BEAVERTON, ORE. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Senior Living have broken ground on MorningStar of Beaverton, a 104-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Portland suburb of Beaverton. The community is scheduled for completion in September 2018, with an information center opening onsite early in the year. Situated on 5.25 acres, the 97,653-square-foot development will offer 66 suites for assisted living and 38 suites for memory care. This will be MorningStar’s first community in Oregon. The project represents the 12th joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar, a Denver-based senior living developer, owner and operator, and Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Denver-based real estate investment and development firm Confluent Development. Confluent is the project owner and MorningStar will serve as the operator. Local firms involved in the project include LRS Architects and LCG Pence Construction. Thoma-Holec Design, based in Mesa, Ariz., will serve as interior designer.
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PORTLAND, ORE. — LaSalle Investment Management has purchased Pearl West, a 155,465-rentable-square-foot office tower in Portland, for an undisclosed sum. The Class A tower is situated in the Pearl District within a quarter mile of more than 2,200 apartment units, 1.5 million square feet of office space and 1 million square feet of retail space. The mid-rise creative office tower was built in 2016. It is currently 89 percent leased to tenants like Wacom, Zoom+, Regus and Howard S. Wright. HFF’s Nick Kucha, James Childress and Logan Greer represented the seller, BPM Real Estate Investments, in this transaction.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Subway is rolling out its new Subway Fresh Forward design. Currently, 12 pilot locations are now open, including two in the Pacific Northwest and one in California. FRCH Design Worldwide designed the space using a new color palette inspired by fresh vegetables. Highlights include: • Self-order kiosks in select locations, digital menu boards and Apple and Samsung Pay options. • Fresh vegetable display with whole tomatoes, green peppers, onions and cucumbers that are sliced daily, plus new bread and cookie displays on the front of the line. The new restaurants also include exclusive menu items, starting with pico de gallo, new sauces, house-made pickles and made-without-gluten bread. • Bright décor, curated music and comfortable seating with USB charging ports and complimentary Wi-Fi. The pilot locations include Hillsboro, Ore.; Vancouver, Wash.; and Chula Vista, Calif., among others. Subway Restaurants has more than 44,800 franchised locations.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) has acquired Jantzen Beach Center, a 746,000-square-foot open-air shopping center in Portland, for $131.8 million. The property is located at in northern Portland near the Oregon-Washington border. Jantzen Beach Center was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Home Depot, Target, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, Petco, Best Buy, DSW and Michaels. Jantzen Beach Center was built in 1972. It underwent more than $40 million in renovations and upgrades between 2010 and 2014. The center’s location near the Oregon-Washington border allows it to pull visitors from more than 70 miles away due to Oregon’s lack of sales tax. “The center pulls customers from the 9 percent sales tax state of Washington into the no-sales-tax state of Oregon,” says Nick Kassab of HFF, who, along with Brian Ley, represented the unnamed seller in this transaction. “Given that opportunities to acquire a top-performing center of this size and scale in the Pacific Northwest are few and far between, the sale received significant interest from institutional investors across the country.” Kimco purchased the center free and clear of any existing debt. The New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based REIT acquired …
DEPOE BAY, ORE. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 57-room Quality Inn and Clarion Surfrider Resort in Depoe Bay for $6.2 million. The hotel is located at 3115 NW Highway 101, southwest of Portland. It was built in 1996. The full-service, beachfront hotel has ocean-view rooms and amenities including a spa, fitness center, and free Wi-Fi. Brian Resendez of Bluestone and Hockley represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.
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.
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.