COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Schulte Hospitality has purchased the 126-room Hyatt Place in Colorado Springs for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 503 W. Garden of the Gods Road. CBRE Hotels’ Larry Kaplan and Mark Darrington represented the seller, a joint venture between Sage Hospitality and Whitman Peterson, in this transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — George Smith Partners has arranged $41 million in acquisition financing for the Vineyards, a 300-unit apartment community in Colorado Springs. The community is located at 4350 Mira Linda Point. The private real estate investment and development company that purchased the asset plans to renovate all units and upgrade the community’s landscaping and on-site amenities, including the clubhouse, fitness center, leasing offices and business center. The non-recourse loan features a fixed 4.31 percent interest rate with nine years of interest-only payments. George Smith Partners’ Jonathan Lee arranged the financing, which Walker and Dunlop provided.
DENVER — Castle Lanterra has acquired the 369-unit Alexan Sloan’s Lake apartment community in Denver for $102.8 million. The community is located at 1550 Raleigh St. Alexan Sloan’s Lake features 9,000 square feet of first-floor retail. The property is part of a 19-acre mixed-use redevelopment of the former Saint Anthony Hospital campus. The development will eventually contain up to 150,000 square feet of retail and office space. Jeff Hawks, Terrance Hunt, Doug Andrews, Shane Ozment and Chris Cowan of ARA Newmark represented the seller, a joint venture between Trammell Crow Residential and an institutional investor.
LITTLETON, COLO. — A joint venture between PCCP and Griffis Residential has acquired the 332-unit Monterey Apartments in Littleton for an undisclosed sum. The new owners will rebrand the community as Griffis Marston Lake. It is located at 4601 S. Balsam Way. The joint venture plans to renovate the clubhouse, fitness center, pool and spa, and upgrade the community landscaping. Unit interiors will be upgraded with vinyl plank floors in kitchens, living rooms and bathrooms, new kitchen cabinet faces, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. Notable employers in the area include Lockheed Martin, the Denver Federal Center, the National Renewable Energy Lab and St. Anthony’s Hospital.
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — Koelbel and Co. has broken ground on a 57,700-square-foot office project in Louisville. The Class A building is located at 168 Centennial Parkway within the Centennial Valley Business Park. The property offers direct access to U.S. Highway 36 and is nearby to Boulder.
DENVER — HFF has arranged a $32 million refinancing for a 151,500-square-foot creative office development in downtown Denver. The property is located at 3001 Brighton Blvd. in the River North (RiNo) submarket. The property was built in 1939 as a produce depot before. It is 97.7 percent leased to a mix of office, retail and restaurant tenants, including CorePower Yoga, Booyah Marketing and Uber. HFF’s Josh Simon, Kristian Lichtenfels and Riaz Cassum secured the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company. The team worked on behalf of Industry Founders and Clarion Partners.
DENVER — Unum Life Insurance Company of America has provided a $13 million refinancing for the Denver Dry Goods Building, an 84,495-square-foot retail and office building located in downtown Denver. Leon McBroom and Kristian Lichtenfels of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Jonathan Rose Cos., to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate loan. HFF will service the loan. The property — which is a designated historic landmark — is home to tenants including T.J. Maxx, Visit Denver Center, Jason’s Deli, Starbucks Coffee, Denver Urban Renewal Authority, the Aveda Institute and Yuthok Jewelry.
ARVADA, COLO. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Arvada West Town Center, an 83,279-square-foot shopping center located roughly 11 miles outside Denver in Arvada. Walmart Neighborhood Market shadow-anchors the center, which is 89 percent leased to tenants including AutoZone, Wendy’s, Fantastic Sam’s, The Salvation Army, Quiznos and Qdoba Mexican Grill. Kevin Fryman and Edward Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented the buyer, Starboard Realty Advisors LLC, and the seller, Arvada West 04 LLC, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
BRIGHTON, COLO. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has acquired the 252-unit Solaire Apartments in Brighton for $57.5 million. The community is located at 1287 S. 8th Ave., about 20 miles northeast of Denver’s CBD. Solaire Apartments was 94 percent leased as of the closing date. Community amenities include a heated swimming pool, hot tub, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor grilling stations, business center and playground. The community is also situated on one of the nation’s largest geothermal systems, allowing Solaire Apartments to provide its residents with renewable energy. Inland Real Estate Acquisitions was represented in-house by Matthew Tice.
Denver’s economic growth, its reputation as a commercial hub in the Rockies and the growth in e-commerce sales are all factors contributing to the metro’s strong industrial property performance. Denver employers are on track to add 39,000 new workers to their headcounts by year end, expanding the local workforce by 2.8 percent, with the professional and business services and construction sectors driving employment gains. As household formation and retail spending has increased, demand for industrial space in Denver has followed suit. The city’s strategic position as a Western state commercial hub, along with the rapid rise in e-commerce sales, has attracted retailers and distributors, such as FedEx and Amazon, to the area. These large retailers and distributors are contributing to the high demand for industrial space, especially given the limited number of industrial property deliveries in 2015. The industrial construction pipeline is growing as a result of this demand. Spurred on by Denver’s positive economic performance, developers have expanded the industrial development pipeline, including higher levels of speculative development. About 3.7 million square feet of industrial space will have come online by the end of the year. About 1 million square feet of space was delivered in 2015. The breakneck …
