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DENVER — Avison Young has negotiated a 10-year lease agreement for a 13,400-square-foot office space at 1400 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver.  Law firm Springer, Steinberg, Giacomini, Burstein and Holycross will occupy the entire top floor of the recently renovated building. The five-story property underwent a full renovation to transform it into a multi-tenant building.  Avison Young’s leasing agents represented the owner, Matt Lewan, CEO of Integrated Property Services, and directly sourced the tenant. The move-in is scheduled to take place in November 2023.

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GILBERT, ARIZ. — The Town of Gilbert, a suburb southeast of Phoenix, has approved the zoning request for a 311-acre mixed-use development called The Ranch. Indicap, Colmena Group and Langley Properties are leading the project and estimate that development costs exceed $1 billion. Upon completion, The Ranch will offer 221 acres of light industrial space, 39 acres of commercial space, 39 acres of multifamily space and 16 acres of public green space. The industrial portion could total up to 3 million square feet of mid-bay and cross-dock buildings. The commercial space is slated to include restaurants, storage, convenience stores, office space, a fitness center, small grocer and dental office, among other uses. Plans for Residences at the Ranch, the multifamily component of the project, including two- and three-story rental homes with ground-floor retail.  The 16-acre green space will include trails and landscaping for the community to use. The developers also plan to make $20 million in offsite improvements. The zoning approval marks the conclusion of 18 months of negotiations between the developers and the town government. A timeline for construction was not disclosed. — Channing Hamilton

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— By Jerry Doty, Senior Vice President, Colliers — Las Vegas was once known only for its flashy casinos and luxurious hotels, but over the past several years, it has become a growing distribution hub for the entire West Coast. Las Vegas is situated at the intersection of several major highways, making it an ideal location for businesses that need to move goods quickly and efficiently.  The city’s proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach also make it a gateway for goods entering and leaving the United States. Our industrial market has had an epic rise in recent years, and up until the recent economic shake-up with rising interest rates and uncertainty in the capital markets, there was no end in sight. We continue to ask ourselves if 2023 will be the year things finally slow down or, even worse, take a step back.  First, the good news. One of the most striking statistics about the Las Vegas industrial market is the extremely low vacancy rate. Despite delivering about 8.5 million square feet over the previous five quarters, we still sit at a near record-low overall vacancy of 1.5 percent for the first quarter of 2023. Even …

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FRESNO, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $15.8 million sale of Ash Tree Square, a retail center in Fresno.  Tenants at the property, which totals 80,877 square feet situated on 7.5 acres, include Ross Dress for Less, Starbucks Coffee, Wing Stop and Mountain Mike’s Pizza.  Alexander Moore, Sean Cox and Kevin Fryman of Hanley represented the private, California-based seller in the transaction. A California-based private investor acquired the property. 

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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — PACE Loan Group (PLG) has arranged $5.5 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy & Resilience (C-PACER) financing for the Aviator Hotel in Anchorage. The historic hotel, located at 239 W. 4th Ave., is undergoing renovations. Once renovation is complete in 2024, the Aviator Hotel will be a high-end boutique hotel with 252 rooms and suites, a retail store, coffee shop, brewery and a bar and restaurant that will feature a year-round outdoor deck with views of Denali. The C-PACER financing is the largest of its kind to date in Alaska, according to PLG. The loan funds the renovations at the 1970s-era, three-story hotel, including energy conservation measures such as HVAC upgrades, building envelope, water fixtures, lighting and energy-efficient heating.  The municipality of Anchorage launched C-PACER in May of 2021, with the first loan closing in August 2022. 

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CHANDLER, ARIZ.  — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of a freestanding, single-tenant industrial building in Chandler for $5.2 million. The property is located at 590 E. Pecos Road.  Erik Manarino and John Stroud facilitated a 1031 exchange for the seller into a more profitable asset. The pair sourced the buyer, Sunbelt Rentals, through Matthews’ database.  This sale marks the highest comparable price achieved in the surrounding area for an owner-user transaction, according to the brokers.

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GLENDALE, THOUSAND OAKS AND FRESNO, CALIF. — Agemark Senior Living has taken over management at three seniors housing communities in California: Sage Glendale in Glendale, Sage Mountain in Thousand Oaks and Kingston Bay in Fresno.  Ownership of these three communities is a joint venture between Mountain Capital Partners, Dekel Capital and Willis Development. Sophos Equities was the consulting asset manager for the transition.  Agemark now operates 29 communities. Agemark’s brands include Astoria, CountryHouse, Kensington-Evergreen, Holland Farms, Serra Sol, Symphony Pointe and TreVista.

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BREA, CALIF. — Wood Investments Cos. has signed UFC GYM to open within a 30,000-square-foot retail property formerly occupied by Tower Records in Brea, roughly 30 miles southeast of Los Angeles.  Scheduled to open in the third quarter of this year, UFC GYM will fully occupy the two-story, single-tenant building.  Jim Manarino and Tracey Zimmerman of Manarino & Associates represented Wood Investments in the leasing negotiation.

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TORRRANCE, CALIF. — Intracorp Homes purchased 22501 Hawthorne Blvd., a 3.8-acre site in Torrance, from a locally based private investor for $21 million. John Read, Greg Sullivan and Trent Steeves of CBRE represented the seller.  The property was historically a retail center anchored by a bowling alley called Gable House Bowl. Intracorp Homes plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use project, which will include 17 affordable rental units as well as commercial space.  Details on rent restrictions for the affordable units have not yet been disclosed.

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SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — Harbert South Bay Partners has broken ground on The Seville, an assisted living and memory care community in San Clemente, a coastal city approximately 60 miles southeast of Los Angeles.  The property will feature 63 assisted living and 24 memory care units. Completion is scheduled for summer 2024.  Project partners include Momentum Senior Living as operator, Banvard & Soderbergh as architect, Rodrigo Vargas Design as interior designer and W.E. O’Neil as general contractor.

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