums to each end user upon the project’s completion in late 2018.
BOULDER, COLO. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Flatirons Terrace, a 54-unit independent living community, for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, Flatirons Terrace is a Class A community in the heart of Boulder. It was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. ESI represented the seller, Golden West Senior Living, a Boulder-based nonprofit. The buyer was Dial Retirement Communities, which will also operate the community. The Omaha-based company operates 17 communities in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, with Flatirons Terrace being its first Colorado community.