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 …
DENVER — Franklin Street Properties Corp. (NYSE: FSP), a Massachusetts-based REIT, has acquired the Dominion Towers office property in downtown Denver for $154 million. The property includes a 19-story tower and a 28-story tower that are connected. The Class A buildings total 613,527 rentable square feet, resulting in a purchase price of $251 per rentable square foot. Dominion Towers is situated in the center of downtown Denver, within one block of light rail access and adjacent to the 16th Street Mall. The towers are 89 percent leased, and EOG Resources Inc., an oil and gas company, is the largest renter, taking up 29 percent of the property through December 2026. FSP funded the acquisition of Dominion Towers with cash on hand and the proceeds of a $150 million unsecured, two-year bridge loan with JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as administrative agent. FSP plans to implement $3 million in capital improvements to the property. “We believe that the acquisition of Dominion Towers will provide additional opportunities for value creation by growing our presence in downtown Denver to almost 2 million rentable square feet,” says Jeffrey Carter, president and chief investment officer of FSP. FSP’s stock price closed at $12.25 per share on …
VAIL, COLO. — CBRE Hotels has arranged the sale of the Four Seasons Resort and Residences in Vail for $121 million. The 134-room resort is located at 1 Vail Road, and includes 121 hotel guestrooms and 13 condominiums. The resort offers slope-side ski-valet facilities located adjacent to Gondola One in Vail Village. Additional amenities include a 14,935-square-foot spa, over 7,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space, dining and retail space. Bernard Van der Lande of CBRE Capital Advisors, along with Mark Darrington and Larry Kaplan of CBRE Hotels, represented the seller, Barclays. Barclays acquired the property out of bankruptcy when it was under construction in 2009. New York City-based Extell Development Co. was the buyer. — Kristin Hiller