NEW YORK CITY — Greystone has provided a $40 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Kittay House, a 295-unit affordable seniors housing property in The Bronx. Kittay House offers dozens of onsite social, recreational and educational programs, as well as meals, housekeeping and easy access to healthcare and supportive services. Eric Rosenstock and Jeff Englund of Greystone originated the nonrecourse, interest-only financing on behalf of the owner, a joint venture between Metropolitan Realty Group and Citadel Care Centers. The loan also carried a 24-month term with two six-month extension options.
SEATTLE — Newmark has arranged a $435 million loan for the refinancing of Starbucks Center, the coffee giant’s nearly 1.5 million-square-foot headquarters campus located at 2401 Utah Ave. S in Seattle. Deutsche Bank provided the loan to the owner, a partnership between two local real estate companies, Nitze-Stagen & Co. Inc. and Daniels Real Estate. According to the property’s Wikipedia page, the main building was originally constructed in 1915 as a retail store for Sears, Roebuck & Co. Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) first took occupancy of the property in 1993. At that time, the property was known as SoDo Center after its namesake neighborhood, which is one of Seattle’s main industrial districts, per Wikipedia. Since then, the campus has undergone more than 60 expansions over the past three decades to accommodate the company’s growth, according to Newmark, which also notes that Starbucks has invested more than $300 million of its own capital in the Seattle campus to date. In addition, Starbucks recently signed a lease extension through 2038. Jonathan Firestone, Jordan Roeschlaub, Blake Thompson and Kevin Shannon led the transaction for Newmark. “The closing of this refinancing positions Starbucks Center for continued excellence as one of the city’s premier office assets,” …
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Chattanooga-based CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has acquired four enclosed regional malls from Washington Prime Group for $178.9 million. The properties include Ashland Town Center in Ashland, Ky.; Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, Colo.; Paddock Mall in Ocala, Fla.; and Southgate Mall in Missoula, Mont. CBL says it is focused on owning and managing successful enclosed malls in dynamic and growing middle markets. The deal suggests mall recovery extends beyond luxury properties, driven by limited retail construction since 2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ashland Town Center is a single-level mall that opened in 1989. Totaling more than 420,000 square feet, the property features more than 70 retailers and restaurants, including anchors JCPenney, Belk, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. The center has undergone several renovations over the years, including a major redevelopment in the late 2000s that added a new JCPenney prototype store and updated amenities. The largest indoor shopping center in western Colorado, Mesa Mall spans roughly 733,000 square feet and is home to more than 120 stores and services. Anchor tenants include Cabela’s, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Target, HomeGoods and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Originally developed in 1980, the property has undergone several redevelopments to modernize …
NEW YORK CITY — Telecommunications giant Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has selected the PENN 2 office tower in Midtown Manhattan for its new corporate headquarters. The company will staff approximately 1,000 employees at its new office. Verizon signed a 19-year lease with the landlord, Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO), to occupy approximately 200,000 square feet of space on floors eight through 10. The timeline for Verizon’s occupancy at PENN 2 was not released. Josh Kuriloff, Peyton Horn, Heather Thomas and Kyle Ernest of Cushman & Wakefield represented Verizon in the lease negotiations. Glen Weiss, Josh Glick, Jared Silverman and Anthony Cugini represented Vornado on an internal basis. Located directly above the Penn Station public transit hub, PENN 2 offers direct access to 15 subway lines, the Long Island Railroad, New Jersey Transit, PATH, Amtrak and the upcoming Metro-North Railroad, which is scheduled to debut in 2027. Other tenants at PENN 2 include Major League Soccer, MSG Entertainment Corp. (operator of nearby Madison Square Garden) and Universal Music Group, which recently signed an 88,000-square-foot lease at the tower. As part of the lease agreement, Verizon employees at PENN 2 will have exclusive access to more than 25,000 square feet of outdoor space at …
NASHVILLE, TENN. AND COLUMBUS, GA. — Pinnacle Financial Partners (NASDAQ: PNFP) and Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) have entered into a definitive agreement to combine operations in an all-stock transaction valued at $8.6 billion. The price reflects the closing stock prices for the two companies on July 21, the latest date unaffected by the merger announcement — $116.83 per share for Pinnacle and $55.53 for Synovus. Under terms of the agreement, Pinnacle shareholders will own approximately 51.5 percent of the combined company, which will operate under the Pinnacle name and trade under the PNFP ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange. Pinnacle Financial will move its headquarters to Atlanta while the retail bank branch division of the combined company, which will operate under the Pinnacle Bank brand, will be based in Nashville. As of June 30, Synovus operates 244 bank branches in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. Pinnacle operates 179 bank branches in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky and Florida, according to the FDIC. The Pinnacle-Synovus merger will create the largest bank holding company in Georgia and the largest bank in Tennessee. The transaction, which is expected to close in first-quarter 2026, has …
BURIEN, WASH. — Pillar Properties has completed the recapitalization of The Maverick, an apartment community in Burien, by bringing in Stockbridge Capital Group as a joint venture equity partner. Eli Hanacek, Kyle Yamamoto, Mark Washington and Natalie Kasper of CBRE represented Pillar Properties in the transaction. Located at 15045 5th Ave. SW, The Maverick offers 229 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Built in 2017, the property includes a movie theater; two-story, 24-hour fitness center; a yoga center; and a resident club lounge.
DALLAS AND VANCOUVER — City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), a Canadian company focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of office properties in Sun Belt markets in the United States, has entered into a merger agreement valued at $1.1 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, MCME Carell Holdings LP and MCME Carell Holdings LLC — collectively a joint venture between South Florida-based firms Elliott Investment Management LP and Morning Calm Management LLC — will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of City Office REIT common stock for $7 per share in cash. The company’s stock price closed on Tuesday, July 23 at $5.56 per share, roughly the same as a year ago. City Office REIT’s current portfolio comprises 54 office buildings totaling roughly 5.4 million square feet of net rentable space in the Dallas, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, Seattle and Tampa markets. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas. Terms of the merger agreement include the sale of City Office’s Phoenix portfolio. Upon close, City Office will become a private company and its shares will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange. “After conducting an extensive process to explore potential strategic alternatives, we …
INDIANAPOLIS — CBRE has arranged the sale of Riverbend Apartments, a 996-unit multifamily property in Indianapolis. Pensam Capital purchased the community from Pepper Pike Capital Partners for an undisclosed price. Located at 8850 River Bend Parkway, the property has undergone more than $20 million in renovations since 2020. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, tennis and basketball courts, a movie theater and golf simulator. Units average 895 square feet. Hannah Ott, George Tikijian, Cam Benz, Claire Hassfurther, Ryan Stockamp and Sean Pingel of CBRE represented the seller.
ATLANTA — Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian has selected Atlanta for its new East Coast headquarters. Rivian will occupy the top floor and lobby of Portman Holdings’ Junction Krog Street office building, which is located at 667 Auburn Ave. NE along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. The office, which will span approximately 45,000 square feet, is expected to open in late 2025 and will house roughly 500 employees upon full build-out. Portman delivered Junction Krog Street in fall 2023. Situated near the popular Krog Street Market food hall in the city’s Inman Park neighborhood, the mixed-use building features 135,000 square feet of creative office space, a rooftop deck, outdoor balconies on every level and ground-level retail space housing eateries Yuji, Brash Coffee and YEPPA&co. The headquarters will operate within a short drive to Rivian’s new $5 billion EV production facility situated within the 1,600-acre master-planned community of Stanton Springs North near Social Circle, Ga. Construction of the 7,500-person manufacturing plant is expected to begin in 2026. Rivian received financing from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program for the manufacturing facility, which will build the R2, a midsize SUV, and the R3, a midsize crossover. The …
DANBURY, CONN. — JLL has brokered the sale of a 192-unit apartment complex in Danbury, located along the Connecticut-New York border. Built in 1971, ReNew Danbury is a garden-style complex that offers studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 988 square feet. Amenities include a pool, playground, clubhouse with a theater, game room, coffee bar and a fitness center. Steve Simonelli, Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Elizabeth DeVesty, Ryan Roberston, Austin Pierce and Jeremy Weinstock of JLL represented the seller, San Francisco-based investment firm FPA Multifamily, in the transaction. The buyer was private equity real estate firm Jones Street Investment Partners.