GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLO. — Private equity real estate firm KBS has sold Peakview Tower in Greenwood Village, about 12 miles southeast of Denver, for $66 million. The nine-story, 264,149-square-foot office tower is situated in Fiddler’s Green Circle, a suburban micro market that historically has had low office vacancy rates. JLL’s Mark Katz and Peter Merrion represented KBS in the sale. The buyer was a joint partnership led by Vanderbilt Office Properties. Peakview Tower, which KBS acquired in August 2012, features 27,600-square-foot floor plates, 9-foot ceilings, covered and attached parking, and a two-story lobby atrium. KBS recently completed additions to the asset built in 2001, including a fitness center and tenant lounge with barista-staffed coffee service. “In addition to top-tier onsite amenities, Peakview Tower offers access to amenities typically only found in urban locations, such as a food hall, Starbucks, grocery store, movie theater, over 200 hotels rooms, Denver’s light rail system, and a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment options — all within a five-minute walk from the building,” says Tim Helgeson, asset manager for Peakview Tower. “This optimal location gives the property a distinct advantage in the market and made it especially attractive to buyers.”
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MOORPARK, CALIF. — Amazon has signed a long-term lease to occupy a 202,421-square-foot industrial building in the Ventura County submarket of Moorpark, about 48 miles northwest of Los Angeles. DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services, along with Donald J. Thordarson Inc., secured the lease on behalf of the owner, Transwestern Development Co. Transwestern also manages the building. Cushman & Wakefield represented Amazon in the lease negotiations. The property features 16 dock-high positions, a clear height of 24 feet and a secure fenced yard with parking that can accommodate up to 405 cars. The location offers close proximity to California State Routes 118 and 23, providing ease-of-access throughout the Southern California region. The asset was recently refurbished, providing the tenant with the necessary space for its last-mile operations.
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Phoenix on behalf of two private sellers for $15 million. Wilshire Place is a 48-unit apartment community, Canyon Greens is a 44-unit apartment community and Maryland Palms is a 22-unit community. The 114-unit portfolio is located 2.5 miles north of Grand Canyon University, a private, for-profit Christian university that has plans for $500 million in additional capital investment by 2024, according to Marcus & Millichap. The buyer, Andre Golnazarian, has completed the renovation of several properties in this submarket and intends to execute a similar plan with the most recent acquisitions. Golnazarian intends to brand all three properties together.
By Brian Cagayat, Research Analyst, Cushman & Wakefield Washington officially reopened at the end of the second quarter of 2021, lifting most of the COVID-19 restrictions that had been in place for more than a year and bringing a mixture of relief and uncertainty to residents and businesses. Workers in the industrial sector were mostly considered essential, so many continued to work onsite through the pandemic. The industrial sector was also instrumental in helping aid and support everyone through the pandemic conditions, with some of those leading industrial users based here in the Puget Sound. New leasing activity in the Puget Sound region has been explosive in 2021, totaling 14.1 million square feet in the first half of the year. This has nearly equaled the 15 million square feet of annual activity tracked in all of 2020. Net occupancy growth still remains a bit in the red through the first half of 2021 with a negative 423,000 square feet of absorption. However, we expect a considerable portion (of over 10 percent) of the 29.1 million square feet of leasing activity signed since 2020 to translate into net growth in future quarters once those companies officially take occupancy. Ecommerce and 3PL firms have been …
HONOLULU — BlackSand Capital has acquired Waikiki Galleria Tower, a 15-story office property on Kalakaua Avenue in Honolulu, for $270 million. The seller, an 2222 SPE LLC, an affiliate of Sanno USA, originally bought the asset from Honolulu-based The Mills Group in December 2011 for $187.1 million. BlackSand Capital plans to redevelop the two-story, 75,000-square-foot retail property that was most recently occupied by DFS Group’s T Galleria. DFS declined to extend its lease on the space, which it had occupied since 1999.
DENVER — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $49 million in financing for the acquisition of Aspire 7th & Grant, an apartment property located at 670 N. Grant St. in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Leon McBroom led the JLL team that represented the borrower, an unnamed institutional fund, to secure the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwest Mutual Real Estate Investments. Built in 2020, Aspire 7th & Grant features 178 studio, one- and two-bedroom units that average 882 square feet. Community amenities include a sky terrace with an outdoor fireplace, chef-inspired kitchen with a dining area, eighth-floor club area, rooftop business center, second-floor garden deck with a resort-style pool, fitness center, yoga studio, indoor pet spa and grilling lounge.
IDEAL Capital Group Acquires Vintage at SLO Multifamily Property in San Luis Obispo, California for $51M
by Amy Works
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — IDEAL Capital Group has purchased Vintage at SLO, an apartment community located at 3554 Ranch House Road in San Luis Obispo, for $51 million. The seller was a joint venture between Newport Beach, Calif.-based Capstone Commercial Properties and Robbins | Reed. Completed in 2021, the 91,749-square-foot Vintage at SLO consists of seven three-story buildings offering a total of 105 apartments, with an average unit size of 874 square feet. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, fitness center, dog washing station and 161 parking spaces. Stew Watson, Dean Zander and Jef Henderson of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
SLIB Arranges Sale of 129-Unit Westgate Village Seniors Housing Property in Glendale, Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Westgate Village, a 129-unit independent living community in Glendale. Located approximately nine miles northwest of downtown Phoenix, the property was built in 2017. It totals 112,000 square feet on approximately eight acres of land. A regional developer sold the community to an unnamed REIT for an undisclosed price. The new owner plans to keep the existing operator in place. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. “This was a great opportunity for the new owner to acquire a high-quality asset and the current operator to stay in place,” says Punzel. “The seller will be recycling the capital into other senior living projects.”
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of Lakeshore Village Marketplace, a neighborhood shopping center located in Moreno Valley. A Southern California-based private party acquired the retail property from an entity doing business as Lakeshore Plaza Holdings LLC for $8.3 million. Situated at 23575 Sunnymead Parkway, Lakeshore Village Marketplace features 80,000 square feet of retail space. The transaction also includes a 2.3-acre land parcel adjacent to the retail center. Lakeshore Village Marketplace has maintained a steady 87 percent occupancy rate to tenants including Armando’s Mexican Restaurant, Espresso & Cupcake Café, S Bar & Grill, Oishii Sushi, Del Taco and Jack in the Box. Mario Alvarez Jr. and Pablo Rodriguez of Newmark represented the seller in the deal.
CapRock Partners Acquires 20.7 Acres in North Las Vegas for Three-Building Industrial Development
by Amy Works
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CapRock Partners has purchased a 10-parcel land assemblage totaling 20.7 acres in North Las Vegas for the development of CapRock Tropical Logistics Phase II, an industrial complex adjacent to CapRock Tropical Logistics. The land parcels were acquired from nine individual sellers. The total acquisition price was not released. Totaling 441,554 square feet, CapRock Tropical Logistics Phase II will feature three industrial buildings with 32-foot clear heights, large truck courts and approximately 362 parking stalls. Building 1 will offer 248,391 square feet and more than 300 linear feet of Interstate 15 frontage, 32 dock-high doors, a 185-foot truck court and 57 trailer stalls. The 101,825-square-foot Building 2 will feature 15 dock-high doors and 180 feet of shared truck courts, and the 91,338-square-foot Building 3 will offer 15 dock-high doors and 180 feet of shared truck courts. Development is underway and groundbreaking is planned for first-quarter 2022. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2022. The adjacent CapRock Tropical Logistics park is a two-building, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial complex currently nearing completion. The first phase is 100 percent pre-leased and scheduled for completion in third-quarter 2021.