NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has sold a two-building, 42,697-square-foot office property to a private Newport Beach real estate firm for $20.4 million. Buchanan purchased the offices in 2020 for $11.5 million. Located at 1400 and 1420 Bristol St. N., the property was 22 percent leased at the time of sale. Buchanan had initially planned to carry out an adaptive reuse initiative at the property until the buyer, a residential developer, showed interest.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Greystone, a privately held commercial real estate financial services firm, has provided a $257.2 million loan for The Beacon, a six-building apartment complex in Jersey City totaling 1,155 units. The borrower, Building and Land Technology (BLT), is using the loan to refinance the construction loan stemming from the project’s adaptive reuse of a historic hospital. The Beacon opened as the Jersey City Medical Center Complex in 1936 before its conversion to high-end apartments between the early 2000s and 2016, according to Jersey Digs. Judah Rosenberg of Greystone originated the Freddie Mac loan, which features a 10-year term and fixed interest rate. John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Alex Lapidus, Mitch Rothstein, Brian Whitmer, Niko Nicolaou and David Bernhaut of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing on behalf of BLT. “The property is ideally located at the intersection of three of Jersey City’s most populated neighborhoods and features unparalleled views of the New Jersey Gold Coast and Manhattan,” says Alascio. “The recently redeveloped complex features best-in-class amenities and a thoughtful community design offering tenants a convenient live-work-play environment.” Situated on 14 acres near Jersey City’s Journal Square, McGinley Square and Bergen Lafayette neighborhoods, The Beacon is located within two …
By Nellie Day LOS ANGELES — The advice offered by a panel of developers at InterFace Seniors Housing West, held Feb. 2 at the Omni Los Angeles, mirrors the advice many would give to their senior residents. Namely, “stay active and stay creative.” But these verbs take on a slightly different meaning when you’re talking about the smartest plays for seniors housing developers during a time in which key economic conditions are changing. “The smarter operators and developers have been developing pipelines,” said panelist Paul Mullin, principal at Flatiron Development Group. “The key is momentum. Keep momentum going. Keep the pipeline going. Don’t stop because bankers aren’t lending. We’ll all get out of this; it’s just a short-term issue we have to overcome.” The issue of the current market conditions may be short term, but it’s also multifaceted, as David Waite, partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, pointed out. “The challenges are real,” he said. “You’ve got the spread between bid and ask and a rising-cap-rate environment. To go in and buy an asset today in this market is super challenging because you know it’s going in the wrong direction in terms of the valuation.” The solution, according to Waite, …
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has negotiated the sale of a 155-unit luxury apartment property in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood for $53.5 million. Named Anderson Point, the property located at 5700 N. Ashland Ave. is the adaptive reuse of the Edgewater Medical Center. The seller, MCZ Edgewater Development LLC, transformed the former hospital into a luxury apartment community. Amenities include indoor parking, in-unit laundry, a fitness center, roof deck, golf simulator, tenant lounges and private workspaces. Lee Kiser, Katie LeGrand and Jacob Price of Kiser brokered the transaction. The buyer, Lake Street Lofts LLC, completed a 1031 exchange.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has negotiated the sale of a 155-unit luxury apartment property in Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood for $53.5 million. Named Anderson Point, the property located at 5700 N. Ashland Ave. is the adaptive reuse of the Edgewater Medical Center. The seller, MCZ Edgewater Development LLC, transformed the former hospital into a luxury apartment community. Amenities include indoor parking, in-unit laundry, a fitness center, roof deck, golf simulator, tenant lounges and private workspaces. Lee Kiser, Katie LeGrand and Jacob Price of Kiser brokered the transaction. The buyer, Lake Street Lofts LLC, completed a 1031 exchange.
By Scott Dunwoody, Cushman & Wakefield It’s not too much of a stretch to say that St. Louis’ life sciences sector dates back to Lewis & Clark’s Corps of Discovery and all the scientific findings revealed upon their return to the city in 1806. More than two centuries later, St. Louis remains at the forefront of life sciences. The region is a center of plant science research and a cornerstone of global agriculture technology, with institutions such as Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) and St. Louis University playing critical roles in the biotech and medical fields. These factors translate into significant economic development benefits for the region and a positive impact on the area’s commercial real estate market. St. Louis is home to the largest concentration of plant scientist PhDs in the world. All that talent supports and drives more than 750 plant and medical science organizations across the region, including large employers such as Bayer (formerly Monsanto), Bunge, Benson Hill, IFF, Novus and Pfizer, and has led to significant investments throughout the region. What’s more, St. Louis ranks No. 14 nationally in National Institutes of Health funding, having secured more than $3.3 billion in the past five years. …
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Urban Story Ventures has sold a former Macy’s department store at Volusia Mall in Daytona Beach for $10 million. The Chattanooga, Tenn.-based investor purchased the 10-acre property in spring 2020. The buyer, a joint venture between Legacy Partners and capital partner Griffin Capital Co. LLC, plans to develop a 350-unit apartment community at the site. The community, dubbed Legacy Daytona, will be situated across the street from Daytona Beach International Airport and Daytona International Speedway. Designed by Zyscovich Architects, the property will feature a top floor sky lounge, outdoor living room, heated saltwater pool, reflection courtyard, fitness center, yoga and spin studio, a dog park and a pet spa. The store will be demolished in the coming months to make way for Legacy Daytona. Legacy Partners and Griffin Capital plan to move in first tenants by summer 2024, with full completion set for summer 2025. Urban Story Ventures is currently involved in the adaptive reuse of another former Macy’s store it sold in Vero Beach, Fla.
FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. — U-Haul has completed the development of a new, 800-unit self-storage facility in Fort Walton Beach dubbed U-Haul Moving & Storage of the Emerald Coast. Located at 200 Irwin Ave., the facility comprises 138,000 square feet. U-Haul acquired the property, which was originally constructed in 1971 and formerly housed a J.M. Fields department store and Kmart, in 2019. The acquisition and adaptive reuse of the site aligns with U-Haul’s corporate sustainability initiatives, and the company worked with the Audubon Society to maintain a bird-friendly rooftop for the threatened Least Turn and Black Skimmer species.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Commons at the Park, an adaptive reuse campus located at 6800 Solectron Drive in Charlotte. The property comprises a 438,144-square-foot office building and two additional land parcels. The buyer, Albemarle U.S. Inc., a specialty chemicals company, will utilize the property as a lithium research and development center. Completion of the project, dubbed Albemarle Technology Park, is scheduled for late 2026. Keith Bell, Matt Treble, Dirk Riekse and Eric Sorenson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction. Jessica Brown, David Dorsch and Jordan Williams of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a Shorenstein Properties entity doing business as 6800 Solectron Owner LP.
INDIANA AND MISSOURI — Flaherty & Collins Properties has unveiled plans for four affordable housing construction projects in Indiana and Missouri. Representing a total of $80 million in costs, the projects all involve renovations or adaptive reuse. Jazz Hill is a $35 million project that will preserve 11 buildings along The Paseo, a historic boulevard in Kansas City. The 197-unit affordable housing community will feature new appliances, HVAC, roofs, flooring, bathrooms, cabinets, lighting and elevators. A partnership with Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corp., the project was financed with 4 percent tax credits from the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC) as well as federal and state historic tax credits and tax-exempt bonds from the Planned Industrial Expansion Authority (PIEA). Merchants Capital is the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) investor, federal historic tax credit investor and construction lender, and provided Freddie Mac permanent financing. Monarch Capital is the state historic tax credit investor. The city provided $4.2 million in Central City Economic Development (CCED) funds. Parkside at Tarkington is a $16.2 million affordable seniors housing project in downtown Indianapolis. The 60-unit development is an adaptive reuse of the former United Way headquarters building. Flaherty & Collins is partnering with Midtown Indianapolis on …
