BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 1725 Golden State Ave. in Bakersfield. A Southern California-based private investor sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $10.8 million. Grocery store Smart & Final occupies the 26,237-square-foot building on a long-term, absolute triple-net lease basis with rental increases. Sean Cox and Alex Moore of Faris Lee represented the seller in the deal.
What should potential landlords know about leasing space for cell towers or renegotiating their legacy leases? “Landlords need to understand what economic opportunity they have available to them,” says David Moore, CEO and principal at NAI Global Wireless. Involving cell tower lease consultants, especially for existing leases, and considering cell site buyouts are two powerful tools available to cell site landlords today. For decades, Moore explains, property owners have been willing to sign less-than-ideal agreements with carriers and tower companies. Over the years, landlords, thinking that just because these cell tower sites are small and out of the way or because they did not want to turn down “free money,” were willing to sign disadvantageous lease agreements. Landlords often do not understand the impact of signing a lease agreement with a potential term of 30 years (made up of five-year terms), especially when tenants might use leases to constrain certain real estate negotiations (including rights like tenant approval for buyers, rights of first refusal and noncompetition clauses). In many cases, tenants have the unilateral right to terminate their lease without notice, a right about which landlords frequently aren’t aware. Rent escalations, terms and conditions, inflation and more need to be …
In May, The White House announced its Housing Supply Action Plan to address rising housing costs by increasing the supply of housing in communities across the country over the next five years. The plan aims to create more housing of all asset types through new construction and preservation and singles out the importance of affordable housing, particularly in a time of high interest rates and inflation. The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout have uniquely impacted renters unlike previous times of economic uncertainty. Renter demand and rental rates have increased at the fastest pace in decades, underscoring the importance and urgency of increasing the stock of affordable rental housing. The Housing Supply Action Plan does just that. Specifically, the plan seeks to finance more than 800,000 affordable rental units by expanding and strengthening the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Similar language was included in the Build Back Better Plan, which included a variety of actions aimed to bolster the lower and middle class with investments in housing, infrastructure and labor markets. This important piece of the proposed legislation would significantly increase resources that will ultimately expand the number of affordable units available. The Housing Supply Action Plan includes …
PHOENIX — Los Angeles-based Pro Residential has completed the disposition of The Waterfront, a multifamily community in North Phoenix. Arizona-based Rise48 Equity acquired the asset for $75.3 million, or $261,458 per unit. Located at 11459 N. 28th Drive, The Waterfront features 228 apartments spread across 14 three-story residential buildings. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units range in size from 527 square feet to 899 square feet. At the time of sale, the community was 91 percent occupied. Trevor Koskovich, Bill Hahn, Jesse Hudson and Ryan Boyle of Northmarq Phoenix’s Investment Sales team represented the seller in the transaction. Brandon Harrington, Bryan Mummaw, Tyler Woodard and Bryan Liu of Northmarq Phoenix’s Debt & Equity team arranged a $61.7 million acquisition loan, as a debt fund execution, for the buyer.
MORGAN HILL, CALIF. — Trammell Crow Co. and joint-venture partner CBRE Investment Management, on behalf of one of its funds, have sold Butterfield 5 Technology Park in Morgan Hill. Invesco Real Estate acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Totaling 410,101 square feet, the industrial park was completed earlier this year and features five Class A industrial buildings situated on 24 acres. HPA Inc. served as architect and Lusardi Construction acted as general contractor for the project. Rebecca Perlmutter with CBRE National Partners represented the sellers in the disposition. Rob Shannon, Chip Sutherland and Brian Matteoni of CBRE will continue to handle marketing and leasing for the industrial park.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — An entity formed by Atlanta-based Cortland has purchased Centerra, a renovated multifamily property located at 11100 N. 115th in Scottsdale. Tanbic Edgehill Centerra Aprtments LLC, a partnership between Edgehill and The Tanbic Co., sold the asset for $74.7 million. Built in 1986, Centerra features 202 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units with washers and dryers. Community amenities include an onsite fitness center, pool, spa, fire pit, barbecue area and Wi-Fi in the common areas. The property underwent extensive renovations on all 202 units along with exterior improvements prior to the sale. David Folger and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Advisory Group in Phoenix represented the seller in the deal.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Portland, Ore.-based Schnitzer Properties has acquired Westland Center, an industrial and retail property located at the intersection of East Craig and North Pecos roads in North Las Vegas. Terms of the transaction were not released. Totaling 95,213 square feet, Westland Center features six buildings with 43 light industrial and retail units spread across 9.7 acres. Schnitzer Properties has owned and operated property in the greater Las Vegas area since 1994.
BREMERTON, WASH. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a 50-unit, 64-bed memory care community in Bremerton, across the Puget Sound from Seattle. The asset, previously a skilled nursing facility, was completely renovated in 2016 and opened as a memory care community in 2017. The community maintained a 66 percent occupancy during the last couple of years, producing an average operating margin of 15 percent. The property was a geographic outlier for the undisclosed seller. The buyer is a memory care-focused owner-operator with an established presence in the Seattle area. The price was $10.6 million, or $212,000 per unit. The buyer plans to continue the focus on quality care as well as allocate approximately 20 percent of the rent roll to Medicaid residents.
Madison Capital, Meadow Partners Acquire Ford Point R&D Property in Richmond, California for $103.7M
RICHMOND, CALIF. — New York-based Madison Capital and Meadow Partners have purchased Ford Point, a creative R&D building located at 1414 Harbour Way S. in Richmond. Orton Development sold the asset for $103.7 million. At the time of sale, the 478,761-square-foot property was 83 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including SunPower, Mountain Hardwear and California Closets. Orton Development purchased the long-dormant, 22.9-acre site from the Richmond Redevelopment Agency in 2004 and began a comprehensive $40 million renovation of the entire building, installing new building systems and undertaking an extensive seismic upgrade. Since 2008, the company invested an additional $11.3 million for an ungraded roof, electric vehicle charging stations, asphalt repaving and one mega-watt rooftop solar system. Designed in 1930 by Albert Kahn, Ford Point was built as the Ford Motor Co. Assembly Plant and was the largest assembly plant to be built on the West Coast. Ford Point has been on the National Register of Historical places since 1988, and the site is home to a National Parks Services education center, known as the Rosie the Riveter Visitor Center. Seth Siegel, Steve Hermann, Ryan Venezia, Rick Ryan, Kevin Flemming and Courtney Trunnell of Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California …
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Centerpointe Plaza, a neighborhood shopping center located at 5605-5785 North Academy Blvd. in Colorado Springs. A Denver-based private fund acquired the property from Phoenix-based Kinetic Development for $21.4 million. Built in 1983, Centerpointe Plaza features 154,988 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, Centerpointe Plaza was 85 percent occupied. Current tenants include Dollar Tree, Tuesday Morning, Key Bank, Boot Barn, Whiskey Baron, Winnelson Bath & Kitchen Idea Center and Guiry’s Color Source. Parker Brown, Matthew Henrichs and Brad Lyons of CBRE’s National Retail Partners represented the seller in the deal.