WEST LINN, ORE. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 10-unit West Linn Plexes apartments for $1.9 million. The community is located at 4355 Riverview Ave. in West Linn. Each duplex consists of three-bedroom and 1.5 bath townhomes that span 1,350 square feet over three floors. Teresa Robles-Trakul of Marcus & Millichap partnered with the Rhoades-Corso Group to secure the buyer. The group also represented the seller, a limited liability company.
TUALATIN, ORE. — Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has opened a store in the Portland suburb of Tualatin, the first Cracker Barrel location in Oregon. William Morrison has been named general manager of the new location and has worked at Cracker Barrel for nearly 20 years. Established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn., Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. and its affiliates operate 643 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store company-owned locations in 44 states and own the fast-casual restaurants Holler & Dash.
PORTLAND, ORE. — The PIA Agency has leased 9,380 square feet of creative office space at the New Market Theater in Portland. The theater is located at 115 S.W. Ash St. in the Old Town-Chinatown historic district. The New Market Theater was built as a marketplace and 1,200-seat theater in two phases in 1872 and 1875. It was modeled after a building in Venice, Italy. The space was converted into creative office after it was purchased by Swift Real Estate Partners in 2015. Jennifer Medak of Colliers International represented PIA, a creative content agency. CBRE’s Trevor Kafoury, Michelle Franceschi and Autumn Brice represented Swift.
PORTLAND, ORE. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 134-unit Modera Goose Hollow apartments for $47.5 million. The community is located at 2004 S.W. Jefferson St. It was built in 2016. The property sits across the street from a MAX light rail system train station. Pete Shelton and Kim Grant of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and the seller, a partnership between Millcreek Trust and a Global Real Estate Investment Manager, in this transaction.
GRANTS PASS, ORE. — Mactrust LLC has acquired the 136-unit Riverwood Apartments and Townhomes in Grants Pass for $15.1 million. The community is located at 1625 S.E. N St. Riverwood was completed in stages between 1989 and 1992. The LLC plans to renovate the property. The seller was Camelot 16 LLC. HFO Investment Real Estate executed the transaction.
WASHINGTON, OREGON, COLORADO AND ARIZONA — Berkeley Point Capital has provided a $250.5 million loan for the acquisition of a multifamily portfolio located in the western United States. Starwood Capital Group acquired the portfolio from Holland Partners. Built between 1985 and 2002, the portfolio comprises 2,136 units across 11 properties in Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Arizona. Berkeley Point Capital used Freddie Mac’s Adjustable-Rate Mortgages (ARM) product to provide the 10-year loan. Due to rent levels at the properties, 25 percent of the loan balance qualified as affordable and exempt from Freddie Mac’s production cap. Charlie Haggard and Kevin Mignogna of Berkeley Point Capital arranged the financing. Berkeley Point Capital, based in Bethesda, Md., provides financing for multifamily properties, with a portfolio of $55 billion representing 3,600 loans in 49 states. Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood Capital Group is a private investment firm with $52 billion of assets under management. —Kristin Hiller
PORTLAND, ORE. — ScanlanKemperBard Cos. (SKB) has sold the historic American Bank Building in Portland’s central business district for $53 million. The 15-story creative office building is located at 621 S.W. Morrison St. The American Bank Building was built in 1914.The property was 61 percent leased to tenants like Wells Fargo and The Department of Justice. HFF’s Nick Kucha represented SKB in the transaction. The firm also recapitalized the property with Lionstone Investments, arranging a four-year, floating-rate loan through CIT Bank for the new partnership. The amount of the financing was not disclosed.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Staples has leased 263,413 square feet of industrial space at Interstate Crossroads Distribution Center (ICDC) in Portland. The center is situated in the Portland’s Airport Way industrial submarket at 16441 N.E. Cameron Blvd. Interstate Crossroads LLC (a partnership between Specht affiliates and Pacific Coast Capital Partners LLC) developed the warehouse and distribution center in 2015. Specht Properties manages the asset. Staples will use the facility for the warehousing and distribution of consumer goods. Paul Breuer and Jerry Matson of the Portland office of Colliers International represented ICDC.
SPRINGFIELD, ORE. — JLL has arranged the sale of Shoppes at Gateway, an 821,564-square-foot shopping center in Springfield, for an undisclosed price. Target, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Cabela’s, Kohl’s, Cinemark and Sears anchor the center, which is also home to tenants including Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less, Petco, Ulta Beauty, Hobby Lobby and Ashley Furniture. David Monahan and Geoff Tranchina of JLL represented the seller, Rouse Properties LLC, in the disposition of the property to an affiliate of Balboa Retail Partners.
MILWAUKIE, ORE. — Lancaster Pollard has arranged a $5.3 million Fannie Mae loan for BPM Senior Living. The loan provides capital for Royalton Place, a 70-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie. BPM purchased Royalton Place in 2005 and adjusted the acuity mix in late 2014. The financing is part of the owner’s plan to replace the existing third-party operator, instead taking over management of the community itself. Matt Lindsay led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard, aided by Doug Harper.