MURRAY, UTAH — A new 5,000-square-foot Starbucks location has debuted in Murray. It is located at 5141 South State St. The building is situated across from Intermountain Medical Center. Wadsworth Development Group developed the center.
LOGAN, UTAH – A Maverik gas station and convenience store has opened on a 1.1-acre pad in Logan. The new spot is located at 300 South Main Street. Maverik is currently expanding in Logan. It has also secured stadium naming rights for Utah State University. Maverik contains more than 270 locations across 10 Western states.
SALT LAKE CITY — Gelt has purchased the 334-unit Layton Meadows in Salt Lake City for an undisclosed sum. Layton Meadows is located at 540 W. 1425 N. in Layton, about 25 miles north of Downtown. It is fully leased. Gelt will conduct light exterior and interior renovations to the property. It will also remodel the leasing office.
SALT LAKE CITY — Gelt has purchased the 294-unit Miller Estates in Salt Lake City. Miller Estates is located at 4929 S. Lake Pines Drive in the Murray submarket, which is 10 miles south of Downtown Salt Lake City. It is currently 97 percent occupied. The community features a man-made lake and a historic house that serves as the leasing office. Although the previous ownership invested about $4 million in upgrades to the asset, Gelt is planning to further add value via significant capital improvements, which will include the addition of a dog park, children’s play area and bike room.
PARK CITY, UTAH — Homestead Development Partners has formed as a venture between Michael Augustine, Jared Miller, Evan Schwartz and Columbus Pacific Properties. The company’s focus is to develop high-caliber student housing communities nationwide and acquire assets through a value-add strategy. Target communities will be focused in tier-two and tier-three markets with a smaller emphasis on tier-one. HELIX Starkville, Homestead’s first development, is currently under construction at Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi. HELIX Starkville will be 258 units comprising 802 beds in one-, two-, and four-bedroom floor plans located across the street from campus. Leasing will begin fall 2015. Two additional Homestead developments are in the planning stages. The first is located at another southern university, while the second will be located in the northeast. Developments and value-add acquisitions will be acquired by Homestead Development Partners and managed by Homestead-U, an affiliated management company based in Columbus, Ohio.
SALT LAKE CITY — Extra Space Storage has acquired SmartStop Self Storage for $1.4 billion. Extra Space will acquire 121 SmartStop stores and will assume the property management for its 43 third-party managed stores once the transaction is complete. SmartStop is based in the Orange County submarket of Ladera Ranch, Calif. It currently operates 169 self-storage properties in 21 states and in Canada. SmartStop is the seventh-largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in the U.S. Certain SmartStop assets will be sold for about $120 million at or prior to the closing of this transaction. This includes one store in California, beneficial interests in two Alabama stores and five stores in Toronto. The stores in Alabama and California will be managed by Extra Space following the disposition. Salt Lake City-based Extra Space Storage is a self-administered and self-managed REIT. The company owns and/or operates 1,100 self-storage properties in 35 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — TruAmerica Multifamily has entered Utah for the first time by purchasing the 315-unit Crossing at Daybreak apartment complex in South Jordan. The purchase price was not disclosed. Crossing at Daybreak is located at 4950 W. Frogs Leap Drive. It was built in 2011. The community features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes within the master-planned community of Daybreak. The community is situated just 18 miles south of Salt Lake City. Common-area amenities include a resort-style pool, spa and cabana, resident lounge, game room, fitness center, and picnic and barbecue areas. TruAmerica plans to invest up to $1 million into the property. This investment would go toward light unit interior enhancements, in-unit Wi-Fi, a dog wash station and upgraded landscaping. TruAmerica also received a five-year, interest-only loan with a floating rate of 2.15 percent. The agency debt financing was arranged by Allan Freedman and Ed Zimbler of Berkadia. The firm is currently expanding its holdings across the Western U.S. It has rapidly expanded its presence in Seattle, Denver and throughout California, with additional plans to acquire properties in Portland, Ore., and Las Vegas in the very near future, according to TruAmerica. Campbell also notes …
DRAPER, UTAH – Wadsworth Development Group has completed a 1,920-square-foot Starbucks in the Salt Lake City submarket of American Fork. The new outpost is located at 496 E. State Road, just north of Orem. Starbucks fully occupies the new space. It was developed by Starbucks Coffee Company.
SALT LAKE CITY – River Springs Ranch Corporation has acquired a 60,595-square-foot industrial park in Salt Lake City for an undisclosed sum. The park is located at 4030, 4036 and 4050 South 500 West. River Springs is looking to exchange out of its West Coast products and into more stable markets, such as Utah, according to Bryce Blanchard and Zach Anderson of Newmark Grubb ACRES, which represented the California investor. The seller, 4000 S Industrial Park LLC, was represented by Mark Jensen, Jeff Heaton and Robert Kingsford of the same firm.
SALT LAKE CITY – The Oakridge Apartments, a 40,000-square-foot apartment complex in South Ogden, has sold to BiSkan Oakridge LLC for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 1280 East 5850 South. Patrick Bodnar of Mountain West represented both the buyer and seller, Craigland Properties LLC, in this transaction.