CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Scottsdale-based Store Capital Corp. has purchased a big-box retail property located at 1200 N. Alma School Road in Chandler. Five Sons Furniture AZ LLC sold the building for $3.4 million. Ray Cashen of Cashen Realty Advisors represented the seller in the deal. Situated on 6.8 acres, the property features 62,286 square feet of space. VASA Fitness, the tenant, plans to invest $3 million in improvements at the property to convert it into a state-of-the-art health club facility.
Albuquerque is a hidden gem. It isn’t a huge market when compared to places like Seattle, Austin or Denver, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for growth and development. The Urban Land Institute predicts Albuquerque’s development will trail other metros with stronger economies in 2018. But there are positive trends and developments for Albuquerque and the surrounding areas, which can make us competitive. A new Facebook data center was built in Los Lunas, a 30-minute drive from Albuquerque. This has created new jobs for the Los Lunas and Albuquerque areas. Anywhere from 800 to 1,000 workers go through the data center every day, and 80 percent of them are from New Mexico. The center will have a $2 billion impact on the state and metro areas, leading to more jobs and opportunities for the region. Albuquerque will also take part in the “Facebook Community Boost Program.” The program helps the community by offering free workshops, business training and networking to boost careers. More companies like Facebook can be recruited to New Mexico as long as we make the area business-friendly and retain talent so everyone can succeed. With more jobs and opportunity, there will be an immediate need for …
PETALUMA, CALIF. — Vestar has purchased East Washington Place, a shopping center located at 401 Kennilworth Drive in Petaluma, for $55 million. The name of seller was not released. Totaling more than 340,000 square feet, East Washington Place shopping center is LEED Silver certified. Current tenants include Target, TJ Maxx/HomeGoods, Sprouts Farmers Market, ULTA Beauty, Dick’s Sporting Goods and PetSmart. With this acquisition, the company’s portfolio crossed the 30 million-square-foot threshold.
EDMONDS, WASH. — Koelsch Communities has completed Cedar Creek Memory Care Community, a 60-unit memory care community in the Seattle suburb of Edmonds. Project costs were just over $17 million. Wells Fargo provided $13 million in financing, and the remainder came from private investors. Cedar Creek was designed with what Koelsch calls “historical surprises.” The community features several rooms designed to look like the 1950s, including a Julia Child-style kitchen, a garage featuring a classic car and a great room designed to look like the interior of a traditional log cabin. More than 50 percent of the rooms were reserved prior to the opening of Cedar Creek. Koelsch Communities operates 29 seniors housing properties in eight states, with nine new communities in development.
TUCSON, ARIZ., AND PAHRUMP, NEV. — CBRE has arranged the refinancing of The Echelon of Tucson in Tucson and Inspirations Senior Living in Pahrump. The portfolio totals 140 independent living units, 60 assisted living units and 12 memory care units. The borrower was CPF Living Communities. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with 36 months of interest-only payments. Grace Management, CPF Living’s management subsidiary, will continue to operate the properties. The amount of the loan was not disclosed. CPF Living acquired the communities in 2016, and projects that both properties will reach stabilization in 2019.
SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Scotts Village, a neighborhood shopping center in Scotts Valley. McNellis Partners acquired the property from The Pratt Co. for $15.3 million. Located at 227-259 Mt Hermon Road, the 121,296-square-foot property was developed in 1984. Current tenants include Safeway, CVS/pharmacy, Chase Bank, McDonald’s and Taco Bell. Dan Wald and Don LeBuhn (The Wald|LeBuhn Team) of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented the in the deal.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — The Wolff Co. has purchased Scottsdale Tennis Court, including 11 tennis courts and a pool, for $9 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the property into Revel Scottsdale, a 159-unit seniors housing community. The asset is situated on 5.5 acres on Inland Bend Road. Larry Kush of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the seller, Robert Hing, in the transaction.
PHOENIX — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and an institutional investor have acquired a 38.5-acre site south of the southeast corner of 59th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in Phoenix’s Southwest submarket. The price was not disclosed. The partnership plans to develop West 202 Logistics Center, a 554,000-square-foot industrial building, on the site. The cross-docked building will feature 36-foot clear heights, signature office entries, all-concrete truck courts and circulation drives. Construction is slated to begin this quarter. Butler Design Group will serve as the project architect and Willmeng Construction as general contractor. Comerica Bank is providing construction financing. Pat Feeney, Dan Calihan, Rusty Kennedy and Bill Bayless of CBRE Phoenix are marketing the project on behalf of the joint venture.
LITTLETON, COLO. — FMF Littleton has received $63 million in financing for HiLine at Littleton Commons, a multifamily property located within the Highlands Ranch/Lone Tree submarket of Littleton, south of Denver. Josh Simon of HFF secured a five-year, 4.15 percent fixed-rate loan through a life company lender for the borrower. Loan proceeds were used to recapitalize the property and refinance existing construction financing. The loan features a full-term interest-only period, with flexible prepayment and the ability to advance future loan proceeds at a future date. Completed in 2016, the property features 385 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units and 620 parking spaces, including attached and detached garages. Community amenities include an outdoor pool, hot tub, tanning deck with cabanas, outdoor kitchen and grilling area, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, billiards table, business center and dog park with dog wash station.
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, WASH. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital and KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided $43.2 million in financing for the development of Salish Flats Apartments, a workforce housing community located in Airway Heights. The borrower is TWG Development. Key’s Community Development Lending and Investment Group provided a $21.2 million KeyBank construction loan, and Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group originated a $22 million forward commitment through Freddie Mac’s Targeted Affordable Group. The 216-unit Salish Flats Apartments is part of the master development plan of the Northern Quest Resort & Casino, owned and operated by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Upon completion, the market-rate property will operate with a self-imposed income restriction, requiring 20 percent of the units be set aside for households earning less than 80 percent of the area median income.