HELENA AND CLANCY, MONT. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired two skilled nursing facilities in an off-market transaction. The first property is Apple Rehab Cooney, an 80-bed facility located on the campus of the St. Peter’s Health Regional Medical Center in Helena. The second is Elkhorn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, a 70-bed facility located in neighboring Clancy. National skilled nursing operator Eduro Healthcare will manage the communities. The transaction was CareTrust’s first to be initiated and closed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Underwriting assets involves some added challenges in these somewhat unusual times, but these buildings were well-run and the parties were pragmatic in dealing with those uncertainties,” says Dave Sedgwick, CareTrust’s chief operating officer. CareTrust’s total initial investment for the two assets was $16.5 million, inclusive of transaction costs and $500,000 of funding to Eduro to improve the facilities. Annual cash rent under the existing Eduro master lease, to which the two properties were added, will increase by approximately $1.6 million. The master lease has a remaining term of approximately 9.5 years, with two five-year renewal options and CPI-based annual rent escalators. The acquisitions were funded using cash on hand.
SUPERIOR, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 400 Center Drive in Superior. An out-of-state family trust sold the asset to a California-based investor for $2.1 million. Bank of the West occupies the 3,532-square-foot building on an absolute triple-net lease with 2.5 years remaining on the term. Built in 2004, the property is situated on a 0.94-acre lot less than half a mile from U.S. 26. Drew Isaac, Ryan Bowlby and James Rassenfoss of Marcus & Millichap’s Net Lease Properties Group represented the seller in the deal.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — NAI Shames Makovsky has negotiated the sale of a retail building located at 9830 W. I-70 Frontage Road South in Wheat Ridge. Lag B’Omer Partnership and Lag B’Omer LLC sold the asset to Going Green LLC for $2.7 million. The property features 19,200 square feet of retail space. Jake Malman and Sandy Feld of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller in the transaction.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Vulcan Real Estate, a Seattle-based owner and developer, is underway on two mixed-use developments known as 555 Tower and West Main in the central business district of Bellevue. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has preleased the office portion of both properties, which totals more than 2 million square feet. “We are very excited to be working with Amazon again, and we are thrilled to be kicking off our first development projects in the Bellevue CBD,” says Ada Healey, chief real estate officer for Vulcan. Bellevue is an upscale suburb of Seattle that sits on the east side of Lake Washington in the state’s Puget Sound area. “It is projects like these that will help stimulate business in Bellevue and help create jobs and opportunity — from construction jobs to new roles in hospitality and local retail — in the years to come,” adds Healey. The 555 Tower will be a 42-story building comprising 967,500 square feet of office space and 28,400 square feet of retail space. The site is located at 555 108th Ave. NE, immediately adjacent to the Bellevue Transit Center and within walking distance of the future Sound Transit light rail station that is scheduled to open …
SAN DIEGO — Longfellow Real Estate Partners has purchased Creekside, a three-building office property located in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. The price was not disclosed. The acquisition brings Longfellow’s San Diego portfolio to more than 660,000 square feet spanning 23 buildings in the Sorrento Valley and Sorrento Mesa submarkets. The company plans to immediately convert 60,000 square feet of existing vacancy and eventually transition the entire 124,473-square-foot campus into state-of-the-art lab space. Creekside is part of Longfellow’s SOVA Science District campus — throughout which Longfellow is completing campus façade enhancements and an outdoor amenity space featuring murals by local artists that will be unveiled this fall. Creekside tenants will also have access to Elevate, Longfellow’s proprietary tenant amenities and hospitality offerings, including a fitness center, brewery, restaurant, coffee shop, programs and services. Louay Alsadek and Hunter Rowe of CBRE and Chris High and Steve Bruce of Newmark Knight Frank assisted with the transaction. Newmark Knight Frank will continue to represent Creekside as leasing agent for Longfellow.
COLTON, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has secured $23.7 million in acquisition financing for Pellisier Logistics Center, an industrial warehouse and distribution property located at 1901 W. Center St. in Colton. Marc Schillinger, Keith Rosso and Eric Boucher of JLL’s Debt & Structured Finance group in Century City, Calif., placed the two-year, fixed-rate loan with Thorofare Capital for the borrower, a privately owned apparel manufacturer. Loan proceeds were used to purchase the asset immediately upon completion by developer Hillwood Investment Properties, a Perot Co. The property was 100 percent leased simultaneously with closing for an initial lease term of 10 years, excluding two five-year extensions options at a fair-market, triple-net rate. Situated on 12.5 acres, the newly constructed, 232,588-square-foot Pellisier Logistics Center features 36- to 42-foot clear heights, 24 dock-high doors, 168 trailer parking spaces and 219 auto parking spaces.
BOISE, IDAHO — New York-based Berkadia has acquired LIHTC Advisors, a Boise-based brokerage firm that serves apartment investors with a focus on affordable housing. Jeff Irish and Brandon Grisham, formerly principals of LIHTC Advisors, will lead the new team in Boise. Prior to the merger, Irish and Grisham were involved in the sale of more than $2 billion of affordable housing assets throughout the country. In 2019, Irish and Grisham closed 53 transactions and are expected to exceed that this year. The addition of LIHTC Advisors will broaden Berkadia Affordable’s market presence and support long-term strategic growth under the leadership of David Leopold, senior vice president and head of Berkadia Affordable. “This is a huge step forward in Berkadia’s goal of expanding our affordable housing team, another investment in this critical space,” says Berkadia CEO Justin Wheeler. In 2019, Berkadia’s loan origination volume was $27 billion, while its investment sales platform totaled $9 billion.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of American Self Storage & Mail Center located at 12220 E. Riggs Road in Chandler. Lawhead Family LLC sold the property to Vault at Riggs Road LLC for $8.3 million. Denise Nunez and Victoria Filice of NAI Horizon represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.
WOODINVILLE, WASH. — Gantry has arranged a $5.6 million loan for Underwood Gartland 216 LLC. The funds will refinanc debt on UG216, an industrial property in Woodinville. Michael Wood and Colin Ceithaml of Gantry represented the borrower and secured the loan with a 10-year term and 30-year amortization through State Farm. Bio-Rad Laboratories, a life sciences research and clinical diagnostic products company, occupies the 71,750-square-foot building, which is located at 8415 216th St. SE. Built in 1999, the facility features 20 dock-high doors, four grade-level doors and 24-foot clear heights.
SACRAMENTO — RevOZ Capital has formed a joint venture with Argosy Real Estate Partners to purchase a 127,000-square-foot office property located at 660 J St. in downtown Sacramento. SG Downtown LLC, an affiliate of the Sacramento Kings ownership group, sold the building for an undisclosed price. The joint venture plans to rehabilitate and re-image the four-story building into a mix of office and retail space to complement the recently completed Downtown Commons (DoCo) sports and entertainment district. Renovation plans include redesigning the building to LEED-certification standards, re-skinning the building’s exterior, recreating a lobby, adding on-site amenities, creating new outdoor space, updating restrooms and modernizing building systems. LPA is serving as architect and Cushman & Wakefield will market the property upon completion in late 2021.