DENVER — Invesco Real Estate has purchased the Retreat at the Flatirons, a 374-unit luxury apartment community in the Denver submarket of Broomfield, for $95 million. The community is located at 13780 Del Corso Way. The property was 96.8 percent occupied at the time of closing. The seller, Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, built the Retreat in 2012. ARA Newmark’s Jeff Hawks, Doug Andrews, Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment represented Etkin Johnson in the deal. This is Invesco’s second apartment acquisition in Metro Denver in this past month. The company also recently purchased the Retreat at Park Meadows for $125 million.
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DENVER — Pathfinder Winfeild RiNo Holdings LLC has purchased a former Gold Star Sausage Factory in Denver for $4.5 million. The factory is located at the corner of 28th and Walnut streets in the River North (RiNo) District. It contains five structures for a total of 47,326 square feet. The buyer plans to repurpose the space to include common-area meeting space, a kitchen, locker room and showers and a bike barn with a bicycle repair station. Brian Bair and Trent Rice of NAI Shames Makovsky represented Pathfinder in this transaction.
DENVER — First National Bank of Santa Fe has signed a 10-year lease for 22,198 square feet of office space in Denver. The space is located at 1400 16th St. in the LoDo (Lower Downtown) district. First National Bank of Santa Fe is composed of First National Denver, First National Santa Fe and First National Rio Grande. Dorit Fischer and Hayden Hirschfeld represented the bank in this transaction. Todd Wheeler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord.
UniversityParent Launches Certification to Connect Student Housing Companies with Parents
by Nellie Day
BOULDER, COLO. — UniversityParent has launched Best for Parents, a certification tool created to help parents determine which student housing options meet their priorities, and to allow businesses providing student housing to express their value to these stakeholders in housing decisions. Best for Parents certification takes into account the aspects of housing that matter most to parents, such as safety, convenience, student-friendly features, and professional, accessible management and maintenance. Along with providing financial input, parents are a source of support and advice to students. The Best for Parents certification allows parents to make well-informed suggestions regarding their student’s housing. Housing facilities that earn the Best for Parents label receive a parent page on the UniversityParent site outlining the housing company’s answers to the top parent questions, recognition as a Best for Parents facility in the UniversityParent directory, and a plaque and window cling for display.
Bascom Group, Oaktree Capital Purchase Axis at Nine Mile Station Apartments in Denver for $50M
by Nellie Day
DENVER — A joint venture between the Bascom Group and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management have purchased the 336-unit Axis at Nine Mile Station for $50 million. The community is located at 3257 S. Park Road. The property was built in 1980. It is situated adjacent to the Blue Line Light Rail, which will provide access to the Denver Tech Center Business Corridor, downtown Denver and Denver International Airport once it opens next spring. CBRE’s Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice sourced the debt financing, which was provided by Mesa West Capital. Terrance Hunt and Jeff Hawks of ARA Newmark represented the seller.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — CH2M has renewed its lease for a 370,485-square-foot office facility in the Denver submarket of Englewood. The space is located at 9191 S. Jamaica Street. The global engineering and project delivery company has leased the three-building property since 2007. This represented the largest office lease in Denver so far this year, according to Savills Studley, which represented CH2M. Monty Harris and Rob Link worked on behalf of the firm. The landlord, Columbia Property Trust, was represented by Jamie Gard and Jeff Castleton of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — The 444-unit Cascade Village apartment complex in Westminster has sold to a joint venture between Phoenix Realty Group and Real Estate Corporation for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 6880 W. 91st Court. Cascade Village is situated just half a mile from the 105-acre Westminster Mall master-plan redevelopment that will add 1 million square feet of commercial office space to the area, along with 1.1 million square feet of retail and entertainment venues, and high-density multifamily and residential properties. The unnamed seller was represented by Shane Ozment, Terrance Hunt, Doug Andrews and Jeff Hawks of ARA Newmark.
HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors LLC has arranged the $2.6 million sale of a newly constructed 3,798-square-foot Kneaders Bakery and Café in Highlands Ranch. Tom Ethington and Rob Edwards of Pinnacle represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN RAMON, CALIF. — San Ramon-based Vitality Bowls, a superfood café, is set to open three new locations in Colorado and California. New restaurants include a 1,400-square-foot location at Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colo.; a 1,100-square-foot location at 19700 Vallco Parkway in Cupertino, Calif.; and a 796-square-foot location at 20668 Rustic Dr. in Castro Valley, Calif. These openings come as part of a plan to open 100 locations by the end of 2016.
DENVER — Urban Commons has purchased the 400-room Renaissance Hotel in Denver for a reported $44 million. The hotel is located at 3801 Quebec St. in the Stapleton neighborhood. The hotel includes 11 suites and about 30,000 square feet of meeting and function space, including the 11,700-square-foot Colorado Ballroom. The Renaissance is situated near the expanding Enterprise Business Park. It will also be in close proximity to the FasTrack East Corridor light rail line that should debut in 2016. James Escarzega, Steve Michels and Stephanie Tsai of Cushman & Wakefield’s Global Hospitality Group represented the seller, Trifecta Hotel D Owner LLC.