FORT COLLINS, COLO. — US Property Trust has acquired Mulberry & Lemay Crossing, an 18,988-square-foot shopping center located in Fort Collins, for an undisclosed price. Walmart and The Home Depot shadow anchor the center. Tenants at the property, located at 1281 E. Magnolia St., include RadioShack, Supercuts, Silver Mine Subs, The UPS Store, Qdoba, Dairy Queen, GameStop, Papa John’s, State Farm and Chase Bank.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Chicago-based development and management firm Core Spaces has acquired a 665-bed student housing community located one block away from the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. The purchase was the first for Core Spaces since the firm established its acquisitions platform in September 2015. The company will renovate and rebrand the three-year-old asset. During renovations, the fitness center will be relocated and increased in size by 2,500 square feet while adding equipment, free weights, stand-up tanning facilities, a yoga room and sauna. Improvements to the outdoor courtyards will take place, as well as the addition of a hot tub, sand volleyball court, fire pits, barbecue grills, and gaming and gathering areas. The community’s computer lab will also be expanded during renovations with the addition of new computers, printers, four group study areas and individual study nooks. Other improvements to the facility will include improvements to the lobby, reception area and offices and the addition of a 313-space parking garage. The community is currently fully occupied and already 85 percent pre-leased for the 2016-17 school year. Renovations are scheduled for completion by the start of the fall semester.
DENVER — Northstar Commercial Partners, a Denver-based developer, has broken ground on a 74-unit assisted living and memory care community in Denver. Being built on a recently acquired 1.6-acre vacant parcel, the community will be part of Denver’s Stapleton neighborhood on the former site of Stapleton International Airport. The Stapleton neighborhood already has 19,000 residents, 50 parks and 38 miles of trails. When completed, the 63,283-square-foot seniors housing community will offer 58 assisted living units and 16 memory care units. Northstar expects to finish construction in spring 2017. Balfour Senior Living will operate the community.
CASTLE ROCK, COLO. — Investors Management Group has acquired the 186-unit Rolling Hills apartments in Castle Rock for $23.8 million. The community is located at 1129 S. Eaton Circle, just southeast of Denver. The property was built in 1987. It was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Rolling Hills is situated near Sky Ridge Medical Center, the RidgeGate development, Park Meadows Mall and the DTC Business Corridor, the largest employment center in metro Denver. ARA’s Shane Ozment, Terrance Hunt, Jeff Hawks and Doug Andrews represented the seller, Virtú Investments, in this transaction.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $24.6 million sale of Lokal CSU, a 194-bed student housing property located one block away from the Colorado State University (CSU) campus in Fort Collins. Robert Kaplan of M&M represented the seller, Scott’s Plaza LLC, and procured the buyer in the transaction. The property is located in CSU’s west campus area at 1201 West Plum St., near the site of the university’s new football stadium and one block away from the Fort Collins Elizabeth Street entertainment area. Community amenities at the property — fully leased for the current school year — include outdoor hot tubs, an indoor/outdoor bar and grill lounge, Zipcars, reserved covered parking, bike parking, security cameras and restricted building access with 24/7 emergency maintenance services. Units include bed-to-bath parity, full-size washers and dryers, 55-inch televisions and free satellite television service.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Gilbane Development Co. has broken ground on West Edge, a student housing community located across the street from The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) campus. The development will be located 500 yards from the Kraemer Library and UCCS academic core, and will offer eight different floor plans including studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and six-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Apartments will feature washers and dryers, walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and flat screen televisions. Community amenities will include a rooftop sky lounge with view of the Pikes Peak mountain range, a clubhouse, study rooms, a tech center with high-powered computers and free printing, a heated saltwater pool, a landscaped courtyard with sundecks, an outdoor kitchen with grilling stations, and multiple outdoor lounges with community fire pits. Residents will also have access to a fitness lodge featuring tanning beds, free weights, cardio equipment, a yoga studio, a bouldering wall and a full-sized basketball court. High-speed Internet, Wi-Fi, cable and furniture will all be included. Asset Campus Housing will manage the community and offer a community life program with resident events, roommate matching services and individual, by-the-bed leases. Parking is available for residents and bike storage …
DENVER — Pearlmark has received a $55.1 million loan to refinance the 202-room Ritz-Carlton in Denver. The full-service, AAA Five-Diamond hotel is located at 1881 Curtis St. The Ritz-Carlton originally opened in 2008. It underwent $9.3 million in capital improvements between 2013 and 2015. The property includes a Ritz-Carlton Club Level, Elway’s Restaurant, the Ritz-Carlton Spa, a recently renovated fitness center with adjacent salon, and an adjacent TruFit Athletic club with lap pool, Olympic weights and an indoor climbing wall. The hotel also offers 12,383 square feet of meeting and event space. HFF’s Eric Tupler and John Bourret arranged the floating-rate loan with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Steadfast Apartment REIT has purchased the 217-unit Fielder’s Creek Apartments in the Denver submarket of Englewood for $32.4 million. The community is located at 3205 W. Floyd Ave., nine miles from downtown Denver. It was built in 1983. Fielder’s Creek is currently 97 percent occupied. The REIT plans to implement a value enhancement program at the property.
DENVER — HFF has arranged $30.5 million in financing for construction of the 216-unit Mountain View at Palisade Park in the Denver submarket of Broomfield. The community will be located at the southwest corner of 169th Avenue and Huron Street. The property will contain eight residential buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 909 square feet once it’s completed in 2017. HFF’s Josh Simon and Kristian Lichtenfels placed the construction loan with a regional bank on behalf of MountainView Capital.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged $44.2 million in fixed-rate bonds for Sunny Vista Living Center, a skilled nursing and independent living community in Colorado Springs. Sunny Vista features 110 skilled nursing beds and 50 one-bedroom independent living apartments using Section 8 subsidies through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The bonds will fund the addition of 38 assisted living units and 28 memory care units on a 4.8-acre site. The expansion will comprise 55,500 square feet. In conjunction with the financing, Sunny Vista merged with The Villa at Sunny Vista. The two communities were separate entities previously, but were affiliated and shared a CEO. The two facilities will now be a single, consolidated campus. The financing is composed of $42.3 million of tax-exempt bonds and $1.9 million of taxable bonds.
