Gregg Gerken, head of U.S. Commercial Real Estate at TD Bank, appreciates what millennials have done for the nation’s multifamily market. Factors contributing to multifamily’s success in recent years include millennials’ desire to live close to where they work and play, their tendency to delay marriage and kids and their social preferences that often involve roommates or the sharing economy. However, millennials are growing up — and many are aging out of the rental market. For many, those delayed life milestones are upon them. Other generations are waiting in the wings, but will they be enough to sustain the current level of multifamily supply and demand? Gerken tackles all of this and more in the Q&A below. Finance Insight (FI): Multifamily has been a strong performer for a while now. Do you expect this to continue in 2020 and beyond, particularly as millennials start to enter their traditional marrying and childbearing years? Gerken: For 2020, multifamily will continue to be a strong performer. When you look at the long-term demographic trends, however, this activity will trail off a bit as the millennial generation starts to age out of the key renter cohort, which is between the ages of 25 and …
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PHOENIX — Provo, Utah-based PEG Cos. and Dallas-based A.G. Hill Partners have acquired the Luhrs Building, a 10-story historic office property located at 11 W. Jefferson St. in downtown Phoenix. Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) sold the asset for $14 million. PEG plans to renovate 92,000 square feet of the 108,000-square-foot Luhrs Building into an upscale hotel. The redevelopment will convert floors one through nine into hotel rooms, while Hagens Berman Law Firm will continue to occupy the top floor. Additionally, Bitter & Twisted Cocktail Parlour will remain open and occupy ground-floor space during the construction. LPC will maintain ownership of the balance of Luhrs City Center, which includes the 14-story Luhrs Tower office building, an adjacent six-story parking garage and 15,995 square feet of fully renovated, ground-floor retail space called The Arcade that is occupied by La Madeline, Serafina Coffee Bar and Monroe’s Chicken. Bill Murney of Hospitality Real Estate Counselors brokered the sale transaction. A.G. Hill Partners serves as PEG’s main investment partner for the conversion.
LOS ANGELES — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the sale of an industrial property located within Northridge Business Centre at 19851-19853 Nordhoff St. in the Northridge submarket of Los Angeles. GUR Nordhoff sold the asset to Century Park Partners for $10.5 million. Built in 2007 by Overton Moore Properties, the 22,237-square-foot asset features 18-foot clear heights, five grade-level doors and a secure, fenced yard. The U.S. General Services Administration occupies the entire building on a long-term lease. Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer and Mark Schuessler of NKF’s Private Capital group, along with Kevin Shannon and Ken White of NKF’s Capital Markets, represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
Green Leaf Partners Sells 256-Unit Arrowhead Ranch Multifamily Asset in Glendale, Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Green Leaf Partners has completed the sale of Green Leaf Arrowhead Ranch, an apartment property in Glendale. Baron Properties acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1996 within the five-phase, master-planned Arrowhead Ranch community, the property is located at the intersection of Loop 101 and 67th Avenue. The 15-building property features 256 apartments, two resort-style swimming pools, a 24-hour fitness center, covered parking and detached garages. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has arranged the purchase of Sorrento Plaza, a shopping center located in the Sorrento Valley submarket of San Diego. A Northern California-based private investor acquired the asset from Wells Fargo, as the successor trustee, for $9 million, or $756 per square foot. Built in 2007, the 11,901-square-foot property is located at 9254 Scranton Road. At the time of acquisition a variety of tenants fully occupied the property, including Subway, Rubio’s Coastal Grill, Opera Patisserie, Croutons and a dental clinic. Sam Hanna of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the buyer, while Rick Puttkammer and Bill Rose of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — A solar company has purchased two industrial properties located in Las Vegas for $5.6 million. The undisclosed company acquired a 17,720-square-foot asset at 3570 W. Post Road for $3.5 million, or $198 per square foot; and a 10,484-square-foot building at 3583 Birtcher Drive for $2.1 million, or $200 per square foot. Situated on a combined a 1.9 acres, the 3570 W. Post Road property features three grade-level doors, one dock door and a large fenced yard, while the building at 3583 Birtcher Drive offers two grade-level doors, solar panels and a fenced yard. Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Art Farmanali, Michael Hsu and Schane Cabatu of the Investment Services Group of Sun Commercial represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $111.5 million loan for the refinancing of Rancho Vista Corporate Center, an office/R&D campus in San Diego. The borrower is Swift Real Estate Partners. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE’s San Francisco office secured the floating-rate financing for the borrower. Annaly Commercial Real Estate served as lender. Situated on 67.5 acres at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Vista Corporate Center offers a total of 816,771 square feet of office and R&D space spread across multiple buildings, including a three-story, Class A office building. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the campus in 2016 and has completed a $70 million transformation of the property, including upgraded building systems; added amenities, such as a fitness center and outdoor sports court facility; open-air collaboration and gaming areas; cafeteria renovation; new facades; exterior and landscaping upgrades; and increased connectivity between the buildings. The company recently completed the final stage of its repositioning strategy, which included converting Building 60 into Class A creative office space from R&D use.
CONCORD, CALIF. — A partnership between Paragon Commercial Group and Long Market Property Partners has completed the disposition of The Shops at Todos Santos Plaza, an entire city block of urban retail located in downtown Concord. Terms of the transaction, including the name of the buyer and acquisition price, were not released. Comprising 15 retail and restaurant tenants, the asset was fully leased to a strong roster of daily needs and restaurant tenants. Nicholas Bicardo, Brandon Rogoff, Forest Gherlone and Mike Zystra of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the deal.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Silver Shadow, a multifamily property located in Federal Way. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $25.7 million, or $194,697 per unit. Built in 1989 on 5.4 acres, Silver Shadow offers 132 garden-style apartments and close proximity to multiple mass transit services. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — Boston-based Cabot Properties has purchased an industrial building, located at 2025 Gillespie Way in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon. A private local investor sold the property for $15.9 million. Built in 1999, the 150,159-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility features 27-foor clear heights, abundant car and trailer parking, three grade-level doors and 15 dock-high doors, which can be expanded to 26 doors. At the time of sale, the property was on a ground lease with the County of San Diego and 73 percent leased to two tenants. The asset is part of the 65-acre, master-planned Gillespie Field Business Park, also known as Cuyamaca West. The park consists of 27 buildings totaling more than 735,000 square feet. Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe, Darla Longo, Barbara Perrier and Rebecca Perlmutter of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Sean Williams and Erik Parker, also of CBRE, handle leasing for the property.