MANTECA, CALIF. — Stadium Center Shopping Center, a 421,126-square-foot community shopping center in Manteca, has sold to Excel Trust for $41.1 million. The center is located at the northwest quadrant of State Route 120 and Airport Way just southeast of Stockton. It is currently 96.3 percent leased. Notable tenants include Costco, Kohl’s, Ross Dress for Less, OfficeMax, Old Navy and Jo-Ann Fabrics. Costco and Kohl’s, which occupy about 154,000 square feet and 88,800 square feet, respectively, were not part of the sale. The acquisition did include four graded land parcels that are entitled for an additional 17,600 square feet of leasable space. Lucescu Realty represented the seller, Kitchell Development Company, and secured the buyer in this transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO – The 338-room Ritz-Carlton San Francisco has sold to Thayer Fund VI for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 600 Stockton Street. Thayer plans to invest up to $17 million into the property within its first 24 months of ownership. The fund worked on behalf of Thayer Lodging Group. This was the fund’s first investment. It is targeted as a $300-million fund. Thayer also owns the nearby J.W. Marriott San Francisco.
MANTECA, CALIF. — Stadium Center Shopping Center, a 421,126-square-foot community shopping center in Manteca, has sold to Excel Trust for $41.1 million. The center is located at the northwest quadrant of State Route 120 and Airport Way just southeast of Stockton. It is currently 96.3 percent leased. Notable tenants include Costco, Kohl’s, Ross Dress for Less, OfficeMax, Old Navy and Jo-Ann Fabrics. Costco and Kohl’s, which occupy about 154,000 square feet and 88,800 square feet, respectively, were not part of the sale. The acquisition did include four graded land parcels that are entitled for an additional 17,600 square feet of leasable space. Lucescu Realty represented the seller, Kitchell Development Company, and secured the buyer in this transaction.
The San Francisco Bay Area’s major warehouse/distribution and manufacturing hub can be found along the I-880 corridor in the East Bay. This region’s industrial market has enjoyed steady growth with both overall vacancy rates and asking rental rates improving by about 10 percent year-over-year. The overall vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2013 was 10.22 percent — a three-year low — while the asking rental rate was $7.44 per square foot, triple-net, annually. Interestingly, the most significant growth this year came from the market’s largest segment: the warehouse sector. The warehouse market’s vacancy rate dropped by more than 25 percent year-over-year, to just 8.27 percent. In fact, the vacancy rates in all I-880 warehouse submarkets, aside from Newark, now sit at less than 10 percent. Asking rental rates in the warehouse market increased by nearly 8 percent to $4.80 per square foot, triple-net, annually. Several properties were listed during the second quarter of 2013 and therefore not included in these statistics. However, these properties boast asking rates as high as $5.76. Cornish & Carey Commercial Newmark Knight Frank believes these latest trends indicate an imminent spike in asking rates in the warehouse market. Third-party logistics providers, or 3PLs, are …
Charlotte has become one of the most desirable and sought-after investment markets in the nation with a diverse economy fueling job growth, attracting new talent and enticing investors. In fact, Charlotte had the largest population growth rate for urban areas of 1 million people or more in the decade from 2000 to 2010 and is expected to increase its population by another quarter-million people by 2020, fueled by diverse industries such as banking, energy, healthcare, manufacturing and transportation. With 37,000 jobs created in 2012, Charlotte’s employment has added back every job lost during the recent recession, eclipsing its previous high-water mark set in 2007. Approximately 50 companies have announced major expansions or relocations in the Charlotte area over the past year-and-a-half. Highlights include Metlife announcing plans to establish a hub for its U.S. retail business in Charlotte bringing 1,300 jobs to the city and Convergys, the business process outsourcing giant, announced plans to create 1,600 jobs. From a multifamily operations perspective, the Charlotte MSA has seen outstanding performance over the last two years with both total occupancy and average rents at their highest levels in the past 10 years. With current occupancy levels above 95 percent (increased by approximately 490 …
The top 10 fastest growing subdivisions in San Antonio had a combined 1,832 housing starts in fourth quarter 2012, according to a recent report from housing-market research firm Metrostudy. And that number is already up with 2,042 new home starts in first quarter 2013, a 24.3 percent increase over the same time period last year. So far, builders are on track to build 8,478 homes this year, as major markets in Texas continues to outperform the nation. Alamo Ranch is the bright star in the bunch. Statistics solidly place this northwest subdivision in the top spot of San Antonio’s fastest growing subdivisions with 649 new housing starts in fourth quarter 2012. Bulverde Village, in second place, saw 169 new home starts during the same time. April single-family home sales rose 14 percent over last year and 4.5 percent from last month, according to the San Antonio Board of Realtors. In keeping with the boost in housing, retail is showing solid, if slow, growth. San Antonio retail occupancy rates increased for the fourth consecutive quarter, reaching 94.5 percent in first quarter 2013. And while rental rates remain fairly flat, according to research from Delta Associates, the second half of 2013 is …
LOS ANGELES — Capri Capital Partners LLC, on behalf of an institutional investor, and Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) have acquired all of the leasehold interest in Esprit, a multifamily mixed-use project in Los Angeles, for $225 million. The 18-acre property includes 437 units and a 227-slip anchorage facility in Marina del Ray. The five-building apartment complex offers a range of studio to four-bedroom units that all feature views of the water, in-unit washer and dryers, 9-foot vaulted ceilings and private patios. The community also includes a pedestrian promenade that runs alongside the waterfront directly in front of the apartment complex. “Esprit is considered the finest multifamily mixed-use property in Marina del Rey, and an off-market transaction to acquire a property of this size and quality is very rare,” says Kurt Zech, president of Kennedy Wilson multifamily management group. “The property was stabilized at 94 percent occupancy in late 2012 after a lengthy three-year lease-up period and still has plenty of upside for rental growth in a steadily improving economy.” Beginning immediately, the companies will begin a series of renovations at Esprit to enhance the marketability of the asset. Capri and Kennedy Wilson will invest approximately $5.3 million in additional capital …
Apartment development is ramping up across the U.S., creating significant concerns for multifamily operators in 2013 and 2014. Nevertheless, there is pent-up apartment demand. Slow but steady job creation is allowing college graduates to move out of their parents’ homes or to shed the extra roommates who assisted with living expenses. Additionally, construction averaged fewer than 70,000 rentals in the past three years, compared to 130,000 units annually prior to that span. Yet more than 100,000 apartment are expected to come on line nationwide this year alone. While many of the Northern California apartment markets are typically high barrier-to-entry metros for developers, supply concerns are mounting in some areas. Fortunately for apartment operators in the region, a majority of this construction is occurring in the largest metro areas. Elevated populations and job creation in these metros will bolster demand and ease supply-side vacancy pressure. Although construction activity will elevate for the foreseeable future, the biggest Northern California inventory additions will occur in 2014. About 10,000 units will come on line in the region next year. Deliveries will be greatest in San Jose and San Francisco between 2013 and 2014 as 7,000 units and 6,700 units are delivered, respectively. The surge …
BETHESDA, MD. —First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO), an owner of office and business parks in the greater Washington, D.C. area, has closed the sale of an industrial portfolio to an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VII for $241.5 million. First Potomac also sold an industrial property in Haymarket, Va., to Corporate Office Properties Trust for $17.5 million, bringing the aggregate sales price to $259 million. The portfolio sold to Blackstone includes 23 properties totaling 4 million square feet, with 16 properties located in southern Virginia and the remaining seven located in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. IndCor Properties, Blackstone’s national industrial portfolio manager, will manage the 23 properties. I-66 Commerce Center, the facility that First Potomac sold to Corporate Office Properties Trust, is a 236,000-square-foot industrial property that was vacant at the time of the sale. Engineering Solutions previously occupied the center through the end of May. The $259 million disposition is part of First Potomac’s strategy to sell the majority of its industrial portfolio. First Potomac’s holdings now consist primarily of office properties in northern Virginia. The company also owns two industrial properties in northern Virginia that weren’t included in the sale. First Potomac plans to use the …
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corp., the co-sponsors of Newport Beach-based Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., have acquired 21 healthcare-related buildings for an aggregate purchase price of $141.3 million. The portfolio includes 17 medical office buildings and four skilled nursing facilities located in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas. “We continue to source attractive acquisitions on behalf of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II and its stockholders,” says Danny Prosky, a principal of American Healthcare Investors and president and chief operating officer of the REIT. “In a competitive market, we are proud to be among the most active buyers of healthcare real estate as we continue to build a diverse portfolio on behalf of stockholders.” The properties acquired include 11 medical office buildings in the central Indiana medical office building portfolio; two skilled nursing facilities in Milton and Watsontown, Penn.; the Rockwall Medical Office Building II in Rockwall, Texas; the Des Plaines Surgical Center in Des Plaines, Iowa; the Fairview Skilled Nursing Facility in Grants Pass, Ore.; and four medical office buildings in the Winn Medical Center Medical Office Portfolio in Decatur, Ga. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II financed the acquisitions using cash on hand, the …