SEATTLE — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of Borealis Apartments, a multifamily property at 109 Dexter Ave. in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Dylan Simon, Jerrid Anderson and JD Fuller of the Simon | Anderson Multifamily Team at Kidder Mathews represented the undisclosed buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal. Built in 2008, Borealis offers 53 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments averaging 622 square feet. Onsite amenities include a community deck, secure parking and onsite retail tenants, Simply Dental and Oculus Eyesore. Borealis’ affordability covenant expires in April 2028, enabling the opportunity for future income growth and repositioning opportunities.
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PORTLAND, ORE. — NSW Corp. has acquired Lower Burnside Lofts, a multifamily property at 60 S.E. 10th Ave. in Portland, from Berkshire Residential Investments for $14 million. Situated in Southeast Portland’s Buckman neighborhood, Lower Burnside Lofts offers 63 apartments and a blend of modern amenities and eco-friendly design. Josh McDonald, Joe Nydahl and Matt Dodd of CBRE represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
HENDERSON, NEV. — CBRE has brokered the sale of a two-building office portfolio located at 8925 and 8975 S. Pecos Road in Henderson. A&C Pahrump Capital acquired the properties from Pecos Beltway Holdings LLC for $6.5 million. The portfolio offers 26,840 square feet of office space. Michael Hsu of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
— By Bryan Ledbetter of Western Retail Advisors — Phoenix’s retail market continues to surge. Vacancies are dipping below 5 percent, gross absorption is exceeding 1.5 million square feet in the third quarter and asking triple-net rates continue to increase, reaching into the mid-$50 to $60 per square foot range for newly constructed space. West Valley Leads the Charge in New Development After decades of limited retail construction, metro Phoenix — and the West Valley, in particular — are flush with new space. Projects like SimonCRE’s Prasada in Surprise and Vestar’s Verrado in Buckeye are among the major new developments providing the high-end availability that tenants and residents have been asking for. Although elevated debt and construction costs have tempered new development, more than 1.2 million square feet is still under construction. The lion’s share of that product is already pre-leased. This keeps developers and investors bullish on Phoenix, and on the lookout for the Valley’s next development frontier. Though the West Valley reigns as Phoenix’s latest retail boom market, outliers in the East Valley are teeing up for their turn in the spotlight. Apache Junction is a great example… Far Southeast Valley Emerges as a Growth EngineA neighbor of …
Kennedy Wilson-Managed Fund Purchases Apartment Community in Aurora, Colorado for $94.7M
by Amy Works
AURORA, COLO. — A commingled real estate fund managed by Kennedy Wilson has acquired The Fletcher Southlands, a multifamily property in Aurora, for $94.7 million. Completed in 2021, the three-story community features 320 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom garden-style apartments with open floor plans. The community offers a low-density living environment, ample parking, a fitness center, pool, dog park and communal game and dining spaces.
WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Dalfen Industrial has purchased West Sacramento Logistics Portfolio, a multi-building infill industrial portfolio within the West Sacramento industrial corridor. Totaling 1.3 million square feet on 68 acres, the portfolio features 13 buildings that are 97 percent leased to 31 tenants with an average weighted lease term of 3.5 years and an average suite size of approximately 30,000 square feet. Notable tenants include Crown Equipment Corp., Beckman Coulter Inc., MacArthur Co., KP LLC, Cameron Ashley Building Products and the State of California. With this acquisition, Dalfen Industrial now owns and operates 10.2 million square feet of industrial real estate in the Western United States.
DENVER, COLO. — Preleasing has begun at The Parson, a 309-unit high-rise Greystar is developing in Denver’s Golden Triangle neighborhood. The project is slated for completion next year. According to Zillow, monthly asking rents range from $2,055 for a studio to $13,690 for a three-bedroom penthouse. The Parson features 4,100 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fifth-floor pool with views of the Rocky Mountains, a two-story gym with a sauna and a yoga lawn, concierge services, shared workspaces and an indoor and outdoor dog park. Ziegler Cooper was the architect.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $19.3M Sale of Life Sciences Property in Carlsbad, California
by Amy Works
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a single-story life sciences corporate headquarters facility at 2131 Faraday Ave. in Carlsbad. The Wonderful Co. acquired the asset from RPG for $19.3 million. Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) fully occupies the 47,075-square-foot property on a triple-net lease basis. The newly renovated, freestanding Class A building features a state-of-the-art central laboratory, high-end corporate offices, onsite amenities, an extensive glass line and robust mechanical systems suited for biotech, medical devices and corporate users. Aric Starck and Drew Dobbs of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — Wentworth Storage Co. has purchased STORE on Pittman Self Storage, a Class A self-storage facility in Fairfield, from Denova Northwest for an undisclosed price. Wentworth Storage Co. has engaged STORE Management to operate the asset, marking the first property in the Wentworth portfolio to be managed by STORE. Greg Wells and Kevin Cuff of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Located at 555 Pittman Road, the 67,883-square-foot property offers 667 self-storage units. The facility features 34 rentable outdoor parking spaces, 554 climate-controlled units and 79 drive-up units. At the time of sale, the property was 85 percent physically occupied. The asset offers a drive-up ramp design offering tenants 100 percent ground-level access to units. Additionally, the property is approved for a 13,900-square-foot single-storage expansion.
SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced an investment up to $50 billion to expand artificial intelligence (AI) and supercomputing abilities for Amazon Web Services (AWS) U.S. government clients. Amazon will break ground beginning next year on advanced data centers that will add 1.3 gigawatts of AI and supercomputing capacity. AWS currently supports more than 11,000 government agencies. The cloud computing software provides security, compliance and governance tools for the government control of unclassified and classified data. The new investment is expected to enable federal government agencies — including defense, healthcare and energy departments — in their discovery and decision-making processes using simulation and modeling data with AI. Amazon’s investment directly supports the Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan outlined in June 2025. “Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing,” says Matt Garman, CEO of AWS. “We’re giving agencies expanded access to advanced AI capabilities that will enable them to accelerate critical missions from cybersecurity to drug discovery. This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.” Amazon’s investment is the latest deal in the private sector’s …