PHOENIX – Cove on 44th, a 256-unit apartment community in Phoenix, has sold to Cove Phoenix LLC for $7.7 million. The Class B community is located at 4030 N. 44th Ave. It was built in 1983. Bill Hahn, Jeffrey Sherman and Trevor Koskovich of Colliers International’s HSK Multifamily Southwest team represented both the buyer and seller, Cove at 44th LLC, in this transaction.
DENVER – MonkeySports has opened its first superstore in Colorado. The 15,125-square-foot outpost is located at 6578 S. Yosemite Circle in Greenwood Village, just east of Littleton. MonkeySports is the nation’s largest retailer of hockey and lacrosse equipment. It also operates locations in California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Sweden. MonkeySports was represented by Frank Griffin of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. The landlord was not named.
AURORA, COLO. – A 34,589-square-foot retail strip center in Aurora has sold to M&M Corporation LLC for $1.8 million. The five-building center is located at 3113-3191 Peoria Street. The property was leased to 16 retailers, many of which were long-term tenants, at the time of sale. M&M was represented by Lan Than of Landmark Real Estate Services. The seller, THS Properties LLC, was represented by Marc Lippitt, Scott Shwayder and Justin Herman of Unique Properties Inc. – TCN Worldwide.
SPARKS, NEV. – Garlock Printing and Converting West has leased 65,088 square feet of distribution space at the Greg Street Industrial Park in Sparks. The space is located at 1450 E. Greg Street. The retail packaging service provider first opened a facility out West in Reno this past March. The company was represented by J. Michael Hoeck, Michael Nevis, Dave Simonsen and Steve Kucera of the NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group. The landlord was not named.
The Orange County office market continues to experience steady growth as it moves into 2015, with three straight years of positive net absorption under its belt. The county’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.4 percent over the past 12 months, while the job growth rate has averaged 1.8 percent over the same period. The overall signs for the office market are very positive as we head into the growth phase of this real estate cycle. Orange County’s office market has experienced almost 1.7 million square feet of net absorption in the past 12 months, according to CoStar. This net absorption has been spread out evenly over Class A and B properties. The current vacancy rate of 11.4 percent has steadily declined on an average of 1 percent per year for the past four years. Based on current absorption trends, the office vacancy could dip below 10 percent in 2016, which may usher in significant speculative development. The majority of the tenant activity is home grown, with limited growth from companies outside of Orange County. Net absorption is mainly due to recent larger space transactions. These occupiers include Pacific Investment Management absorbing 380,000 square feet, Belkin International (128,000 square feet), Yokohama …
TEMECULA, CALIF. – A 24,000-square-foot industrial building in Temecula has sold to Anderson Living Trust for $2.8 million. The building is located at 41973 Remington, within the Legacy Corporate Center. The space was built in 2006. It is triple-net leased to Daltile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries. The company manufactures, distributes and markets ceramic tile and natural stone products. The trust was represented by Joe Brady of Colliers International. The seller was Legacy Corporate Center.
SAN DIEGO – A 15,488-square-foot industrial building in the Miramar submarket of San Diego has sold to Empire Electrical Supply for $2.6 million. The building is located at 7150 Carroll Road. Empire will use the building for the storage and distribution of electrical supplies. It will also contain office space for contracting work. The seller, Charter Industrial Supply, was represented by Nick Price of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office. The transaction was an owner-user exchange.
DENVER – A two-story, mixed-use building in Denver has sold to an unnamed buyer for $2.1 million. The building is located at 821-827 Corona Street. It was built in 1919. The buyer was represented by Matt Ritter, Jeff Johnson, Cody Stambaugh and Peter Sengelmann of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors. The unnamed seller was represented by Jules Hochman, Justin Brockman and Billy Riesing of the same firm.
PHOENIX – A 3,848-square-foot building in Phoenix that is net leased to Raising Cane’s has sold to an unnamed buyer for $3.5 million. The space is located at 4506 E. Cactus Road. The seller, a developer, was represented by Jamie Medress and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office.
TUSTIN, CALIF. – A 16,986-square-foot industrial building in Tustin has sold to Subaru Research and Development for $3.3 million. The building is located at 14282 Chambers Road. Subaru was represented by CBRE. The seller, Shabani Investments LLC, was represented by Matt Durkin of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach.
