LAS VEGAS — Cushman & Wakefield has facilitated the sale of a freestanding office building in Las Vegas. The buyer, 6425 W. Sahara Propco, acquired the multi-tenant asset for $3.8 million, or $102.04 per square foot. Built in 1995, the two-story property features 37,730 square feet of office and showroom space. Centrally located at W. Sahara Avenue and Mann Street, the building features an entryway, landscaping and the opportunity for prominent monument signage. Charles Moore, Marlene Fujita and Hunter Bradshaw of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Equity Partnership Property Management, in the transaction.
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has opened a 500,000-square-foot expansion of Westfield Valley Fair, the French developer’s $1.1 billion retail destination in San Jose. The retail center is part of a redevelopment project that replaced two 1950s-era shopping centers. The project now encompasses 2.2 million square feet in total, with more restaurant and store openings planned for 2021. A three-level flagship Bloomingdale’s luxury apparel department store anchors the new expansion, alongside other apparel retailers including Anthropologie, Club Monaco, Fabletics, Indochino, Jimmy Choo, John Varvatos, Longchamp, Rodd and Gunn, Urban Outfitters, UNTUCKit and Zadig & Voltaire. “We envisioned Westfield Valley Fair as a place where prestigious luxury brands, digitally native start-up retailers, and best-in-class dining and entertainment all come together to create a true lifestyle destination and the perfect place to shop, dine and play,” says Larry Green, executive vice president of development at URW. The developer recently partnered with the San José Museum of Art to curate and commission artwork for the property, starting with an outdoor sculpture at the new grand entrance on Stevens Creek Boulevard, which will be unveiled this fall. Entertainment offerings include the recently opened ShowPlace ICON Theatre and the soon-to-open PLAYlive Nation social gaming lounge. Future additions to the retail center this year and into …
George Smith Partners Secures $51.7M Construction Loan, $16.2M Mezzanine Debt for Niumalu Marketplace in Hawaii
by Amy Works
KONA, HAWAII — The Davies Group at Los Angeles-based George Smith Partners has arranged both a $51.7 million senior construction loan and $16.2 million in mezzanine debt for the ground-up development of Niumalu Marketplace, a shopping center in Kona. The borrower is Commercial Real Estate Development Enterprise (CREDE). Safeway will anchor the 204,275-square-foot retail property, which is slated for completion by fourth-quarter 2020. Malcolm Davies, Zachary Streit, Evan Kinne, Alexander Rossinsky, Rachael Lewis, Aiden Moran and Maxwell Shedlosky of George Smith Partners facilitated the transaction. Centennial Bank provided the construction financing portion and Pearlmark Real Estate Partners provided the mezzanine debt.
LAS VEGAS — CapRock Partners has completed the disposition of a three-property, 276,912-square-foot industrial portfolio in Las Vegas. Nicola Wealth Real Estate, a Canada-based subsidiary of wealth management firm Nicola Wealth, acquired the assets for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is Nicola Wealth’s first venture into the Las Vegas market. The portfolio includes The Park @ Arville at 4350 Arville St.; Valley View Commerce Center at 5130, 5160, 5190 and 5230 S. Valley View Blvd.; and Valley View Business Park at 3021 S. Valley View Blvd. Built in 1974, The Park @ Arville features 160,554 square feet of multi-tenant space, with suites ranging from 1,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet with private storage yards and 15-foot to 20-foot clear heights. Valley View Commerce Center was constructed in 1989 and features 73,508 square feet of multi-tenant space, with suites ranging from 1,776 square feet to 6,528 square feet, and 15-foot to 17-foot clear heights. Developed in 1986, the 42,850-square-foot Valley View Business Park offers suites ranging from 2,000 square feet to 7,000 square feet. The property is close to Interstate 15, with convenient access to U.S. 95 and McCarren International Airport.
LA MESA, CALIF. — Universe Holdings has purchased Serena Vista, an apartment property located in La Mesa, a city nine miles east of downtown San Diego. 5810 Amaya LLC, an affiliate of Cirrus Asset Management, sold the community for $34.4 million, or $313,181 per unit. Built in 1971 on 5.1 acres, Serena Vista features 110 apartments in a mix of three floor plans, a pool and sundeck, two laundry facilities and private fenced backyards. Christopher Zorbas and Alexander Garcia Jr. of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
GRESHAM, ORE. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Gresham, an eastern suburb of Portland. This undisclosed property features a total of 135 units. The community was built in 1988 and expanded in 1998. The facility is approximately 103,090 square feet and is situated on approximately 4.1 acres of land. The seller is a Portland based owner-operator divesting of its only senior living community. The buyer is a regional owner-operator seeking to grow its Pacific Northwest portfolio. The price was not disclosed. The buyer plans to implement multiple capital improvement projects, including the addition of a bistro, movie theater and other common area improvements. Brad Goodsell, Jason Punzel and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction.
MORGAN HILL, CALIF. — Artis Senior Living has acquired 176,269 square feet within the Evergreen Village mixed-use development in Morgan Hill, a city at the southern tip of Silicon Valley. Artis plans to build a memory care community on the four-acre site, though details and a timeline have not yet been released. Frans Construction Inc. is the general contractor on the site and MH Engineering Co. is the civil engineer. Evergreen Devco Inc., a retail and multifamily development company in the West, is building Evergreen Village on 20.4 acres. The project will include a hotel, restaurant, the memory care development, and a public art component. Site improvements for the development are scheduled for completion in April 2020. “Having Artis Senior Living pick up the four-acre housing parcel so quickly, it’s incredibly encouraging and affirms that Evergreen Village is well underway with the site improvement work,” says Rogg Collins, principal of Evergreen Devco. Gary Hansen of Cushman & Wakefield represented Evergreen in the site sale, and Robert Clifford of Lee & Associates represented Artis. McLean, Va.-based Artis’ nationwide portfolio includes 25 assisted living communities in operation or under construction, and more than 20 communities in various stages of planning and development.
Many of today’s headlines about multifamily housing have focused on the market’s two extremes: homelessness and high-end penthouses. Meanwhile, a crisis has been growing in the “missing middle;” there is a shortage of affordable rental housing for middle-class workers like teachers, firefighters and police officers. In recent years, middle-income families have been struggling with flat wages and rising childcare, education and healthcare costs. Not only are families being priced out of homeownership, but they’re finding fewer rental units in their price range. Indeed, rents have been rising, particularly in cities with booming economies. Nationwide, only 37 percent of all available units rent out at or below $1,200 per month, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Out of Reach report and the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Yet only in 13 states do workers earn an average of at least $22.96 per hour, the amount required to comfortably afford a $1,200/month apartment. Charlotte is short 34,000 affordable housing units and Salt Lake City lacks 54,000. In total, there is a need for hundreds of thousands more affordable rental units. The problem is a matter of supply as well as demand. Formidable obstacles currently impede the …
Lincoln Property Co. Breaks Ground on First Phase of 4.5 MSF Industrial Park in Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) has broken ground on Park303, an industrial master-planned development in Glendale. At full build out, the park will accommodate up to 4.5 million square feet of freeway-fronting, Class A industrial space. Situated on 71.5 acres between Loop 303 and Sarival Road, the $115 million Phase I will include two buildings totaling 705,531 square feet and 488,995 square feet. The facilities will feature 40-foot clear heights, steel moment frame shear bracing, efficient LED lighting and 142 large clerestory glass windows to maximize natural light. The gated site will offer full concrete truck courts, ample truck parking, private drives and fully amenitized outdoor spaces with covered canopies, seating and barbecue areas. Phase I is part of the larger Park303 master-planned industrial park that LPC is developing in conjunction with Roth Development and Scottsdale Investment Management. Totaling 265 acres, the project will offer freeway access and easy ingress and egress via two full-diamond Loop 303 interchanges at Bethany Home Road and Glendale Avenue. Butler Design Group is serving as project architect for Phase I, Hunter Engineering is serving as civil engineer and Willmeng Construction as general contractor. Completion of Park303 Phase I is slated for fourth-quarter …
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $23.6M Sale of Crestwood Corporate Plaza Office Building in Metro Seattle
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Crestwood Corporate Plaza, an office building located in Bellevue. A West Coast-based private equity investor acquired the property from an undisclosed seller for $23.6 million, or $317 per square foot. Constructed in 2001, Crestwood Corporate Park offers 74,442 square feet of office space adjacent to the Interstate 90 light rail station. At the time of sale, a variety of technology companies and regional service offices had the property to 60 percent occupancy.