SAN DIEGO — Brookwood Financial Partners has completed the disposition of a six-building office portfolio in North San Diego. MCS Guardian Properties, an affiliate of M.C. Strauss, acquired the portfolio for an undisclosed price. The properties include Carlsbad Executive Plaza, a four-building office park totaling 133,000 square feet, and The Plaza I & II, a two-building complex totaling 89,000 square feet. Carlsbad Executive Plaza offers a campus-like environment and is recognized as Carlsbad’s premier multi-tenant incubator office project, according to Brookwood. The Plaza I & II features creative speculative suites, remodeled lobbies and is only one of three Class A buildings in the market that offers subterranean parking. Brookwood originally acquired the assets in June 2015.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR has brokered the sale of Tierra Alegre Apartments, a multifamily property in Tucson. Equilibrium Cordova Village Tierra Alegre LLC acquired the asset from Ryder Family Real Estate for $8.5 million. Located at 3355 E. Fort Lowell Road, the 37,684-square-foot building features 72 units. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez of Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR represented both parties in the transaction.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a multifamily property, located at 3330 Ames St. in Wheat Ridge. The building traded for $4.5 million, or $203,182 per unit. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Built in 1958, the building features 22 apartments. Chris Knowlton and Mark Knowlton of Pinnacle’s Knowlton Lawson Team represented the seller, while Josh Newell of Pinnacle’s Newel Team represented the buyer in the deal.
MURRAY, UTAH — TWG has unveiled plans for Residences at Fireclay, a $13 million affordable seniors housing community in Murray. Construction is slated to begin this year, with the first units available in 2025. Located at 152 W. 4250 South, the four-story building will feature 40 one-bedroom apartments for seniors age 62 and older. The units are also reserved for those earning up to 50 percent of the area median income, with a preference for military veterans. Additionally, the project includes four units reserved for disabled seniors and five units available for seniors who have experienced homelessness. Community amenities will include a fitness room, community-raised garden, community room with kitchen and a computer room. TWG has partnered with First Step House, a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit that addresses addiction, mental health, homelessness and criminal justice, to provide services and referrals for residences. The project was made possible with Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Utah Housing Corp. Additional key partners include Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, Raymond James and Horizon Bank.
FOLSOM, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 905 E. Bidwell St. at The Bidwell Center in Folsom. VR Folsom, an Orange County-based private family office, sold the asset to a La Jolla-based buyer for $11.3 million. Jeff Conover, Shaun Riley and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee represented the seller, while Infinity Investment Properties represented the buyer in the deal. Situated on 2.7 acres, Sprouts Farmers Market occupies the single-tenant property. The tenant has a 15-year, triple-net lease with 10 years remaining on the term. The grocery store asset is located adjacent to Target, Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse and Trader Joe’s.
DENVER — Miller United Real Estate has completed the disposition of The Shops on Montview, a retail center located at 8801 E. Montview Blvd. in Denver’s Central Park neighborhood. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2020, The Shops on Montview features 8,511 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied by four tenants, I Heart Mac & Cheese, Pizza Hut, Smile Studio Dental and Starbucks Coffee. Jason Schmidt of JLL Retail Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory led the team that represented the seller in the transaction.
LA MESA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $10.7 million loan for the refinancing of Chateau Spring Terrace, an apartment community located at 4242 Spring St. in La Mesa. The borrower is Universe Holdings. Built in 1969, Chateau Spring Terrace features 56 one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with patios and balconies, efficient appliances, large closets and hardwood floors. Community amenities include a fitness center, laundry facility and pool, as well as on-site maintenance and management. Charles Halladay, Jonah Aelyon, Jolie Zhou and Elle Miraglia of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Mechanics Bank for the borrower.
DENVER, COLO. — NAI Shames Makovsky has brokered the sale of a retail property located in Denver. Benjamin Weinstein acquired the asset from MDK Larimer for $4.2 million. Located at 2124-2134 Larimer St., the property features 7,200 square feet of retail space. Todd Snyder of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller in transaction.
By Brian O’Connor, Executive Director, Valuation & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield The Seattle Metro apartment market has been surprisingly resilient. The market quickly bounced back from the COVID downturn at a robust clip and has continued moving at a healthy pace. During the first six months of 2022, metro Seattle absorbed more than 12,600 units. That already surpasses a typical full year of demand by several thousand units. From January 2022 through June, the market absorbed 3,779 newly constructed units — a respectable level. If you also factor in the decline in existing units, then the market absorbed another 8,886 units. That tells us that the supply of new units was too low…or demand was much stronger than we expected. The market had rebounded to a metro-wide vacancy rate of only 1.33 percent at mid-year 2022, an astoundingly low level. From year-end 2021 to June 2022, overall apartment vacancies declined from 3 percent to 1.33 percent. We do, however, expect vacancies to begin increasing slightly. These rates typically see an uptick as we head into winter. Rent growth also slows during this time. We expect to see the metro-wide vacancy rate start to rise just a bit by year-end 2022, to …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — NewPoint Real Estate Capital has provided a $105 million bridge loan to facilitate the purchase and lease-up of SeventyOne15 McDowell, an apartment community in Scottsdale. John DeWitt of NewPoint originated the financing, which features a two-year, interest-only loan term with three one-year extension options. Built in 2022, SeventyOne15 McDowell features 274 apartments, a swimming pool with private cabanas, rooftop lounge with fire pits, two-story fitness center, electric vehicle charging stations, direct access parking garage and a clubhouse with a kitchen, billiards and lounge seating. Units feature smart-home access and thermostats, pendant lighting, washers and dryers, gourmet kitchens, wine fridges and walk-in closets in select units.