Wednesday, December 26, 2012

HFF closes $24.8 million sale of The Golden Door Spa in San Marcos, CA


The Golden Door Spa resort, San Marcos, CA
SAN DIEGO, CA – HFF announcedit has closed the sale of The Golden Door Spa, a 41-room luxury spa resort situated on 377 acres in San Marcos, California.

                The property sold for $24.8 million free and clear of existing debt.

The Golden Door Spa is located approximately 40 minutes north of downtown San Diego in Southern California. 

William Stadler
Founded in 1958 and rebuilt in 1975, the award-winning, Japanese-inspired resort pioneered the development of the spa industry in the United States and provides all-inclusive, customizable programs with a focus on holistic wellness to its guests.

Scott Hall
 This exclusive resort features 20 miles of hiking trails, expansive indoor fitness areas, a tennis court, swimming pool and jacuzzi, water therapy pool, Japanese bathhouse and archery range in addition to a 122-acre avocado orchard and organic vegetable and fruit gardens.  The transaction also includes ownership of The Golden Door brand and future resort expansion opportunities.

The HFF team representing the seller was led by senior managing directors Dan Peek and Bill Stadler, managing director Scott Hall and real estate analyst Alexandra Lalos.
 
“We are extremely pleased to have participated in this unique offering of one of the most well-known destination spa resorts and wellness brands in the world.  

"The property provided an attractive opportunity to investors not only because of its excellent reputation as a leader in the industry but also because of the expansion and redevelopment opportunities it offers,” commented Peek.
  
For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 |


HFF closes $19 million sale of Hickory Flat Commons in Canton, GA


Hickory Flat Commons, Canton, GA
ATLANTA, GA – HFF announced it has closed the sale of Hickory Flat Commons, a 114,751-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Canton, Georgia.

HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Connolly Realty Services.  An affiliate of Cole Real Estate Investments purchased Hickory Flat Commons for $19 million.  

Hickory Flat Commons is situated on 18.5-acres at 6764-6776 Hickory Flat Highway about 30 miles north of Atlanta in the Cherokee County/Canton corridor. 

Jim Hamilton
Completed in 2008, the property is 96 percent leased to tenants including Kroger (anchor tenant), Anytime Fitness, Verizon Wireless, Little Caesars, Gymboree and Great Clips.

The HFF investment sales team representing Connolly Realty Services was led by managing directors Jim Hamilton and Richard ReidThomas Falatko, vice president acquisitions, multi-tenant retail, represented Cole in the transaction.

Since its start in1972, Connolly has completed more than 40 retail, commercial land and office projects in the Southeastern U.S. 

Richard Reid
Connolly concentrates in the development of grocery-anchored shopping centers, commercial land subdivisions, and through its affiliate Connolly Net Lease, net lease developments such as Walgreens.  Connolly also invests in real estate and operating companies through its Spruce Street Partners investment company. 

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 |


HFF closes five-property industrial portfolio sale in Houston, TX



Rusty Tamlyn
HOUSTON, TX – HFF announced it has closed the sale of a five-property, 709,114-square-foot industrial portfolio in Houston, Texas.

                HFF marketed the portfolio on behalf of the seller.  Industrial Income Trust (IIT) purchased the assets for an undisclosed amount.

                The portfolio is 98.5 percent leased overall.  The properties included in the portfolio are: 9830-9856 East Freeway (Eastport 8); 6323 Brookhill Drive (Lone Star 3); 552-598 Garden Oaks Boulevard (Pine Forest 18); 4601 South Pinemont (Pineway 1) and 3800-3898 West 11th Street.

Trent Agnew
The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing director Rusty Tamlyn and associate director Trent Agnew.

                “Industrial Income Trust is expanding their presence in the Houston area as earlier in the year, HFF sold them the Northwest 8/Windfern assets,” said Tamlyn.  “The assets within this portfolio were predominately dock hi, front load warehouse buildings with low office finish and urban in-fill locations that were substantially leased with three of the five having new roofs.”

                Industrial Income Trust (IIT) is a non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that acquires and operates high-quality distribution warehouses and other industrial properties that are leased to creditworthy corporate customers.
  
Contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 |


HFF closes sale of The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe in California



The Ritz-Carlton Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA 
TAMPA, FL and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – HFF announced today that it has closed the sale of The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, a 170-room luxury resort in Truckee, California.

                HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Truckee Highlands Syndicated Holdings, LLC.  International real estate investment and services company Kennedy Wilson purchased the property free and clear of existing debt.

 The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is a AAA Five Diamond resort situated mid-mountain at Northstar California providing ski-in/ski-out access. 

Completed in 2009, the hotel features three dining options including Manzanita, the resort’s signature restaurant by James Beard award-winning chef, Traci Des Jardins. 

Other amenities include the 17,000-square-foot Ritz-Carlton Spa, more than 15,000 square feet of indoor meeting space, two heated outdoor pools, state-of-the-art fitness center and business center. 

Holden Lim
The transaction also included 23 unsold condominium units, ranging between 1,500 and 3,500 square feet, and an adjacent 3.4-acre development parcel.  

                The HFF investment sales team representing the seller was led by senior managing director Dan Peek and managing director Holden Lim along with senior managing directors Michael Leggett and Gerry Rohm, director Max Comess and real estate analyst Cyrus Vazifdar.

Michael Leggett
 “The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is one of the most spectacular ski resort hotels in the country, offering a truly unique mid-mountain ski-in/ski-out experience,” commented Peek.

 “Beyond the ski season, it benefits from a beautiful setting for year-round vacationing and meetings in the world-renowned Lake Tahoe area.  We were pleased to represent the seller in the sale of this iconic asset, and believe the Kennedy Wilson team has acquired an asset with tremendous future potential.”

Contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 |


American Healthcare Investors Facilitates Acquisition of Houston Hospital and Three Building Senior Care Portfolio in Massachusetts on Behalf of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II


  
Bellaire Medical Center, Houston, TX
 NEWPORT BEACH, CA – American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Corporation, the co-sponsors of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, Inc., announced the acquisition of Bellaire Medical Center in Houston and a three-building portfolio of senior care facilities in Massachusetts by the REIT for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $47.6 million. 

 Currently, the REIT’s portfolio totals 125 buildings valued at approximately $1.14 billion, based on purchase price, diversified across 27 states.  Since Jan. 1, 2012, the portfolio has grown by approximately 160 percent, based on purchase price. 

Danny Prosky
As of Sept. 30, 2012, the Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II property portfolio was 96.8 percent leased with a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 9.4 years and leverage (total debt divided by total assets) of 32.8 percent.

 “These latest acquisitions further expand and diversify the portfolio of Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, which has nearly tripled in size since the start of 2012, based on aggregate purchase price,” said Danny Prosky, a principal of American Healthcare Investors and president and chief operating officer of the REIT. 

“Our portfolio represents a broad spectrum of clinical healthcare real estate – medical office buildings, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities.”

For a complete copy of the company’s new release, please contact:

Damon Elder
Senior VP, Marketing & Communications
American Healthcare Investors
4000 MacArthur Boulevard
West Tower, Suite 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660

 (949) 270-9207 direct
(714) 356-1460 cell


Tuesday, December 25, 2012

HFF closes $10.8 million sale of Granada Plaza in Dunedin, FL



Granada Plaza, Dunedin, FL
MIAMI, FL – HFF announced it has closed the sale of Granada Plaza, a 74,200-square-foot, grocery-anchored neighborhood center in Dunedin (Tampa), Florida.

                HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Odyssey DP I, LLC, an entity affiliated with Lakeland, Florida-based Odyssey Diversified Properties, Inc (“Odyssey”).  H&R REIT purchased the asset for $10.8 million and is assuming exiting life insurance company financing.


Daniel Finkle
Granada Plaza is situated on a 6.92-acre site at 1491-1575 Main Street at the intersection of State Road 580 and County Road 1, northwest of Tampa in Dunedin.  The property was renovated in 2004 and is 86 percent leased to tenants including Publix (anchor tenant), Curves, UPS Store, Hair Cuttery and Firehouse Subs.

                The HFF team representing the seller was led by senior managing director Danny Finkle and director Luis Castillo. This sale marks the 19th successful retail center transaction closed by HFF in Florida in 2012.

Luis Castillo
Odyssey develops, leases and manages a variety of retail projects from small strips to large neighborhood centers with national tenants such as Publix, Marshalls, Save-A-Lot, Starbucks and Bealls among many more.  Odyssey was organized in 2004 for the purpose of developing and leasing retail projects in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas.

Contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 | www.hfflp.com


Berger Commercial Realty Awarded Two Exclusive Lease Listings and Management Assignments in Fort Lauderdale, FL



Steve Hyatt
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Berger Commercial Realty, a full service commercial real estate firm based in Fort Lauderdale and serving clients around the state, has been awarded two exclusive lease listings and management assignments.

 Senior Vice President Steve Hyatt and Sales Associate Jonathan Thiel will handle the leasing of two office buildings, located at 700 SE 3rd Ave. and 750 SE 3rd Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, for CBSA Law Plaza LLC. 

Tim Hackett
Vice President of Property Management Tim Hackett will handle property management. Hyatt also has been retained to sell the property.

 The Berger team also will represent CBSA Justice Building LLC in the leasing and property management of a 30,734-square-foot, 4-story building located at  524 South Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale.

 Media Contact: 

Marielle Sologuren
Pierson Grant Public Relations
(954) 776-1999, ext. 226



Marcus & Millichap Sells 9,980-SF Shopping Center on Marco Island, FL



Marco Island Shopping Center, Marco Island, FL
MARCO ISLAND, FL – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has announced the sale of a  9,980-square foot strip center located on Marco Island, FL, according to Gregory Matus, Vice President/Regional Manager of the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale office. 

The asset commanded a sales price of $1,709,240.

Marc E. Strauss
First Vice President Investments Marc E. Strauss of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office and Senior Associate Brian Parmacek of the firm’s Chicago office had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a partnership from Marco Island, FL.
   
Brian Parmacek
The strip center is a multi-tenant retail shopping center with high visibility on busy Bald Eagle Drive.  

The center is 100 percent occupied and its tenants include: Sherwin Williams, Critter Café and Bill Smith Appliances. 

The property is located at 820 Bald Eagle Drive in Marco Island.

 Press Contact:

Gregory Matus
Vice President/Regional Manager,
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
(954) 245-3400

HFF arranges $20.6 million refinancing for Parkwood Plaza in Atlanta, GA



Parkwood Plaza Office Building, Atlanta, GA
ATLANTA, GA – HFF announced it has arranged a $20.6 million refinancing for Parkwood Plaza, a 210,919-square-foot, Class A office building in Atlanta. 

HFF worked on behalf of the borrower to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate securitized loan through The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.  The loan is a refinance of a previous conduit loan.

                Parkwood Plaza is located at 1300 Parkwood Circle, off Powers Ferry Road, and close to Interstates 75 and 285 in the Cumberland/Galleria submarket of Atlanta.  The nine-story property is 86.4 percent leased.

The HFF team representing the borrower was led by senior managing director Mark Sixour and associate director Bill Ireland.

Contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 | www.hfflp.com

HFF represents an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management in sale of Chase Bank Building in northeast Houston, TX



Chase Bank Office Building, Houston, TX
 HOUSTON, TX – HFF announced it has closed the sale of the Chase Bank Building, a 46,883-square-foot office building in northeast Houston, Texas.

                HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management.    Delta Realty, Inc., led by Jeff Black, purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount.

Dan Miller
             
 The Chase Bank Building is situated on a 2.8-acre site at 19747 U.S. Highway 59 North near FM 1960 in Houston’s Kingwood/Humble submarket.  The property is 93.8 percent leased to tenants including JP Morgan Chase Bank. 

Trent Agnew
                The HFF investment sales team representing Brookfield Asset Management was led by senior managing director Dan Miller and associate director Trent Agnew.

Brookfield is a global alternative asset manager with approximately $150 billion in assets under management.  The company has over a 100-year history of owning and operating assets with a focus on property, renewable power, infrastructure and private equity.



Contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 700 | Houston, TX 77046
tel 713.852.3500 | cel 617.543.4873 | fax 713.527.8725 | www.hfflp.com

NAI Realvest Negotiates Lease renewals totaling 21,825 SF of industrial space at Hanging Moss CommerCenter and Monroe CommerCenter South in Central Florida



Hanging Moss CommerCenter, Orlando, FL
ORLANDO, FL– NAI Realvest negotiated two industrial lease renewals totaling 21,825 square feet at the Hanging Moss CommerCenter in Orlando and at Monroe CommerCenter South in Sanford.

 Michael Heidrich, Sr., principal at NAI Realvest brokered both transactions on behalf of the landlords. 

 At Monroe CommerCenter South in Sanford, TekQuest Industries Corporation renewed its lease of 16,200 square feet at Suite 1000, 4275 Church St.  The landlord is COP-Monroe, LLC of Maitland.

Monroe CommerCenter South, Sanford, FL
 At 6124 Hanging Moss Rd. in the Hanging Moss CommerCenter the tenant, RTR Suppliers, Inc., renewed its lease of Suites 350 and 360 with 5,625 square feet.   Maitland-based COP-Hanging Moss, LLC is the landlord. 

For more information, contact

Michael Heidrich, Principal, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 or mheidrich@realvest.com
Patrick Mahoney, President, NAI Realvest 407-875-9989 pmahoney@realvest.com
Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com



Leasing Activity at MetWest International in Tampa, FL Continues to Gain Momentum







MetWest International, Tampa, FL
TAMPA, FL – Leasing activity at MetWest International, MetLife’s mixed-use development located in Tampa’s Westshore Business District, continues to gain momentum with over 57,000 square feet of leases in the third and fourth quarter of 2012.

Taylor & Mathis Managing Director of Leasing Angela Odell completed five leasing transactions on behalf of owner MetLife. 

Angela Odell
These recent transactions combined bring One MetroCenter and MetWest One to 85% and 88% leased respectively.  The third office building, MetWest Two, is 100% leased as a build-to-suit for

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Angela Odell, Taylor & Mathis, (813) 875-7950 aodell@taylormathis.com
Drew Guthrie, MetLife, (212) 578-2826 dguthrie@metlife.com



Emily Morgan Hotel Joins DoubleTree by Hilton Following $4.5 Million Renovation



Emily Morgan San Antonio Hotel
McLean, VA – DoubleTree by Hilton today announced the opening of the newly renovated, upscale, full-service, 177-room The Emily Morgan San Antonio - a DoubleTree by Hilton. The hotel is owned by Alamo Hotels, Inc. under a franchise license agreement with a subsidiary of Hilton Worldwide. The hotel is managed by Westmont Hospitality Group.

 “The Emily Morgan San Antonio – a DoubleTree by Hilton, located in the heart of the city, is our brand’s third location in San Antonio and an important addition to our growing portfolio of hotels,” said Rob Palleschi, global head, DoubleTree by Hilton. 

“With its truly unique location at the site of the Alamo, this hotel historically has been an important contributor as a tourist attraction.  Now that we’re coupling its unique character and location with DoubleTree’s global reach, I have every confidence that it will continue to be a San Antonio destination for years to come.”

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Colliers International Completes Investment Sale in Pasadena, CA to Envirofinance Group, LLC



145-161 Pasadena Ave., South Pasadena, CA
 PASADENA, CA -- Colliers International, the third largest global real estate services organization, has completed the $2.8 million sale of an investment property totaling 42,157 square feet at 145-161 Pasadena Avenue in South Pasadena, Calif.

Shadd Walker, Senior Vice President of Colliers International represented the property seller, 143-161 Pasadena Avenue, LLC. The buyer, Envirofinance Group, LLC, a fully integrated remediation management and land redevelopment firm is based out of Sacramento, Calif., represented itself.

Shadd G. Walker
Envirofinance Group plans to rehabilitate the existing building into a multi-tenant creative office park available for lease in the spring of 2013.

The investment property includes a multi-tenant offices and light-industrial property. The site contains two single-story buildings and one two-story building totaling ±42,157 square feet of rentable building space on approximately ±97,378 square feet of land.

 Contact:

Rainee Tiske
Marketing Specialist | PR GLA| Torrance, CA
Dir +1 310 381 2413
Main +1 310 381 1000

Colliers International
3 Park Plaza, Ste. 1200, Irvine, CA 92614

Monday, December 24, 2012

Rock Ventures Wraps Up 2012 with Purchase of Five Downtown Detroit Properties


  
Dan Gilbert
 DETROIT, MI /PRNewswire/ -- Rock Ventures announced the purchase of five additional properties, wrapping up a year in which it acquired eight buildings totaling 630,000 square feet of commercial space.

The newest acquisitions bring Rock Ventures' downtown Detroit real estate investments to 15 buildings totaling 2.6 million square feet of commercial space, and three parking structures for a combined 3,500 parking spaces.

In addition, Rock Ventures broke ground on a 33,000 square-foot specialty retail development and 10-story parking garage last month, renovated 633,000 square feet of commercial space, and located 45 companies to the city, including Twitter, Chrysler, Metro-West Appraisal, and numerous technology related start-ups.

Rock Ventures' family of companies, including Quicken Loans and Title Source, has brought 7,000-plus people to work in downtown Detroit since August 2010.

"It has been an exciting year of opportunity in Detroit," said Dan Gilbert, Founder and Chairman of Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans.  "Our focus in 2013 will be on the three R's - residential, rail and retail - all of which are vital in creating the vibrant, thriving urban core that we all envision."

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Paula Silver,
+1-313-373-7255