MCCARRAN, NEV. — Mohr Capital has completed the development of a speculative cross-dock building, located at 1500 Waltham Way in McCarran. The 596,400-square-foot was fully leased during construction and sold to Dalfen Industrial upon its completion. ARCO Murray served as general contractor for the building, which will serve as a distribution facility. Additionally, Mohr Capital acquired two land sites in the North Valleys submarket and nearby Fernley for future industrial development.
LAS VEGAS — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Sutton Place, a garden-style community located at 5400 W. Cheyenne Ave. in Las Vegas. West Lake Village, Calif.-based Sunstone Properties Trust acquired the asset from Salt Lake City-based Bridge Investment Group for $37 million, or $162,281 per unit. Built in 1986, Sutton Place features 228 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 650 square feet to 927 square feet, a remodeled leasing office, fitness center, playground, soccer field, barbecue and picnic areas, and a laundry facility. At the time of sale, the property was 93 percent leased. The seller invested $2.8 million in capital improvements including deferred maintenance, exterior upgrades, paint and wood repair, asphalt, lighting, HVAC, landscaping, pool/deck furniture and new balcony railings throughout the property. Thomas Olivetti, Trevor Koskovich, Jesse Hudson and Ryan Boyle of Northmarq’s Las Vegas and Phoenix Investment Sales team handled the transaction.
By Melissa Molyneaux, Executive Vice President, Colliers Northern Nevada’s office market has continued to post strong fundamentals this year. Positive tenant demand has improved vacancy in recent quarters, though an uptick in available sublease space could impact market-wide vacancy in the future. The Reno-Sparks region has also seen a handful of new speculative office construction starts that will add trophy office and medical office space to the downtown and South Meadows submarkets. Strong economic recovery has been evident this year as Nevada reached a new employment peak of nearly 1.5 million jobs in June. Washoe County’s population has grown an impressive 17.1 percent since 2010, to 500,000 people. A study by Woods and Poole Economics estimates the area will reach 764,000 people by 2060. Market-wide vacancy rates dropped to 10.6 percent in the third quarter of 2022, down 200 basis points year over year. Downtown vacancy fell 310 basis points to 11.7 percent, while suburban vacancy fell 180 basis points to 10.3 percent in the same period. Vacancy has continued to improve since the onset of the pandemic, though the Reno area has started to see an increase in available sublease space hitting the market. About one quarter of all …
LAS VEGAS — Matter Real Estate Group is entering the residential real estate market with the planned development of Vestra, a multifamily property situated within its 40-acre UnCommons mixed-use community in southwest Las Vegas. Vestra will feature 352 apartments in a mix of studio, one-bedroom/one-bath, two-bedroom/two-bath and three-bedroom/two-bath layouts spread across three midrise towers. Each residence will offer quartz countertops, modern flat-panel cabinets, walk-in closets, washers/dryers and private lockers for a dry-cleaning service. Onsite amenities will include a pool house; resort-style pool with cabanas; fireplaces and barbecues; indoor/outdoor fitness center; lawn space; pet spa; coworking spaces; flex lounge; and media rooms. The property will also feature a 100 percent controlled access parking garage with electric vehicle charging stations. The community is slated to welcome residents early next year. EDI International designed the building with interiors by Jules Wilson Design Studio.
LAS VEGAS — Los Angeles-based Banyan Residential has acquired its first property in the Las Vegas market with the purchase of Banyan Brighton, a build-to-rent townhome community currently under construction, for $61 million. Additional terms of the transaction were not released. Upon completion, Banyan Brighton will feature 133 two- and three-bedroom townhomes ranging from 1,396 to 1,479 square feet. Each residence will feature an attached two-car garage, first-class finishes and private outdoor living space. The property is located within the 1,000-acre Skye Canyon master-planned community, which offers a 10,000-square-foot indoor fitness facility, modern clubhouse, five-acre sports field, full-service coffee shop, outdoor lap pool and five parks, including green spaces, picnic areas, tennis courts and dog parks. Cushman & Wakefield is actively leasing the townhomes as they are completed. Final units are slated for delivery in third-quarter 2023.
LAS VEGAS — VICI Properties has entered into an agreement to purchase Blackstone Real Estate Trust’s (BREIT) 49.9 percent interest in the joint venture that owns MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The joint venture between BREIT and MGM Growth Properties was originally formed in early 2020, before VICI’s acquisition of MGM in 2021. VICI will acquire the stake for $1.3 billion and assume BREIT’s pro-rata share of the existing $3 billion property-level debt. The deal is expected to close early in first-quarter 2023. Combined the properties total 18 million square feet, with 11,000 guest rooms, 321,000 square feet of gaming space and 3 million square feet of exhibit and meeting space.
LAS VEGAS — Nashville, Tenn.-based Patriot Real Estate Holdings has purchased Marnell Corporate Center V (MCC5), a five-story, Class A office building within Marnell Corporate Center in Las Vegas. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. Located at 6720 Via Austi Parkway, the asset features 110,974 square feet of multi-tenant office space. The building was constructed in 2007. Patriot Real Estate acquired MCC3, a 71,378-square-foot office building, and MCC4, a 93,702-square-foot office building, from Dornin Investment Group in summer 2022 and spring 2018, respectively. The Marnell Corporate Center is a seven-building, 736,000-square-foot, Class A, master-planned business campus. Marlene Fujita Winkel, Rick Reeder, Brad Tecca, Emily Brun and Alex Casingal of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Beverly Hills, Calif.-based Omninet Capital has sold Nellis Plaza, a retail and medical center in Las Vegas, to Glen Una Management for $25 million. The transaction is the buyer’s first major retail acquisition in the Las Vegas market. Situated on 7.5 acres at 305-325 N. Nellis Blvd., Nellis Plaza features 83,930 square feet of retail and healthcare space. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied, with only 1,200 square feet vacant. Marlene Fujita Winkel, Charles Moore, Emily Brun and Alex Casingal of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Las Vegas represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Cottonwood Group has purchased Summit on Nellis (formerly The Boulevard) and The Quinn, two apartment communities in Las Vegas, for $64 million and $58.5 million, respectively. The acquisition marks Cottonwood’s entry into the Las Vegas multifamily market. The Summit on Nellis, located at 3050 S. Nellis Blvd., features 296 units, and The Quinn, at 5500 S. Mountain Vista St., offers 237 units. For both transactions, Cottonwood partnered with experienced operators and contributed the majority of the equity. This year, Cottonwood has invested in six multifamily properties, including these two in Las Vegas.
SPANISH SPRINGS, NEV. — Panattoni Development has released plans for 420 Ingenuity Ave., a Class A industrial building at the 594-acre, master-planned Spanish Springs Business Center in Spanish Springs, a suburb north of Reno. The 195,000-square-foot facility will offer a combination of light industrial flex space with smaller units divisible to 9,000 square feet, and larger mid-bulk industrial space with unit sizes ranging from 31,500 square feet to 141,000 square feet. Each suite will include a build-to-suit office showroom, dock-high and grade-level door access, 30-foot clear heights, 50-foot by 50-foot column spacing with 60-foot speed bays, skylights and motion sensor LED lighting. Alston Construction will serve as general contractor on the project, which is slated for delivery in fourth-quarter 2023. Groundbreaking is scheduled for this fall.
