PHOENIX, GLENDALE AND CHANDLER, ARIZ. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $16.1 million in financing for a seven-building light industrial distribution and manufacturing portfolio in metro Phoenix. The borrower is a partnership between Phoenix-based Bird Dog Industrial, HPI Real Estate Services and Investment and Long Wharf Capital. Casey Wenzel, Aldon Cole, Jeremy Womack and Alastair Barnes of JLL Capital Markets secured the five-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse loan with a correspondent life insurance company. Loan proceeds will be used to take out the existing credit facility. The portfolio is situated on 16.1 acres at 10950 W. Northview Ave. in Glendale, 235 E. Pima St. in Phoenix, and 481 N. Dean Ave., 5740 W. Oakland St. and 5753, 5763 5773 W. Erie St. in Chandler. At the time of financing, the portfolio was 54.6 percent leased to three national tenants. The borrower is in the final stage of completing value-add improvements totaling approximately $1.7 million across the portfolio.
COEUR D’ALENE, IDAHO — Gantry has secured $9.8 million in permanent financing for The Lake Apartments, a newly constructed multifamily community located in Coeur d’Alene. Demetri Koston and Joyce Chen of Gantry arranged the 12-year, fixed-term, Fannie Mae refinancing, which includes a $1.5 million cash-out. The name of the borrower was not released. Delivered this year, The Lake Apartments features three interconnected buildings offering a total of 46 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
HELPER, UTAH — Ostler Holding Limited Company of Utah LLC has completed the disposition of a retail building located at 610 US-6 in Helper. An in-state limited liability company acquired the asset for $1.3 million. Built in 2019 on 1.4 acres, the property features 8,320 square feet of retail space. Family Dollar occupies the building on a double net lease with 8.5 years remaining on the term. Drew Isaac and James Rassenfoss of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
RENTON, WASH. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Partners has completed the $29.5 million acquisition and partial sale-leaseback of an industrial building located at 851 SW 34th St. in Renton, about 14 miles south of downtown Seattle. Alliance Packaging sold the property and executed a leaseback for a portion of the asset. Totaling 164,332 square feet, the property features 26-foot clear heights, dock-high and grade-level doors in a cross-dock configuration and 5,000 amps of heavy power. Alliance Packaging will continue to occupy 82,019 square feet of the property under a long-term lease agreement. The remaining 82,313 square feet, including 13,440 square feet of office space, is available for immediate lease. Ryan Madson provided in-house representation for EverWest, while Arie Salomon and Jeff Forsberg of NAI Puget Sound Properties represented Alliance Packaging in the transaction.
PHOENIX — WaterWalk, a developer of upscale extended-stay hotels, has purchased 4.5 acres at the southwest corner of 19th Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road in Phoenix’s Deer Valley neighborhood. Alter Group sold the development site for $2.1 million. Trask Switzenberg and Chuck Wells of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal. WaterWalk plans to develop an extended-stay hotel on the site, which includes a retail pad. Currently, WaterWalk has seven open hotels in Kansas, Colorado, Texas and North Carolina, with two additional locations opening this fall in North Carolina and Minnesota. The Phoenix property will be the brand’s first Arizona property. WaterWalk plans to have 50 locations open by year-end 2024. WaterWalk is the fifth national brand started by hotelier Jack DeBoer. Other brands include Residence Inn, Summerfield Suites, Candlewood Suites and Value Place/WoodSpring.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 2160 S. El Camino Real in Oceanside. An Orange County, Calif.-based 1031 private buyer acquired the asset for $6.6 million, or $493 per square foot. The U.S. Federal Government occupies the 13,500-square-foot, single-tenant property on a 15-year lease that commenced in 2018. The building was a build-to-suit in 2004 for the Social Security Administration and was fully remodeled and upgraded in 2018 to current U.S. General Services Administration standards. The upgrades included a new roof and HVAC system. Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache, Anthony DeLorenzo, Bryan Johnson and Matt Harris of CBRE represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Bolour Associates has acquired an industrial building located at 3333 W. Temple St. in Los Angeles. The $5.6 million sale-leaseback transaction includes a 10-year lease with Rentokil North America and future development opportunities. Situated at Highway 101 and Silver Lake Boulevard, the property includes 44,931 square feet of land and a 11,681-square-foot building, which is fully occupied by Rentokil North America under a 10-year lease. The tenant is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Kingdom-based FTSE 100 company Rentokil Initial. Jake Wagner of JLL represented the seller in the deal, while Adam Eisenberg provided in-house representation for the buyer.
LAS VEGAS — Spectrum Realty has acquired an office building located at 7560 W. Sahara Ave. in Las Vegas. GHV Group sold the 11,322-square-foot property for $1.6 million. Alexia Crowley, Al Twainy and Jennifer Lehr of Colliers International | Las Vegas represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Gaw Capital USA, a Hong Kong- and Los Angeles-based real estate private equity firm, and DJM, a San Jose- and Los Angeles-based private equity real estate developer, have released plans for transforming the shopping center at Hollywood & Highland into Ovation Hollywood. Upon completion in late 2021, Ovation Hollywood will be a mixed-use project offering 135,000 square feet of retail space, two floors of nearly 100,000 square feet of creative office space, 85,000 square feet of restaurant space, 65,000 square feet of entertainment space and 40,000 square feet of event space. Gensler is providing design and architectural services to update the property’s physical appearance, including a simplified façade and color scheme, new concept for the tower, an easier to navigate layout, updated landscape design, new art pieces and enhanced outdoor space. In addition to physical upgrades, the project team is focusing on refreshing the property’s tenant mix. Renovations are slated to begin later this year, with completion scheduled for late 2021.
LOS ANGELES — Ametron, an audio and video equipment supplier, has purchased an industrial building located at 10919-10939 Vanowen St. in Los Angeles’ North Hollywood neighborhood. An undisclosed local investor sold the asset for $6.5 million. Fred Afamian and Ryan Lin of CBRE represented the buyer in the deal, and an outside broker represented the seller. The 28,400-square-foot property features concrete block construction with two ground-level loading doors and 15- to 16-foot clear heights. The property also includes a cell tower, which will generate additional revenue for the new owner.