SEATTLE — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of Studio 7, a multifamily building located at 4029 Seventh Ave. NE in Seattle. The property traded for $15.8 million. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Built in 2017, Studio 7 features 75 studio apartments. At the time of sale, the property was nearly 60 percent vacant. Dylan Simon, Jerrid Anderson and Matt Laird of Kidder Mathews’ Simon and Anderson team represented the seller in the transaction.
SEATTLE — Newport Beach, Calif.-based MIG Real Estate has purchased Solara, a multifamily property located at 12736 Lake City Way NE in North Seattle. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Sares Regis Multifamily Funds acquired the property for $84 million. Built in 2001, Solara consists of three six-story buildings offering a total of 238 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with nine-foot ceilings and in-unit washers/dryers. On-site amenities include a pool, theater, 24-hour fitness center, game room, WiFi café, parcel lockers, pet wash station, conference room, landscaped private courtyard and leasing center. MIG plans to renovate the property by refreshing the interior amenities and leasing center, painting the exterior, updating signage, implementing light apartment renovations and refreshing the corridors. Additionally, the community features five ground-floor retail suites totaling 5,893 square feet leased to The Beer Authority, Caoba Hair Salon and Spa and Seatango. Jon Hallgrimson, Eli Hanacek, Frank Bosl and Kyle Yamamoto of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson and Brian Cruz of CBRE Capital Markets in San Diego partnered with CBRE’s Seattle multifamily team in arranging financing for the acquisition on behalf of MIG.
SEATTLE — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has funded a $20 million Freddie Mac Optigo conventional loan to refinance a 90-unit, 92-bed seniors housing property located in the Seattle metro area. The non-recourse loan carries a 10-year term, fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization period. The property maintained healthy occupancy during the COVID-19 pandemic and occupancy had climbed above 91 percent at the time of closing. The property features a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Steve Muth of M&T Realty Capital Corp.’s Richmond office led the transaction.
BOTHELL, WASH. — Construction is underway on a 1,055-bed residence hall at the University of Washington Bothell. The community is being developed through a public-private partnership (P3) between the university, Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street. The 300,000-square-foot development will replace Husky Village, an existing on-campus student housing community in Bothell, which is situated roughly 15 miles outside Seattle. The project will include three six-story residential buildings offering suites and apartments for both undergraduate and graduate students. The development will also include a 15,000-square-foot dining facility and 20,000 square feet of office space for university services and administration. Construction began in October on Phase I of the project, which is scheduled for completion in February 2023. Phase II of the development is set for delivery in August 2024. The community was designed by Mahlum Architects and is being constructed by Anderson Construction. Capstone Management Partners will operate and manage the community in coordination with the university upon completion. Capstone and Harrison Street have previously partnered on five P3 developments, including projects with Seattle University, the University of Chicago, Arizona State University Polytechnic, Cornish College of the Arts and the University of South Florida.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Vulcan has broken ground on Ondina, a 1.4-acre development site at 13238 NE Spring Blvd. in Bellevue. Located near the future location of BelRed/130th Light Rail Station, Ondina will feature 249 apartments, with 20 percent of the units designated rent- and income-restricted for households earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. The property is slated to open in early 2024. Runberg Architecture Group is serving as architect and Exxel Pacific is serving as general contractor of record for the project.
SEATTLE — Colliers has arranged the purchase of The Marco, a multifamily property located in the Roosevelt submarket of North Seattle. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $7.3 million. Tim McKay, Dan Chhan, Sam Wayne, Matt Kemper and Adam Groberman of Colliers represented the buyers, a local syndication group, in the transaction. Located at 9100 Roosevelt Way NE, The Marco features 25 apartments. The property was originally built in 1970 and is currently renting as market-rate apartments. Fourteen of the 25 units have been renovated over the last two years.
SEATTLE — Security Properties has sold Panorama House, a multifamily community in Seattle, to an undisclosed buyer for $120 million. Located at 1100 University St., the 18-story Panorama House features 179 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as four penthouse homes on the upper level each featuring at least one private courtyard. The property also includes a 1,300-square-foot fitness center, regulation-sized bocce ball and shuffleboard courts, a demonstration kitchen, resident lounges, an outdoor pool and three levels of underground parking. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased. The property offers panoramic views of downtown Seattle, the Olympic Mountains, Mount Rainier, Lake Union and Elliot Bay. Originally built in 1962, Panorama House underwent an $18 million renovation in 2016. Updates included new lighting, cabinetry, appliances and fixtures installed within the apartments. Additionally, floorplans were renovated to open kitchens to the living area and new fiber-optic high-speed data and cable wiring was installed. Jon Hallgrimson, Eli Hanacek, Mark Washington and Kyle Yamamoto of CBRE Capital Markets in Seattle represented the seller in the deal.
TACOMA, WASH. — Realterm has purchased Tacoma Gateway II from a partnership between Panattoni Development Co. and Crow Holdings Capital for an undisclosed price. Located at 12005 Steele St. South in Tacoma, Tacoma Gateway II is a newly developed, 274,000-square-foot distribution building with dock-high and grade-level loading, 36-foot clear heights and more than 200 trailer parking stalls on an adjacent 4.7-acre yard. Unis, a third-party logistics company, fully occupies the property, which was completed in July 2021. Brett Hartzell of CBRE’s National Partners Group and Shawn Childs and Monte Decker of CBRE’s Tacoma and Seattle offices represented the seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Private equity firm Sycamore Partners Management has acquired Ste. Michelle Wine Estates for $1.2 billion. The transaction is the largest private equity purchase of a wine business in the U.S., according to Bank of the West, which led financing for the acquisition. Altria Group Inc. was the seller, according to reports by Bloomberg. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates is the third-largest premium winery in the U.S. with over 30,000 acres of vineyards spread across three states. Some of the company’s popular brands include Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14 Hands, Patz & Hall, Northstar, Erath and Stags Leap. Chateau Ste. Michelle is one of the largest brands in the Pacific Northwest, located roughly 18 miles northeast of Seattle in Woodinville, Wash. The winery — which produces 60 percent of Washington’s annual wine sales — also owns 3,900 acres of vineyards in the Columbia Valley of Eastern Washington, including Canoe Ridge Estate and Cold Creek. New York City-based Sycamore Partners specializes in consumer, distribution and retail-related investments. The firm has approximately $10 billion in aggregate committed capital. Bank of the West, headquartered in San Francisco, is one of the largest commercial lenders to the wine industry in the U.S. —Katie Sloan
SEATTLE — Ready Capital has closed $14.9 million in acquisition, renovation and lease-up financing for a two-property, 100-unit multifamily portfolio in Seattle. Upon acquisition, the undisclosed borrower will implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors, cure deferred maintenance and upgrade common areas. Ready Capital closed the non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan, which features a 36-month term, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
