EVERETT, WASH. — Brixton Capital has purchased Everett Mall, a 490,949-square-foot shopping center located in Everett, 28 miles north of Seattle. Everett Mall is home to a mix of national, regional and local tenants including Regal 16 Cinemas, LA Fitness, Burlington Coat Factory, Sears, Party City and Ulta Beauty. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
ANTIOCH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged acquisition financing for Cypress Meadows, a 110-unit assisted living and memory care community in Antioch, located approximately 40 miles northeast of San Francisco. The buyer is a joint venture between Agemark Senior Living and Trellis Real Estate Group. The seller was not a local mom-and-pop owner. Agemark will operate the property following the acquisition. Cypress Meadows was built in 1999. The new owners plan to spend $2.6 million in capital upgrades. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing secured a five-year, floating-rate loan with 36 months of interest-only payments from a national bank.
DAVIS, CALIF. — University Student Living and The University of California, Davis have started development of two communities that will total 2,775 on-campus beds. The projects include West Village, a 1,875-bed community primarily targeted towards transfer and continuing students with apartment-style units; and Orchard Park, the redevelopment of an existing complex to offer 900 beds in two-bedroom units for students with families and single graduate students. A timeline for the development has yet to be announced.
CHICAGO — Duke Realty Corp. (NYSE: DRE) has purchased a 10-building industrial portfolio totaling nearly 3.5 million square feet, plus two additional land parcels, for $515 million. The assets are situated in Southern California, Northern New Jersey and South Florida. The two parcels will eventually contain two buildings totaling 852,745 square feet. Construction on these projects will commence later this year. The total value of the portfolio will be approximately $700 million once construction is completed. The seller, Bridge Development Partners, has completed more than $2 billion in developments and acquisitions since its joint venture with Dallas-based Banner Oak Capital Partners in 2013. Bridge’s current pipeline contains more than 10.3 million square feet valued at $1.3 billion in the most supply constrained U.S. core industrial markets, including Chicago, Miami, New Jersey, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. “This portfolio sale is part of the $1.1 billion of new state-of-the-art industrial assets Bridge will sell in 2017,” says Steve Poulos, the company’s founder and CEO. “The portfolio includes a mix of fully stabilized, partially stabilized and completely vacant assets.” Though the exact properties included in this transaction were not disclosed, some of Bridge’s assets include the 306,466-square-foot Bridge Point I-95 in …
SAN DIEGO — Interstate Equities Corporation (IEC) has purchased the 133-unit Verse La Mesa apartment complex in San Diego for $34 million. The value-add community is located at 7400 Parkway Drive in La Mesa. It was built in 1976 and is currently 96 percent occupied. The property will be rebranded as The Cove. It will also undergo renovations, including the installation of washers, dryers and dishwashers, new paint, laminate wood floors and upgraded fixtures throughout the units. Shane Shafer, Ed Rosen, John Chu, and Kyle Pinkalla of Berkadia executed the transaction.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Trion Properties has purchased an 88-unit multifamily property in Fremont for $26.5 million. The community is located at 4445 Stevenson Blvd. in East Bay, within the northern part of Silicon Valley. The apartment community is situated less than five miles from Fremont’s Tesla factory, which currently employs more than 6,000 people and encompasses 5.3 million square feet. The Fremont City Council recently approved a 4.6 million-square-foot expansion of the Tesla factory, which is predicted to bring 3,100 new workers to the area. Shivu Srinivasan of NAI Capital represented Trion Properties, while Victor Makras of Makras Real Estate represented the seller, the Jones Family, in this transaction.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Montgomery Partners has acquired the 62-unit Sherry Lane Garden Homes in Santa Ana for $19.8 million. The community is located at 1920 Sherry Lane. The property was built on 9.8 acres in 1964 near the 5, 22 and 55 freeways. Joseph Berkson of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and unnamed seller in this transaction.
DENVER — A private capital firm has acquired the 53-unit Dwell Apartments in Denver for $12.8 million. The community is located at 600 – 624 N. Pennsylvania St. in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The unit mix includes studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments that range from 505 to 829 square feet. Community amenities include a swimming pool, gym and off-street parking. Jacob and Nick Steele of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, another locally based private capital client, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Scottsdale Investment Management has purchased a 38,238-square-foot office building in West Phoenix for an undisclosed sum. The property is located at 8800 N. 22nd Ave. It is fully occupied by the Department of Economic Security’s Family Assistance Administration division, which coordinates programs to support Arizona families in need. The space was built in 1986. Mindy Korth, Kirk Kuller and John Barnes of Colliers International and Greg Bamford of Bamford Southwest represented the locally based seller in this transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Bascom Arizona Ventures has acquired three apartment communities in Tucson and Sierra Vista for $70.2 million. The communities include the 290-unit Springs at Silverbell, the 196-unit Springs at Continental Ranch and the 186-unit La Entrada in Tucson. All three properties offer a resort-style swimming pool, relaxing spa, 24-hour fitness center, business center and private garages. Bascom Arizona Ventures assumed the existing HUD loans for all three properties. Hamid Panahi of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller in the portfolio transaction. The on-site property management will be overseen by Arizona-based Morrison, Ekre & Bart Management Services.
