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PS Business Parks Acquires 1.1 MSF Industrial Portfolio in Northern Virginia for $143.3M

by Taylor Williams June 11, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, VA. — PS Business Parks Inc. (NYSE: PSB), a California-based office and industrial REIT, has acquired a portfolio of industrial properties totaling roughly 1.1 million square feet in northern Virginia. The purchase price was $143.3 million. The portfolio consists of the 19 buildings located within the 813,725-square-foot Northern Virginia Industrial Park and the 241,000-square-foot Fullerton Industrial Park. Both of these developments, which span a combined 65 acres, are located in Springfield, about 15 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. PS Business Parks already owns three industrial parks totaling 606,000 square feet in this area. Those properties have posted a historical average occupancy of 95 percent since 2000. With the acquisition of these two properties, the company’s footprint in the Springfield/Newington submarket totals approximately 1.7 million square feet, roughly 11 percent of the submarket supply. “We are confident that these properties will achieve the same occupancy and rent growth we have accomplished in our other locations in this market,” says Maria Hawthorne, president and CEO of PS Business Parks. “The location is superb as it is adjacent to Fort Belvoir and just south of the Pentagon in a densely populated area with excellent access to transportation.” The average lease size at …

June 11, 2018

Leasing Activity Northeast Office Pennsylvania

AmerisourceBergen Signs 400,000 SF Office Lease for New Corporate Headquarters in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania

by David Cohen June 8, 2018

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA.— AmerisourceBergen has signed a 400,000-square-foot office lease at Keystone Property Group’s SORA West site in Conshohocken for its new global headquarters. The site includes a 400,000-square-foot office building, 125-room hotel, 1,500-space parking garage, public spaces and restaurants. Binswanger represented AmerisourceBergen in the lease transaction. Currently headquartered in Chesterbrook, Pa., the company is ranked No. 12 on the Fortune 500 and serves as a partner in the pharmaceutical supply chain for thousands of healthcare providers, veterinary practices, livestock producers and global manufacturers. The new headquarters is expected to house around 1,500 employees.

June 8, 2018

Features Retail

C&W Analyst: New Wave of Store Closures on Deck for American Retail Market

by Jeff Shaw June 1, 2018

LAS VEGAS — Another massive spate of store closures is coming in America, and both retail landlords and operators should expect to feel the strains of an over-retailed market until the next recession, according to one of the nation’s leading analysts of retail real estate. Garrick Brown, vice president of retail intelligence at Cushman & Wakefield’s Rancho Cordova, California, office, believes that an overall economic downturn will be a key catalyst in alleviating America’s excess retail space, as a recession will push retailers that are eking out a profit over the red line. The arrival of an economic slump that reduces consumers’ disposable incomes should trigger the next wave of store closures, said Brown. The victims are bound to be retailers that have yet to distinguish themselves from their competitors in terms of either product pricing or shopping experience. Brown spoke to REBusinessOnline at ICSC RECon in Las Vegas, the world’s largest retail trade show that was held on May 20-23. In addition to laying down some tough realities for American retail, Brown noted that the next couple years are likely to see more leveraged buyouts of struggling retailers as well as a rise in food hall concepts. Brown’s edited …

June 1, 2018

Acquisitions Multifamily New York Northeast

Marcus & Millichap Orchestrates Sale of 21-Unit Apartment Building in Schenectady, New York

by David Cohen May 23, 2018

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cottage Row Apartments, a 21-unit apartment property located in Schenectady for $1.7 million. Located at 1 Cottage Row, the apartment building is situated in the historic Stockade District of Schenectady. Units at the complex feature hardwood floors as well as spacious outdoor patios and decks. Chip Collins of Marcus & Millichap represented seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.

May 23, 2018

Acquisitions Industrial Texas

HFF Negotiates Sale of 192,000 SF Industrial Asset in North Houston

by Taylor Williams May 23, 2018

HOUSTON — HFF has negotiated the sale of Interwood Business Center, a 192,000-square-foot industrial asset located near George Bush Intercontinental Airport in north Houston. The two-building property, which includes one rear-load building and one cross-dock building, features 24-foot clear heights, dock-high doors and 130- to 190-foot truck courts. Trent Agnew, Rusty Tamlyn and Dane Petersen of HFF represented the seller, Stockbridge Capital Group, in the transaction. California-based Black Equities Group Ltd. purchased the property, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale, for an undisclosed price.

May 23, 2018

California Leasing Activity Office Property Type Top Stories Western

Facebook Signs Full-Building Lease for 43-Story Office Tower in San Francisco

by John Nelson May 22, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Social media giant Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has signed a long-term lease to fully occupy Park Tower at Transbay, a 43-story office tower under construction in San Francisco’s Financial District. According to the San Francisco Business Times, the transaction is the largest office lease in the history of the city and will make Facebook the market’s third-largest tech tenant by square footage. Park Tower is co-owned by MetLife Investment Management, the asset management arm of MetLife Inc. (NYSE: MET), as well as Chicago-based owners and developers The John Buck Co. and Golub & Co. The ownership group plans to deliver the 764,700-square-foot office tower in the fourth quarter of this year. “We’re pleased to welcome Facebook to Park Tower,” says Joel Redmon, San Francisco-based managing director for MetLife Investment Management’s real estate business. “We’ve worked hard to design an office of the future that will facilitate technological innovation and provide a great foundation for Facebook’s future success.” Designed by Goettsch Partners and Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Park Tower at Transbay will feature approximately 26,000 square feet of outdoor and open space that includes 14 sky decks. The project will also feature a three-story, open-air lobby, and about 70 …

May 22, 2018

Acquisitions Hospitality Top Stories

Blackstone to Acquire LaSalle Hotel Properties for $4.8B

by Taylor Williams May 21, 2018

BETHESDA, MD. — Affiliates of global asset management firm Blackstone have agreed to acquire Maryland-based LaSalle Hotel Properties in an all-cash transaction valued at roughly $4.8 billion. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter. LaSalle’s portfolio spans 104,000 guestrooms across 41 properties in 11 markets. Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone will acquire all outstanding shares of LaSalle’s common stock at $33.50 per share. This price represents a premium of about 35 percent over the company’s stock price of $24.84 per share at the time the deal was proposed. LaSalle’s stock price closed at $31.90 per share on Friday, May 18, up from $28.53 per share in mid-May 2017. “After careful consideration of multiple proposals received, the board determined that this transaction represents the most compelling opportunity for LaSalle’s shareholders,” said Stuart Scott, chairman of the board for LaSalle. “This transaction will deliver a significant premium with immediate and certain cash value.” Blackstone submitted a winning bid after hospitality REIT Pebblebrook Hotel Trust offered to acquire LaSalle in late April. Local news outlet WTOP reports that Pebblebrook, which is also based in Bethesda, entered a bid of $3.7 billion. However, in a statement released this morning, Pebblebrook claimed …

May 21, 2018

Market Reports Multifamily Texas Texas Market Reports

Rio Grande Valley Multifamily Market Playing Catch-Up on Class A Product

by Taylor Williams May 18, 2018

Commercial real estate sectors in secondary and tertiary markets often suffer from a lack of current, comprehensive data and metrics. Until a few years ago, the multifamily market of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) was no exception. Much of the region’s multifamily product consists of “clusters” of fourplexes. In many cases, different investors own different units within these properties, which generally do not have management and leasing offices with hard data. Consequently, for years multifamily developers and brokers in Hidalgo and Cameron counties operated without reliable information on their market, generally ceding to the ideas that it was overbuilt. Turns out they were incorrect. Year-over-year rent growth in this market tends to be flat. Fluctuations are short-lived and back-and-forth in nature. But beginning in 2015 and carrying over into 2016, multifamily players in the RGV began to realize that their market was not overbuilt and that in fact, demand for better product was rising. Volatile Vacancy To better grasp the ebbs and flows of this market, we revert to 2008 and pre-recession data. To simplify our analysis, we use the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA as a proxy for the region. In 2008, multifamily vacancy stood at approximately 6 percent. By 2011, when …

May 18, 2018

Affordable Housing California Loans Louisiana Multifamily North Carolina Western

Arbor Realty Funds $19.7M in Financing for Affordable Housing Properties Across the United States

by Amy Works May 15, 2018

STOCKTON, SONORA AND JAMESTOWN, CALIF., HICKORY, N.C., AND SHREVEPORT, LA. — Uniondale, N.Y.-based Arbor Realty Trust has funded five loans totaling $19.7 million under the Fannie Mae DUS Multifamily Affordable Housing product line for properties across the United States. The borrower was Apartment Corp., a privately held real estate investment firm with a portfolio exceeding 20,000 units. Apartment Corp. is using the loans for both refinancing and acquisition purposes. Alexander Kaushansky of Arbor Realty Trust arranged the financing. The transactions involved are: $3 million in refinancing for Pacific Pointe, an 80-unit Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) property in Stockton. $3.7 million in refinancing for Granite Ridge, an 80-unit LIHTC property in Stockton. $3.7 million in acquisition financing for Silver Spring Terrace, a 100-unit LIHTC property in Hickory. $2.7 million in acquisition funding for Yorkshire & Windsor Village, a 132-unit LIHTC property in Shreveport. $6.7 million in refinancing for the Sonora Portfolio, a three-property, 220-unit LIHTC portfolio in Sonora and Jamestown.

May 15, 2018

Development Illinois Industrial Midwest

Contegra Completes $26M Distribution Facility Near St. Louis

by Kristin Harlow May 15, 2018

EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a new $26 million distribution facility at Gateway Commerce Center near St. Louis. Dubbed Gateway East 594, the 593,940-square-foot property features a clear height of 36 feet, 66 dock doors and two drive-in doors. This is the fifth distribution facility jointly developed by TriStar Properties and PCCP at Gateway Commerce Center, which now spans more than 15.2 million square feet. Ed Lampitt of Cushman & Wakefield is handling lease-up of the property. Gray Design Group was the project architect while Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. was the civil engineer.

May 15, 2018

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