SAN DIEGO — CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division has arranged $50 million in financing for the acquisition of a six-property industrial portfolio in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. BKM Capital Partners purchased the assets, which total 14 buildings and 703,215 square feet, from Stockbridge Capital Group for an undisclosed price. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The light industrial multi-tenant properties offer access to major transportation routes and the border crossing to Mexico. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 97 percent occupied by a diverse range of 44 tenants. The properties are: Border Point Business Park at 6754, 6744 and 6794 Calle De Linea San Diego International Center at 883 Siempre Viva Road Faraday Industrial Park at 2325, 2345, 2365, 2375 Michael Faraday Drive and 2350 Marconi Place Otay Business Center at 6987 and 6995 Calle De Linea Frontera Business Center at 2695 Customhouse Court Otay Crossing Business Park at 2340 Enrico Fermi Drive and 10025 Siempre Viva Road
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SALT LAKE CITY — TruAmerica Multifamily, in a joint venture with an institutional partner, has purchased Country Lake, a multifamily property located in Salt Lake City’s Silicon Slopes submarket. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $45.7 million. This acquisition increases TruAmerica’s holdings in the market to 1,595 units. Built in 1973, Country Lake features 253 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. On-site community amenities include a pool, clubhouse with Wi-Fi access, central garden, outdoor barbecue area, dog park, tennis court and a playground. TruAmerica plans to implement a capital improvement program, including upgrading apartment interiors, renovating all community amenities such as the fitness center, and refreshing exteriors and landscaping. Steve Gebing, Cliff Davis, Danny Smith and Brock Zylstra of Institutional Property Advisors brokered the transaction.
CBRE Provides $32M Acquisition Financing for 200-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Fresno, California
by Amy Works
FRESNO, CALIF. — CBRE has provided $32 million in Freddie Mac financing for the acquisition of The Windham Senior Living, a 200-unit independent living and assisted living community in Fresno’s affluent Woodward Park neighborhood. The borrower is The Reliant Group, which plans to make capital improvements and bring in Cadence Senior Living to operate the community under a third-party management agreement. The property is situated on a 10.2-acre parcel and consists of a main three-story building and six one-story buildings featuring 30 cottages each. The CBRE team involved in the financing includes Aron Will and Austin Sacco of CBRE National Senior Housing, as well as Andrew Behrens and Jesse Weber of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group. The 10-year, fixed-rate, Green Advantage loan features 72 months of interest-only payments. This transaction represents one of the first Freddie Mac Green Advantage loans closed in the seniors housing space.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Ware Malcomb has announced the completion of Arizona Desert Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists, a medical office located at 13555 W. McDowell Road in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix. Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design services for the project. The redesigned 5,200-square-foot property features seven exam rooms, four offices, a sinus procedure room, allergy testing room, audio room, instrument cleaning room, conference room and break room. Design features include sliding barn doors for the conference room, a prominent work surface for the medical assistant station, a spacious waiting room and a check-in/out desk that doubles as a workroom behind a built-in bookshelf. Aksarben served as general contractor for the project.
CA Senior Living Starts Construction of 137-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Metro Denver
by Amy Works
WESTMINSTER, COLO. — CA Senior Living LLC has started construction of Atria Westminster, a five-story, 137-unit senior living community in Westminster, approximately 10 miles northwest of Denver. When complete, Atria Westminster will offer 107 assisted living apartments, 30 memory care studios, and a single-story dining and amenity wing. Assisted living units will range in size from 410-square-foot studios to 970-square-foot two-bedrooms, while memory care studios will range from 275 to 310 square feet. Designed by OZ Architects and built by Brinkmann Constructors, Atria Westminster is located less than a half-mile from a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment offerings. Louisville, Ky.-based Atria Senior Living has been retained as the operator for the community. The property is expected to open in early 2020. CA Senior Living is the seniors housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures. The company currently has 22 communities operating or under construction throughout the U.S. Atria Westminster will be the fourth CA Senior Living property operated by Atria Senior Living.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Garn Development Co. has purchased a 2.6-acre land parcel on Manawai Street in Kapolei on the island of Oahu for an undisclosed price. Garn Development plans to construct a limited-service hotel on the site, which is located within the 40-acre Leihano development. An affiliate of Kisco Senior Living is master developer for Leihano, a mixed-use development situated in the urban core of Kapolei. Slated to open in fall 2019, the four-story, extended-stay hotel will feature 183 suites with full kitchens, complimentary breakfast and family-friendly amenities. Garn Development is a managing partner of the existing 180-room Embassy Suites by Hilton and Residence Inn by Marriott, which is currently under construction at Leihano. In 2016, Kisco opened Ilima at Leihano, its 84-unit assisted living community within Leihano. Additional tenants within Leihano include St. Jude Catholic Church, First Hawaiian Bank, C.S. Wo, National Kidney Foundation, Lili’uokalani Trust, Hele Gas and Starbucks Coffee. Currently the master-planned community has only two land parcels remaining for sale. Nathan Fong of Colliers International handled the transaction.
SEATTLE — Westcore Properties has completed the sale of a single-tenant industrial building in Seattle’s Georgetown submarket. Talon Private Capital acquired the property for $14.5 million, or $193.21 per square foot. OpenSquare, a provider of office space workstations and furniture for corporate users, fully occupies the 75,048-square-foot property, which is located at 303 S. River St. Andy Miller of Kidder Mathews, along with Mike Roy and Kevin Skillestad of Neil Walter Co., represented the seller in the deal.
Invesco Real Estate Buys Three-Building Creative Office Campus in Costa Mesa, California
by Amy Works
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Invesco Real Estate has acquired The Hive, a three-building creative office campus in Costa Mesa. A joint venture between Goldman Sachs and Steelwave sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 14.2 acres at 3333, 3335 and 3337 S. Susan St., the 181,822-square-foot property features flexible and open floor plans, a coffee bar adjacent to an outdoor tenant lounge area, a fitness facility with showers and lockers, a conference center, and multiple open-air patios with community activities. At the time of sale, the property was 82 percent occupied by five tenants: Los Angeles Chargers, Lazy Dog Café, Coding Dojo, Agility Fuel Solutions and Steelwave. In addition to existing buildings, the site is entitled for 65,000 square feet of additional commercial development. The seller purchased the property in 2015 and invested approximately $22 million into transforming the development, which was built in 2003, into a creative Class A environment. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Blake Bokosky, Ken White and Brunson Howard of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while Invesco Real Estate was self-represented the in the deal.
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 13260-13280 E. Amar Road in City of Industry, a suburb 22 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Oak Brook, Ill.-based CenterPoint Properties acquired the 93,818-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Situated on a 6.2-acre site, the building features 24 dock-high loading doors, more than 5,000 square feet of office space, 22-foot clear heights, 56 additional trailer stalls with more than 100-trailer storage capability and three drive-in bays, as well as Union Pacific rail service. CenterPoint plans to invest $2.5 million in renovations to upgrade the asset, which was built in the 1960s. Renovations will include creating a best-in-class, secure, lit and paved yard, updating the façade and modernizing the building systems. Rudy Lara and Nathan Lara of DAUM’s Inland Empire office represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.
DSW Commercial Real Estate Acquires 190,022 SF Campbell Plaza Retail Center in Tucson for $33M
by Amy Works
TUCSON, ARIZ. — DSW Commercial Real Estate, along with Iridius Capital and JCR Capital, has purchased Campbell Plaza, a shopping center located along Campbell Avenue in Tucson. The Krausz Cos. sold the property for $33 million. Albertson’s and Ross Dress for Less are tenants at the 190,022-square-foot, core-plus asset. Mark Lucescu of Lucescu Realty represented the seller, while James Hardman of DSW Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer. Tim Storey of Newmark Realty Capital secured equity and debt financing for the acquisition.