DENVER — Blue West Capital has brokered the sale of Park Hill Shops, a three-tenant retail property located in Denver. A Colorado-based real estate investment company sold the asset to a local 1031 exchange investor for $3.4 million. Robert Edwards and Tom Ethington of Blue West Capital represented the seller in the deal. Located at 2245 Kearney St., the 9,160-square-foot building was originally built in the 1950s as a movie theater.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Tepuy Properties has purchased a three-story office building located at 5825 Delmonico Drive in Colorado Springs. DCP Delmonico LLC sold the asset for $7.9 million. Built in 1985, the 38,638-square-foot property was 90 percent occupied at the time of sale by eight tenants, including USA Triathlon. Eric Rutherford of WK Estate represented Tepuy Properties, while Matt Call of NavPoint Real Estate Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) and FCP, both privately held real estate investment companies, have unveiled plans for the Colorado Research Exchange (CoRE), a 450,000-square-foot life sciences campus in Broomfield. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall for completion in early 2024. Located approximately midway between Denver and Boulder, CoRE will comprise four buildings, three of which will be four- to five-story tenant buildings ranging from approximately 110,000 to nearly 200,000 square feet. The fourth property, a shared amenity center for all tenants, will total 15,960 square feet and feature a fitness center, locker rooms, bike storage, tenant lounge with fireplace, outdoor terrace, conference/training facility and a food market. Each tenant building boasts views of the Front Range section of the Rocky Mountains, while green space connects each of the properties. Development cost estimates were not disclosed. The developers selected Broomfield due to its highly educated workforce and close proximity to two major metro areas. Current demand for life sciences space in this area has reached over 1.4 million square feet and continues to grow as companies focus on the market for its access to talent, capital and business-friendly environment, according to the developers. The partnership expects CoRE …
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — Tepuy Properties has completed the disposition of a property located at 385 S. Pierce Ave. in Louisville. Centre Point Properties acquired the asset for $8.7 million. The property features 43,770 square feet of flex space. Tepuy originally purchased the property for $2.5 million. Jaime Pletcher of Gibbons White represented the seller, while Cody Stambaugh and Mark Alley of Pinnacle Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal.
AURORA, DENVER AND GREELEY, COLO. — Capstone Apartment Partners has arranged the $30 million sale of a 184-unit LIHTC apartment portfolio in metro Denver. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. The portfolio comprises three Section 8 seniors housing assets: Aurora Village in Aurora, Kings Point in Denver and University Plaza in Greeley. Sean Holamon, Nik MacCarter and Adam Riddle of Capstone represented the seller in the transaction.
BOULDER, COLO. — Boulder-based Tepuy Properties has purchased a multi-suite office building located at 3050 Broadway St. in Boulder. Attache International Marketing sold the asset for $2.6 million. Built in 1981, the 7,094-square-foot property is currently 100 percent vacant. Tepuy plans to update the property with interior renovations and rooftop patio updates. Eric Rutherford with WK Real Estate represented the buyer, while Chris Jensen of Vista Commercial Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
ARVADA, COLO. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of The Kipling Meadows, a 120-unit independent living community in the first-ring Denver suburb of Arvada. Built in 2008 with a renovation in 2018, Kipling Meadows averaged 86 percent occupancy in the three months prior to sale. “With the community recently recovering occupancy back to 90 percent in just the latest month, the Evans Senior Investments team was able to showcase the potential upside for a new ownership group by forecasting a 6 percent rental rate increase,” says Hank Fuller, senior associate with ESI. ESI represented the seller, an institutional private equity group, in the transaction. The buyer was regional operator looking to expand in Colorado. The price was not disclosed.
COMMERCE CITY, COLO. — Blue West Capital has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail property in Commerce City, approximately six miles northeast of downtown Denver. Brandon Gayeski and Robert Edwards of Blue West Capital represented the seller, a Colorado-based partnership. The buyer was a 1031 exchange investor based in Colorado. The 2,340-square-foot property features a drive-thru and was constructed in 2020. Located at 4860 East 60th Ave., Starbucks Coffee occupies the property on a long-term lease.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Drawbridge Realty has purchased one of the Arrow Buildings at Dry Creek Station in Englewood for $106 million. The acquisition is Drawbridge’s first since completing a $1.7 billion recapitalization of its national portfolio in February with institutional investors KKR and General Atlantic. Arrow Electronics (NYSE: ARW) fully occupies the 223,177-square-foot, Class A headquarters building, located at 9151 E. Panorama, on a long-term basis. Constructed in 2017, the property enabled Arrow to consolidate its more than 1,600 local employees spread across nine buildings into one campus-style location. The seven-story building offers parking for more than 1,300 cars and is adjacent to Interstate 25 and near the Dry Creek light rail station. The acquired building is adjacent to Arrow’s other worldwide headquarters building. Terms of the transaction were not released.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Interquest I-IV, a four-building flex, office and healthcare portfolio located at 9925, 9945, 9950 and 9960 Federal Drive in Colorado Springs. An undisclosed seller sold the asset to a Denver-based private partnership for an undisclosed price. Aaron Johnson and Jon Hendrickson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. Constructed in phases in 2001 and 2008/2009, the buildings offer a total of 241,232 square feet of flex, office and healthcare space. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 76 percent leased to a healthcare and technology tenants. Interquest I (9945 Federal Drive) and Interquest II (9925 Federal Drive) have LEED Silver certification.
