PHOENIX — Tower Capital has arranged $79.5 million to refinance an existing loan for the Village at Bronco Trail, a 354-unit build-to-rent (BTR) community in Phoenix. The sponsor, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Empire Group, started construction on the project in 2023. Kyle McDonough, George Maravilla, David Stull and Noah Schott of Tower Capital originated the nonrecourse construction financing via a debt fund. Situated on 30 acres at 28th Avenue and Sonoran Desert Drive, Village of Bronco Trail will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with floor plans averaging 923 square feet. Each home will offer a private yard, kitchen with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and backsplashes, full-size washers/dryers and upgraded smart-home features and technology. Community amenities will include detached garages, a fitness center, car wash station, playground, dog park, grilling area, resort-style pool, clubhouse and common area open spaces.
POLSON, MONT. — Kraus-Anderson has begun construction on 400 Horses Casino, formerly West Polson Casino, a new gaming facility in Polson. The casino will be built on tribal land by S&K Gaming (Salish & Kootenai). Designed by LSE Architects, the project will feature a 34,227-square-foot, family-friendly casino with 300 gaming machines and space for future expansions. Additionally, the casino will include a restaurant and 400 parking spaces. Construction is slated for completion this summer.
LAS VEGAS — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Buchanan Street Partners has acquired a newly constructed self-storage facility located at 310 Rock Springs Drive in Las Vegas. The project’s developer sold the asset for $21.8 million in an off-market transaction. Totaling 103,570 square feet, the three-building property offers 917 self-storage units. The Class A facility features a mix of interior climate-controlled units and drive-up access options spread across three-story buildings. Buchanan acquired the property at certificate of occupancy upon construction completion. The company is an active self-storage investor throughout the Western United States, including recent transactions in California and Arizona.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Fernwood Terrace Apartments in West Covina. A private investor acquired the asset from Fernwood Terrace Apartments LLC for $9.5 million. Gordon Reese of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Tyler Leeson and Drew Holden of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal. Located at 712 S. Fernwood St., Fernwood Terrace Apartments features 30 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with 24 of the units fully renovated. The community offers a swimming pool, onsite laundry, controlled access and 43 parking spaces.
TACOMA, WASH. — Realterm, an independent global investment manager focused on the transportation industry, has acquired 1955 Lincoln Avenue, a truck terminal in Tacoma. Terms of the transaction were not released. The purchase represents Realterm’s ninth high flow through (HFT) industrial property in the greater Seattle/Tacoma region. The property includes an 8,600-square-foot warehouse and 1,100 square feet of office space situated on 2.4 acres of fully paved, lit and secured land. The truck terminal features 29 dock doors with a grade-level loading ramp, as well as additional space for trailer parking. The asset is located in the Port of Tacoma’s Heavy Haul Industrial Corridor, which permits vehicles weighing up to 98,000 pounds. The location offers immediate access to the Port of Tacoma shipping terminals and the Union Pacific Intermodal facility.
— By Caleb Hodge of KWP Real Estate — The Los Angeles office market is undergoing a transformation. Finally. Downtown LA and most of the submarkets were decimated following the pandemic, but leasing activity is increasing. In fact, the fourth quarter of last year saw the highest annual leasing activity since the pandemic was officially declared “over,” according to Savills Research and Data Services. How is this possible? The answer lies in the evolving identity of office spaces, which is driven by the demand for creative office. Despite increased asking rates in certain submarkets, Los Angeles is still a tenant-driven office market. The rub is that hybrid-working models continue to, at times, complicate leasing decisions. Fortunately, highly sought-out creative office space in Los Angeles offers two key incentives: premium amenities and functional, innovative office designs. Creative office space may still be considered niche, but the amenities and design layouts are critical when bringing employees back to the office. In fact, those attributes are highly desired by most modern office workers, whether their industry or physical space is considered “creative” or not. With traffic being a constant factor in LA, centrally located offices with easy commutes for a majority of workers …
LOS ANGELES — SF Capital has secured $56.2 million in life insurance company financing for a mixed-use retail and office portfolio located in Southern California. The 368,000-square-foot portfolio includes 215,000 square feet of office space and 153,000 square feet of retail space. The financing was arranged through SF Capital’s life company correspondent loan program. Additional terms of the financing were not released.
MESA, ARIZ. — Brinkmann Constructors, in partnership with Scannell Properties, has completed an industrial manufacturing build-to-suit facility in Mesa for Super Radiator Coils. The Minnesota-based company specializes in heat exchanger manufacturing and will use the facility to consolidate and expands its local operations. The 150,000-square-foot property features 45,000 square feet of Class A office space, 130,000 square feet of fully conditioned manufacturing floor space, 11 gantry crane systems, multiple gas process piping systems and a black ops assembly area with a cleanroom. Ware Malcomb served as architect for the project.
SAN DIEGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $27.6 million loan to refinance Torrey Hills Center, an 86,467-square-foot retail center located in the Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego. Vons Market anchors the center. Originally built in 2005, the property is 98.4 percent leased to a mix of 26 tenants including Orangetheory Fitness, Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo and JETSET Pilates. Greg Brown, John Marshall, Spencer Seibring and Allie Black of JLL’s Debt Advisory team represented the borrower, a national real estate investment and management firm, in arranging the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through a correspondent insurance company.
HOLLISTER, CALIF. — The De Jong | Becher Self Storage Team at Colliers has arranged the sale of Hannigan’s Mini Storage facility in Hollister. Mechanics Banks, as trustee for the John A Maki Trust, sold the asset to National Storage Affiliates for $6.5 million. Located at 180 San Felipe Road, the fully stabilized self-storage facility features 330 units in 29,926 rentable square feet. The property will transition to Right Space Storage management and branding at close.