SAN DIEGO AND BOSTON — Life sciences real estate development firm IQHQ Inc. has completed a $1.7 billion equity raise. The company — which completed an initial equity raise of $770 million earlier this year — plans to use the combined funds to build 4.4 million square feet of projects that are currently in its development pipeline. The company has offices in San Diego and Boston, both hubs for life sciences companies. The demand for life sciences real estate continues to increase as the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics intensifies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an October report by CBRE. Plymouth Meeting, Pa.-based CenterSquare Investment Management invested $158 million in IQHQ’s latest funding round, alongside a group of undisclosed new and existing strategic partners. Madison International Realty, a real estate private equity firm, invested $100 million with an option to invest an incremental $100 million in IQHQ. IQHQ’s current projects include sites in Boston, San Francisco and San Diego. The company announced plans to develop the San Diego Research and Development District (RaDD), a $1.5 billion life science campus located along San Diego’s waterfront, in September. The RaDD will span eight acres and three city blocks, making it …
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Hunter Properties Sells Phase I of Coleman Highline Mixed-Use Campus in San Jose to Blackstone REIT for $275M
by Amy Works
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Cupertino, Calif.-based Hunter Properties has completed the sale of Phase I of Coleman Highline, a 1.75 million-square-foot, mixed-use campus in San Jose. The transaction included two office buildings totaling 360,000 square feet and fully leased to Roku, an amenities building and parking structure. Upon full build out, the Coleman Highline will total eight office buildings, a 175-room hotel and 115,000 square feet of amenity and retail space.
TOLLESON AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — Cohen Asset Management has completed the dispositions of two Class A industrial properties totaling 292,185 square feet. The dispositions fetched a combined total of $45.3 million across two transactions. Will Strong and Greer Oliver of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group in Phoenix represented the seller in the deals. In the first transaction, KKR acquired a 249,904-square-foot warehouse/distribution facility located at 8313 W. Latham St. in Tolleson for $31.8 million. The single-tenant property is fully leased, on a long-term basis, to an international convenience store operator. A California-based high-net-worth family purchased a 42,281-square-foot Class A industrial/warehouse building located at 2077 E. University Drive in Tempe for $13.5 million. The single-tenant property is leased to a global electric vehicle and clean energy company.
Highland Realty Capital Secures $41M Financing for 976-Bed Student Housing Community Near Washington State
by Amy Works
PULLMAN, WASH. — Highland Realty Capital has secured a $41 million bridge loan for The Ruckus, a 976-bed student housing community located near Washington State University in Pullman. The company secured financing — $2 million of which will be used to convert 89 four-bedroom units into three-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity — through a Los Angeles-based debt fund on behalf of the borrower, NB Private Capital (NBPC). “Bed-to-bath parity is always an issue, and with COVID-19, it became an obvious upgrade for us to make,” says Blake Wettengel, president of NBPC.
VISTA, CALIF. — US Divers Co. has completed the disposition of an industrial property located at 2340 Cousteau Court in Vista. Elion ACQ acquired the asset for $22 million. Situated on 8.9 acres, the 134,299-square-foot building features 24,000 square feet of office space, heavy power, eight dock doors, four grade-level doors and 26-foot clear heights. The seller intends to leaseback the facility for one year before relocating to a new location. Rusty Williams, Chris Roth, Greg Pieratt and Jake Rubendall of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services – North San Diego County represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
BRIGHTON, COLO. — NitNeil Partners has purchased a self-storage property located at 850 Baseline Road in Brighton. Terms of the transaction, which is the company’s first acquisition in the metro Denver market, were not released. Situated 20 miles northeast of Denver, the single-story, drive-up facility features 450 self-storage units, totaling 64,850 rentable square feet. The property will operate under the CubeSmart brand.
Ziegler Arranges $42.6M Acquisition Financing for Three-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Northwest
by Amy Works
BOZEMAN, MONT., AND SEATTLE — Ziegler has arranged $42.6 million in financing for the acquisition of two seniors housing properties near Seattle and another in Bozeman. The borrower is Radiant Senior Living, which has brought the three properties into its portfolio. The financing consisted of a combination of senior and mezzanine debt, with Congressional Bank providing the senior debt and a national seniors housing fund providing the mezzanine debt. Radiant acquired the portfolio from a publicly traded healthcare REIT as part of its expansion efforts across the country. The properties feature a combined 36 independent living units and 204 assisted living units. Post-acquisition, Radiant’s portfolio totals 18 communities spanning across six states in the Pacific Northwest.
Amazon Enters Pharmacy Market Offering Online Ordering, Two-Day Delivery for Prescription Drugs
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has launched two pharmacy offerings — Amazon Pharmacy and Amazon Prime prescription savings benefit — enabling customers to purchase and complete prescription medication transactions, as well as access savings on medications when paying without insurance, through the Amazon website or its mobile app. Starting this week, customers age 18 or older will have access to Amazon Pharmacy services in 45 states, excluding Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana and Minnesota. The pharmacy service will accept most forms of insurance and offer discounts on generic and brand-name medications when paying without insurance. As of close on Tuesday, Nov. 17, Amazon shares rose 0.15 percent to $3,135.66. However, stocks of national pharmacies tumbled following the company’s announcement. CVS/pharmacy dropped 8.6 percent, Walgreens lost 9.6 percent and Rite Aid dipped 16.3 percent. Additionally, GoodRx, which helps customers find the best prices on medications, slid 22.5 percent.
Fadden Enterprises Divests of Evans Airpark Center Industrial Park in Scottsdale for $17.6M
by Amy Works
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Fadden Enterprises has completed the sale of Evans Airpark Center, a four-building industrial park located at 8212 and 8224 E. Evans Road and 14555 and 14557 N. 82nd St. in Scottsdale. Portland, Oregon-based Harsch Investment Properties acquired the multi-tenant asset for $17.6 million. Tracy Cartledge, Steve Lindley, Bob Buckley and Michael Kitlica of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the transaction. Evans Airpark Center consists of four buildings offering a total of 120,433 square feet of industrial space. The manufacturing/warehouse facility was constructed in the early 1980s, while the remaining three general industrial buildings were constructed in 2006. At the time of sale, the industrial park was 90 percent occupied by multiple tenants.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Brass Cap Development has broken ground on Executive Airport Crossing, an industrial project located on Raiders Way and Dale Street in West Henderson. Totaling 70,000 square feet, Executive Airport Crossing will consist of two freestanding buildings that can be divisible from 14,446 square feet to 40,000 square feet. Both buildings include dock- and grade-level loading areas. Executive Airport Crossing received more than $5 million in investment funding in eight minutes on CrowdStreet, a real estate investing platform that gives investors direct access to individual commercial real estate investment opportunities. This is the first Brass Cap Development project funded through CrowdStreet. Las Vegas-based LM Construction Co. is serving as design-build general contractor for Executive Airport Crossing, which is slated for completion in June 2021. Paul Sweetland and Jerry Doty of Colliers International | Las Vegas will handle sales for the project.