TEMPE, ARIZ. — Rise48 Equity has purchased La Serena, an apartment property located on seven acres in Tempe, from a private seller for an undisclosed price. Built in 1988 by Mark-Taylor, La Serena features 160 apartments spread across 20 residential buildings. The community features courtyards, a swimming pool and spa, fitness center, shaded barbecue grilling stations and covered parking. Apartments offer full-size washers/dryers, walk-in closets with mirrored doors and private patios or balconies with exterior storage space. Select two-bedroom units have fireplaces. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Darrell Moffitt and Paul Bay of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
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PHOENIX — A private investor has acquired Georgia, a 52-unit apartment community in Phoenix, from a private investor for $8.5 million. Paul Bay and Darrell Moffitt of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Located at 2534-2548 W. Georgia Ave., Georgia features 26 one-bedroom and 26 two-bedroom residences.
VISTA AND CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Wimatex has purchased a multi-tenant office portfolio in Vista and Carlsbad from Thibodo LLC and CCSD LLC for $13.9 million. At the time of sale, the two-building, 70,262-square-foot portfolio was fully leased. The first property, located at 1800 Thibodo Road in Vista, is a three-story building featuring 23,690 square feet of Class A office space that is fully leased to nine tenants. The second building, situated at 1959 Palomar Oaks Way in Carlsbad, is a three-story property featuring 46,572 square feet of Class A office space that is fully leased to four tenants. Aric Starck, Drew Dodds and Matty Sundberg of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the deal.
Gantry Secures $12.5M Acquisition Loan for Industrial Building in Woodinville, Washington
by Amy Works
WOODINVILLE, WASH. — Gantry has secured $12.5 million in permanent financing for a private real estate investor’s purchased of a single-tenant industrial property in Woodinville. Mike Wood and Alex Saunders of Gantry secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through one of the firm’s life company lenders. Redapt, a technology service provider, occupies the 66,000-square-foot facility for its corporate office and production facility. The property is located at 14051 NE 200th St.
Pacific Coast Commercial Brokers $8.4M Sale of Medical Office Building in La Mesa, California
by Amy Works
LA MESA, CALIF. — Pacific Coast Commercial has negotiated the sale of a medical office property located at 8530 La Mesa Blvd. in Las Mesa. Magnolia Mar Properties sold the asset to Family Health Care Centers of San Diego for $8.4 million. The property features 25,916 square feet of medical office space. Current major tenants include County of San Diego and Penchecks. Brian Crepeau and Ken Robak of Pacific Coast Commercial represented the seller, while Kelly Moriarty and Chris Ross of JLL represented the buyer in the deal. US Bank provided acquisition financing.
AURORA, COLO. — Peakview Realty has acquired Shoppes at Parker Commons, a retail center located at 2701-2787 S. Parker Road in Aurora. Special Servicer LNR Partners LLC sold the asset for $8.2 million, or $255 per square foot. Built in 1987, the 32,297-square-foot property was 92 percent at the time of sale. Tenants include H Mart, H&M Dental, Farmers Insurance, O’Hair Salon, Volcano Tea House, Neo Lashes and Nails, and QQ Massage. Jason Schmidt of JLL Retail Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory led the team that represented the seller in the deal.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $8.4M Acquisition Loan for Mixed-Use Asset in Glendale, California
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged an $8.4 million loan for the acquisition of a mixed-use property located at 202 E. Wilson Ave. in Glendale. The name of the borrower was not released. Bradley Buzil of MMCC’s West Los Angeles office secured the financing for the borrower. The 27,080-square-foot building features a 51-key hotel that can be converted into apartments and six ground-floor retail spaces.
VICI to Buy Blackstone REIT’s Stake in MGM Grand Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas for $1.3B
by Amy Works
LAS VEGAS — VICI Properties has entered into an agreement to purchase Blackstone Real Estate Trust’s (BREIT) 49.9 percent interest in the joint venture that owns MGM Grand Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. The joint venture between BREIT and MGM Growth Properties was originally formed in early 2020, before VICI’s acquisition of MGM in 2021. VICI will acquire the stake for $1.3 billion and assume BREIT’s pro-rata share of the existing $3 billion property-level debt. The deal is expected to close early in first-quarter 2023. Combined the properties total 18 million square feet, with 11,000 guest rooms, 321,000 square feet of gaming space and 3 million square feet of exhibit and meeting space.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Houston-based Lovett Industrial has closed on a six-acre parcel in Rialto with plans to develop Renaissance Logistics Center on the site, which is directly on I-210. Construction for the 114,115-square-foot, front-load industrial facility is scheduled to commence in January, with completion slated for September 2023. The building will feature efficient ingress and egress to the adjacent freeway interchange, 36-foot clear heights, a 7-inch reinforced concrete slab, 90 auto stalls, skylights and speculative office space with mezzanine space. HPA is serving as architect, and Westland Engineering is serving as civil engineer of the development. Bill Heim and Alex Heim of Lee & Associates Ontario, Calif., will handle marketing and leasing of the project.
KENT, WASH. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of Highland Green Apartments, a garden-style multifamily complex located at 10105 SE 236th St. in Kent. A California-based company acquired the asset from a private family for $23.5 million, or nearly $245,000 per unit. Dylan Simon, Brandon Lawler and Jerrid Anderson of Kidder Mathews’ Simon and Anderson team represented the seller in the deal. Kidder Mathews also sourced the buyer and was the only brokerage firm involved in the transaction. Built in 1991, Highland Green features 96 apartments.