ENGLEWOOD, COLO. – Construction is underway at Elevation at County Line Station, a 265-unit apartment community in Englewood. The $44-million, transit-oriented development is situated on eight acres next to the County Line Road Park-n-Ride. It also enjoys a close proximity to the light rail station and Park Meadows Mall. The four-story, four-building luxury apartment communityis scheduled for completion this fall. It includes many unique amenities, such as a light rail commuter lounge, roof top clubroom, a “paw spa” (dog wash), an electric car charging station and a bicycle-borrowing program. It is being developed by Grand Peaks Properties and designed by KTGY.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. – The 292-unit Spring Canyon Apartments in Colorado Springs has received a $32.4-million acquisition loan. The community was purchased by Advenir @ Spring Canyon LLC. It is located at 4510 Spring Canyon Heights. The seven-year Freddie Mac loan features interest-only payments for one year. Financing was secured by Charles Foschini of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance Group. Christian Lee of CBRE’s Capital Markets Institutional Group and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance Group assisted in this transaction.
DENVER — Hudson’s Bay Centre, a 172,912-square-foot boutique office building in Denver, has received $21.2 million in acquisition financing. The Class A office building was acquired by a joint venture between MDC Realty Advisors USA and Artis REIT. The property is located at 1600 Stout Street in the Midtown East section of the Central Business District. It sits adjacent to the 16th Street Mall Shuttle and Stout Station RTD light rail station. The transit-oriented property is currently 96.4 percent leased. The seven-year loan features a fixed interest rate of 3.76 percent. It was secured by HFF’s Josh Simon and Leon McBroom. The loan was placed with Principal Real Estate Investors.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Starwood Hotels & Resorts has sold the 154-room Aloft Tucson University Hotel to Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust II for $19 million. The hotel is located at 1900 E. Speedway Blvd., next to the University of Arizona in Tucson. The hotel will remain under the Aloft Hotels flag. It will be managed by Island Hospitality Management. The public, non-traded REIT is sponsored by The Lightstone Group. Starwood was represented by Bill Murney and Mike Cahill of HREC Investment Advisors.
PORTLAND, ORE. – A pair of Class A office buildings in Portland has sold to joint venture Woodside Palisades Partners for an undisclosed sum. The buildings, Cascade Station I and II, are located in the Cascade Station mixed-use development. They contain a total of 127,000 square feet. Woodside Palisades Partners is a joint venture between Joaquin Charles de Monet of Palisades Capital Realty Advisors and two Silicon Valley investors. The unnamed sellers were represented by CBRE’s Kevin Shannon.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A 122,265-square-foot building in San Jose that is triple-net leased to Home Depot has sold to an unnamed buyer for $15.7 million. The building is located off California State Route 87 at 635 West Capitol Expressway. The seller, an institutional investor, was represented by Mike James of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. – The 88-unit Forest Glen Condominiums in Oceanside has sold to an unnamed buyer for $14.2 million. The community is located at 612 Los Arbolitos Blvd. It was built in 1977. The buyer was represented by Stewart I. Weston of Marcus & Millichap. The unnamed seller was represented by Christopher Zorbas of the same firm.
PHOENIX – A 113,827-square-foot industrial/flex building in Phoenix has sold to Verde Investments for $9.4 million. The building is located at 317 S. 48th Street. Verde Investments is owned by Ernie Garcia, owner and Chairman of the Board of Phoenix-based DriveTime Automotive Group. The firm has yet to announce any future plans for the building. Verde was represented by Tom Adelson of CBRE’s Phoenix office and Fred Darche of Lee & Associates. The seller, Second Berkshire Properties, was represented by Mike Haenel, Andy Markham and Will Strong of Cassidy Turley.
SEATTLE – The University District Building, a 79,513-square-foot office building in Seattle, has received a $9-million refinance. The building is occupied by the University of Washington. It is located at 1107 NE 45th Street in the U District. The 10-year loan features a 25-year amortization schedule and a sub-5 percent interest rate. It was secured by Ken Griggs and Paddy Ryan of NBS Financial Services. The pair also collaborated with Mike Wood. NBS represented the lender, Riversource Investments, in this transaction.
Momentum in the industrial market has remained strong for the past three years. This momentum should continue through 2014. Total market activity for 2013 generally remained on par with a record-setting year from 2012, but the makeup of that activity changed significantly. On a square footage basis, leasing activity decreased by 25.6 percent, while user-sale activity increased by 117.3 percent. Much of the increase in user-sale activity can be attributed to Boeing’s acquisition of the 850,000-square-foot Kraftmade building. Strong activity in the market led to more than 2.5 million square feet of positive absorption, representing the highest level of annual absorption since 2007 and exceeding the absorption of the past four years combined. This high level of positive absorption pushed overall vacancy rates down by 1.6 percentage points to end the year at 7.4 percent. As vacancy rates have declined, achieved rental rates have increased by 8.1 percent. The greatest increase was seen in spaces with more than f 100,000 square feet where rental rates increased by 14.7 percent. This category accounted for more than 40 percent of total market activity. The expansion of e-commerce continues to leave its mark on the development and functionality of buildings. E-commerce accounted for …