FORT COLLINS, COLO. — LNR Partners, also known as MSCI 2006-HQ10 East Harmony Road LLC, has completed the sale of Preston Center, an office building located in southeast suburban Fort Collins. Brinkman Capital acquired the property for $9.6 million. Located at 2809 E. Harmony Road, the property features 57,287 square feet of Class B+ office space. At the time of sale, the property was 85 percent leased. David Tilton, Rick Egitto and Sam Crowe of Avison Young represented the seller in the deal.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — A private Northern California-based investor has purchased a retail center located at 11072 Magnolia St. in Garden Grove. DECMAC II, a local investor, sold the property for $5.1 million. 99 Cents Only occupies approximately half of the 36,469-square-foot property, with the remaining space vacant. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade and Matthew Greenberg of CBRE represented the seller, while Jeff Helm of Helm Properties represented the buyer.
NEW JERSEY — Monticello Asset Management has provided $65 million in bridge-to-HUD financing to HP Intermediate Administrative Services LLC for the acquisition of four seniors housing communities in New Jersey. In addition, Monticello provided a $4 million working capital loan to the operator of the communities. The portfolio totals 654 total beds. The majority of the portfolio is skilled nursing, though it does include 74 memory care units, 60 assisted living units and a 16-bed ventilator unit. The buildings average 64,000 square feet. The floating-rate financing features a three-year term and two six-month extension options.
EUREKA, CALIF. — NAI Northern California has negotiated the $11.4 million sale of the Eureka Safeway, located at 2555 Harris St. in Eureka. Doug Sharpe of NAI Northern California represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Safeway occupies the 49,145-square-foot grocery store on a new 20-year, absolute triple-net lease with fixed rent increases. The name of the seller was not released.
PHOENIX — G2 Capital has acquired an office property, located at 3925-3945 E. Broadway Road in Phoenix, for $10.9 million. The seller was Glasir Capital Partners, which purchased the property 30 days prior from RBR Capital. Totaling 136,000 square feet, the asset is a pair of two-story office buildings at the intersection of 40th Street and Broadway Road. The property at 3945 E. Broadway Road is fully occupied by a long-term credit tenant, which has been in place since 2001. The other building is 50 percent leased to the State of Arizona, which has been a tenant since 2016. G2 Capital plans to renovate a 37,000-square-foot speculative suite to be move-in ready by January at the property. Brian Ackerman of JLL represented the buyer in the deal. G2 Capital has retained Karsten Peterson, Dave Seegar and Mark Gustin of JLL to handle leasing for the property.
MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — Epsteen & Associates San Diego and Progressive Real Estate Partners have arranged the sale of Shops at Mission Square, a retail center located at 4467 Mission Blvd. in Montclair. A San Diego-based private investor sold the property to a Yorba Linda-based private investor for $4 million, or $692 per square foot. Built in 2007, the 5,852-square-foot property is fully leased to four national retailers: Panda Express, Little Caesars, Dairy Queen and Boost Mobile. Joe Wojdowski of Epsteen & Associates and Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate represented the seller, while Scott Chang of 168 Realty represented the buyer in the all-cash transaction.
CHICAGO — LaSalle Investment Management, an arm of Chicago-based JLL, has entered into an agreement to make a majority acquisition of the $1.2 billion debt fund business of Latitude Management Real Estate Investors. The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of 2019. Latitude is a commercial real estate lender providing short-term, floating-rate loans against middle-market commercial real estate assets. Latitude’s primary focus has been originating new bridge loans for value-add and transitional properties in sustainable growth markets throughout the United States. Upon closing, the Latitude debt business will join LaSalle’s North America Private Equity platform, which comprises $21 billion of the company’s total $60 billion in assets under management and is led by Americas CEO Jason Kern. Nathaniel Marrs, Allen Ashley, Richard Ashley, Jason Veit and Amy Kluesner of DLA Piper represented LaSalle. Berkshire Capital served as financial advisor and Sheppard Mullin acted as legal advisor to Latitude.
DURHAM, N.C. — TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen (the investment manager of TIAA), has completed the sale of Southpoint Glen, a multifamily property located at 5800 Tattersall Drive in Durham. Washington, D.C.-based StoneBridge Investments acquired the property for $42.7 million. Located within minutes of Research Triangle Park (RTP), the garden-style apartment community features 346 units, a swimming pool and a fitness center. The buyer plans to renovate portions of the property, including adding upgraded cabinets, faux granite countertops, tile backsplashes, two-inch blinds and plank flooring with soundproofing to individual apartments. StoneBridge also plans to expand the swimming pool and fitness center, add an outdoor fitness area and repurpose the existing sand volleyball court. Elliott Throne and Roger Edwards of HFF secured a seven-year fixed-rate acquisition loan through Freddie Mac’s CME Program for Stonebridge.
PIKESVILLE, MD. — Blue Ocean has purchased the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center located at 1726 Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, for an undisclosed price. Situated on 10 acres in Baltimore County, the hotel features 171 guestrooms, a 50,000-square-foot indoor tennis and fitness facility and office and retail buildings spanning 32,000 square feet. Steven Cornblatt and Gary Olschansky of Trout Daniel & Associates assisted Blue Ocean in the off-market deal. This transaction marks Blue Ocean’s first hotel acquisition. The Baltimore-based firm plans to renovate the asset in the coming years.
DECATUR, GA. — FCP, along with partner Croatan Investments, has completed the sale of The Clarion, a 217-unit apartment community in Decatur, about six miles northeast of Atlanta. Gamma Real Estate acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Nathan Swenson and Travis Presnell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, which recently completed renovations to individual units along and improvements to the building exteriors, common areas and community amenities. Built in 1990, The Clarion is situated near Emory University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and DeKalb Medical Center. Rents range from $1,115 to $2,165, according to Apartments.com. Community amenities include on-site laundry facilities, a clubhouse, tennis court, fitness center and a swimming pool with a sundeck.
