SANDY, UTAH – A partnership between Pacific Retail Capital Partners, Silverpeak Real Estate Partners and the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs has acquired the 1.3 million-square-foot South Towne Center Mall and adjacent Marketplace in Sandy for $205 million. The 966,000-square-foot South Towne Center Mall is a two-level, enclosed regional mall that contains about 150 shops and restaurants. The mall’s anchors include Macy’s, Dillards, JCPenney and Utah’s largest Forever 21. The 312,000-square-foot Marketplace is anchored by Super Target. The properties are situated about 16 miles south of Salt Lake City. The partnership plans to execute a large-scale mall renovation. Gensler Associates will create the new design. Current plans feature upgrades to the mall’s infrastructure, including lighting, flooring, restrooms, a new children’s play area and a revamped food court with expanded food offerings. Pacific Retail will oversee all operations at South Town Center, including its renovation. The seller was Macerich. The sale is consistent with the company’s strategy of selling non-core assets and redeploying the proceeds into its development pipeline.
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DENVER – Ivanhoé Cambridge and Callahan Capital Properties have acquired a 40 percent interest in a Denver-based portfolio that includes the US Bank Tower, the Tabor Center and the adjacent Two Tabor development site. The interest was purchased from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for more than $200 million. The 572,000-square-foot Tabor Center is located at 1200 17th Street. The property includes a 30-story trophy office tower and a 163,000-square-foot, mixed-use property with retail and health club amenities. The 520,000-square-foot US Bank Tower is located at 950 17th Street. The 26-story, Class A tower is just steps from Tabor Center. These acquisitions position Ivanhoé Cambridge as one of the main landlords in Denver’s commercial business district. The firm now has an ownership position that represents about 6 percent of Downtown Denver’s Class A office inventory. This is Ivanhoé’s sixth acquisition with Callahan, bringing the partners’ U.S. office platform investments to more than $2.4 billion. A Callahan affiliate continues to be an equity partner and asset manager for these properties.
DENVER – Advenir has acquired two apartment communities in the Denver submarket of Longmont. The apartments sold for a combined purchased price of about $80 million, according to industry sources. The communities included in the transaction are the 360-unit, 18-building Advenir@Wyndam, formerly Wyndam Apartment Homes, and the 210-unit, 15-building Advenir@Wildwood, formerly Wildwood Apartment Homes. Advenir@Wyndam is located at 2540 Sunset Drive. It was built in 1990 and renovated in 2010. Advenir@Wildwood is located at 3226 Lake Park Way. It was also recently renovated. Advenir has acquired 1,000 apartment units since August in the Greater Denver area, and nearly 3,000 units since late 2011. The firm is actively looking to expand its portfolio. Advenir represented itself in this transaction. The unnamed seller was represented by HFF’s Jordan Robbins. Freddie Mac financing was secured by Eric Tupler and Josh Simon of the same firm.
PORTLAND, ORE. – CBRE Global Investors has acquired the 348-unit Arbor Heights apartment community in Portland for $54.1 million. The community is located at 15199 SW Royalty Parkway. Arbor Heights was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. It was built in 1997 in the Portland submarket of Tigard, just 10 miles from the city’s downtown. The seller, Capri Capital Partners LLC, was represented by ARA’s Gail Neuburg. Capri Capital owned the asset on behalf of one of its institutional clients.
VALENCIA, CALIF. – IAC has broken ground on a new 1.3-million-square-foot industrial development in Valencia. The new project will be called IAC Commerce Center. It will be the largest industrial center to break ground in North Los Angeles County in 25 years, according to CBRE, which has been retained to market and lease the property. The center will be situated on 70 acres along Witherspoon Parkway, adjacent to the Valencia Commerce Center. It will be completed in three phases. The first phase will include 400,000 square feet. It is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2016. Land development is anticipated to take about 12 months.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. – A 46,119-square-foot industrial property in Chandler has sold to Bell Steel Inc. for $4.5 million. The asset is located at 1100 N. Hamilton Street. The sale included a 4,000-square-foot office building, a 29,319-square-foot fabrication building, a 10,800-square-foot office/warehouse building and a 2,000-square-foot storage building. Bell Steel was represented by JLL’s Steve Larsen. The seller, TW Steel, was represented by Evan Koplan and Mike Parker of CBRE’s Phoenix office.
HAYWARD, CALIF. – A 10,000-square-foot retail property in Hayward that is net leased to Kelly-Moore Paints has sold to a private investor for $2.2 million. The property is located at 28722-28724 Mission Blvd. The paint retailer subleases a small portion of the building to a local flooring retailer. The building was constructed in 1970. Kelly-Moore has occupied this space for about 44 years. In 2006, it signed a new lease for an additional 15-year term. The seller, a private investor, was represented by Bryan Webb and Bill Allen of Marcus & Millichap.
LAS VEGAS – A five-property office and warehouse portfolio in Las Vegas has sold to McLeod 5 LLC for an undisclosed sum. The transaction includes three multi-tenant office buildings and two multi-tenant office/warehouse buildings. The buildings are located at 6275, 6285, 6325, 6340 and 6360 McLeod Drive. The LLC was represented by Tony Castrignano of Remax Commercial Sky Mesa. The unnamed seller was represented by CBRE’s Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita Winkel and Ashley Kolaczynski.
SAN FRANCISCO – A five-unit apartment building in San Francisco has sold to an unnamed buyer for $3.1 million. The community is located at 59 Collingwood Street. The seller, a private investor, was represented by Joseph Levy and Mark Mason of Marcus & Millichap’s San Francisco office.
LOS ANGELES – Ergobaby has leased 16,378 square feet of office space in Downtown Los Angeles. The space is located at 617 West 7th Street. The consumer baby products company will occupy an entire floor. The company will be relocating from its existing headquarters at nearby 888 Figueroa early next year. Ergobaby was represented by Andrew Lustgarten and Sonya Schmidt of Studley. The landlord, The Swig Company, was represented by CBRE’s John Zanetos, Chris Penrose and Mark O’Brien.