BOISE, IDAHO — Hawkins has completed Canyon Ridge, an apartment community in southeast Boise. Located at 2552 E. Gowen Road, Canyon Ridge features 288 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a resort-style outdoor pool, dedicated dog park and 6,000-square-foot clubhouse. Canyon Ridge is located near the 161-acre Simplot Sports Complex, Mircon’s North Campus and Albertsons. ESI served as general contractor for the project.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Terre at Ballantyne, a multifamily property in El Cajon. The asset traded for $14.4 million. Chris Zorbas, Alexander Garcia Jr. and Kyle Pinkalla of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Terra at Ballantyne features 60 units spread across 10 two-story buildings. Apartments offer air conditioning and heating, large closets and patios or balconies on select units. Community amenities include two swimming pools and two laundry facilities. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied with 40 percent of the units renovated.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — CBRE has negotiated the sales of two adjacent single-tenant ground lease properties at 1420 and 1460 N. Bullard Ave. in Goodyear. Two separate West Coast-based private capital exchange buyers acquired the assets for a combined total of $6.7 million. Benjamin Farthing and Owen Littrell of CBRE represented the seller, Tradecor Partners Goodyear LLC, in the transactions. Bubba’s 33 is located at 1460 N. Bullard Ave. and features a brand new 15-year absolute triple-net ground lease on a 1.7-acre parcel. The property sold for $3.5 million. Located at 1420 N. Bullard Ave., the double drive-through White Castle on a 1-acre parcel sold for $3.2 million.
Since the Federal Reserve began raising rates in March 2022 to combat inflation, the real estate market has faced challenges such as rising interest rates, capital market volatility and economic uncertainty. These factors caused many institutional investors to pause their real estate investment activities compared to historical levels. Despite ongoing volatility, investors are gradually re-entering the market, driven by several factors. Key reasons for the pause included a challenging fundraising and capital markets environment, the unpredictable cost of capital, a scarcity of transactions leading to a lack of pricing discovery and widening bid/ask spreads. Some institutional investors were impacted by the “denominator effect,” resulting in an overweighting to real estate and the need for portfolio rebalancing. Additionally, to create bolster funds for other portfolio issues, some institutional investors entered redemption queues seeking liquidity. Broader capital market constraints reduced the availability of equity, while simultaneously driving a growing preference for structuring investments as debt rather than equity among those who remained active. During this period of muted transaction activity, private investors capitalized on the market’s dislocation. These investors increasingly prioritized their acquisition efforts toward newer vintage core and core-plus assets over value-add or development opportunities, reflecting a shift toward higher quality …
LOS ANGELES — Waterton has purchased AMLI Warner Center, a multifamily property situated in the Warner Center master-planned community in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Waterton will rebrand the gated community, located at 21200 Kittridge St., as The Kitt at Warner Center. Built in 2007, the property offers 522 one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, a resort-style pool and spa, grilling stations with picnic tables, a fire pit and outdoor fireplace, dog park and pet washing station, jogging path with a six-station exercise course, fitness center and two structured parking garages. Waterton plans to renovate the units with new stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, new cabinet fronts and hardware in kitchens and baths, as well as updated lighting and plumbing fixtures, backsplashes, paint and vinyl plank flooring. Common areas will be reconfigured to maximize use of the space and enhance the resident experience.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between Space Investment Partners and PCCP has completed the $70 million recapitalization of University Square, a grocery-anchored retail center in San Diego. Situated on 20 acres at 5821-5975 University Ave., University Square offers 199,115 square feet of retail space. The center is currently 98.5 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Food4Less, Marshalls, Crunch Fitness and Dollar Tree.
LAS VEGAS — CONAM Strategic Investments Fund IV, a discretionary fund sponsored by The CONAM Group, has purchased Reverb at Spring Valley in Las Vegas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Completed in 2000, Reverb at Spring Valley features 180 apartments, a clubhouse with a coffee bar, game room, fitness center and pool deck with assorted outdoor games, fire pits and barbecues.
AUBURN, WASH. — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Ellingson Crossing, a 15,270-square-foot retail center located within the Auburn/Kent Valley Industrial District, roughly 20 miles south of Seattle. Starbucks Coffee anchors the property, which was originally built in 2007. Tenants at the center include Wingstop, Domino’s Pizza, Taco Time, American Family Insurance and You First Dental Care. Sean Tufts, Kevin Adatto and Joe Dugoni of Northmarq’s Pacific Northwest Commercial Investment Sales team represented the local private seller in the transaction. New York City-based Curbline Properties was the buyer.
DENVER — Malman Real Estate has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 4995 Olive St. in Denver. Olive HQ LLC acquired the asset from Appleman LLC for $2.7 million. Jake Malman of Malman Real Estate represented the buyer, while Russell Gruber of Gruber Commercial Real Estate represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Concord Capital Partners has acquired The Park Wilshire, a multifamily building in Los Angeles’ Wilshire corridor. Kitty Wallace and Simmi Dhillon of Colliers represented the institutional seller and the buyer in the deal. The sale included an adjacent 14,002-square-foot parking lot. Originally constructed as a hotel, The Park Wilshire offers 170 apartments and a variety of amenities.
