TUCSON, ARIZ. — Bascom Arizona Ventures has purchased an 812-unit multifamily portfolio in Southern Arizona for $70.2 million. The acquisition includes the 252-unit Port Royale in Sierra Vista, as well as the 288-unit Summit Vista and the 272-unit Crescent Ridge in Tucson. Summit Vista and Crescent Ridge are situated in the North Tucson submarket near Northwest Medical Center, Foothills Mall and Arizona Pavilions shopping center. Port Royale is situated near Fort Huachuca, Cochise College and the University of Arizona South Campus. Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
LONGMONT, COLO. — NewMark Merrill Mountain States has secured $62 million in refinancing and completed construction on Village at the Peaks, a 442,000-square-foot shopping center in Longmont. Village at the Peaks is over 90 percent leased to nearly 40 tenants including Whole Foods Market, Sam’s Club, Regal Cinemas, Gold’s Gym, Party City, Tuesday Morning, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, Ozo Coffee Co. and Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. The five-year development process involved a public/private partnership with the City of Longmont, and represents over $100 million in investment. Bank of the Ozarks provided original construction financing for the project. Joe Monteleone of Triad Capital Advisors arranged the refinancing on behalf of NewMark Merrill through Allianz Real Estate of America. Sandy Sigal, Sandra Kist and Allen Ginsborg of NewMarket Merrill oversaw the refinancing.
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Bridge Investment Group has received a $54.5 million loan to acquire an office property in San Mateo. The loan includes a future funding component for planned capital improvements and leasing costs. The new owner plans to modernize the property. The loan was funded under KeyBank’s non-recourse bridge lending program. The program offers high-leverage, non-recourse loans for cash flowing properties.
PHOENIX — A joint venture between Confluent Development and DPC Cos. has announced plans to develop a 225,000-square-foot spec industrial development in Phoenix. The project will be situated in the Sky Harbor International Airport submarket. The JV acquired a former grocery warehouse building, which will be torn down ahead of construction. This is Confluent Development’s first ground-up development in the market.
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLO. — A joint venture between Stoneleigh Cos. and Realty Capital Management has acquired 3.8 acres of land to build The Lofts at Red Mountain Apartments, an 85-unit apartment community with ground-floor retail in Glenwood Springs. The land is situated at south of Wulfsohn Road, adjacent to the Glenwood Meadows Market Street and Shopping Center. The Lofts at Red Mountain has an on-site RFTA bus stop, situated next to the Glenwood Springs Community and Recreation Center. It is also adjacent to the Glenwood Springs trail system. The developers have already broken ground on Phase I, with completion scheduled for early 2019. RVC Construction is building the project, which KCB Architecture designed. SunGate Capital Funding 7 LLC, Stoneleigh Cos. LLC and Realty Capital Partners provided equity financing.
LOS ANGELES — Westfield Corp., a mixed-use developer based in Sydney, Australia, is opening its $1 billion redevelopment of Westfield Century City mall in the Century City district of Los Angeles on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Westfield expects the open-air development to have the majority of its more than 200 shops and restaurants open for the event, including a new three-level Nordstrom. The 1.3 million-square-foot development will also feature a remodeled, three-level Bloomingdale’s, a new two-level Macy’s and an Equinox fitness club and spa. The center’s new and existing dining options include Bibigo, California Pizza Kitchen, Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Everytable, Lifehouse Tonics + Elixirs, Panda Express, Randy’s Donuts, See’s Candies, Shake Shack, Wexler’s Deli and the West Coast’s first Eataly, an Italian market concept that will open later in the month. Eataly will feature multiple restaurants, food and beverage counters, retail items and cooking classes. In addition to the department store anchors and existing AMC movie theater, new and existing retailers include Apple Store, Banana Republic, Disney Store, J. Crew, Kate Spade New York, Madewell, Microsoft, SUITSUPPLY, Tory Burch and Warby Parker. Westfield’s in-house design studio worked with Los Angeles-based designer Kelly Wearstler to redesign the project’s outdoor plazas, landscaped terraces and …
IRVINE, CALIF. — Sabra Health Care REIT (NASDAQ: SBRA) has acquired 21 skilled nursing facilities in a sale-leaseback transaction with an undisclosed West Coast operator for $378 million. The Irvine-based, publicly traded REIT plans to buy the operator’s three remaining facilities before the end of the year for $52 million, for an expected total purchase price of $430 million. The acquisitions are one of several mega-deals for Sabra this year. In August, the company completed its acquisition of skilled nursing owner and former Ventas spinoff Care Capital Properties. Just last week, Sabra also announced it had agreed to buy minority interest in a 183-property portfolio of Enlivant-operated seniors housing communities for $371 million. Sabra plans to eventually acquire 100 percent interest in the portfolio. Sabra was the 21st largest owner of seniors housing in the U.S. with 74 communities and 7,624 units as of June 1, according to the American Seniors Housing Association’s 2017 tally. However, that ranking was before any of these three major acquisitions. Concurrent with the new sale-leaseback transaction, Sabra also announced that it has begun the process of marketing for sale the remaining 43 facilities that the company leases to Genesis Healthcare Inc. Sabra predicts the sales …
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has closed the $51 million refinancing of the 260-unit Alley 111 in Bellevue. The apartment community is located at 11011 N.E. 9th St. Alley 111 was built in 2015. The community features a rooftop deck and lounge, fitness center, storage lockers for skis and snowboards, and dry-cleaning services. The property’s ground-floor retail includes Minamoto Japanese Cuisine and Honor Coffee. Laurie Morfin originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan. The lender was Nationwide.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Belmont Village Aliso Viejo, a 157-unit assisted living and memory care community in Aliso Viejo, a master-planned community in the San Joaquin Hills between Los Angeles and San Diego. A joint venture between Houston-based operator Belmont Village Senior Living and Boston-based private equity firm Blue Moon Capital Partners is developing the Class A project. Belmont will operate the community once construction is completed. A development timeline was not released. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the non-recourse, four-year, floating-rate loan through a regional bank.
PERRIS, CALIF. — National Distribution Centers has leased an 864,000-square-foot industrial facility within the Perris Distribution Center. The cross-dock distribution facility is situated on 43.2 acres within the Perris Valley Commerce Center in Perris. The center is bordered by Nance and Markham streets, as well as by Webster and Indian avenues. It is slated for completion in early October. Perris Distribution Center will feature energy-efficient LED lighting, solar panels and electric vehicle charging stations. Cushman & Wakefield represented National Distribution Centers, while NKF’s Mark Kegans and Ron and Dean Washle represented the owner and developer, Industrial Property Trust, in this transaction.