PORTLAND, ORE. — M&C Properties has acquired the 324-unit Jory Trail at the Grove apartments in Portland for $59 million. The community is located at 8750 Southwest Ash Meadows Road. The property sits adjacent to Interstate 5 in the Wilsonville submarket, which is less than 20 miles south of Downtown Portland. It is situated within the Grove master-planned community. Notable employers in the area include Xerox, Mentor Graphics, Fir Systems and Rockwell Collins. Jory Trail was completed in 2012. It is currently 94 percent leased. Community amenities include walking trails, Wi-Fi access in all units and public spaces, a 24-hour fitness center, pool and sundeck with heated hydrotherapy spa. The seller, a partnership between Holland Partner Group and the Carlyle Group, was represented by HFF’s Ira Virden and Kerry Hughes. HFF also secured a $44.2-million, fixed-rate loan for M&C through Freddie Mac’s (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) CME Program. The securitized loan will be serviced by HFF through its Freddie Mac Program Plus® Seller/Servicer program. The HFF debt placement team was led by Charles Halladay, Tom Wilson, Sebastian Trujillo and Charlie Watson.
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PASADENA, CALIF. — Laurus Corp. has purchased a 163,194-square-foot office building in Pasadena for a reported $52.5 million. The Class A building is located at 199 S. Los Robles Ave. The property is situated between the cross streets of Cordova and El Dorado, just one block south of the Paseo Colorado lifestyle center. It sits adjacent to the Pasadena Convention Center, near Old Town Pasadena, the Lake Avenue Business and Shopping District and the Del Mar Metro Gold Line Station. Notable employers in the area include the California Institute of Technology, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Art Center College of Design, Bank of America, OneWest Bank, Tokio Marine Insurance and Western Asset Management.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Virtú Investments has purchased The Eleven Hundred Apartments, a 565-unit apartment community in Sacramento, for a reported $44 million. The garden-style community is located at 1100 Howe Ave., within the city’s Arden Arcade neighborhood. The property was built in 1962. It was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Leary and Kyle Suryan of ARA Pacific represented both the buyer and seller, Acacia Capital, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. – ConneXion, a 49,464-square-foot office building in Tempe, has sold to ViaWest Group for $5.2 million. The building is located at 7855 S. River Parkway in the ASU Research Park. The property was formerly known as Transamerica Research Center. The seller, Aegon USA, was represented by Glenn Smigiel, Bob Young, Steve Brabant and Rick Abraham of CBRE’s Phoenix office, along with Andrew Cheney and Craig Coppola of Lee & Associates. ViaWest plans to hold the property. It will serve as the property manager and asset manager.
PHOENIX – Orsett Acquisitions LLC has purchased the Siete II building, a 54,072-square-foot office building in Phoenix, for $3.2 million. The Class B building is located at 3707 North 7th Street. It was built in 1988. Phil Breidenbach, Peter Nieman, Kathy Foster and Lindsey Carlson of Colliers Office Solutions Group represented both the buyer and seller, UFB Development Corporation, in this transaction.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. – University Square Plaza in San Luis Obispo has received seven new tenants. The new tenants include Rite Aid, Lassen’s Natural Food & Vitamin, Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, Domino’s Pizza, The Pita Pit, Supercuts and a 5,000-square-foot microbrewery/restaurant that has yet to be named. University Square Plaza is located on the corner of Santa Rosa Road and Foothill Boulevard. It is currently undergoing a remodel that should be complete this spring or summer. Clarice Clarke and Steve Leider of Lee & Associates – Central Coast handle the center’s leasing efforts.
LOS ANGELES – UrbanBlox has acquired a 51,055-square-foot office building in Downtown Los Angeles’ Jewelry District for $8.5 million. The building is located at 718 S. Hill Street. The firm plans to redevelop the building into creative office space with ground-floor retail. This is UrbanBlox’s 12th acquisition in the past 15 months. The firm has been purchasing creative, mixed-use and multifamily properties in the LA River, Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and Silver Lake areas. UrbanBlox was represented by JLL’s Mike Condon Jr. The seller was BRC Advisors.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — CBRE Capital Markets’ investment properties team has arranged the sale of Shops at Eagle Point in McKinney. An out-of-state investor purchased the 14-acre site, which consists of two retail centers and four pad sites. Dallas-based developer Uptown Custer Partners LP was the seller. Shops at Eagle Point is shadow-anchored by Walmart at the southwest corner of North Custer Road and Highway 380. The property is 81.8 percent occupied by Subway, Leslie’s Pool Supplies, Mooyah Burgers – Fries – Shakes, Great Clips and Eagle Point Dental Care. Jennifer Pierson, Cameron Deptula and Beth Pierson of CBRE’s Dallas office represented the seller. Gary Tobias of Quine & Associates represented the buyer.
MIAMI LAKES, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.6 million sale of Security Self Storage, a 99,757-square-foot self storage center in Miami Lakes. Michael Mele and Luke Elliott of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Security Self Storage was built in 1999 and is located off Red Road. The facilities are fully gated with an onsite apartment.
Colliers Arranges 236,250 SF Office Lease at EverBank Center in Downtown Jacksonville
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Colliers International Northeast Florida has arranged a 236,250-square-foot office lease at EverBank Center, a 30-story, 956-201-square-foot office tower in downtown Jacksonville. Chuck Diebel, Preston Phillips and Lisa McLatchey of Colliers International Northeast Florida represented the landlord, Amkin West Bay LLC, in the lease transaction. Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The new lease brings the office tower’s occupancy to more than 90 percent.