The Idaho retail market is showing signs of growth. Boise and Twin Falls are experiencing new developments breaking ground and national retailers are expanding or moving into the area. Much of this new development is coming in from California, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. Tenants are making deals again. Anchor tenants in second-generation space are looking in that $8-per-square-foot to $11-per-square-foot range for larger spaces. Shop spaces in A+ locations are still demanding high $20 per square foot lease rates and even into the low $30 per square foot for the higher-end projects like Meridian Town Center and the Whole Foods/Walgreens developments in Boise. Local and regional retailers are making a strong push to secure prime space as they are seeing lease rates start to rise. Many tenants are more willing to lock into longer lease terms if they can keep a lower rate. Landlords are beginning to provide tenant improvement allowances so long as the lessees can prove financial stability. Idaho is also experiencing retail market trends that are similar to the rest of the country. Larger healthcare facilities are driving the expansion of surrounding retail developments in Nampa and Twin Falls. Additionally, a few of the big box retailers …
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ANAHEIM, CALIF. – The 222-room Embassy Suites – Anaheim-North has sold to Urban Commons, LLC for $25.5 million. The seller, FelCor, will use the net proceeds to repay a portion of the $88-million balance on its CMBS loan that matures in 2013. FelCor was represented by HREC Investment Advisors.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – East Thunderbird Square South, a 161,997-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Scottsdale, has sold to Holualoa Companies for $20.55 million. The square was 64 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Smart & Final, AZ Air Time, Bridgestone Tires, Leslie’s Poolmart and Steinway Piano Showroom. The three outparcels that house M&I Bank, Burger King and Taco Bell were not part of the sale. Glenn Smigiel, Bob Young, Steven Brabant, Rick Abraham, Nancy Romanovsky, Kevin Schuck and Max Bippus of CBRE’s Phoenix office represented the seller, Gregg Williams of Trident Pacific Real Estate, the court-appointed receiver for the asset, in this transaction.
PHOENIX – TeleTech Holdings has leased 25,678 square feet in the Black Canyon Corporate Center in Phoenix. The five-year lease will allow TeleTech to double in size. It operates a call center for its subsidiary company, Revana, out of the space. John Bonnelland Don Muddof Jones Lang LaSalle’s Phoenix office represented the owner, Parallel Capital Partners, in this transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — The 376-unit Eucalyptus Grove apartments in Chula Vista received a $38.06-million loan. It is located at 67 East Flower Street. The seven-year, fixed-rate loan was arranged by Clay Akiwenzie of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC, for Wasatch Premier Properties. The loan was arranged through Fannie Mae.
SEATTLE – The 360-unit Waterford Place Apartments in the Seattle submarket of Woodinville has sold to Grosvenor Americas for an undisclosed sum. The new owners plan to renovate the property. Pete Shelton and Kim Grant of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
ENCINO, CALIF. – The 45-unit Margate Imperial Apartments in Encino has sold to a family partnership for $9.65 million. It is located at 17849 Margate Street. Michael Hanassab and Elliot Hassan of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office represented the buyer and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Artis, a Canadian-based REIT, has received a $43-million acquisition loan to finance the purchase of the MAX at Kierland office building in Scottsdale.The 258,312-square-foot, Class A building was constructed in 2008. It is Shell and Core LEED-certified and received a 100% Energy Star designation. Artis worked with U.S. Bank to secure the financing
DEL MAR, CALIF. – The 76-unit Chelsea apartments in Del Mar has sold to Stratford Partner, LLC for $3 million. It is located at 57 N. Alma School Road. The sellers, Jay and Marsha Scott, were represented by Robert Chester with Quantum Realty Partners, LLC.
BAKERSFIELD, PALMDALE, CALIF. – Bakersfield and Palmdale are home to two new CVS/Pharmacy stores that were recently completed by LandMark Retail Group. The Bakersfield CVS will reside within the city’s new Grand Island Village Shopping Center, a 90,000-square-foot neighborhood/specialty style shopping center. This is the fifth CVS store LandMark has developed in the city. The Palmdale locale is inside the Vallarta-anchored shopping center on the corner of 47th Street and R Street. LandMark notes that it has 12 more CVS stores scheduled to open in California this year.