LAS VEGAS — The Praedium Group has purchased the 320-unit South Blvd. Apartments in Las Vegas for $41.9 million. The community is located at 10200 Giles Street. It is currently 93 percent occupied. The seller, Nevada West Development, was represented by Hendricks-Berkadia.
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TIGARD, ORE. — Tigard Central Industrial Park, a 209,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution complex, has sold to McLellan Estate Company for $9.7 million. The five-building complex is located on SW Hall Boulevard. It is currently 81 percent occupied by tenants like Apex Industries, Compass Group USA, Archers Precision and Bay Standard Manufacturing. McLellan was represented by Dennis O’Neil of NAI Norris Beggs & Simpson. The seller, TCTPI, LLC was represented by Greg Nesting, Scott Finney & Raymond Duchek of Norris & Stevens, Inc.
TOLLESON, ARIZ. — Mattress Firm, Inc., has leased 79,880 square feet at a distribution building in Tolleson. The 197,526-square-foot building is located at 9180 W. Buckeye Road. The bedding specialty retailer was represented by Steve Bodeman of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services. The landlord, First Industrial LP, was represented by Pat Feeney of CB Richard Ellis.
VALENCIA, CALIF. — Flight Line Products has leased 58,000 square feet at an industrial building in Valencia. The building is located at 28939 N. Ave. Williams. The new space will allow the airline industry supplier to expand within the Valencia area, where it is headquartered. The company was represented by Yair Haimoff of NAI Capital’s Encino office. The landlord, 12800 Wentworth LLC, was represented by David Young and Chad Gahr of the same firm.
The Inland Empire’s commercial real estate market is seeing large big box industrial buildings of 300,000 square feet or more being built on a speculative basis — and they are being absorbed by a healthy market. There is nearly 10.4 million square feet of industrial space currently under construction in this region. Once completed, this new space will increase the total inventory of industrial properties by 2 percent, or from 509 million square feet to 520 million square feet. At the same time, unemployment is above 7 percent for the nation and almost 9 percent in California, with many questioning the strength of the economy. If it seems like a big gamble for developers of these big projects to be building in such uncertain times, think again. This money will likely fare better than it would in the bank. These large projects are being leased and sold. Since 1982 — when only 3.5 million square feet was constructed for the year — the Inland Empire has seen average construction levels of about 13 million square feet annually. Some years it seemed like construction could not keep up with demand. This was the case in 1989, when 34.3 million square feet …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – The North Scottsdale Corporate Office Complex has sold to Talia Jevan Properties for $5.2 million. The 22,080-square-foot facility is located at 6970 E. Chauncey Lane in Scottsdale. The seller was Alliance Real Estate Holdings. The transaction was brokered by Cashen Realty Advisors.
REDDING, CALIF. — Summit Healthcare REIT has acquired a 40-unit assisted living facility in Redding for $3.5 million. The 26,000-square-foot facility has been triple-net leased to an affiliate of Compass Senior Living. This is Summit’s first acquisition since changing its name from Cornerstone Core Properties REIT this past October.
DENVER – The 23-unit Xenia Heights apartments in Denver has sold to King Realty Holdings, LLC for $1 million. The community is located at 1371 Xenia Street. It was built in 1961. Josh Newell of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented both the buyer and the local seller in this transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — The 514-unit NorthPoint Apartments in San Francisco has received $70 million in financing. The community is located at 2211 Stockton Street between Fisherman’s Wharf and the North Beach neighborhood. It was built in 1968. NP Apartments LLC will use the fixed-rate, 10-year loan to refinance existing debt and to carry out renovations. Financing was arranged by Mitch Thurston and Andy Ahlers of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC through ING Investment Management LLC, the authorized agent for ING Life Insurance and Annuity Company. The pair also recently arranged $15 million for the borrower’s other property, the 282-unit Golf Creek Apartments in Portland, Ore. This community is located at 1807 SW Golf Creek Drive in the West Slope neighborhood. The fixed-rate, 10-year loan will be used to refinance an existing life company loan.
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. – CNS Focused Investments has acquired the 288-unit Waterstone San Dimas apartment community for $47 million. The community is located at 444 North Amelia Ave. in San Dimas. The seller, a private California investment firm, was represented by Gregory Harris, Kevin Green and Joseph Grabiec of Institutional Property Advisors. CNS is a joint venture between NNC Apartment Ventures LLC and Shane Shafer. The JV is looking to acquire, renovate and manage Class B and C multifamily investments in 35 core, workforce markets in Southern California.