LAS VEGAS — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $5.4 million refinance of Jones & 95, a 109,303-square-foot retail property located in Las Vegas. The transaction was structured with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule through a CMBS lender. Scott Monroe of NorthMarq Capital arranged the financing.
LAS VEGAS – Shred-It Corp. has leased 22,000 square feet of industrial space in Las Vegas. The facility is located at 4524 Lawrence Street in North Las Vegas. It was built in 1998 for the U.S. Corp of Engineers and the U.S. Army Reserves. The new 10-year lease was executed by Curtis Sanders of Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce.
LAS VEGAS — DTZ has arranged the $19.7 million sale of Cheyenne Point Shopping Center, a 93,901-square-foot center located in Las Vegas. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of DTZ represented the seller, an entity formed by Sarofim Realty Advisors, in the transaction. Calabasas, Calif.-based Medford Capital LLC acquired the property. Tenants at the center include anchor Mariana’s Supermarket, Dollar Tree, Gen X Clothing, Rainbow, CiCi’s Pizza, T-Mobile, Taco Bell and Subway.
LAS VEGAS — DTZ has arranged the $15 million sale of Alamosa Plaza, a 77,650-square-foot shopping center located in Las Vegas. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of DTZ represented the seller, Pan Pacific (Alamosa) LLC, in the transaction. RPM Investments Inc. purchased the center, which was 90.5 percent leased at the time of sale to eight tenants including anchor Albertsons. Dan Adamson of Las Vegas-based ROI Commercial Real Estate assisted DTZ during the transaction.
The Las Vegas retail market is transitioning from recovery to stability. Based on CoStar’s second-quarter report, the overall vacancy rate was 9.9 percent, a slight decrease from the 10 percent experienced at the end of the second quarter of 2014. The decrease is impressive considering the 2 million square feet in net absorption that occurred during this same period. Rental rates have continued to average around $1.30 per square foot, per month for the past 2.5 years, although we are hearing about newer centers achieving impressive rate increases. There was 822,512 square feet of retail space under construction at the end of the second quarter of 2015. Ikea is the largest retail project currently under construction in Southern Nevada, which is expected to open next summer. The second largest project is Tivoli Village’s 117,516-square-foot expansion. Restoration Hardware also signed a lease this quarter for 77,000 square feet at Tivoli. It is expected to take up occupy during the first quarter of 2016. Though private investors dominate the market, we are seeing more institutional investors who are interested in acquiring newly stabilized product. Cap rates have continued to decline, averaging 6.53 percent for 2015, compared to a 2014 average of 6.99 …
RENO, NEV. — A privately held investment group has purchased the 350-unit Sundance West Apartments in Reno for $23.4 million. The community is located at 3285 Clover Way. Sundance West is situated near Washoe County Golf Course, Lakeridge Golf Course, Meadowood Mall, the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino and the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa. Kenneth Blomsterberg of Marcus & Millichap and Stanford Jones, Philip Saglimbeni and Salvatore Saglimbeni of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
LAS VEGAS — The 9,500-square-foot Miller’s Ale House Restaurant located in the Las Vegas submarket of Henderson was sold for $5.25 million. Miller’s Ale House has 14 years remaining on its triple-net lease. Rob Moore of Faris Lee represented the seller, Sunstone Arroyo LLC, and StreetView Realty represented the buyer, FL Grandland LLC.
LAS VEGAS — Security Properties has purchased the 275-unit Verona Apartment Homes in the Las Vegas submarket of Henderson for $40 million. The community is located at 6765 Tulip Falls Drive. Security Properties-affiliate Madrona Ridge Residential will manage the Class A asset, which was built in 2007. Verona was purchased through Security’s Multifamily Fund II. It is the fund’s second purchase within the Las Vegas market.
LAS VEGAS — Premier Educational Facilities has acquired the Bonanza Road industrial building, a 68,848-square-foot warehouse in North Las Vegas, for $5.3 million. The warehouse is located at 4151 E. Bonanza Road. It was built in 1976. The buyer will occupy the entire facility, which will operate as Equipo Academy, a college preparatory charter school for middle and high school students. Justin Michaels of Cornerstone Company represented Premier in the transaction.
RENO, NEV. — Panattoni Development has broken ground on a 1.4-million-square-foot industrial park in Reno. The two-building project will be located on 96 acres at the intersection of Lemmon Valley Drive and Highway 395. It will be called North Valley Commerce Center. Phase I of the development will include a 707,660-square-foot building, the largest spec project to break ground in the region, according to the developer. Michael Nevis, J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen and Steve Kucera of the NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group represented the unnamed seller. NAI will also serve as the project’s leasing agent.
