RENO, NEV. — Lee & Associates has arranged the $25.5 million sale of South Creek, a 66,834-square-foot, 29-unit shopping center located in Reno. Lyle Chamberlain of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Horseshoe Bend LLC, and Chad Coons of Gilmore Coons Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, Alves South Creek, in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — American Apparel, a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel, has emerged from Chapter 11 as a private company after successfully implementing its plan of reorganization, approved by the Delaware bankruptcy court on Jan. 27, 2016. Under the reorganization plan, the company also converted its corporate form from a Delaware corporation to a Delaware limited liability company and, therefore, is now known as American Apparel LLC. American Apparel’s legal advisor in connection with the restructuring was Jones Day. FTI Consulting served as its restructuring advisor and Moelis & Company served as its investment banker for the restructuring. Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP was the legal advisor to the bondholders and Ducera Partners LLC served as restructuring advisor. As of Feb. 1, 2016, American Apparel LLC operated 202 retail stores in 19 countries including the United States and Canada.
INDIO, CALIF. — Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is set to open its 100th California location. Dickey’s already has more than 530 locations in 43 states. After Texas, California has the most Dickey’s locations. Owner/operators Michael and Margarita Tucker currently own the Dickey’s Barbecue Pit location in La Quinta and have signed a development agreement to open three more stores in Indio, Moreno Valley and Redlands in 2016.
NEW YORK CITY — Affiliates of American Realty Capital (ARC) Hospitality Trust have purchased a six-property hotel portfolio from Summit Hotel Properties (NYSE: INN) for $108.3 million. The portfolio contains a total of 707 Marriott- and Hilton-branded rooms throughout the states of Washington and Colorado. Properties included in the transaction are the 84-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Spokane and the 144-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Bellevue, Wash.; the 120-room Hilton Garden Inn and 75-room Hampton Inn in Fort Collins, Colo.; and the 160-room Fairfield Inn & Suites and 124-room SpringHill Suites in Denver. The latest six-property portfolio acquisition brings ARC’s lodging holdings to 142 hotels totaling 17,351 rooms across 32 states. Crestline Hotels and Resorts and Interstate Hotels & Resorts will manage the new acquisitions. ARC drew on its term loan facility to finance the transaction. Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and Deutsche Bank Securities arranged that portion of the financing. Summit also provided a $27.5 million loan to ARC, which included $7.5 million for earnest money. The remaining balance was applied toward the six-hotel purchase price. The loan has an initial maturity date of Feb. 11, 2017, with two, one-year extension options. Proceeds from the latest sale …
HAYWARD, CALIF. — Meta Housing Corp. has broken ground on the Downtown Hayward Senior Apartments, a 60-unit affordable seniors housing development in Hayward, 15 miles southeast of Oakland. The new development will include approximately 6,000 square feet of retail space on a nearly one-acre lot in the city’s downtown. Development costs are estimated at $26 million. Meta will develop the new apartment community in partnership with Community Home Builders and Associates. Redstone Equity Partners, Enterprise Community Partners Inc., Citibank, CalHFA, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department, California Community Reinvestment Corporation, and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee all provided financing for the project. Meta is a multifamily developer based in California that has developed more than 6,000 units.
LITTLETON, COLO. — An unidentified, out-of-state buyer has purchased the 54-unit Broadridge Apartments in Littleton for $8.3 million. The community is located at 6900 S. Bannock St. It was built in 1965. Jeff Johnson and Matt Ritter of Pinnacle’s Johnson Ritter Team represented the buyer, while the firm’s Josh Newell represented the seller in this transaction.
LAS VEGAS — AW Family Trust has acquired Durango Springs Plaza, a 15,800-square-foot retail center in Las Vegas, for $8.3 million. The center is located at 8520, 8530, 8550 W. Warm Springs Road. Chris Emanuel and John Blommer of Virtus Commercial represented the seller, DSP 1 LLC, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Timberlane Partners has acquired a 24-unit apartment building in Los Angeles for $6.4 million. The vintage, 1920’s community is located at 425 S. Detroit St., in the Miracle Mile area of Mid-Wilshire. Ron Harris, Paul Darrow and Michael DiSimone of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Scooter’s Coffee has announced plans to add new coffee shops to four states, which includes Phoenix, Ariz. Other states receiving outposts include Florida, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Once these locations are open, Scooter’s will have more than 130 stores in 14 states. It plans to open 25 new locations in the first half of 2016.
SEATTLE — Seattle-based Schnitzer West LLC has landed a joint venture partner for the development of Madison Centre, a 36-story office tower in Seattle. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC has formed the joint venture with Schnitzer West on behalf of an unnamed institutional client. The equity contribution for this project totaled $150 million. Simultaneously with the joint venture formation, Cornerstone and Schnitzer West closed a construction loan with Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies and Bank of the Ozarks. The 754,000-square-foot, LEED Gold certified tower is situated on a 0.7-acre site in the central business district of Seattle. It will feature 746,000 square feet of office space and 7,800 square feet of ground-floor retail atop a seven-story subterranean parking garage. Construction on the project started in third quarter 2014, and is slated for completion during the second quarter of 2017. The building will feature an exterior façade utilizing high-performance glass and an aluminum curtain wall system, a ‘great room’ concept in the lobby, a 30-foot-tall glass rotunda with a suspended spiral staircase and a three-story, plant-covered “living wall.” Hartford, Conn.-based Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC is a global real estate investment manager, providing core and value-added investment and advisory services to institutional and …
