Nevada

LAS VEGAS — The 288-unit Villa Serena apartment complex in the Las Vegas submarket of Henderson has sold to a joint venture between the Bascom Group and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 325 North Gibson Road. Villa Serena was built in 1996. It is located near Union Village, a 155-acre site that is classified as the first integrated health village in the world. Mesa West Capital provided financing to acquire the property. The debt financing was sourced by Brian Eisendrath and Brandon Smith of CBRE Capital Markets. Spencer Ballif and Jeffrey Swinger of CBRE represented the unnamed seller on the transaction.

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It is great to be in Las Vegas and witness the city’s strong recovery from the economic lows of a few years ago. Exciting projects like the $500-million LINQ entertainment and retail promenade, the 1.6-million-square-foot Downtown Summerlin lifestyle center and the market’s first IKEA, now under development, are filling the region with promise. Las Vegas added more than 25,000 jobs between 2013 and 2014, a 3.3 percent increase, representing the third highest growth rate in the country during that time. As opposed to the previous economic boom that was largely driven by construction growth, the job growth in this recovery has been evenly spread across several sectors like general services (retail), professional/business, education, healthcare and leisure/travel. Las Vegas also hit a milestone in 2014 when it reached a record-setting 41.1 million visitors for the year. Those visitors included 5.2 million conventioneers, the highest total since 2008. As the Las Vegas economy continues to expand, retail is leading the pack with taxable sales that have already increased an astounding 29.4 percent from the recession low, including an 8.1 percent year-over-year increase in the past 12 months. Total taxable spending in the region is near its highest levels in history, reaching $36.2 …

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LAS VEGAS — Solstar Investments has acquired two Marriott-flagged properties near Las Vegas for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition includes the 120-room Marriott SpringHill Suites Hotel and the 108-room Marriott TownePlace Suites Hotel in the submarket of Henderson. Both hotels were built in 2009. They will be managed by Twenty Four Seven Hotels. The hotels were purchased from Campbell Lodging, the original owner and developer. Financing was provided by GE Capital Franchise Finance, while Sklar Kirsh served as legal advisors.

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LAS VEGAS – A 55,583-square-foot retail center in Las Vegas has sold to Charleston Festival Retail LLC for $13.8 million. The center is located at 6250-6350 W. Charleston Blvd. The LLC was represented by Tim Behrendt and Lisa Hauger of Sun Commercial Real Estate. The seller, RPM Investments, was represented by Chris Clifford and Sean Margulis of the Equity Group.

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LAS VEGAS – Flip N Tag has leased 41,500 square feet at The Mall at Grand Canyon in Las Vegas. The family fun center will be located at 4245 S. Grand Canyon Drive. The 120-month lease is valued at $3.3 million. The landlord, E-Grand Ventures LLC, was represented by Nelson Tressler and Michael Zobrist of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank.

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RENO, NEV. – Moldman Systems has leased 35,100 square feet of distribution space at Reno Aircenter. The space is located at 4649 Aircenter Circle in Reno. Moldman is a low-pressure injection molding machine developer and distributor. The landlord, IndCor Properties, was represented by J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen, Michael Nevis and Steve Kucera of The NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group.

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SPARKS, NEV. – The Villagio Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily property in Sparks, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $2.8 million. The community is located at 1850-1852 Merchant Street. It was built in 1979 and is fully occupied. The seller, a limited liability company, was represented by Kenneth N. Blomsterberg and Ryan Rife of Marcus & Millichap’s Reno office.

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LAS VEGAS – Craig Valley Plaza, a 73,455-square-foot retail center in Las Vegas, has sold to Marker Craig LLC for $8.2 million. The plaza is located at 4180-4280 W. Craig Road. Jeff Chain of Millennium Commercial Properties represented the buyer. The seller, Omninet Craig LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and Ashley Kolaczynski.

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LAS VEGAS — Global Industrial Distribution (GID) has leased a 464,203-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Prologis Las Vegas Corporate Center. The building is located at 3700 Bay Lake Trail in North Las Vegas. This is the largest industrial spec building to be leased in Las Vegas in the past eight years, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce, which represented GID in this transaction. GID distributes electronics, office supplies and other equipment. The Prologis Corporate Center is expected to be delivered in the second quarter of this year. GID is scheduled to occupy the building this July. The distributor was represented by C&W’s Danielle Steffen, Art Farmanali and Amy Ogden.

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