DENVER — As retailers continue to face uncertain times during the COVID-19 pandemic, Denver-based Baceline Investments has shifted its focus to providing support and creating tools, resources and personal guidance for the small businesses of its 73 neighborhood shopping centers under management nationwide. The boutique private equity real estate investment and management company’s national portfolio currently includes 900 small business tenants. “We’ve taken an all-hands-on-deck approach to supporting our small business partners,” says Todd Laurie, partner and executive vice president of fund services for Baceline. “We’ve mobilized our company into task-force teams and support teams, and we immediately reached out to every small business tenant to offer guidance and assistance with securing government assistance loans.” Through guides and an online resource center, the company is providing tools and resources that include information on state-by-state, stay-at-home orders, financial relief and loan resources, social distancing and sanitation measures, marketing templates and initiatives to support businesses as they reopen. Additionally, Baceline is offering information regarding protection against coronavirus phishing attempts, tenant stipends to assist in purchasing barrier and PPE supplies, including sources for exclusively discounted sneeze and cough shields, as well as five industry-specific reopening handbooks for fitness centers, salons and spas, retail, …
CHARLESTON, S.C. AND PHOENIX — Multifamily development and management firm Greystar Real Estate Partners has acquired the property management business of competitor Alliance Residential Co., the fourth-largest apartment management firm in the United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reports that the all-cash deal totaled nearly $200 million. Phoenix-based Alliance Residential will shift its focus from property management to development, construction and acquisition across the multifamily spectrum, including workforce housing and seniors housing. As part of the deal, Greystar will provide management services to Alliance Residential’s owned portfolio going forward, including both new developments and acquisitions. Alliance Residential has been the No. 1 developer of multifamily units in the United States for the last two years, and Greystar is the largest apartment management firm in the country, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council. The combined property management business will operate under the Greystar brand, bringing the Charleston-based firm’s total unit count to 660,000. The combined portfolio comprises 2,400 properties in 42 states and 13 countries. Additionally, the acquisition will bring Greystar’s workforce to nearly 19,000 team members. The acquisition boosts Greystar’s property management business by approximately 25 percent and gives the …
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of three boutique, value-add multifamily properties in Walnut Creek. Totaling 150 units, the portfolio sold to two individual buyers for a total combined price of $55.6 million, or $371,000 per unit. Raintree Partners acquired The Pines, a 120-unit asset, and the 20-unit City View, while a private investor purchased the 10-unit 1465 Mt. Pisgah Road property. Stanford Jones, Philip Saglimbeni, Salvatore Saglimbeni and Alex Tartaglia of IPA, along with Carlos Azucena of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the transactions.
LAS VEGAS — MDC, a full-service real estate company, has completed the development of a freestanding industrial building located in Las Vegas’ Southwest submarket. Located at 4525 Wagon Trail within an opportunity zone, the 25,880-square-foot property features 2,500 square feet of office space, 28-foot minimum warehouse clear heights, four dock-high loading doors, two grade-level loading doors and potential outside storage. Xavier Wasiak, Jason Simon and Rob Lujan of JLL are marketing the building for lease or sale.
COVINA, CALIF. — Southern California-based IRA Capital has purchased a medical office building located in Covina for an undisclosed price. The name of the seller was not released. Magan Medical occupies the 64,000-square-foot property, which houses more than 50 physician providers across 20 specialties, including oncology, neurology, dermatology, radiology and cardiology. OptumCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare, recently acquired the tenant. As part of the integration into the OptumCare/UnitedHealth network, the building underwent extensive renovation and capital improvements.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has directed the sale of two industrial facilities, totaling more than 85,000 square feet, located in the South Bay market of Rancho Dominguez, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County. First Industrial Realty Trust purchased the assets from a cosmetic products manufacturer for $14.3 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the two industrial warehouses into a 27,962-square-foot building with 15 docks on 3.9 acres of land. The redeveloped property, which will offer robust distribution capabilities, is slated for completion in third-quarter 2021. The warehouses are located at 19400 and 19302 S. Laurel Park Road. Natalie Lara, Jordan Lara and Andrew Lara of DAUM represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Visionary Holdings has acquired an office space located at 7470 N. Oracle Road, Suite 100, within Oracle-Ina Professional Plaza in Tucson, for $2.8 million. The condominium features 14,000 square feet of Class A medical and professional office space. Richard Kleiner and Thomas Nieman of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, 7470 N Oracle Rd LLC, while Andrew Sternberg of NAI Horizon, Tucson, represented the buyer in the deal.
TORRANCE AND COMMERCE, CALIF. — Omninet Capital has purchased two office parks in the metro Los Angeles area for a combined total of $78 million in separate transactions. The buyer was self-represented in both transactions. In the first transaction, TA Associates sold Park Del Amo, a three-building office park located at 2355 and 2377 Crenshaw Blvd. in Torrance, for $39 million. Built in 1985 on 12.8 acres, Park Del Amo features 204,468 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the campus was 92 percent leased to multiple tenants, including Keenan & Associates, which occupies 43 percent of the property and recently signed a five-year lease extension. Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Michael Moore of Newmark Knight Frank’s (NKF) Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal. In the second deal, Omninet acquired Commerce Plaza, a two-building office complex located at 5601 E. Slauson Ave. and 5701 S. Eastern Ave. in Commerce. Colony Capital sold the offce campus for $39 million. At the time of sale, 13 tenants including Waste Management, County of Los Angeles and DaVita Medical Management occupied the 194,908-square-foot asset. The County of Los Angeles plans to lease an additional 51,555 square feet, which …
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Valwood Mesquite LLC has acquired Mesquite Corporate Center, a two-story office building located at 14646 N. Kierland Blvd. in Scottsdale. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $19.5 million, or $244.80 per square foot. Totaling 79,537 square feet, Mesquite Corporate Center overlooks the Westin Kierland Golf Club and is within walking distance to multiple restaurants and retail amenities at Kierland Commons. The Ron Schooler and Ken Elmer Team of Commercial Properties Inc./CORFAC International represented the buyer in the transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The Denver office of Scannell Properties has completed the sale of an industrial property located at 2640 Zeppelin Road in Colorado Springs. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Nearon Enterprises purchased the asset for $14.6 million. Developed by Scannell Properties and completed last year, the 99,960-square-foot property is a multi-tenant distribution center leased to Geary Pacific Corp. and a national home improvement retailer. The building features 30-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, dock-high and drive-in loading, LED lighting and a front-park, rear-load design. Situated in east Colorado Springs, the property is three miles from the Colorado Springs Airport and seven miles from downtown Colorado Springs. The building is located within a larger business park that will consist of four buildings at full build-out. Tyler Carner, Jeremey Ballenger, Jim Bolt and Jessica Osternick of CBRE’s Denver office represented the seller in the deal. Scannell Properties is a privately owned commercial real estate developer that has completed 328 built-to-suit or speculative development projects exceeding 63 million square feet in 44 states and three Canadian provinces.