EL CENTRO, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $2.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail property located in El Centro, approximately midway between San Diego and Phoenix. 7-Eleven occupies the 2,940-square-foot building on a 15-year, triple-net ground lease. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley represented the seller, Imperial Retail Investments LLC, in the transaction. A self-represented, California-based private investor purchased the property.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Warby Parker has opened a 2,298-square-foot store at The Promenade Shops at Briargate, a 236,539-square-foot retail center located in Colorado Springs. The store is situated next to Ted’s Montana Grill. The eyewear brand currently operates more than 200 stores throughout the country.
Life sciences-anchored innovation districts are becoming increasingly popular as hubs for research and development in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. These districts, also known as “innovation districts,” are characterized by clusters of companies, research institutions, supporting organizations, living areas, amenities and offices all located in close proximity. This grouping requires detailed planning and design strategies to maximize their potential for scientific exploration and success on an enormous, ambitious scale. Master planning and engaging site civil engineering partners early on in the process can save time and money once a project reaches the design stage. This article is the first installment in a two-part series on life sciences innovation districts to discuss, first, the planning, and, then, the design elements required by these districts. Read about design in Part 2, here. Fostering innovation, collaboration and productivity is at the heart of planning for life sciences innovation districts. The successes of famous examples such as North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass. and Mission Bay in San Francisco indicate how beneficial a melting-pot mix of residential, commercial and research spaces can be when they concentrate talent from research institutions, life sciences innovators, universities and the surrounding community. “Many life …
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Insight Senior Living has broken ground on Ativo of Albuquerque, a three-story independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Albuquerque. Situated on 6.5 acres, Insight Senior Living will be the operator and Link Senior Development arranged financing. Ativo of Albuquerque will offer 144 apartments. The community is scheduled to open in winter 2024.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of and financing for The Gallery, an 88-unit apartment community in Tempe. Living Well Homes sold the property to RSN Property Group for $20.3 million. The Gallery is a two-story, 13-building property built in 1972 on approximately four acres. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and laundry facility. Apartment features include private patios or balconies. The two- and three-bedroom floor plans average 1,013 square feet in size. Cliff David and Steve Gebing, both executive managing directors with IPA, along with Marcus & Millichap’s Paul Bay and Darrell Moffitt, represented the seller and procured the buyer. Brian Eisendrath, Cameron Chalfant, Jake Vitta and Tyler Johnson led the IPA capital markets team.
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $23.5 million sale of The Marketplace, a 268,000-square-foot shopping center in Flagstaff. Tenants at the property include Petco, Best Buy, World Market, Marshall’s, Old Navy and Bealls Outlet. Don MacLellan, Jeff Conover and Scott DeYoung of Faris Lee represented the seller, Macerich, in the all-cash transaction. A California-based 1031 investor purchased the property.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Clarion Partners has provided a has provided a mezzanine loan that’s part of the acquisition financing package collateralized by an industrial building in Riverside. An affiliate of Societe Generale arranged the $10 million mezzanine loan subordinate to a $70 million senior loan. The Class A, 600,000-square-foot facility is fully leased and serves as the headquarters for a third-party logistics provider.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Premier Workspaces has taken over a co-working location at 100 Spectrum Center Drive in the Irvine Spectrum area. Formerly a Carr Workplaces, this 24,200-square-foot location offers ninth-floor views, 87 private offices, three serviced meeting rooms, an on-demand office and a common area lounge with on-site hospitality staff. This latest transaction expands Premier Workspace’s footprint in Irvine to more than 233,000 square feet across 10 locations.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Greystar has broken ground on Peoria Place, a $500 million, mixed-use, master-planned project in Peoria. The first phase is a three-building, Class A industrial park that will be known as Caliber by Greystar. At build-out, Caliber will total 411,918 square feet of Class A product broken down as a 114,446-square-foot Building A, 122,863-square-foot Building B and 174,609-square-foot Building C. Buildings A and B will offer divisibility to serve a diversity of uses and tenant sizes. Peoria Place will eventually include luxury apartments, build-to-rent single-family homes, residential over retail, 20 acres of open space and the Caliber light industrial park, which is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2024. JLL serves as the project’s exclusive leasing broker.
PORTLAND, ORE. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $67 million for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Grace Peck Terrace Apartments, an affordable seniors housing property in Portland. Grace Peck Terrace features 95 one-bedroom units for residents age 62 and older or disabled persons earning no more than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). The borrower, Home Forward, is a developer, owner and operator of more than 9,500 affordable units in Portland and its surrounding counties. KeyBank’s CDLI group arranged a $27.2 million construction loan, a $21.3 million private placement permanent loan and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity of $18.7 million. The project received local support and engagement through the Oregon State Affordable Housing Tax Credits and Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA). Kortney Brown and Brett Sheehan of KeyBank CDLI structured the financing.
