KENNEWICK, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.8 million sale of CCH Executive Suites, an office property located at 1030 N. Center Parkway in Kennewick. Tyler Nicholes of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both undisclosed private investors, in the deal. Built in 2015, the 22,252-square-foot office is occupied by the area’s top executive suites business, providing a variety of professional office amenities to more than 90 tenants.
SEATTLE — American Life Insurance (ALI) has received a $122.7 million loan for the refinancing of 255 South King Street, an office and hotel property located in Seattle. PCCP provided the loan to ALI, which developed the mixed-use property in February 2018. 255 South King Street consists of a 209,476-square-foot office tower and a 23-story, 282-room Hilton Embassy Suites. The hotel features approximately 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space, a pool, and a fitness center. The office tower, which spans 11 stories above a seven-story retail and parking garage podium, was fully leased at the time of sale. Dave Karson, Chris Moyer, Stephen Michels, Zachary Kraft and Lauren Greenberg of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing for the borrower.
FIFE, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sherwood Park, an apartment community located in Fife. A limited liability company sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $9.5 million. Kellan Moll and Scott Morasch of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction.
OLYMPIA, WASH. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Capitol Crossing, an apartment community located at 1112 Chestnut St. SE in Olympia. The property traded for $14.4 million, or $184,615 per unit. The names of the buyer and seller were not released. Built in 1988 and partially renovated, Capitol Crossing features 78 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. At the time of sale, the community was 95 percent occupied. Steven Chattin, Mitchell Belcher, Jay Timpani and Chad Blenz of Berkadia represented the seller in the deal.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the purchase of Autumn Grove, a multifamily property located in Vancouver. Las Vegas-based The Calida Group acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The name of the seller was not released. Adjacent to the Vancouver Mall, the property features 148 apartments and was recently completed. At the time of sale, the community was 86 percent leased. Anthony Palladino, Giovanni Napoli, Philip Assouad, Ryan Dinius and Sidney Warsinske of IPA represented the buyer in the deal.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Hines, Benenson Capital Partners and USAA Real Estate have unveiled plans for Main Street Place, a 6.8-acre, mixed-use development in downtown Bellevue. Development costs were not disclosed. Main Street Place will feature approximately 1.2 million square feet of newly built high-rise office space on the north side of the site, along with about 400 units of low-rise apartments on the south side of the development. Additionally, there will be about 90,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and amenity spaces, along with public open space and pedestrian-friendly areas. The development will be situated near a planned light rail station, which is slated to open in 2023. This rail station will connect the Main Street Place site to downtown Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond. The mixed-use project is being developed on a long-term ground lease with Benenson Capital Partners. The Benenson family has owned the site for decades, originally acquiring the Albertson’s grocery store at the site, and then developing the retail center that currently exists on the property. “We are excited to bring the shared vision of Hines and Benenson Capital to Main Street Place. We believe this development, with its proximity to the …
KENT, WASH. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided $44.5 million in construction financing for Bridge Point Kent 300, a two-building industrial project located in Kent. Situated on 16 acres on the former REI headquarters site, the property will feature 309,028 square feet of Class A warehouse distribution space spread across a 50,529-square-foot building and a 258,480-square-foot building. The buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 42 dock doors, 391 parking spaces and approximately 26,000 square feet of additional yard space. Steve Skok of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage placed the debt on the transaction.
SEATTLE — Taylor Street Capital Partners has arranged $12 million in cash-out refinancing for a historic mixed-use office and retail property located in downtown Seattle. Nick Martinez and Chris Nuccio of Taylor Street Capital Partners negotiated the refinancing on behalf of the undisclosed ownership group and structured the loan to provide capital back for the sponsors to expand their business. The non-recourse loan includes a 10-year term with a 3.2 percent fixed rate and no prepayment penalty upon a sale.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Brookfield Asset Management real estate fund has purchased Block 24, a recently completed office property located at The Spring District in Bellevue. Wright Runstad & Co., Shorenstein Properties and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives sold the asset for $200 million. Facebook occupies the 197,959-square-foot building, which is the latest addition to The Spring District. The district currently consists of more than 1 million square feet of office space, neighborhood retail space and over 800 apartments centered on the future Spring District light rail station, which is slated to open in 2023. More than 350,000 square feet of additional office and retail space is under construction at the development, with over 1 million more square feet in the planning stages. This transaction marks Brookfield’s second at The Spring District. The company acquired the adjacent, 338,000-square-foot Block 16 office building, which is also fully leased to Facebook, in October 2020.
By Tory Glossip, Managing Director, Colliers Puget Sound has 553,566 square feet of retail under construction, comprising 0.4 percent of existing inventory. The market dynamic will keep retail property values in the Pacific Northwest higher than most U.S. markets that are overbuilt. Puget Sound’s retail market posts rents 30 percent above the national average at $20.71 per square foot. Pricing is traditionally a function of supply and demand. In the retail world, that demand relies partially on income. The most expensive markets to lease retail space also happen to have the highest incomes…by far. Despite ideas in some circles that retail is dead, physical footprints will continue to be an important part of the retail landscape, although less so in downtown areas until workers return to the office. Most consumers have retreated to submarkets, leaving retailers to explore alternative options to use their property more effectively. Brands are expanding their reach with small-format stores and cross-promoting their products and services in showrooms. Many are leveraging smaller footprints into touch-and-feel locations that seamlessly blend online browsing and in-store purchasing. The shopping mall as we know it will have a different look and feel post-COVID. With big box retail reallocating existing space into localized …
