BLYTHE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a Quality Inn hotel located at 600 W. Donlon St. in Blythe. Terms of the transaction were not released. The recently renovated property features 65 guest rooms. Andy Patel and Gordon Allred of Marcus & Millichap’s Palm Springs and Inland Empire offices, respectively, represented the seller, a limited liability company, and procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
DENVER — Comunale Properties has purchased an industrial facility, located at 1870 W. 64th Lane in Denver, from Manhattan Fund XXI LLC for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is part of Comunale’s Private Capital Core long-duration income strategy, which has industrial holdings across six states. The industrial property is fully leased to three tenants. The building features 20-foot clear heights, modern features and tilt-up construction. Brandon Kramer of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
PLACENTIA, CALIF. — Gelt Venture Partners (GVP) has acquired Union Place, a multifamily property located at 1500 Cherry St. in the Orange County city of Placentia, for $63.1 million. Mike Murphy and Rachel Parsons of Berkadia represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal. Built in 2012, the three-story building offers 125 two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 1,238 square feet. Apartments, which are in original condition, feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, wood-style flooring, laundry rooms with washers/dryers, nine-foot ceilings, walk-in closets, private balconies or patios, and garages for each unit, as well as ample surface parking. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, barbecue areas, a playground and controlled entry access. GVP plans to add kitchen islands, new custom cabinetry, vinyl plank flooring, tile backsplashes, quartz countertops, undermount sinks, modernized hardware and recessed lighting. Planned common-area improvements include painting and enhancements to the pool and fitness center, among other cosmetic renovations.
DENVER — CBRE has arranged the sale of Delaware Street Townhomes, a multifamily building located at 2566-2598 S. Delaware St. and 351-375 W. Vassar Ave. in Denver’s South Broadway neighborhood. Hill Street Realty acquired the asset for $10.4 million from Pando Holdings. Built in 2022, Delaware Street Townhomes features 22 three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,272 square feet and high-end finishes. At the time of sale, the townhomes were fully leased. Erik Toll, Justin Hunt, Andy Hellman, Brad Schlafer and Jessica Graham of CBRE’s Colorado multifamily investment properties team represented the seller in the deal.
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of an absolute triple-net ground lease of a single-tenant building located at 39355 Washington St. in the Coachella Valley city of Palm Desert. A Los Angeles-based private investor sold the building to a Riverside County-based private investor for $2.9 million. Bank of America occupies the 3,515-square-foot freestanding building, which features a drive-thru. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment represented seller, while Tyler Rollema of The Klabin Co. in Torrance represented the buyer in the deal.
BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of net-leased retail property, located at 1885 AZ-95 in Bullhead City, near the state borders of both Nevada and California. Maverik occupies the 4,425-square-foot building, which was completed this year. A limited liability company sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $2.7 million. The sale included a new, 20-year, absolute triple-net corporate ground lease with an eight percent rental increase every five years. Mark Ruble and Chris Lund of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the transaction.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Diversified Partners has completed the construction of a single-tenant building at 892 Sunset Road in Henderson. The project team includes Kitrell Jenson Contractors and RKAA Architects. Starbucks Coffee will occupy the 2,573-square-foot standalone building, which features a double drive-thru and 900-square-foot outdoor patio space. The building features the latest Starbucks prototype.
— By John Wadsworth and Aaron Phillip, Colliers — The Orange County medical office building (MOB) market continues to show resilience post-pandemic despite headwinds of the new interest rate environment. The overall Orange County MOB market consists of 10 million square feet with a current vacancy of 8.5 percent, down 100 basis points from the end of 2022. The average rental rate is $3.48 per square foot, per month, full-service growth, with an increase of 9.3 percent from mid-year 2022. The lack of significant MOB construction completions, coupled with much of the existing vacancy found in older, functionally obsolete buildings, has kept supply largely in line with demand. The velocity of MOB leasing activity has softened compared to pre-pandemic transaction volume, with healthcare providers still digging out of the financial “COVID hole.” Among other market pressures, labor costs and retention across healthcare employment significantly contribute to continued narrow margins on provider balance sheets. From larger health systems to smaller independent practices, all have been impacted, slowing the pace of expansion projects and mandating shorter, more flexible transactions until more permanent real estate solutions can be implemented. Despite the market challenges posed by the pandemic, MOB absorption has remained positive countywide, …
As the pandemic lockdowns hammered offices and retail properties, investors abandoned those assets and plowed cash into apartments and warehouses, both of which witnessed robust rent growth and appreciation as the economy reopened. But in many cases, apartment investors tapped ultra-cheap, variable-rate financing to overpay for multifamily properties, expecting rental rates to continue to climb and help the deals pencil financially. While in large part rents have grown — albeit not at the same double-digit level seen during 2021 and early 2022 — buyers often made the deals with too much optimism and failed to account for potential risks or often, at least, underappreciated them. Now, not only has the debt on those multifamily assets become considerably more expensive in about a year’s time, but labor, insurance, taxes and other operating costs also have increased. As a result, financial cracks are emerging in the multifamily market, says Jeff Salladin, a managing director with Dallas-based private debt fund Revere Capital. What’s more, because of the typical 12-month apartment lease term, landlords are unable to pass those higher expenses onto tenants in a timely fashion, declares Salladin, leader of the firm’s real estate debt team. Even if multifamily owners could increase rents, …
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Advanced Real Estate has acquired an apartment community in Huntington Beach, formerly known as Citron House, for $96 million. The buyer plans to implement a $7 million renovation project and rebrand the community as Surf House. Located on Warner Avenue, the property features 264 apartments. The community will undergo an exterior facelift with new windows, balcony upgrades, paint, pool area overhaul with new cabanas, new signage and drive-entry enhancements. Apartment interiors will be modernized with new cabinetry, countertops, flooring, fixtures and a contemporary paint scheme. R3 Construction, Advance’s in-house renovation company, is completing the renovations. Advanced Management Co., Advanced’s in-house management company, will operate the property. In the transaction, Advanced assumed an approximately $53 million Freddie Mac loan, which has a remaining term of 1.5 years and bears interest at a 4.22 percent rate. Geoff Boler, Johnathan Merhaut and Eugene Chong of Eastdil Secured’s Newport Beach office brokered the transaction.
