BOTHELL, WASH. — A joint venture between PCCP and SteelWave has purchased Canyon Park Business Center, a 17-building office/flex property located in Bothell, an eastern suburb of Seattle. A venture between SteelWave and Colony NorthStar sold the office park for an undisclosed price. Totaling 632,591 square feet, the campus features 13 Class A flex/office buildings, totaling 450,961 square feet, and four Class A life science lab and data center buildings, totaling 181,630 square feet. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 99 percent occupied. Canyon Park Business Center was built between 1985 and 1997. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Ken White, Michael Moll, James Childress and Bill DeLacy of Newmark Knight Frank represented the sellers, while the buyers were self-represented in the deal.
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BMO Harris Provides $16.7M Acquisition Financing for Seniors Housing Community in Bellevue, Washington
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — BMO Harris Bank’s Commercial Real Estate Healthcare group has closed $16.7 million in acquisition and renovation financing for Sagebrook, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Bellevue. Altum Senior Living operates the community, which is located across Lake Washington from Seattle. The property offers assisted living and memory care. A large strategic investor in the seniors housing industry teamed up with a regional partner to complete the acquisition. Further information on the buyer, seller and community was not disclosed.
KENT, WASH. — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired an industrial property, currently under construction at 8615 S. 192nd St. in Kent, for $12.4 million. The name of the seller was not released. Situated on 12.7 acres, the 220,000-square-foot, rear-load industrial distribution facility is slated for completion by the end of 2019. The property will feature 47 dock-high and two grade-level loading positions, 36-foot clear heights, and parking for 137 cars and 30 trailers. The estimated stabilized cap rate of the property is 5.6 percent and the total expected investment is $33.9 million.
Capstone Development Opens Three Student Housing Communities in California, Seattle Totaling 980 Beds
by Amy Works
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Birmingham-based Capstone Development Partners has opened five on-campus student housing communities totaling 3,000 beds, including two in California and one in Seattle. Development costs reached $350 million, $150 million of which was financed using private equity, with the remaining $200 million financed through a 501(c)3 nonprofit owner or a university using tax-exempt debt. Properties include Montage on College at San Diego State University in San Diego; Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif.; Vi Hilbert Hall at Seattle University in Seattle; The Village Phase 2 at The University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.; and the University of Massachusetts Boston Residence Hall and Dining Center in Boston. Montage on College at San Diego State University was built through a ground lease with the San Diego State University Real Estate Foundation. The property offers more than 300 beds of apartment-style housing. Community amenities include a resort-style spa, barbecue area, outdoor lounge and fire pit, community kitchen, fitness center, gaming and media room, and various study spaces. Capstone Development Partners’ management entity, Capstone Management Partners, operates the property. Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific offers 380 beds tailored to upper-level students. Shared amenities …
SEATTLE — Westcore Properties has completed the sale of a single-tenant industrial building in Seattle’s Georgetown submarket. Talon Private Capital acquired the property for $14.5 million, or $193.21 per square foot. OpenSquare, a provider of office space workstations and furniture for corporate users, fully occupies the 75,048-square-foot property, which is located at 303 S. River St. Andy Miller of Kidder Mathews, along with Mike Roy and Kevin Skillestad of Neil Walter Co., represented the seller in the deal.
SEATTLE — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Tyee Apartments and Levere Apartments, two multifamily properties located in Seattle’s University District. Kennedy Tyee LLC and Levere LLC sold the properties to Seattle University District LP for $20 million. The transaction is the first time the assets have traded in more than 50 years. Built in 1963 and located at 4115 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Tyee Apartments features 48 units in a mix of studios and one-bedroom units. Constructed in 1927 and located at 4105 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Levere Apartments offers 40 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Tim McKay, Dan Chhan, Sam Wayne and Arvin Vander Veen of Colliers International handled the transaction.
MILL CREEK, WASH. — Coast Equity Partners has completed the sale of Mill Creek Medical Pavilion (MCMP), a medical office building in Mill Creek, a suburb north of Seattle. A private investor acquired the property for $9.5 million. Located at 16030 Bothell Everett Highway, MCMP features 26,126 square feet of medical office space. Built in 1983 and renovated in 2011, the property is fully leased to a variety of healthcare providers, including outpatient services for family medicine, physical therapy, vision care, psychiatry and dentistry. Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher of CBRE’s Denver office, along with Paul Carr, Steve Perovich and Marcus Yamamoto of CBRE Puget Sound Healthcare Properties, represented the seller.
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Koelsch Communities has unveiled plans for Deer Ridge Memory Care, a 52-unit standalone memory care community in Puyallup, approximately 35 miles south of Seattle. Deer Ridge will total roughly 42,000 square feet, with an estimated project cost of $15 million. The community will stand on a four-acre site that is under contract to close for approximately $2 million later this year. Koelsch plans to break ground in April of 2019, with an anticipated opening in June of 2020. Koelsch is developing the project in partnership with RJ Development. Koelsch will also operate the community following completion, and Koelsch Construction is acting as general contractor. Judy Koelsch and David Goularte of JSK Design will handle interior design work on the project.
Fields Holdings Receives $64M Construction Loan for Student Housing Tower Near University of Washington
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Quantum Capital Partners has secured $64 million in construction financing for The M, a 24-story student housing development located near the University of Washington in Seattle. The property — developed by Los Angeles-based Fields Holdings — will offer studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units alongside 4,350 square feet of ground-floor retail and one level of subterranean parking. Shared amenities will include study rooms, a recreational lounge, fitness center, theater, indoor basketball court, roof-top deck, bicycle parking and a door man. A timeline for development has yet to be announced.
SEATTLE — Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and founder of investment and project management firm Vulcan Inc., which includes its real estate development arm, has died at age 65. Allen passed away Monday from symptoms of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Born in 1953 in Seattle, Allen attended school in the Seattle area and founded Microsoft, along with Bill Gates, in 1975. Almost 10 years later, he resigned from Microsoft and began focusing on philanthropic interests and commercial real estate development and investments, as well charity efforts across the Pacific Northwest. In 1986, Allen and his sister, Jody Allen, founded Vulcan Inc., as a vehicle for real estate, investment, entertainment and philanthropy efforts. The company has built more than 7.8 million feet of office, life sciences, residential and mixed-use projects since 1998. Included in Vulcan’s development portfolio is South Lake Union, the hub of Amazon in Seattle; the Allen Institute of Brain Science; and the Allen Institute of Cell Science, and combined these properties comprise 80 percent of the company’s development efforts. As owner of the Seattle Seahawks since 1997, Allen invested $140 million toward the construction of CenturyLink Field. Additional commercial properties that Vulcan and Allen contributed to include Museum of …