WENATCHEE, WASH. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $3.2 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Kadie Glen Assisted Living. Located in Wenatchee, in the central part of Washington between Seattle and Spokane, the property features 62 beds. The borrower is a limited liability company based in Washington state. Cambridge Realty Capital Ltd. of Illinois, the Cambridge business that specializes in underwriting FHA-insured loans, underwrote the transaction. The 32-year loan is fully amortizing.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — A public-private partnership between Orange Coast College and Servitas has completed the construction of a $123 million residence hall on the college’s campus in Costa Mesa. Named The Harbour, the 321,105-square-foot development offers 823 beds in 326 apartment-style, fully furnished units. Shared amenities at the property include study lounges on each floor, package lockers, bicycle storage, courtyards, onsite laundry and parking. “Servitas is honored to deliver this historic residence hall for Orange Coast College that not only provides its students with on-campus housing for the first time, but also serves as a guide for many surrounding community colleges looking to offer student housing,” says Angel Rivera, senior vice president of development services at Servitas. “During the final month of construction, all teams faced many challenges due to COVID-19 including a Southern California Glaziers union labor strike.”
SALT LAKE CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of a creative office building located at 324 S. State St. in downtown Salt Lake City. Hamilton Partners and Cantor Equities sold the asset to Mortenson Cos., the real estate investment arm of M.A. Mortenson Cos., for an undisclosed price. The recently renovated, five-story building features 221,145 square feet of creative office space. The property features large floorplates, scenic views, fitness center, adjacent parking structure, collaborative common areas and signage. Additionally, the building features ground-floor retail space that Ginger Street restaurant occupies. At the time of sale, the asset was 75 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Ancestory.com, Spectrum Engineers and Utah’s Department of Financial Institutions. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rick Stumm and Bryce Blanchard of NKF brokered the transaction.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II has completed the disposition of 250 Holger Way, an office building located within District 237, a 415,492-square-foot office/R&D complex in San Jose. Foster City-based Bailard acquired the property for $38.2 million. The 76,410-square-foot office building is one of eight buildings that make up District 237, which was built in 1999 and 2001. All buildings of the property feature efficient floorplates and high visibility with more than 3,000 feet of Highway 237 frontage. Joe Moriarty, Scott Prosser, Jack DePuy, Russell Ingrum, Brad Zampa and Mike Walker of CBRE Northern California Capital Markets represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal. Bruce Fischer, Howard Chu and Robyn Foianini of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s Orange County office provided legal counsel for KBS in the disposition.
BURBANK, CALIF. — The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) will lay off 28,000 employees who were previously furloughed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple media reports. Disney World in Orlando, Fla., and Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., both closed in mid-March due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Disney’s chief financial officer Christine McCarthy said in May that for every two weeks the parks were closed, the company lost $500 million. Disney World reopened in July with limited capacity, but Disneyland remains closed under California guidelines. A timeline for reopening has not been established. Disney chairman Josh D’Amaro sent a letter to employees Tuesday, Sept. 29 notifying workers of the impending layoffs. The letter does not disclose how many layoffs the company expects to make, but he says in the letter that layoffs will affect executive, salary and hourly roles. “Earlier this year, in response to the pandemic, we were forced to close our businesses around the world. Few of us could have imagined how significantly the pandemic would impact us — both at work and in our daily lives,” D’Amaro said in the letter. “We initially hoped that this situation would be short-lived, and that we would recover quickly and …
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Lee & Associates Orange has arranged the sale of a freestanding industrial building located at 12836 Alondra Blvd. in Cerritos. The property traded for $22.6 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Situated in Cerritos Industrial Park, the 109,368-square-foot facility features 10 dock-high loading positions, 24-foot clear heights, a fenced yard and major street frontage on Alondra Boulevard. Jeff Gahagan of Lee & Associates Orange represented the seller in the deal.
MONTANA — Monticello has provided a $2 million working capital loan to the operating companies of two skilled nursing facilities totaling 338 beds in Montana. Monticello’s asset-based lending group, Monticello Commercial Capital LLC, provided the financing. No further details were disclosed.
SEATTLE — Urban Visions and Mitsui Fudosan America Inc. have unveiled plans for The Net, a 36-story, 812,000-square-foot office tower in Seattle’s central business district. The joint venture purchased the half-block site on Third Avenue for $127.7 million, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal. Gerry Rohm and Logan Greer of JLL Capital Markets arranged the joint venture partnership for the development. Designed by Urban Visions and architectural firm NBBJ, the Class A tower will comprise 800,000 square feet of office space and 12,000 square feet of street-level retail space. Six levels of subterranean parking will provide 390 spaces. With an emphasis on health, the project will feature abundant natural light and green space, including a sky park on the upper three levels. Tenants will enjoy views of Seattle’s waterfront, Pioneer Square, the Stadium District and Mount Rainier. The property will be surrounded by many transportation options, including bus lines, the Seattle Ferry Terminal and the Marion Street Pedestrian Bridge. Completion of the project is slated for 2024. “The future supply of this scope and type of development is limited,” says JLL’s Rohm. “The developers will define an entirely new generation of office buildings that are foremost focused on occupant …
HILLSBORO, ORE. — Skanska has signed a multi-phase contract with Flexential Corp. to develop H3 – Flexential Data Center in Hillsboro, a western suburb of Portland. The $64 million first phase includes a 349,827-square-foot Tier III data center with a structural steel core and concrete tilt panels as the primary façade. The first data hall will support an initial IT capacity of 4.5 megawatts. Construction is underway with completion slated for September 2021. Flexential is an IT solutions provider based in Charlotte, N.C. The company’s clients include healthcare systems, financial services corporations, digital media and communications companies and technology firms.
LAS VEGAS — Donohoe Hospitality Services, a division of Donohoe, has opened the dual-branded Hampton Inn & Suites and Home2 Suites by Hilton Las Vegas located at 755 Sierra Vista Drive in Las Vegas. Located adjacent to the Las Vegas Convention Center, Hampton Inn & Suites features 150 guest rooms while Home2 Suites offers 100 guest suites. The hotels share common amenities including a lobby, dining facilities, a cocktail lounge, 1,000 square feet of meeting and event space, swimming pool, exercise rooms, a business center and onsite parking.