PORTLAND, ORE. — Portland-based Norris & Stevens has arranged the acquisition of 7970 Milwaukie Building, an office and retail building located at 7970 SE Milwaukie Ave. in Portland. Christ Church Sellwood acquired the property from CBA Group for $1.5 million. Classical Ballet Academy currently occupies the 5,000-square-foot facility, which includes six parking spaces. Tim Pfeiffer and Camden Muller of Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Jim Gillespie and Stacey Rustad-Smith of Keller Williams Realty represented the seller in the deal.
Oregon
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $57.8M Sale of The Alexander Bend Independent Living Community in Bend, Oregon
by Amy Works
BEND, ORE. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Alexander Bend, a 136-unit independent living community in Bend. Opened in late 2019 and representing the city of Bend’s newest independent living offering in over 10 years, The Alexander Bend features 3.1 acres of adjacent land. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Bailey Nygard represented the seller, BPM Real Estate Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Touchmark, which renamed the community Touchmark at Pilot Butte and will operate it alongside Touchmark at Mount Bachelor Village on the west side of Bend. The price was $57.8 million.
MILWAUKIE, ORE. — Adult & Teen Challenge Pacific Northwest, an Oregon nonprofit corporation that operates addiction recover centers, has acquired an office building located at 18600 SE McLoughlin Blvd. in Milwaukie. Clackamas Community Federal Credit Union sold the asset for $3.5 million. Constructed in 1966, the two-story, 18,400-square-foot building features an elevator, T1 and CAT5 internet connections and 83 surface parking spaces. Adult & Teen Challenge focuses on a religious-centered model and has more than 220 recovery centers in the United States. The company plans to use the building as a medical and mental health services facility. Tim Pfeiffer and Camden Muller of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Will Stone of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates Sale of 650-Bed Ducks Village Student Housing Community Near the University of Oregon
by Amy Works
EUGENE, ORE. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Ducks Village, a 650-bed student housing property located near the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The 22-building community offers 230 units. Shared amenities include a renovated clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, fire pits, a fitness center, basketball courts and a tanning booth. Joel Dumes and Patrick Mullowney of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer in the transaction.
Hyperion Realty Capital Buys 103,000 SF Beaverton Town Square Shopping Center in Oregon
by Amy Works
BEAVERTON, ORE. — Hyperion Realty Capital, formerly Portal Investment Management, has acquired Beaverton Town Square, a shopping center located at 11635-11763 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway in Beaverton. A private family sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Totaling 103,000 square feet, Beaverton Town Square consists of multiple buildings on nearly 12 acres. Trader Joe’s anchors the retail center. Kevin Adatto and Sean Tufts of CPX handled the transaction.
CRG Plans 12-Story Chapter at Eugene Student Housing Property Near University of Oregon
by Amy Works
EUGENE, ORE. — CRG and its partner Kenter Capital have secured the land and construction financing for Chapter at Eugene, a 12-story, 119-unit student housing community adjacent to the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Construction is slated to begin later this month, with delivery scheduled for 2024 to coincide with the start of the 2024-25 academic year. Located at 754 E. 13th Ave., the 302-bed Chapter at Eugene will offer a mix of studio, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments, with preleasing scheduled to begin in early fall 2023. The furnished residences will feature wood-style flooring, kitchens with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances, living rooms with smart TVs, and in-unit laundry. Community amenities will include a 5,000-square-foot rooftop recreation deck with a dog run, dining areas and fire pits with seating, and a 12th-floor resident lounge with a demonstration kitchen and study rooms, as well as a fitness center, yoga room, study areas, resident storage and bicycle parking on the ground floor. Byline Bank provided construction financing, Seattle-based Jackson Main Architecture served as architect and Springfield, Ore.-based John Hyland Construction is serving as general contractor.
Norris & Stevens Negotiates $7.6M Sale of Mt. Scott Industrial Park in Portland, Oregon
by Amy Works
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale of Mt. Scott Industrial Park, an industrial asset located at 7402-7410 SE Johnson Creek Blvd. in Portland. Frith Investments 3 acquired the asset from Mt. Scott Industrial Park LLC for $7.6 million. Nick Chessar and Scott Finney of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while Tyler Dean of Macadam Forbes represented the buyer in the transaction. Constructed in 1971 and 1976 on 3.6 acres, the 35,000-square-foot industrial park features office space in each suite, 48 parking spaces, eight grade-level doors and eight drive-in doors. Mt. Scott Industrial Park was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale.
PORTLAND, ORE., AND SEATTLE — Pacific Union Investors has purchased a nine-property, garden-style apartment portfolio totaling 2,195 units in the Seattle and Portland metropolitan areas. Terms of the transaction were not released. The Washington assets include The Gates of Redmond and Olde Redmond Place in Redmond, Madison Sammamish in Sammamish and Crystal Creek in Vancouver. The Oregon communities include Golf Creek and Meridian at Murrayhill in Beaverton, Orenco Gardens and The Jones in Hillsboro and Forest Rim in Tualatin. Built between 1982 and 2013, the communities offer comprehensive amenity sets, green space with an average density of 16.7 units per acre, and units averaging 900 square feet. This acquisition expands Pacific Union Investors’ Northwest portfolio to 4,915 units across 23 properties.
Crane, Principal Asset Management to Develop Data Center Campus Near Portland, Oregon
by John Nelson
FOREST GROVE, ORE. — Crane Data Centers Inc. and Principal Asset Management plan to develop a data center campus in Forest Grove, a suburb of Portland. The campus will be situated near the Hillsboro data center ecosystem, which houses data centers for users including Meta, Twitter and Microsoft, among others. The estimated development cost for the project was not disclosed. “We’re honored to partner with Principal Real Estate Investors to develop a new data center campus in the Portland market,” says Matt Pfile, CEO of Crane. “This strategic partnership with Crane and data center investment in the Portland area is an exciting project for all parties involved and makes for an excellent addition to our current portfolio of data centers,” says Ben Wobschall, managing director of real estate at Principal Asset Management. The first phase of the project includes a data center spanning approximately 300,000 square feet on a 35-acre site. The facility will have an initial capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) with plans to expand to over 100 MW, according to the developers. The two-story property will have 30-foot clear heights with flooring that can support 400 pounds per square foot, according to Crane. The construction timeline for Phase …
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has negotiated the sale of Midland Apartments, formerly known as El Moro Apartments, in Portland. Midland Apartments LLC acquired the asset from El Moro LLC for $12 million. Originally constructed in 1966, Midland Apartments features 94 residences with 27 one-bedroom/one-bath flats, 24 two-bedroom/one-bath units and 43 two-bedroom/1.5-bath townhomes. Community amenities include ample parking, a leasing office, community/playground area, extra storage space, balconies/patios for every unit and washer/dryer hookups in all but the one-bedroom units. David Chatfield and Timothy Mitchell of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller and buyer in the deal.