SANTA FE, N.M. — Benderson Development has acquired two tracts of land ground-leased to Plaza Santa Fe, a 450,000-square-foot power center in Santa Fe. Truzaf LP sold the asset for an undisclosed price. The leases commenced in two phases, one in 1998 with the region’s only Target store and a newly refurbished Albertsons Market Street, and the second in 2000 with the opening of TJ Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, BestBuy, Michaels and PetSmart. Located at the intersections of Cerrillos Road, Zafarano Drive and Rodeo Road, the retail center has more than 1,000 lineal feet of street frontage on Cerrillos Road and 3,000 square feet of footage on Zafarano Drive. Target, BestBuy, Albertsons, Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx, Michaels, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty, Total Wine & More, Panera Bread, Five Guys and Buffalo Wild Wings are tenants at the retail center. The tracts’ combined 1.2 million gross square feet of land includes 717 parking stalls. Bill Rose of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Matt Reeves, Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in New Mexico, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
New Mexico
Titan Development Sells Four Self-Storage Facilities in New Mexico to Extra Space Storage
by Amy Works
SANTA FE, ALBUQUERQUE AND RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Titan Development has completed the disposition of four self-storage assets in New Mexico. Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR) acquired the 380,000-square-foot portfolio for an undisclosed price. The properties are the 88,000-square-foot Extra Space Storage Vegas Verde and the 101,000-square-foot Extra Space Storage Rodeo Business Park in Santa Fe; the 103,000-square-foot Extra Space Storage Ladera Road and Unser Boulevard in Albuquerque; and the 88,000-square-foot Extra Space Storage Corrales and 528 in Rio Rancho. The facilities were the final four self-storage assets within Titan’s inaugural fund, Titan Real Estate Development Fund I (TDREF I), a $112 million private-equity real estate fund established in 2017 to raise and invest capital in $350 million of Titan’s investment opportunities across the industrial, multifamily, self-storage and seniors housing sectors.
Hawkins Cos. Sells Retail Center in Rio Rancho, New Mexico to Gibson Medical Center for $4.7M
by Amy Works
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Hawkins Cos. has completed the disposition of Mesa Center, a retail property located in Rio Rancho. Gibson Medical Center acquired the asset for $4.7 million. At the time of sale, the 29,077-square-foot property was fully leased to 12 tenants. Perry Kesler of Real West Realty and Steve Julius, Jesse Goldsmith and Chase Dorsett of Newmark handled the transaction.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Titan Development has completed the construction of Highlands North, an apartment community located at 200 Mulberry St. NE in downtown Albuquerque. Lease-up is underway at the 92-unit property, which was built in partnership with Alliance Residential. Greystar will serve as property manager for the community. Situated on 2.4 acres, the development includes a four-story building and four surrounding carriage buildings, a clubhouse, fitness center and resort-style pool. The apartment complex is the latest development in Titan’s 12-acre, mixed-use, master-planned The Highlands project. The company is working with Maestas Development Group to redevelop the five-block region in downtown Albuquerque. The project was funded by the Titan Development Real Estate Fund I, a $115 million private equity real estate fund established in 2017 to raise and invest equity in approximately $300 million of Titan Development’s investment opportunities, focused heavily on multifamily.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Kennedy Wilson has acquired Sombra del Oso, a wholly owned apartment property located on 16 acres on Albuquerque’s Westside, for $65 million, excluding closing costs, in an off-market transaction. Situated on 16 acres, the two-story, garden-style community features 344 apartments. The buyer invested $28 million of equity using proceeds generated from recent asset sales and secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan of $39 million. The name of the seller was not released.
By Billy Eagle and Erik Olson, Senior Vice Presidents of Investment Properties, Multifamily, CBRE In Albuquerque, New Mexico’s largest city, multifamily demand remains high. Rents have steadily increased, though multifamily development remains sluggish due to the lack of developable land sites and geographic constraints. Most other New Mexico cities are also seeing a small pipeline of new multifamily projects due to increased material costs. However, contrary to other cities in New Mexico, the northern New Mexico City of Santa Fe has seen a boom in multifamily development. Santa Fe’s highly resilient and fundamentally sound multifamily market is highlighted throughout the pandemic. The state capitol is renowned for its Southwest culture, luxurious resorts and world-class art markets. Its economic drivers include, but are not limited to, tourism (more than 1 million visitors per year), government (Los Alamos National Labs is located nearby), medical and boutique financial services. The Santa Fe apartment market had record occupancies at 96.91 percent in January 2021 and year-over-year rent growth of 7.6 percent. The average weighted rent was $1,102 per month among a total of 3,385 market-rate units. Nearly 16 months later, they are averaging almost $1,300 per month, an 18 percent increase. Santa Fe also added 503 market-rate units to …
By Tim With, Senior Vice President, Colliers The amount of empty space in New Mexico’s industrial market has shrunk to unforeseen levels. Albuquerque, the state’s largest MSA, reported a total of 41.5 million square feet of industrial space and only a 2.4 percent vacancy rate at the end of 2020. Absorption levels have increased through the first quarter of 2021, and available inventory is becoming difficult to find as the vacancy is down to 1.9 percent. Albuquerque has been on the brink of new construction for some time, with the need for new Class A space far outweighing the current availability. The nationwide industrial supply posted record deliveries in 2020 that totaled more than 300 million square feet. This represents about a 2 percent year-over-year increase in total inventory. In comparison, Albuquerque’s inventory grew by less than 1 percent over the past five years, while vacancy rates decreased by almost 550 basis points. Most new construction has been build-to-suit activity. Tenants, meanwhile, are challenged with a lack of choice as a considerable amount of the existing vacant space is functionally obsolete. The average overall asking lease rates for existing warehouse/distribution space was $6.58 per square foot, triple net, at the end of …
LeClaire-Schlosser Group Brokers Sale of Dona Ana Storage Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico
by Amy Works
LAS CRUCES, N.M. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Dona Ana Storage, a self-storage property in Las Cruces. Haggar Group acquired the asset. Terms of the transaction were not released. The buyer has rebranded the facility as StorWise Self Storage. The property features 273 non-climate-controlled units with tilt-up concrete exterior walls, metal Kynar-coated roofs, concrete drive aisles, LED lighting, security cameras, an on-site management apartment, leasing office and keypad controlled gate. Thomas Parsons and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office, along with Matthew Reeves of the firm’s Albuquerque office, represented the seller in the deal.
Titan Starts Construction of 158-Unit Allaso Journal Center Multifamily Project in Albuquerque
by Amy Works
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Titan Development has broken ground on Allaso Journal Center, a 175,000-square-foot apartment community within Albuquerque’s Journal Center district. Situated on 3.9 acres, the four-story Allaso Journal Center will feature 158 market-rate apartments and resort-style amenities, including a pool, spa, cabanas, barbecue grills and gathering spaces. Units will offer high-quality finishes, nine- to 10-foot ceilings and private roof decks. Completion is scheduled for fourth quarter 2022. Pavilion Construction is serving as general contractor and Greystar Management will operate the property.
Quantum Real Estate Negotiates $6.6M Sale of Multi-Tenant Shopping Center in Albuquerque
by Amy Works
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of The Shoppes at Alameda, a retail property located at 3410 Highway 528 in Albuquerque. A Florida-based private real estate investor acquired the asset from a California-based private real estate investment firm for $6.6 million. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied. Current tenants include Jason’s Deli, Starbucks Coffee, The Joint, Baskin Robbins, uBreakiFix, Minerva Canna and other local retailers. Chad Firsel and Jason Lenhoff of Quantum represented the seller in the transaction.