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Prologis Buys California’s Great America Amusement Park Site in Silicon Valley from Cedar Fair for $310M

by John Nelson

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Cedar Fair LP (NYSE: FUN), an amusement and water parks owner and operator based in Sandusky, Ohio, has sold the land at California’s Great America amusement park in the Silicon Valley town of Santa Clara. Prologis (NYSE: PLD), an industrial REIT based in San Francisco, purchased the 112 acres for $310 million and executed a lease with Cedar Fair to continue operating the park. Cedar Fair plans to eventually close Great America, which was built in 1976 by Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR). The park features more than 60 rides and rollercoasters, as well as the Planet Snoopy children’s park and South Bay Shores waterpark, according to the property website. Cedar Fair will continue to operate the park for a period of up to 11 years and then will close existing park operations at the end of the lease term. After 40 years of leasing Great America, Cedar Fair purchased the land from the City of Santa Clara in 2019 per an order from the State of California. The city purchased the park from Marriott in 1985. Following company-wide park closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedar Fair explored options to raise revenue within its existing portfolio. …

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Pebblebrook Hotel Trust Acquires Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina in Rhode Island for $174M

by Katie Sloan

NEWPORT, R.I. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has acquired Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina, a 10-acre waterside resort located on Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, for $174 million. The 257-room hotel is located on Goat Island in Newport and features unobstructed views of Newport Harbor and the Newport Bridge.  The hotel grounds include a historic lighthouse; 3,000-square-foot spa; coffee shop; 3,200-square-foot waterside pavilion; resort-style swimming pool with cabanas; indoor pool; fitness center; seasonal ice-skating rink; 80,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor event space; and several waterside restaurants, including Showfish Newport and The Pineapple Club. The property also features a 22-slip full-service marina, which was not included in the sale, but will be available for PEB to purchase in 2027.   The new ownership is evaluating a number of capital expenditures at the resort, which could include full renovations to guest rooms; upgrades to the lobby; updated landscaping; refurbishment of the property’s restaurants and bars; the addition of a new market; relocating and updating the spa; and updates to the hotel’s grand ballroom, south lawn and outdoor pavilion spaces.  “Gurney’s Newport is the only resort-style property in Newport, drawing strong demand from New York, Boston and Providence,” says …

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Fort Worth’s Multifamily Vacancy Falls via Robust Job Growth, Household Formation

by Taylor Williams

By Al Silva, senior managing director, investments, Marcus & Millichap; and Ford Braly, first vice president, investments, Marcus & Millichap The multifamily segment in Fort Worth is in a great position. The metro’s vacancy rate slid down to a multi-decade low of 3.1 percent last year, which facilitated stellar rent growth as the number of available rental units plummeted.  Fort Worth’s average effective rent grew more than 15 percent in 2021 to $1,276 per month, and the elevation in 2022 is expected to remain in the double digits. Behind this momentum is robust household formation as citizens relocate to the metro for greater job availability, cost-of-living considerations and quality of life. An average of 16,300 new households were created annually in the Fort Worth metro area over the past decade, and the 2022 addition is expected to eclipse that benchmark by about 20 percent. This rate of household creation is about twice as fast as the national pace and is happening at a time in which the barriers to homeownership have rapidly intensified, pushing much of the new demand toward the rental segment.  Barriers to Homeownership  The median price of a single-family house in the Fort Worth area climbed to …

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L.A. Retail: A Tale of Two Pandemics

by Jeff Shaw

By Nellie Day All of Los Angeles County might have been under the same restrictions throughout the pandemic, but their emergence from this period reveals a lot about the localized retail environments.  “Los Angeles’ retail market has weathered COVID better than many other markets around the country,” says Matthew May, founder of May Realty Advisors in the Los Angeles submarket of Sherman Oaks, Calif. “However, the recovery has favored a diverse group of suburban markets.” Certain Suburbs Stand Out Markets like East Hollywood/Silver Lake, Inglewood/South LA and Santa Clarita boasted the highest 12-month rolling net absorptions in the county, according to CoStar — something May doesn’t believe was expected. “LA is known as a melting pot and this is reflected in the geographic and ethnic makeup of the top submarkets based on net absorption,” he says. “Vacancies in many of the suburbs were substantially less than in the Central Business Districts and tony retail areas from Beverly Hills to Abbott Kinney. These emerging markets were quite a surprise.” On the other hand, metro markets like Santa Monica, Downtown LA and Koreatown each had more than 100,000 square feet of negative absorption. Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade has been one of …

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"The massive demand nationwide requires new opportunities for innovative financing and new ways to fulfill affordable housing needs." — Marge Novak, Berkadia
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Multifamily Industry Must Band Together to Navigate Challenges in Affordable Housing

by Jaime Lackey

In May, The White House announced its Housing Supply Action Plan to address rising housing costs by increasing the supply of housing in communities across the country over the next five years. The plan aims to create more housing of all asset types through new construction and preservation and singles out the importance of affordable housing, particularly in a time of high interest rates and inflation. The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout have uniquely impacted renters unlike previous times of economic uncertainty. Renter demand and rental rates have increased at the fastest pace in decades, underscoring the importance and urgency of increasing the stock of affordable rental housing. The Housing Supply Action Plan does just that. Specifically, the plan seeks to finance more than 800,000 affordable rental units by expanding and strengthening the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. Similar language was included in the Build Back Better Plan, which included a variety of actions aimed to bolster the lower and middle class with investments in housing, infrastructure and labor markets. This important piece of the proposed legislation would significantly increase resources that will ultimately expand the number of affordable units available. The Housing Supply Action Plan includes …

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Fashion Retailer Aritzia to Open Flagship Store on Magnificent Mile in Downtown Chicago

by John Nelson

CHICAGO — Aritzia (TSX: ATZ), a women’s fashion boutique retailer based in Vancouver, plans to open a flagship store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, bucking a trend of retailers leaving the famous stretch of North Michigan Avenue. The Magnificent Mile spans 13 city blocks in downtown Chicago and houses 460 stores, 275 restaurants and 60 hotels. The retailer, which sells apparel under brands such as Wilfred, Babaton and TNA, will occupy a 46,000-square-foot space at 555 N. Michigan Ave. in 2023. The location formerly housed Gap’s three-story flagship store before the retailer closed in early 2021. The new Aritzia store is the largest retail lease deal on Magnificent Mile in nearly a decade and the first flagship agreement since 2019, according to CBRE. Luke Molloy, Danny Jacobson, Steve Ansani and Cliff Vann of CBRE represented the landlord, Ireland-based ECA Capital Ltd., in the transaction. “Coming out of the pandemic, this is an important deal for the Mag Mile, and Chicago in general,” says Molloy. “Aritzia is one of the most sought-after brands in the world and [it] believes in the future of North Michigan Avenue. What [it has] planned for its new flagship is incredible, and we expect this to be …

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Kohl’s Begins Negotiations with Franchise Group Regarding Potential Sale

by Kristin Harlow

MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — The board of directors of Kohl’s Corp. (NYSE: KSS) has entered into exclusive negotiations with Franchise Group Inc. (FRG) for a period of three weeks in relation to FRG’s proposal to acquire Kohl’s for $60 per share. The purpose of the exclusive period is to enable FRG and its financing partners to finalize due diligence and financing arrangements and for the parties to complete the negotiation of binding documentation. The transaction remains subject to approvals of the board of directors of both companies. Menomonee Falls-based Kohl’s says it remains focused on selecting the path that maximizes value for all Kohl’s shareholders. Kohl’s operates more than 1,100 stores in 49 states. Its stock price closed at $42.12 per share Monday, June 6, down from $54.34 per share one year ago. FRG is a holding company of a collection of brands, including the Vitamin Shoppe.

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Rexford Industrial Buys Four Properties in Southern California for $163.8M

by Amy Works

LOS ANGELES — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased four industrial assets for an aggregate acquisition price of $163.8 million in off-market transactions. The purchases were funded using a combination of cash on hand, the company’s line of credit and units in the company’s operating partnership (OP Units). In May and June, the company purchased: 2020 South Central Ave. in Compton, Calif., for $10.8 million, or $110 per land square foot. The 2.3-acre, industrial-zoned land site contains a fully occupied, 30,233-square-foot, single-tenant building. Upon lease expiration, Rexford plans to redevelop the site by constructing a 45,000-square-foot, Class A industrial building. 14200-14220 Arminta St. in Panorama City, Calif., for $90.2 million, or $451 per square foot. Situated on 8.5 acres, the 200,000-square-foot, Class A building is leased long-term to a credit tenant. The acquisition was completed using $24.5 million of cash and 954,000 OP Units at a value of $68.84 common stock. Michael Bogle of CBRE represented both Rexford and the seller, Powell Plaza Associates, in the transaction. 1172 Holt Blvd. in Ontario, Calif., for $17.8 million, or $404 per square foot. Built in 2021 on 2.1 acres, the 44,000-square-foot, Class A building is adjacent to the Rexford’s recently purchased 1154 Holt …

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Kohl’s Bets on Brick-and-Mortar with Plans to Open 100 Smaller-Format Stores, Revitalize Existing Locations

by Katie Sloan

MENOMONEE FALLS, WIS. — Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS) has announced plans to increase its investment in brick-and-mortar with the addition of 100 new, smaller-format locations over the next four years in previously untapped markets.  This expansion follows the pilot of 20 stores featuring the company’s smaller-format design, which averages around 35,000 square feet versus the traditional 80,000-square-foot iteration. In June, the Menomonee Falls-based company will be opening a smaller-format shop in Bonney Lake, Wash., and in the fall, stores are set to open in San Angelo, Texas; Morgantown, W.Va.; Tacoma, Wash.; and Lenox, Mass. Alongside the addition of these new locations, Kohl’s will be modernizing its existing 1,165-store portfolio by transforming the flow of its interiors to include dedicated discovery zones with products from diverse- and female-owned companies.  The company will also be expanding its partnership with beauty retailer Sephora through the addition of 850 of its Sephora at Kohl’s shop-in-shops by 2023. Sephora at Kohl’s shops, which typically occupy 2,500 square feet toward the front of the store, offer an expanded collection of the San Francisco-based retailer’s make-up, skin- and hair-care, and fragrance offerings.  Kohl’s has also announced plans to roll-out omnichannel initiatives over the next year, including the ability …

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Rising Interest Rates and Inflation to Fuel Change in Property Markets

by Sarah Daniels

Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2020, commercial real estate buyers and sellers moved off the sidelines and began fueling an impressive investment sales rebound as many pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions eased or ended. The rush to purchase hard assets hit its apex a year later when commercial property sales surged to a record $362 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021 alone, according to Real Capital Analytics, a part of MSCI Real Assets that tracks property transactions of $2.5 million or more. The strong market is continuing this year: Deals of $170.8 billion closed in the first quarter, a year-over-year increase of 56 percent, Real Capital reports. Buyers in the first quarter also pushed up prices 17.4 percent over the prior year, according to Real Capital’s Commercial Property Price Indices (CPPI). But given rising interest rates and other recent headwinds, will investors continue to drive robust investment activity and bid up prices? The 10-Year Treasury yield has spiked some 150 basis points to around 3 percent since the beginning of 2022, and fixed 10-year mortgage rates of between 3 percent and 4 percent are up about 100 basis points. For short-term variable loans, the benchmark secured overnight financing rate …

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