NORTH LAS VEGAS — Oatey Co., a plumbing manufacturer since 1916, has opened a new distribution center in North Las Vegas. The 148,000-square-foot facility features high efficiency LED lighting and HVLS fans, and meets LEED Silver requirements. The distribution center will stock thousands of residential and commercial plumbing products across the company’s 23 categories and sold under the Oatey family of brands. The new facility will further enhance Oatey’s ability to service its customers in the West.
SEATTLE — Hamilton Urban Partners has completed the sale of Roxborough Apartments, a multifamily property located in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $17.4 million, or just under $681 per net rentable square foot. Located at 1720 E. Denny Way, Roxborough Apartments comprises 27 units built in 1920 and 26 modern units built in 2019. The building provides residents the amenities and luxuries of a new-construction building with the charm and character of Seattle’s historic buildings. Dylan Simon and Jerrid Anderson of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the deal.
HONOLULU — Sims Mortgage Funding (SMF), a subsidiary of HJ Sims, has arranged $14.1 million in financing for Liliha Healthcare Center, a 92-bed skilled nursing facility in Honolulu. Liliha, and its sister facility, Nuuanu Hale, were collateralized with a single, high-interest-rate bridge loan that featured a short maturity and expensive extension provisions. SMF arranged a HUD-insured loan with a fixed interest rate and long term to refinance the existing debt. To complete the refinancing capital stack, the holding company of the Liliha and Nuuanu borrowers obtained additional financing through Sims. SMF underwrote a refinancing loan insured under the Section 232/223(f) program that represents 80 percent of the community’s estimated market value. The loan featured a 35-year term and was underwritten with a 2.05 debt service coverage ratio.
Orange County’s multifamily market fundamentals remain some of the strongest in the country as local real estate investors brace for new state-wide rent control policies beginning Jan. 1, 2020. There will undoubtedly be an education process for landlords regarding this new law and how it may impact the valuation of multifamily in the future, but the long-term stability of the overall apartment market looks bright. Orange County boasts historically low unemployment and low apartment vacancy, but the region continues to have a shortfall in the development of workforce housing. Orange County is expected to deliver about 2,900 new Class A units to the market in 2019, about 500 units more than last year. With an extended economic expansion throughout Southern California, Orange County has benefitted greatly with large segments of its population fully employed and seeking places to live. The county has one of the nation’s highest median home prices at more than $833,000, making homeownership unattainable for many of its residents. This workforce housing shortfall will continue to put further pressure on the demand in Orange County as its apartment average vacancy rate is anticipated to drop 40 basis points to a very low 3.4 percent in 2019. This …
Northern Nevada’s industrial market remains strong with more than 3.2 million square feet of new speculative space under construction and slated for delivery in 2020. These new projects will push the market well above the 90-million-square-footmark. The vacancy rate is a low 5.56 percent and continues to trend slightly upward. There have been some significant lease transactions in the market. Prologis is building a 598,901-square-foot facility for Makita Tools; Scannell just finished a 200,200-square-foot built-to-suit facility for OnTrac; and 1A Auto recently leased 149,196 square feet at 9175 Moya Blvd. All of these transactions occurred in the North Valleys submarket. The new 270,975-square-foot Longley Commerce Center by Panattoni leased up a majority of its space in the third quarter. This project is a mix of flex and bulk spaces, and is the last viable industrial development in the South Meadows submarket. Polaris completed its 514,555-square-foot BTS in Fernley in the second quarter, while a confidential user just leased 266,000 square feet in the I-80 East submarket. There have also been some significant portfolio sales to institutional buyers. The 1.4-million-square-foot Lear Industrial Center is slated to trade hands in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual sold its 1,776,805-square-foot portfolio to Link Industrial …
PORTLAND, ORE. — An affiliate of Gerding Edlen has acquired the Power + Light Building, an office property located in the central business district of Portland. An affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners sold the asset for $131.5 million. Located at 920 SW Sixth Ave., the 272,079-square-foot property was repositioned in 2018 to appeal to tenants seeking creative office space in a walkable location. The recent $9.4 million repositioning included an overhaul of the building lobby and the addition of a high-end fitness center equipped with shower and locker facilities, bike storage and an indoor/outdoor rooftop tenant lounge. At the time of sale, a diverse mix of office and retail tenants occupied the 15-story building. Power + Light is located a few blocks from Pioneer Square and Portland’s multi-modal transit hub. Nick Kucha and James Childress of Newmark Knight Frank, along with Buzz Ellis and Rob Hielscher of JLL, represented the seller. The buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — NAI Vegas has arranged the purchase of Las Vegas Grand Apartments, a multifamily complex in Las Vegas. 3D Investments acquired the property from 818 Flamingo Co. for $47.6 million, or $224,528 per unit. Located at 818 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Grand Apartments features 212 units. Patrick Sauter, Art Carll-Tangora and Steve Nosrat of the Sauter Multifamily Advisors at NAI Vegas represented the buyer in the deal.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO. — Christian Living Communities (CLC), a Denver-based nonprofit owner-operator, has purchased Cappella of Grand Junction, an assisted living and memory care community in Grand Junction. Located just east of the Utah border, the community features 66 units in a 52,000-square-foot building. Cappella Living Solutions, the management and consulting division of Christian Living Communities, has operated the community since construction began in 2016 through a development partnership with Confluent Senior Living. CLC financed the acquisition with owner equity and tax-exempt bond financing. CLC now owns six senior living communities in Colorado and is responsible for the management of 20 additional communities across Colorado, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Indiana and Missouri.
PHOENIX — Pueblo Nuevo Holdings has completed the sale of Pueblo Nuevo, an office asset located at 301 E. Bethany Home Road in Phoenix. Beverly Hills, Calif.-based GMK Assets Corp. acquired the property for $11.9 million. Pueblo Nuevo is a garden-style, 95,810-square-foot, multi-tenant office property. The asset features Santa Fe architecture and large central courtyards with gardens, Koi ponds and waterfalls. The property underwent an extensive renovation from 2016 to 2018. Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller in the transaction.
SEATTLE AND TOLEDO, OHIO — Merrill Gardens, a Seattle-based owner-operator, has formed a joint venture with ReNew, a Toledo-based REIT. The two companies will co-own 26 of the 28 seniors housing properties that ReNew is acquiring from New Senior Investment Group. In addition to owning a minority stake in the venture, Merrill Gardens will take over operations of the 26 communities. The two companies have worked together before on other joint ventures. An existing operating partner of ReNew will operate the final two communities in the portfolio, with ReNew taking a full ownership stake in those properties. The transaction brings Merrill Gardens’ total portfolio to 65 communities in 17 states. Of the 26 communities that will now be part of the Merrill Gardens portfolio, 15 are currently managed by Blue Harbor, the Portland-based management company that Merrill Gardens purchased in early November. Merrill Gardens also recently announced the addition of Tana Gall as president, replacing Dave Eskenazy who plans to retire early next year. Gall was the CEO at Blue Harbor for the past three years and she will now oversee the expanded Merrill Gardens portfolio. “This agreement provides an important chance for us to expand our footprint and diversify …