— By Liz Claire of Avison Young — The Las Vegas retail market continued its strong performance in fourth-quarter 2024. Vacancy rates declined to 5.3 percent, marking a 200-basis-point drop from the fourth quarter of 2020. Strong absorption rates and healthy rent increases highlight the market’s resilience, even as growth has moderated since its peak in first-quarter 2021. Vacancy Declines and Strong Absorption Las Vegas experienced a significant increase in positive retail space absorption in fourth-quarter 2024, following eight quarters of minimal movement, with a total of 619,000 square feet absorbed. This surge was primarily driven by major developments, including the completion of the 500,000-square-foot BLVD retail project, which saw strong pre-leasing activity from prominent tenants like Adidas, H&M, Lululemon and In-N-Out Burger. Sustained high demand lowered the vacancy rate by 40 basis points from the previous quarter, further solidifying Las Vegas as a leading retail market. Retail Rents and Growth Trends Market-wide retail asking rents averaged $35.20 per square foot, with rents outside the high-priced resort corridor averaging $29.08 per square foot. Year over year, rents increased by 5.8 percent, significantly outpacing the national average rent growth of 3 percent. This steady rent appreciation demonstrates continued demand for retail space in …
LAKE STEVENS, WASH. — Colorado-based Spartan Investment Group has acquired a self-storage facility in Lake Stevens for an undisclosed price. Located at 8911 Vernon Road, the property features 161 units of climate-controlled storage and 242 units of non-climate-controlled storage. Spartan will invest $225,000 in upgrades and expanded amenities to improve curb appeal and modernize security. The self-storage facility was originally constructed in 1999.
PHOENIX — Gantry has secured a $28.2 million permanent loan to refinance a portfolio of five manufactured housing communities in Arizona, California and Iowa. The fully stabilized assets feature a total of 687 pads across properties in Sierra Vista and Casa Grande, Ariz., Hemet and San Bernardino, Calif., and Atlantic, Iowa. Patrick Barkley and Chad Metzger of Gantry’s Phoenix production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. The five-year, fixed-rate loan was provided by an institutional balance sheet lender and features full-term interest-only payments. Gantry will service the loan.
VAN NUYS, CALIF. — Duckhorn Partners has completed the disposition of a two-tenant retail property located at 14434-14480 Sherman Way in Van Nuys. Sherman Way 26 Properties LLC, a local private investor, acquired the asset for $11.4 million. Alex Kozakov and Pat Wade of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Situated on 1.2 acres in the San Fernando Valley, the 18,296-square-foot property was built in 1995 and offers 70 parking spaces. A national healthcare provider and El Gallo Giro, a regional restaurant chain, both occupy the property under long-term triple-net leases.
SALT LAKE CITY — CBRE has arranged the leased fee interest sale of a 1.7-acre parcel in downtown Salt Lake City. Safehold Inc. acquired the asset, which includes a ground lease for over 98 years, for an undisclosed price. Asher Adams, a 225-key Autograph Collection hotel, occupies the site. The hotel was completed in 2024 and includes an adaptive reuse of the historic Union Pacific Depot Train Station. The parcel is located at 2 S. 400 West. Anthony DeLorenzo, Sammy Cemo, Bryan Johnson, Will Pike and Patrick Bodnar of CBRE represented the institutional seller in the transaction.
STERLING, COLO — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the acquisition of a restaurant property located at 224 W. Main St. in Sterling. Terms of the transaction were not released. Pizza Hut currently occupies the 5,192-square-foot property on a triple-net lease. Dallas Sandberg represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Legacy Partners and DWS has commenced construction of Olea Scottsdale, a multifamily community in Scottsdale. Olea Scottsdale will feature 325 garden-style apartments in 14 buildings and 108 townhomes spread across 24 buildings. Delivery of the townhomes is slated for summer 2027, with apartments scheduled for fall 2027. KTGY is serving as architect and an affiliate of Houston-based The Dinerstein Cos. is serving as general contractor and co-investor for the project.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Shorenstein Investment Advisers has completed the sales of three office buildings in Bellevue’s The Spring District in two separate transactions. Funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate acquired a joint-control interest in Blocks 5 and 6 from Shorenstein, while Drawbridge Realty, a KKR partner, purchased Block 13 from Shorenstein and Wright Runstad & Co. The properties were each developed as build-to-suit office buildings for Meta. Terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Blocks 5 and 6 consist of two, 11-story buildings that total 670,000 square feet. While both buildings are leased long-term to Meta, the entirety of Block 6 was recently subleased to Snowflake, which moved into the building in May. Block 13 is a nine-story, 200,000-square-foot property.
TIGARD, ORE., AND BELLEVUE, WASH. — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Pacific Urban Investors has purchased two apartment communities in Oregon and Washington. Terms of the transactions were not released. The company acquired Meadow Creek, a 304-unit multifamily in Tigard, that has been renamed Ansley Murrayhill. Built in 1985, the two-story, garden-style property features 608 parking spaces, a clubhouse, fitness center, game room, swimming pool, spa, racquetball court and a dog park. Pacific Urban Investors also purchased Edgewood Park, a 195-unit property in Bellevue, that has been renamed Alder Bellevue. The low-density, garden-style community offers 372 parking spaces, two swimming pools, a fitness center and ample green space.
LAS VEGAS — Dalfen Industrial has acquired Diablo Logistics Center, a two-building industrial asset located at 5075 and 5175 W. Diablo Drive in Las Vegas. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2002, Diablo Logistics Center offers 143,763 square feet of industrial space that is fully leased to seven tenants. The buildings feature 160-foot truck courts, 24-foot clear heights, a total of 44 dock-high doors and 18 grade-level doors.