LAS VEGAS — San Diego-based Tower 16 Capital Partners, in a joint venture with Henley USA, has purchased Evergreen Apartments, a multifamily property located two miles west of the Las Vegas Strip. Encinitas, Calif.-based The Apartment Co. sold the property for $29.5 million. Located at 2950 S. Decatur Blvd., Evergreen Apartments features 314 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts with covered parking and private patios. Community amenities include two pools, barbecue and picnic areas, a fitness facility, business center, playground and on-site laundry facilities. Tower 16 will oversee $4 million in renovations and upgrades to the property. Renovations will include upgrades to commons areas, relocating the leasing office, expanding the gym and renovating all apartment interiors with new vinyl flooring, appliances, plumbing, lighting fixtures and paint. Las Vegas-based Pinnacle will manage the property. Brian Anderson and Angela Powers of Berkadia represented the seller in the deal.
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LAS VEGAS — San Diego-based Matter Real Estate Group has broken ground on Matter Business Park @ Warm Springs, a light industrial office/warehouse project in Las Vegas’ southwest submarket. Situated on 10 acres at 7952 W. Warm Springs Road, the two-building project will feature a total of 132,450 square feet space across condominium-style units with flexible floorplans divisible to 6,000 square feet. Each unit will feature two dock doors and at-grade-level access. Additionally, second-story mezzanine, two dock-level doors and one at-grade door are available in select units. Completion is slated for July 2019. Project partners include Tectonics Design Group, Burke Construction Group, Slate Hanifan, Nuvis and Doherty Industrial Group/Colliers International as broker.
HENDERSON, NEV. — The Wolff Company, a Scottsdale-based private equity firm and multifamily developer, has opened the doors on Revel Nevada. Located in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, the three-story independent living property offers 146 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom options. Clearwater Living will operate the community. The Wolff Company is currently developing numerous senior living communities throughout the country with plans to broaden its portfolio by investing $300 million to $400 million annually in the development of additional communities.
It’s starting to feel like the 1970s all over again in Reno’s multifamily market. This is particularly true in terms of occupancy. A recent report from RealPage noted the current market’s eye-popping 97.3 percent multifamily occupancy level. This figure was only eclipsed once, nearly four decades ago, at a double eye-popping 97.9 percent when the region experienced a spike in new jobs. Reno’s total job count continues to grow at a record pace, fueling a nearly full apartment market. But, of course, the housing and job markets in Reno are both much larger than they were in the ‘70s, though there are similarities. In fact, current market conditions bring to mind the ages-old adage, “Those who fail to heed the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat them.” Developers cannot build multifamily units fast enough to sate demand. New residents arriving for new jobs cannot easily find an apartment, and those who do may have to pay a higher-than-expected rental rate. Consider this from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Reno’s economy expanded during the four years ending in May 2018 (the latest statistics available from the Bureau) by a steady 4.2 percent. This was an enviable gain for …
HENDERSON, NEV. — American Nevada Co. has completed the disposition of three office buildings totaling 162,940 square feet in Henderson. San Francisco-based JMA Ventures acquired the assets for $34 million. This deal is the final transaction to complete the sale of American Nevada’s 1.2 million-square-foot master portfolio in Southern Nevada. The properties are located at 2475, 2485 and 2495 Village View Drive within the master planned Green Valley Corporate Center. Completed in 2004 and situated on 12.7 acres, the subportfolio consists of two two-story and one three-story Class A office buildings with reflective glass, well-designed lobby entries, common areas and tenant interiors, and large, flexible floor plates. Rick Reeder, Brad Tecca, Geoffrey West, Jayne Cayton and Michael Dunn of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in San Diego represented the seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Northcap Commercial Multifamily has negotiated the sales of two multifamily properties located in Las Vegas. iA Financial Group sold the properties for $7.1 million, or $99,305 per unit, in an all-cash transaction. Built in 2004 and totaling 72 units, the properties are Casa Bonita Apartments at 1411 N. 23rd St. and Valley Vista Apartments at 2930 Mountain Vista St. Devin Lee, Robin Willett, Jerad Roberts and Jason Dittenber of Northcap Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
The northern Nevada office market is picking up steam, despite still lagging behind the robust growth taking place in the industrial and multifamily sectors. Year-to-date net absorption of 136,607 square feet has brought overall market vacancy rates down to 10.1 percent. Rates are well below that in the more desirable office submarkets. South Reno, once plagued with vacancy rates exceeding 30 percent during the downturn, now hovers at a rate of 6.3 percent. Downtown vacancy rates currently sit at 7.9 percent with no new supply on the horizon. In fact, no significant office property has been built in downtown Reno since 1981. Reno is a market in need of new office supply; however, new office construction is challenging to build on a speculative basis except in the most amenity-rich locations that offer visibility and accessibility. The lack of incoming supply and rising demand has caused office lease rates to increase. Rates have generally remained stable over the past few years with the exception of Class A office lease rates, which have climbed steadily over the past 12 months. There is a gap between existing Class A office lease rates, which range from $2 per square foot to $2.50 per square …
LAS VEGAS — CapitalSouth, a division of Pacific Western Bank, has provided a $41.1 million construction loan for the development of Tuscan Highlands, a multifamily property located in Las Vegas’ Southern Highlands submarket. The property will be situated on 15.2 acres at the southwest corner of St. Rose Parkway and Interstate 15. The 26-building community will feature 304 market-rate apartments units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom studio flats, medium flats, large flats, carriages, lofts and townhomes. Residents of Tuscan Highlands will have access to an exclusive two-story resort hall and restaurant, which will hold up to 150 people. The resort hall and restaurant will feature a private events room, booths, lounge seating, high and low tables, salon, poker room, banquet room, dry cleaning, office space and a full bar. Jonathan Lee of George Smith Partners arranged the financing for the borrower, Watt Cos. and Schulman Properties.
RENO, NEV. — SVN Commercial Associates has arranged the sale of an office building, located at 9785 Gateway Drive in Reno. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $3.9 million. The 18,964-square-foot property is occupied by a single tenant. Casey Prostinak of SVN Commercial handled the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Vintage Park at San Martín, a 30-unit memory care community in Las Vegas. A publicly traded company sold the property to a private equity firm with a Nevada footprint for $2.1 million, or $70,000 per unit. Built in 2010, Vintage Park at San Martín features both one- and two-bedroom units with a total of 60 beds. The community is located five miles southwest of downtown Las Vegas. At the time of listing, the community was 61 percent occupied. “Vintage Park at San Martín’s low occupancy will provide the opportunity for the new buyer to generate value-add type returns and allowed the seller to exit a legacy acquisition,” says Jason Stroiman, president of ESI.