RENO, NEV. — Dermody Properties has completed the first building at LogistiCenterSM, four miles from the California border in western Reno. The 223,619-square-foot building is already fully leased. Dermody plans to develop an additional 803,022 square feet at the center. Building 2 will consist of 182,000 square feet. It is scheduled for completion in September, after which construction of Phase II will commence. CBRE’s Eric Bennett and Gordon Zach is marketing the properties for lease.
SPARKS, NEV. — RCG Ventures has acquired Sparks Crossing, a 335,981-square-foot shopping center located roughly four miles outside Reno in Sparks, for $40.2 million. The property is home to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Market, Best Buy, Michaels, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty and Dollar Tree. Peter Bethea and Rob Ippolito of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Golden Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN) has agreed to acquire American Casino & Entertainment Properties LLC, which owns four gaming and entertainment properties in Nevada, for $850 million. American Casino & Entertainment’s portfolio features 3,879 slot machines, 89 table games and 4,895 hotel rooms in Las Vegas and Laughlin, Nevada. Properties include: The Stratosphere Casino, Hotel & Tower, featuring an 80,000-square-foot casino, 2,427 guestrooms and suites, 13 restaurants, nine bars, two pools, entertainment venues and a 1,149-foot observation tower located on the North Las Vegas Strip. Arizona Charlie’s Hotel & Casino – Decatur, located just off the Las Vegas Strip, which features 1,060 slot machines, seven table games and 259 hotel rooms. Arizona Charlie’s Hotel & Casino – Boulder, located on Boulder Highway in Las Vegas, which features 849 slot machines, seven table games and 303 hotel rooms. The Aquarius Casino Resort, located on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev. The property features a 57,000-square-foot casino, eight restaurants, three bars, 1,906 guestrooms and suites and an entertainment pavilion. The purchase consideration consists of $781 million cash plus approximately four million shares of Golden Entertainment stock issued to American Casino & Entertainment’s current owner, Whitehall Street …
RENO, NEV. — McKenzie Properties has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot speculative office building within the Mountainview Corporate Center in Reno. The Class A building is located at 5520 Kietzke Lane. The four-story structure will feature customized floor plans, with balconies on two of the floors. This will be the first spec office project the company has undertaken since 2008.
LAS VEGAS — Subway debuted its new Subway Fresh Forward design at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) RECon show in Las Vegas last week. Along with a new Subway logo, flooring, wall coverings, wall art, a curated music program and lighting, the operational flow of the restaurants is changing as well. The workspace will be updated to be more efficient, while additional pieces of equipment, like an exhaust ventilation system, will help maintain temperatures and improve air quality. Subway franchisees have already piloted the new Subway Fresh Forward design in six locations (Knoxville, Tenn.; Orlando, Fla.; Chula Vista, Calif.; Tamarac, Fla.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Manchester, England). In addition, about 50 locations are in various stages of construction around the world and more than 100 restaurants are in the design phase.
LAS VEGAS — Simon is adding The Slanted Door to The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, opening in 2018. It will be the Vietnamese restaurant’s first location outside of California. A modern Vietnamese restaurant with roots in San Francisco’s Mission District, the 8,200-square-foot restaurant will be located on Las Vegas Boulevard. The Slanted Door opened its first restaurant in 1995 and received the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant award in 2014, which is given to only one restaurant nationally a year. The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace first opened in May 1992. After two subsequent expansions, The Forum Shops now offers 675,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment. Simon owns shopping, dining, entertainment and mixed-use properties.
LAS VEGAS — CapRock Partners has purchased two industrial parks in Las Vegas for an undisclosed sum. The acquisitions include a 160,554-square-foot park at 4350 Arville St. and a 42,580-square-foot park at 3021 Valley View Blvd. The Arville park contains 40 units and the Valley View asset contains 24 units. Both properties are situated less than two miles from the Las Vegas Strip. The assets will be the last investments via CapRock Partners Fund II. JLL’s Rob Lujan represented CapRock in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — World Investment Network has purchased the Mission Linen building, a 31,000-square-foot facility in Las Vegas, for an undisclosed sum. The facility is situated within the Arts District in Downtown. World Investment Network plans to transform the space into a Class A creative office and entertainment property. It was originally built in 1950. The redevelopment is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2018.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — VanTrust Real Estate has commenced construction on a new building at Northgate Distribution Center in North Las Vegas. The 170-acre site is located at 4410-4490 Nexus Way. This is the fifth of eight buildings VanTrust intends to erect on the site, which will eventually feature 3.2 million square feet of distribution space. This building is scheduled for completion by December. Martin Harris Contracting is building the property, which HPA Architecture designed.
Last year was a relatively flat year for the Northern Nevada office market. Reno/Sparks had negative absorption in the first and third quarters of 2016, and positive absorption in the second and fourth quarters. The year ended up at 10,153 square feet of net absorption, according to the DCG internal database, essentially nullifying any real gains or losses. However, the Reno office market is much healthier at a 12 percent vacancy rate as compared to the nearly 20 percent recession highs. Each quarter also recognized more gross absorption than the previous quarter in 2016. Class A office continued to be in demand with rents increasing to north of $2 per square foot, per month, full service. Large spaces ideal for company relocations are difficult to find. Reno currently has a small supply of vacant, Class A spaces with more than 10,000 square feet available. However, we should see our first speculative construction take place in the Meadowood submarket as Mckenzie Properties plans a 40,000-square-foot building in Mountain View Corporate Center. New corporate relocations for office tenants were relatively quiet in 2016. In comparison to 2015, we saw large tenants relocate to our region, including Grand Rounds in South Meadows and …
