REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Township Apartments, a multifamily asset located in Redwood City. Nuveen Real Estate sold the property for $88.6 million, or $671,591 per unit or $735 per square foot. Salvatore Saglimbeni, Stanford Jones and Philip Saglimbeni of IPA represented the seller in the deal. Built in 2014 on 2.3 acres, Township Apartments features 132 units averaging 914 square feet, with equipped luxury finishes including quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities include a resort-style setting with communal gathering spaces.
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KENT, WASH. — BKM Capital Partners has purchased West Valley Business Park, an industrial asset located at 19226 66th Ave. in Kent, approximately 13.5 miles from downtown Seattle. Entera Properties sold the park for $30.4 million in an off-market transaction. Totaling 205,655 square feet, the industrial park consists of 179 units in 19 buildings. Originally constructed in 1982, the property was 92 percent leased to 164 tenants at the time of sale. BKM plans to invest approximately $1.2 million in capital improvements to renovate and reposition the property. Both the seller and buyer were self-represented in the deal.
CareTrust REIT Buys Two Seniors Housing Assets in California’s Central Valley for $22.8M
by Amy Works
MODESTO AND SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE) has acquired two healthcare facilities in California’s Central Valley in a pair of off-market transactions. The two properties include Central Valley Post Acute, a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Modesto, and Saint Claire’s Nursing Center and Saint Francis Senior Residence, a 99-bed skilled nursing and 72-unit assisted living campus in Sacramento. CareTrust leased both assets to Kalesta Healthcare LLC, an existing CareTrust tenant. In addition to operational and other changes being made at the two facilities, Kalesta has rebranded the Modesto facility as Valley Skilled Nursing and the Sacramento campus as City Creek Post-Acute and Assisted Living. CareTrust’s total initial investment for the two assets was $22.8 million, inclusive of transaction costs. Scheduled cash rent for the first two years is approximately $3.9 million, with CPI-based escalators thereafter. CareTrust has also committed to provide a $1 million fund for capital expenditures to improve the City Creek facility. The Kalesta master lease has approximately 14 years remaining on the initial term, with two five-year renewal options. The acquisition was funded using a combination of cash on hand and CareTrust’s $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh (VTBS Architects) is working with Weidner Apartments Homes and Deacon Construction to develop Sacramento Commons, a multifamily project in downtown Sacramento. The development team has broken ground on the two mid-rise buildings. Upon completion, the project will feature 436 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, with ground-floor retail space for restaurants, stores and neighborhood services. Sacramento Commons will be the center of the area’s mega block, a four-square-block residential area between Fifth and Seventh streets and N and P streets. Construction is expected to take approximately 32 months.
The retail market in Portland remains competitive. Vacancy rates are staying low at 3.1 percent, compared to about 5.5 percent just five years ago, leading to healthy competition among tenants for space. Retailers and brands are thriving across the board in this market. We’re seeing food halls, outdoor apparel, athletic brands, brew pubs, schools, banks, value brands, homegrown food concepts and many franchise concepts entering or expanding. Competitive socializing and esport lounges are growing in popularity across the country, taking up about 32 percent of the leisure tenant market. Competitive socializing concepts like Voicebox and Punchbowl Social are quickly becoming some of the most popular leisure tenants in the Portland area. Live Nation has recently signed a lease for a new entertainment venue at Lloyd Center, which will soon offer more small-venue live entertainment options. Brands like Pendleton, Nike, Columbia Sports, Apple, Nordstrom, H&M and Zara have flagship stores in the downtown core. Patagonia, Anthropologie and a local favorite, the Mercantile, have all expanded their footprints taking prime real estate in the Portland CBD/West End. The desire for wellness and a balanced lifestyle has led to a boom in demand for retail space. Wellness tenants like medical clinics, dental offices …
SAN FRANCISCO AND ANTOICH, CALIF. — Donahue Schriber has acquired two grocery-anchored retail centers for a total of nearly $132 million. The acquisitions expand the company’s presence in the San Francisco Bay area. In the first deal, Donahue Schriber purchased Lakeshore Plaza in San Francisco. Located at 1549 Sloat Blvd., the 172,364-square-foot center was built in 1993 and serves the Sunset District, West Portal and Saint Francis Wood. Lucky, Ross Dress for Less, Petco and Big 5 Sporting Goods anchor the retail property. This acquisition represents the company’s second purchase in San Francisco in the last two years. Additionally, Donahue Schriber acquired Antioch Crossings, a neighborhood retail center located at 3303-3421 Deer Valley Road in Antioch. Safeway anchors the 126,309-square-foot shopping center. Further terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
Westside Retail Arranges $8.2M Sale of Freestanding Retail Building in Southern California
by Amy Works
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Westside Retail has arranged the sale of a freestanding retail building, located at 4411 Sepulveda Blvd. in Culver City. Tova Capital Inc. acquired the asset from Drucker Living Trust for $8.2 million, or approximately $680 per square foot. Samy’s Camera occupies the 12,054-square-foot building. Originally built in 1989 by the owner and operator of Allied Model Trains, the building’s architecture is a replica of the historic Los Angeles Union Train Station. Mark Einbund and Marc Pollock of Westside Retail represented the seller, while Daniel Pickard of Industry Partners represented the buyer in the deal.
SPARKS, NEV. — Green Leaf Partners has purchased Waterstone at Kiley Ranch, an apartment community located in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada. The asset is located at 815 Kiley Parkway within the 800-acre Kiley Ranch master-planned community. Initially developed as a for-sale condominium property in 2007, the community was later converted to 100 percent rental units. Waterstone at Kiley Ranch features 203 units in a mix of four floorplans featuring multi-story one- and two-bedroom apartments. The units include high-end amenities such as stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, full-size washer-dryer sets, high ceilings, premium finishes and direct-access garages. Aiman Noursoultanova of CBRE’s Reno office represented the seller in the deal. Troy Tegeler of CBRE Debt and Structured Finance assisted in financing the deal for the buyer, and Marc Ross of CBRE’s Sacramento office provided advisory assistance on the transaction.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — San Diego-based Stos Partners has purchased a two-tenant R&D/office property located at 5816 Dryden Place in Carlsbad. A private entity sold the asset for $3.8 million. Stos Partners negotiated a sale-leaseback through which the seller will remain a long-term tenant, occupying 79 percent of the 22,156-square-foot building. The buyer plans to implement cosmetic improvements and building upgrades that include a new roof, exterior and interior paint, revived drought-tolerant landscaping, parking lot upgrades and speculative creative office interior improvements. This transaction brings Stos Partners’ year-to-date acquisition volume in 2019 to 402,500 square feet totaling more than $55.5 million throughout Southern California. Adam Foster of Foster Commercial Real Estate represented Stos in the acquisition.
Progressive Real Estate Partners Brokers $3.3M Sale of Preschool Property in Goodyear, Arizona
by Amy Works
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property, located at 13201 W. Thomas Road in Goodyear. An Arizona-based private investor sold the property to a Southern California-based private investor for $3.3 million in a 1031 exchange transaction. Sunrise Preschools, Child Care Network, has occupied the 8,500-square-foot property on a triple-net-lease basis for more than 20 years. The preschool caters to children six weeks to 12 years of age and offers a variety of programs for infants, toddlers, preschool and before- and after-school care. The property was built in 1999. Brad Umansky and Mike Lin of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.