DENVER — A partnership between Investcorp and Griffin Partners has purchased a 10-building office/flex portfolio in Denver for $78.5 million. The portfolio includes 345 Inverness Drive S. and Arapahoe Business Park, comprising a total of 484,737 square feet. The Inverness property is a three-building, 175,287-square-foot complex that was built in 2001. Arapahoe Business Park is a seven-building complex that was completed in two phases from 1998 to 2001. The park contains a total of 309,450 rentable square feet and is situated at the entrance to Centennial Airport Center. Both projects sit east of Interstate 25. The assets are 95 percent leased to 15 tenants. The tenant roster is composed of companies within the technological, research and development, laboratory testing, light manufacturing, distribution and automotive fields. NGKF’s Dave Tilton, David Lee and Jason Addlesperger represented the seller, Hines REIT, in this transaction. The NGKF team was retained to lease and manage the portfolio.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has purchased a 225,362-square-foot industrial building in Colorado Springs for $28.8 million. The facility is located at 125 N. Troy Hill Road. It is net leased to FedEx Ground Packaging System for the next 10 years. The property is situated directly across from the Colorado Springs Airport and is in close proximity to Interstate 25.
DENVER — A joint venture between United Properties and Principal Real Estate Investors have announced the second phase of Inova Dry Creek, a 650,000-square-foot, mixed-use campus in Denver. Phase II will contain a second speculative Class A office building containing 235,800 square feet. Construction will commence in the coming weeks, with an expected delivery date in the third quarter of 2017. Development plans call for three additional buildings on the 58-acre site. The developers broke ground on Inova 1, the first phase of the campus, in September. It is slated for completion in November, with Comcast taking occupancy in the first quarter of 2017. The JV will also soon break ground on Inova Flex, a 70,632-square-foot flex property at the campus. Power Home Remodeling Group has recently signed a lease at this space. Powers Brown Architecture has designed the project, while Adolfson & Peterson Construction is serving as the general contractor for Inova 1.
ARVADA, COLO. — An unnamed buyer has purchased a 20-unit apartment building in Arvada for $2.4 million. The community is located at 5351-5361 Everett St. It was originally built in 1961 and renovated in 2014. The building is just off West 52nd Avenue near Olde Town Arvada. Josh Newell of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors’ The Newell Team represented the buyer. The firm’s Jeff Johnson and Matt Ritter of the Johnson Ritter Team represented the seller in this transaction.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Ft. Collins Multifamily III DST has acquired The Preserve at the Meadows, a 220-unit apartment complex in Fort Collins, for $46.1 million. The community is located at 350 Riva Ridge Drive, adjacent to the MAX bus rapid transit line. Jeff Slinde and Bert Slinde of Slinde Realty represented the buyer. Jake Hallauer and Ryan Schaefer of Chrisland Real Estate Companies represented the sellers, The Preserve at the Meadows Ltd., SC Residential LLC and multiple other entities, in this transaction.
DENVER — Developers Tom and Brooke Gordon have chosen OZ Architecture to design DriveTrain, a mixed-use development to be built in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood. The development is projected to cost between $75 million and $90 million, according to reports by the Denver Business Journal. The project will include pedestrian-friendly, interconnected residential, retail, restaurants, incubator space for local chefs and artists, underground parking and a 120-room boutique hotel. The property’s residential component will include condominiums ranging from penthouses, to micro-units and affordable housing. Groundbreaking is expected to take place in early 2017, with completion scheduled for late 2018.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Englewood-based Sports Authority Inc. has announced that it will close the doors to all 463 of its locations by the end of August. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March, with plans to close only 140 of its locations. Liquidation sales will be held in all stores, with exchanges and returns available through June 25. Bloomberg News has reported that Sports Authority is in talks with Pittsburgh-based rival chain Dick’s (NYSE: DKS), as well as other parties, regarding the sale of stores and intellectual property.
MONTROSE, COLO. — Roaring Fork Lodge LLC has selected Denver-based architectural firm OZ Architecture to design Roaring Fork Lodge, a new independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Montrose, located in the southwestern portion of Colorado. The 80,000-square-foot community will be situated on a 10-acre plot. It will include 10 independent living duplex cottages, in addition to the main building that will feature 69 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments. The site will also feature a retail component, coffee shop, café and small medical clinic. Colorado-based Vivage Senior Living will operate the community, which is expected to open in late 2016.
DENVER — American Realty Advisors has purchased a 341-unit apartment building in the Union Station submarket of downtown Denver. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property, formerly known as Elan Union Station, will be rebranded as ALARA Union Station. The newly constructed asset is located at 1975 19th St. The property also contains 58,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a two-story subterranean parking garage. King Soopers, Wells Fargo, upscale pet food store Kriser’s and the Pig and Sprout, a new restaurant concept by a local restaurateur, lease the retail portion. Jordan Robbins and Jeff Haag of Holliday, Fenoglio and Fowler represented the seller, a joint venture that included Greystar, in this transaction.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors LLC has arranged the sale of Centennial Corners, an 18,719-square-foot shopping center located in the Denver suburb of Centennial. Kevin Calame and Matt Lewallen of Pinnacle represented the buyer, Centennial Corners LLC, and Tom Ethington and Robert Edwards of Pinnacle represented the seller, Woodbury Corp., in the transaction. Walmart shadow-anchors the center, which is home to tenants including Anytime Fitness, Bawarchi Biryani Point, Domino’s, Anytime Lab, Game Stop and Qdoba.