EUGENE, ORE. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $43.5 million in financing for the 263-unit Tennyson at Crescent Village in Eugene. The newly constructed, Class A multifamily community is located at 2850 Shadow View Drive. Crescent Village is Eugene’s first master-planned urban neighborhood. The Tennyson contains 35 buildings with units ranging from one- to three-bedrooms. Amenities include a clubhouse with a brew station and fitness center with on-demand classes, racquetball courts, a swimming pool and hot tub. The loan features a 10-year term and 30-year amortization at 70 percent loan-to-value ratio. The borrower will use the loan proceeds to pay off two existing loans. The property also received a spread reduction by qualifying for Green Building Certification through the Green Globes program. The property experienced rapid lease-up and was 80 percent occupied at the time of rate lock. Ralph Lowen and Steve Natale led the Walker & Dunlop team.
Oregon
PORTLAND, ORE. — Core Spaces has broken ground on The Collective on 4th, a 569-bed multifamily community located near Portland State University in Portland. The property will target students, as well as young professionals, families and empty nesters. The development is set to include studio, micro-, one- and two-bedroom units alongside two- and three-bedroom townhomes. Outdoor amenities will include bocce ball courts, fire pits, barbecues, private terraces and a fourth-floor terrace with a hot tub. A fitness center, business center, rooftop chef’s kitchen and lounge, Pilates/yoga space and sauna and steam room will also be included at the property. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2019.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of Tabor Crest Memory Care, a 27-unit memory care community in Portland. The price was not disclosed. Tabor Crest was built in 2004 and expanded in 2008. Totaling 11,335 square feet on a 21,700-square-foot infill plot, the beds could potentially be expanded from 30 to 38. The buyer was an affiliate of Granite Investment Group. The new owner has leased the property to Avalon Health Care Group. This is the buyer’s first acquisition in Oregon with the plans to continue to acquire in the state. The seller was not disclosed. Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Southgate Shopping Center, a 50,826-square-foot, multi-tenant strip center located in the Southgate area of Portland, has sold to a private buyer for an undisclosed sum. The center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Office Max, HobbyTown, Round Table Pizza, Starbucks Coffee, H&R Block, Arby’s and Sprint Mobile. Brian Hanson and Nick Kassab of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, ML Commercial Properties Inc.
THE DALLES, ORE. — Capital One has provided a $17.5 million fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan to refinance The Springs at Mill Creek, a 92-unit seniors housing community in The Dalles, a city in northern Oregon. The sponsor, The Springs Living, is a family-owned seniors housing company with 14 communities totaling nearly 1,700 beds in Oregon and Montana. The sponsor is using the loan to pay off existing debt and buy out its joint venture partner, a private equity firm based in Chicago. Dague Retzlaff and Mark Bultman of Capital One originated the transaction. The team worked with Capital One’s Multifamily Finance team to structure the transaction.
NEWPORT, ORE. — The Neenan Company and Gerding Builders have broken ground on the redevelopment of a 126,000-square-foot critical access hospital for Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital (SPCH) in Newport. The redevelopment includes remodeling the existing 40,000-square-foot facility, as well as adding an 86,000-square-foot facility. The new facility will house 22 departments, including imaging, therapy, surgical and emergency services, greatly enhancing the scope of services the hospital will provide. The hospital will offer an integrated medical campus that brings together specialty departments, ancillary services and outpatient clinics. The hospital is situated immediately off the Pacific Coast Highway along the central Oregon coast. It was last updated in 1988. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019. The community approved a $57 million bond support to update the critical access hospital.
LAMAR, COLO., MONTE VISTA, COLO., AND MYRTLE POINT, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged $9.5 million in FHA financing for Summit Healthcare REIT. The loans will refinance the acquisition loans on three skilled nursing facilities in the Western United States. The three facilities are Juniper Village at Lamar, a 60-unit skilled facility in Lamar; Juniper Village at Monte Vista, a 58-unit facility in Monte Vista; and Myrtle Point Care Center in Myrtle Point, which features 28 units of skilled nursing and 18 units of assisted living. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard. The financing, which has a 30-year term, lowered the fixed interest rate on the properties. Summit is a public, non-traded company that recently transitioned from an industrial REIT to a healthcare REIT.
NEWPORT, ORE. — A 1031 exchange buyer has acquired the 44-room Econolodge motel in Newport for an undisclosed amount. The motel is located at 606 S.W. Coast Highway 101. The roadside property is situated on the Central Oregon Coast and features ocean views. Joseph P. Kennedy of Crystal Investment Property represented the buyer.
In many ways, Portland’s industrial market has experienced a dramatic shift over the past five years, emerging as a market to be reckoned with. Demand has exceeded supply for the past six years, pushing vacancy to a 25-year low and rents up 18 percent year-over-year. Industrial users have grown in size, and large users have grown in number. Developments are bigger and migrating further from the traditional industrial submarkets. Investors are keen on Portland assets and are willing to pay a premium for quality product with a solid tenant roster. Portland’s population grew by 8 percent from 2010 to 2015, ranking it among the top 20 of the 50 largest U.S. cities. This growth in metro-area population has propelled strong demand from large e-commerce and distribution companies as they expand into new locations to service our growing consumer base. In 2010, we saw 11 users lease or build spaces of 100,000 square feet or more, and our average size lease was 24,854 square feet. By 2016, our average-sized industrial lease had grown to 39,218 square feet, an increase of 57.8 percent. We also saw 18 users build or lease space greater than 100,000 square feet. Portland’s industrial market users are …
Grandbridge Facilitates $24.3M in Acquisition Financing for Two Seniors Housing Communities in Portland
by Nellie Day
PORTLAND, ORE. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group has arranged a total of $24.3 million in financing for the acquisition of Hawthorne Gardens and Pacific Pointe Retirement Inn, both seniors housing communities located in Portland. The two nonrecourse bridge loans included $12 million for the 58-unit Hawthorne Gardens and $12.3 million for the 114-unit Pacific Pointe. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. Grandbridge’s Richard Thomas and Meredith Davis negotiated the financing. The company’s proprietary lending platform, BB&T Real Estate Funding’s structured loan product. Hawthorne Gardens was most recently sold in September 2015 for $10.8 million.