DENTON, TEXAS — A joint venture between New York City-based investment firm Vesper Holdings and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC has purchased CastleRock at Denton, a 564-bed student housing property located near the University of North Texas. Constructed in 2000, the building features 192 units in a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a fitness center, pool, computer lab, clubhouse, dog park and shuttle service to campus. Vesper plans to invest more than $1 million in renovations, including upgrades of unit interiors and amenity spaces, as well as building exteriors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
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LOS ANGELES — LA Apartments has purchased Venice-Mar Vista Portfolio, a six-property apartment portfolio in the Westside region of Los Angeles. A family trust sold the asset for $30 million. Built between 1961 and 1971, the portfolio includes: 17 units at 11735 Culver Blvd. 14 units at 11964 Lindblade St. 10 units at 4316 Berryman Ave. 18 units at 2712 Abbot Kinney Blvd. 24 units at 711 and 715 Machado Drive 16 units at 450 S. Venice Blvd. Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Greg Harris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Peter Castleton of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
By Taylor Williams The factors that have long enticed Texas retailers and restaurants to locate in mixed-use environments are back in full force, such that these users are once again willing to pay a premium for spaces built-in density and walkability. In some ways, this trend never really disappeared in Texas, one of the first states to reopen during the early months of COVID-19. Through measures passed in 2020 like sanctioning to-go alcohol sales and allowing businesses to stay open, albeit at reduced capacities, Texas has worked to minimize retail and restaurant closures and prevent large volumes of these spaces from being returned to markets. Neither has the state’s job and population growth slowed during the 22-month global health crisis, allowing developers across all asset classes to push forward. In addition, the newfound desire from consumers and businesses to work, shop and dine outdoors as much as possible has kept trains rolling on mixed-use projects, which inherently connect different uses through external features like trails, open streets, pocket parks and plazas. From a design standpoint, those connective features remain critically important, says Barry Hand, principal in the Dallas office of global architecture firm Gensler. “Pocket or linear parks are viewed …
DALLAS — Hodges Ward Elliott has arranged the sale of the 811-room Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport, located adjacent to Terminal C at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The recently renovated property offers four food and beverage concepts and 92,000 square feet of meeting and event space. John Bourret, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Atlanta-based Hodges Ward Elliott represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between global asset management firm Castlelake LP and Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — DD’s Discounts, owned by Ross Stores Inc., has signed a lease to open and operate an 18,000-square-foot store at Market Square Shopping Center in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook. Other tenants at the property, located near I-55, include Walmart, Dollar Tree, Wintrust Bank and T-Mobile. Michael Horne of Newcastle Properties represented ownership on an internal basis. Andy Bulson of Mid-America Real Estate represented the tenant. Newcastle owns and operates 82 properties in 23 states.
NEWARK, DEL. — Chicago-based Logistics Property Co. will develop First State Logistics, an approximately 1 million-square-foot industrial project that will be located on a 149-acre parcel in Delaware’s New Castle County. The site of the three-building project, which will be developed in two phases, is in Newark, about 45 miles south of Philadelphia. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, 60,000 square feet of office space, proximity to Interstate 95 and ample car and trailer parking. Phase I will comprise two buildings totaling 702,600 square feet that will be developed on a speculative basis. Phase II will encompass one 385,000-square-foot building. CBRE is leasing the project. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $85.1 million in joint venture equity and construction financing for Paravel, a 246-unit apartment complex in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie. JLL secured a $59.5 million construction-to-permanent, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company, and sourced $25.6 million in joint venture equity from a high-net-worth family office. Located at 8300 Commonwealth Drive, Paravel will be part of the Castle Ridge mixed-use development. The complex will include 358 underground parking stalls and 67 surface parking spaces. Josh Talberg, Brock Yaffe, Dan Linnell, Mox Gunderson, Pat McMullen, Adam Haydon, William Haass and Ken Dayton of JLL represented the borrower, Timberland Partners.
CASTLE ROCK, COLO. — Blue West Capital has brokered the sale of a single-tenant building located at 220 S. Wilcox St. in Castle Rock. A California-based 1031 exchange investor acquired the newly constructed asset for $2.8 million. The United States Postal Service occupies the 5,382-square-foot property as a mission-critical financial station that combines retail operations and carrier logistics. Zach Wright and Brandon Gayeski of Blue West Capital represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate development firm, in the deal.
SAN ANTONIO — Berkadia has arranged an acquisition loan of an undisclosed amount for Castle Hills Apartments, a 148-unit complex in San Antonio. Built in 1997, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 732 square feet to 1,224 square feet. Argentic Real Estate Investment LLC provided the three-year, floating-rate loan, which was also structured with three years of interest-only payments. Mitch Sinberg and Brad Williamson led the transaction for Berkadia on behalf of the borrower, Miami-based Rincon Real Estate Investments.
ST. LOUIS — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has been selected to lead the design-build team overseeing the construction of a new 16-story inpatient tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. The project is part of BJC HealthCare’s campus renewal plan, a long-term vision to transform the Washington University Medical Campus through new construction and renovations with a focus on improving the patient and family experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s Hospital. In addition to McCarthy, team members include architectural firm CannonDesign, consulting engineer BR+A, structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti, civil engineer Castle Contracting and landscape designer DTLS. The 660,000-square-foot tower will feature private rooms for heart and vascular patients, state-of-the-art imaging and the latest in surgical preparation and recovery. Plans call for 224 private inpatient rooms, 56 private intensive care unit rooms, two rooftop gardens and a family lounge with a business center, kitchenette, quiet rooms and laundry facilities. Additionally, an expansive surgical preparation and recovery program will occupy two floors. A modern imaging center will also occupy two floors. A new pedestrian walkway will lead from the parking lot to a redesigned and expanded lobby, gift shop and coffee bar. The new tower will replace Queeny Tower, a …