LAS VEGAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a professional office building in Las Vegas, located at 7866 W. Sahara Ave. within Coronado Bay Business Park. A local investor sold the property to a Nevada law firm for $1 million. The buyer plans to occupy the 4,850-square-foot building. Ryan McCullough and Tina Taylor of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
FERNLEY, NEV. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 170 U.S. Highway 95-A South in Fernley. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property from a private family trust for $3.2 million. Taco Bell occupies the 2,860-square-foot property on a net-leased basis. Dustin Alvino of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
ZEPHYR COVE, NEV. — Dickson Commercial Group (DCG) has arranged the sale of Round Hill Square Shopping Center, a retail property located in Zephyr Cove, near Lake Tahoe. ROIC Zephyr LLC sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $28 million. Situated on 10.2 acres, the 115,984-square-foot property was 96.8 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants include Safeway, United States Postal Service, Wells Fargo, Dollar Tree, Subway, WorldMark by Wyndham and Barton Healthcare Lake Tahoe Surgery Center. Chris Shanks, Dominic Brunetti and Scott Shanks of DCG, along with Tony Bernheim of Carlsbad Capital, represented the seller in the deal.
One of the first questions clients ask when considering a hotel casino acquisition or the development of a new hotel casino project in Nevada is whether they have to obtain a gaming license. Since applying for a gaming license requires the disclosure of extensive, private personal information — and obtaining a gaming license can take several months — buyers and developers often want to learn about alternatives to the license. Those alternatives are briefly summarized below. Sale-Leaseback: The sale-leaseback structure involves the current hotel casino owner and/or operator selling substantially all of the assets to the buyer. The buyer, in turn, then leases all of such assets back to the seller. The seller retains the gaming assets and liabilities, utilizes the other assets per the lease and continues to operate the hotel casino for the lease term. The advantage of this structure is that the sale transaction can be closed quickly since the parties do not have to wait for the buyer to obtain its gaming license. A potential disadvantage to the seller is that it still has to operate the property. Possible disadvantages to the buyer are that the buyer assumes the future licensing risk and, generally speaking, cannot …
LAS VEGAS — The Ensign Group, through its Bridgestone Living portfolio company, has acquired Villa Court Assisted Living and Memory Care in Las Vegas. The community features 53 units of assisted living and 20 units of memory care. Villa Court had an occupancy rate of approximately 74 percent at the time of acquisition. This acquisition brings Ensign’s portfolio to 186 skilled nursing operations (22 of which also include assisted living), 52 assisted and independent living operations, 21 hospice agencies, 22 home health agencies and six home care businesses across 16 states. Ensign owns the real estate at 69 of its 237 healthcare operations.
LAS VEGAS — RealComm Advisors has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located within the Martin Hinson Business Center at 6683 Schuster St. in Las Vegas. Tabs Realty acquired the property for $1.7 million. Greg Pancirov and Mike De Lew of RealComm Advisors represented the buyer in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — California-based Westland Real Estate Group has purchased a two-property multifamily portfolio in Las Vegas for $60.3 million. Totaling 1,129 units, the portfolio includes Liberty Village Apartments at 4870 Nellis Oasis Lane and Village Square at 5025 Nellis Oasis Lane. Both communities offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with updated kitchens, air conditioning, Roman bathtubs and private balconies and patios. Community amenities include dog parks, mature landscaping, covered parking, tennis courts and swimming pools. Robin Willett and Devin Lee of Northcap Commercial represented the buyer, while Spence Ballif of CBRE represented the sellers, Shamrock Properties VI LLC and Shamrock Properties VII LLC in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — San Diego-based Tower 16 Capital Partners has purchased Cornerstone Crossing Apartments, a multifamily property located at 6666 W. Washington Ave. in northwest Las Vegas. An undisclosed seller sold the 540-unit property for $49.7 million. Built in 1984, the two-story complex features studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, ranging from 440 square feet to 1,000 square feet, with private patios and balconies. Community amenities include landscaped courtyards, three pools and spas, a barbecue area, business center, fitness center, basketball courts and sports courts. Tower 16 plans to invest $6.5 million in renovations and upgrades to the property. This is the company’s third acquisition in Las Vegas. Earlier this year, Tower 16 acquired Altura on Duneville and Altura on Tropicana in Spring Valley, Nev.
The Las Vegas industrial sector set records in 2017, with more new construction and higher net absorption than any other time in the market’s history. New construction was dominated by pre-leased space primarily driven by transportation and logistics companies, namely ecommerce and retail-related businesses. As a result, the overall vacancy rate decreased to the second lowest level in market history. As a percentage of overall market size, Las Vegas led the country in both new construction and net absorption. The significant momentum of 2017 did carry over to the first quarter of 2018, albeit at a relatively slower rate. New construction totaled 1.3 million square feet and net absorption lagged deliveries at a positive 1 million square feet, marking the 22nd consecutive quarter of positive net absorption. The overall direct vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2018 was 4 percent, an increase of 50 basis points over the previous quarter. This provided much-needed inventory for tenants looking to enter or expand into the Las Vegas market. While the North Las Vegas submarket dominated 2017, accounting for nearly 70 percent of total net absorption, it is the Southwest submarket that is surging in 2018 with 53 percent of net absorption …
RENO, NEV. — S&S Activewear has signed a lease for an industrial facility at North Valleys Commerce Center in Reno. The national wholesaler of imprintable apparel will occupy the 802,113-square-foot property located at 9550 N. Virginia St., Building D. The company also plans to hire approximately 350 employees for the facility, which is owned and operated by CP Logistics NVCC II, a joint venture between CALSTERS and Panattoni Development Co. Michael Nevis, Michael Hoeck, Steve Kucera and Tim Gunsten of Kidder Mathews represented the landlord in the lease transaction.