DENVER — Greystone’s Real Estate Advisors group has arranged the sale of Juanita Nolasco Apartments, a 188-unit affordable seniors housing community in Denver. Jonathan Rose Cos. acquired the property from a limited liability company for $31.3 million. Greystone’s Aaron Hargrove and Eric Taylor represented the seller. The 13-story Juanita Nolasco Apartments was built in 1972 and rehabilitated in 2008 via 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credits.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $15 million sale of CVS Beach Garfield Center, a 31,140-square-foot retail property anchored by a freestanding CVS/Pharmacy in Huntington Beach. Shaun Riley of Faris Lee arranged the transaction on behalf of the buyer, 209 N. Brand Blvd. LP. Triwell Properties represented the seller, Sampont Properties LLC. In addition to CVS/Pharmacy, the center is home to tenants including Starbucks Coffee, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Verizon Wireless and Bank of America. The property was fully leased at the time of sale.
SEATTLE — Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has opened the first location of Amazon Go, an 1,800-square-foot mini grocery store in Seattle that allows customers to shop without waiting in checkout lines. The store was open exclusively to Amazon employees for the past year. The store is located at 2131 7th Ave. near the corner of Blanchard Street, less than a mile from Pike Place Market and the e-commerce giant’s headquarters. It offers ready-to-eat meals and snacks prepared by Amazon chefs, as well as grocery staples and artisanal baked goods. The offerings also include chef-designed meal kits. Shoppers must have an Amazon account and the Amazon Go app, the latter of which enables entry into the store. Once inside, customers shop as they normally would and then simply leave. While there are no cashiers, there are employees working in the store who prepare food and check IDs on purchases of alcoholic beverages. The store employs inventory-tracking technologies featuring cameras and motion sensors that automatically detect items being removed or returned to shelves. Shortly after shoppers depart, they receive a digital receipt and charges to their Amazon account. “Amazon has generally been regarded as a threat to conventional retail,” says Kenneth Katz, …
PHOENIX — Ziegler has closed $70.2 million in bond financing for The Beatitudes Campus, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in north central Phoenix. The Beatitudes Campus sits on 27 acres and features 188 entrance-fee independent living apartments, 11 entrance-fee independent living patio homes, 259 rental independent living apartments, 92 traditional assisted living units, 29 early-stage memory care beds and 72 skilled nursing beds. The bonds will refund $64.6 million in outstanding bonds from 2006, finance $6.3 million in pre-development costs for master-planned renovations and fund a debt service reserve fund.
RIO RANCHO, N.M. — Co-developers MorningStar Senior Living and Confluent Senior Living have broken ground on MorningStar of Rio Rancho, a 77-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Albuquerque suburb of Rio Rancho. The 70,863-square-foot development will be situated on 5.5 acres. It will feature 51 assisted living suites and 26 memory care suites. The co-developers plan to open an information center onsite by May 2018, and complete construction in December 2018. The project represents the 11th joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar, a Denver-based owner-operator, and Confluent Senior Living, a subsidiary of Confluent Development, a Denver-based real estate investment and development firm. Confluent is the project owner and MorningStar will serve as the operator. Rosemann & Associates is serving as the architect for the new development, New Mexico-based Bradbury Stamm Construction is the general contractor and Thoma-Holec Design is the interior designer. The development marks the second MorningStar Senior Living community in metro Albuquerque, with MorningStar and Confluent completing MorningStar Assisted Living & Memory Care of Albuquerque in February 2016. Confluent sold the Albuquerque community to Harbert Seniors Housing Fund in July, with MorningStar maintaining its role as operator. The MorningStar and Confluent partnership continues its growth …
LOVELAND, COLO. — Heavenrich & Co. has arranged the sale of Aspen House, a memory care community consisting of two adjacent properties in Loveland, approximately 50 miles north of Denver. The properties were built in 2010 and 2015 and feature 40 units representing 80 licensed beds. Madison Realty Cos. acquired the community from an undisclosed seller for $8.4 million. Brian Clark, senior director at Heavenrich & Co.’s Denver office, managed the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of Midway Square, a multi-tenant shopping center located at 3112 Midway Drive in San Diego’s Point Loma district. Winston Square LLC sold the property to Midway Square LLC for $5.2 million. Reg Kobzi, Sam Alison, Mike Philbin and Amar Goli of CBRE represented the seller, while Andrew Slade of CIRE Partners represented the buyer in the deal. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Express Time, Auto Serve Center, Suspension Plus and Smog Creek occupy the 15,271-square-foot, single-level retail center.
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Big Al’s, a sports bar and entertainment chain, has signed a lease for 46,000 square feet of retail space at McCarthy Ranch Marketplace in Milpitas in Silicon Valley. TMS McCarthy LP is the landlord. Located at 15 Ranch Drive, Big Al’s Silicon Valley will be the company’s fifth center and second in California. The store is slated to open for business in late 2018.
SEATTLE — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $54.8 million in Freddie Mac financing for the 193-unit Angeline Apartments in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. The community is located at 4801 Rainier Ave. S. Angeline Apartments was built in 2015. The property includes five floors of apartments, ground-floor retail space and an underground garage. The retail component includes PCC Natural Grocers, the largest consumer-owned natural food retail co-operative in the U.S., and All the Best Pet Care. KeyBank’s Jon Reible arranged the fixed-rate loan with a 10-year term. The funds were used to refinance existing debt.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Rich Uncles NNN REIT Inc. has purchased a 162,714-square-foot creative office/warehouse space in Chandler for $26.5 million. The property serves as the headquarters for AvAir, a commercial aircraft parts business. The property is located at 6877 and 6971 W. Frye Road. The sale agreement allows AvAir to occupy the space for 15 years. Developed in 2015, the two buildings sit on 6.1 acres in the Santan Technology Park at the northeast corner of Loop 202 and 56th Street. Andy Ogan of Lee & Associates Arizona brokered the sale. John Hink of Tiffany & Bosco P.A. assisted the seller, Reasons Aviation LLC.
