Saturday, July 13, 2019

JLL closes $30 million sale of super-regional mall and adjacent Wegmans in Buffalo, NY submarket


 SOLD:  Boulevard Mall, a 961,800-square-foot, super-regional mall within a Qualified Opportunity Zone in the Buffalo-area community of Amherst, NY and an adjacent Wegmans grocery store 

Claudia Steeb
MORRISTOWN, NJ – JLL announces that it has closed the $30.05 million sale of Boulevard Mall, a 961,800-square-foot, super-regional mall within a Qualified Opportunity Zone in the Buffalo-area community of Amherst, New York. 

Jose Cruz
An adjacent Wegmans grocery store was included in the transaction for $6 million.

JLL marketed the property in conjunction with Ten-X on behalf of the seller. Douglas Development Company was the purchaser.

Situated on 64 acres at 730 Alberta Drive, Boulevard Mall is visible to more than 34,000 vehicles per day and is just off the corner of Maple Road and Niagara Falls Boulevard. 

The property benefits from an infill location with extensive highway access within the North Buffalo Retail submarket, one of the largest and most affluent retail marketplaces in the western part of New York. 

Originally completed in 1962, the mall was renovated in 2000 and is home to a variety of tenants, including DICK’s Sporting Goods, Macy’s, American Eagle Outfitters and Michaels. 

The adjacent Wegmans site is a ground lease on nearly eight acres supporting a store of approximately 120,000 square feet.

The JLL Capital Markets team included senior managing directors Jose Cruz and Kevin O’Hearn, managing director Claudia Steeb, senior director Michael Oliver and real estate analyst Ryan Robertson.

“We were very pleased with the overall investment markets reaction to this offering,” Cruz said. “The demographics, property location and upside in the mall combined with the Wegmans helped to drive investor demand for the assets.”
  
Kevin O'Hearn


Contacts: 

Jose Cruz,
JLL Senior Managing Director
Phone: +1 973 549 2000

 Andrew Scandalios
JLL Senior Managing Director
N.Y. License: #10331200140
Phone: +1 212 245 2425

 Kimberly Steele
Phone: +1 713 852-3420



Lincoln Property Co. Closes on New Lease to Hubbard Construction in Airport Business Center, Orlando, FL


ORLANDO , FL – Lincoln Property Company, a full service commercial real estate firm recently closed on a long-term lease to Winter Park-based Hubbard Construction Company in the Airport Business Center at 5730  S.  Semoran Blvd.   

Sean DuPree, broker at Lincoln Property Company who handles leasing at Airport Business Center , negotiated the new lease for 3,248 square feet on behalf of Landlord RCS-Orlando Airport 371, LLC.  .

The six-building office / flex business park at the intersection of Hoffner Ave. is five minutes from Orlando International Airport .


CONTACTS:

Sean DuPree, CCIM, 
Director of Sales/Leasing
 Lincoln Property Company 
407-872-3500

Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc.
407-644-4142


Blackton Awarded $900,000 in Contracts from Avex Homes in Central Florida


Micky Blanton

ORLANDO  --- Blackton, Inc., one of the region’s oldest and largest suppliers of wholesale materials and supplies to the home building industry, was recently selected to provide flooring materials for two Avex  Homes communities underway in West Orange County.

Micky Blackton, chief executive officer, said Orlando-based Avex Homes awarded his firm a contract forOcoee Reserve off Good Homes Rd. with 44 homes that require flooring materials worth $600,000. 

Blackton also received a contract for Dillard Point an exclusive neighborhood with 12 homes Avex is building in the Historic District of Winter Garden that will entail flooring materials worth $300,000.

New homes at Ocoee Reserve range from 1,568 to 2,367 square feet of living space and are priced from the mid-$200s.  Dillard Point homes range from 2,400 to 3,200 square feet and are priced from $500,000 to well over $1 Million.



Blackton, Inc. a family owned business located on Alden Road near downtown Orlando has been supplying the home building industry from Jacksonville to Tampa for over 65 years.
CONTACTS:
Michael “Micky” Blackton, Chairman, Blackton, Inc. 
407-898-2661 

Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 
or 407-461-3781; 

JLL arranges $58.5 million refinancing of two-property hotel portfolio in Fort Walton Beach, FL


 Rebecca VanReken 
CHICAGO, IL – JLL announces that it has arranged a $58.5 million refinancing for the leasehold interest on a hotel portfolio comprising two adjacent beachfront hotels totaling 330 keys located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. 

The hotels reside on a ground lease held with the United States Air Force with 45 years of remaining term.

JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Innisfree Hotels and its partner, the Band of Poarch Creek Indians, to place the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan with Ladder Capital Finance LLC. 


Nicole Aguiar

Proceeds were used to pay off the original construction financing and provided more than $8.4 million of cash back to the borrower.

The portfolio comprises the 178-room Hilton Garden Inn Fort Walton Beach and the 152-room Holiday Inn Resort Fort Walton Beach, which are two beachfront hotels on the Gulf Coast. 

The Hilton Garden Inn, located at 1297 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, was completed in 2017 and features 5,000 square feet of event space; an outdoor swimming pool, lazy river with rock waterfalls, Whirlpool spa, tiki bar and fire pits; indoor, heated pool; fitness center, 24-hour business center; and The Garden Grille and Bar restaurant.  


Jeff Bucaro
Situated at 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, the Holiday Inn Resort opened in 2014 and features 2,498 square feet of even space; an outdoor pool, lazy river, Whirlpool spa and pool bar; indoor pool; fitness center, game room, sundry shop; business center; and Riptides Grille & Tiki Bar restaurant.  

The portfolio is on Santa Rose Island, a three-mile stretch of waterfront land bookended by protected national parks, which makes the area an extremely high-barriers-to-entry market. 

The five-story hotels are across the street from the 24,000-square-foot Emerald Coast Convention Center and within a five-mile radius of Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park, Wild Willy’s Adventure Zone, Escape Zone 60, Okaloosa Island Fishing Pier, Eglin Air Force Base, Fort Walton Beach Golf Club, Hurlburt Field and The City of Fort Walton Beach Heritage Park & Cultural Center.

Brooks Moore

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by managing director Jeff Bucaro, managing director Rebecca VanReken and director Nicole Aguiar. 

The two-property portfolio represents the ninth and tenth properties that members of this team have closed for Innisfree Hotels.

“We knew this would be a more difficult financing assignment given the limited operating history of one of the assets combined with the shorter-term ground lease,” said Brooks Moore, CFO of Innisfree Hotels. “As always, this team performed exceptionally well and closed the transaction during a very volatile time in the CMBS markets.” 

“It is typically challenging to secure permanent debt financing on hotels with limited operating history – especially when a return of equity is involved,” Bucaro added. 

“But Innisfree is an exceptional owner/operator with an amazing track record as evidenced by their new hotels consistently outperforming the market within a month or two of opening.”


CONTACTS:

Jeff BucaroJLL Managing Director
Phone:  +1 312 528 3678

 Rebecca VanReken, JLL Managing Director    
Phone: +1 407 745 3900

Kimberly Steele
Phone: +1 713 852 3420
Email: Kimberly.Steele@am.jll.com

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jll.com.
https://innisfreehotels.com

Fulton East, Modern 12-Story Office Building in Chicago's Fulton Market District, Starts Construction


Rendering of planned Fulton East office and retail building,
215 North Peoria Street, Fulton Market District, Chicago, IL

CHICAGO, IL — Construction has started on Fulton East, a 12-story, 90,000-square-foot office and retail building now available for lease at 215 N. Peoria St., in the heart of Chicago’s burgeoning Fulton Market District. 

When construction is completed in spring 2020, Fulton East will offer a wide range of innovative office users immediate access to neighborhood amenities and public transit in one of downtown Chicago’s highest-demand office submarkets.

Rooftop rendering of planned Fulton East Project, Chicago, IL

Developed by Peoria Green Owner LLC, a venture of veteran Chicago-based real estate developers Bob Wislow and Camille Julmy, Fulton East will feature 11-foot, 4-inch ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows with unobstructed views of the Chicago skyline.

Camille Julmy
Building amenities include spacious 9-by-27-foot balconies on each floor for meetings or lounging, as well as an 8,000-square-foot landscaped rooftop park for tenant use.

This shared amenity will feature comfortable seating designed for both collaboration and client entertainment, with state-of-the-art connectivity for product demonstrations, team meetings, sports viewing or movie nights.

“We are proud to bring a game-changer to Fulton Market by developing the first Class A boutique office building to fill the need for truly high-quality, small-floor-plate office space in Chicago's hottest office market,” Wislow said.

Bob Wislow
“At Fulton East, design firms, growing startups, family offices, venture capital and private equity firms, or law, accounting and consulting firms serving companies in the Fulton Market and West Loop neighborhoods can locate in a building sized for their business in the middle of what has become Chicago’s newest corporate epicenter.”

Chicago-based Clayco is leading the design-build effort for Fulton East with its in-house architecture firm, Lamar Johnson Collaborative.

With eight floors of highly efficient office space, each with a 10,600-square-foot, virtually column-free floor plate that can be used in its entirety, combined with other floors for a multi-floor headquarters or subdivided for smaller firms, Fulton East is designed to appeal to a broad range of tenants.

Fulton Market District, Chicago, IL
 In addition to the rooftop green space and private balconies on each floor, building amenities include reserved indoor parking and an enclosed bicycle storage room.

Property operations will incorporate state-of-the-art technical capabilities. The property also offers for lease a 5,000-square-foot retail space at street level.

Fulton East is centrally located and pedestrian-friendly in the heart of Fulton Market’s dining and nightlife offerings.

The building is easily accessible from the city and suburbs with its location just west of the Kennedy Expressway, only one and a half blocks from the CTA’s Morgan Green and Pink Line station and two blocks from the No. 8 Halsted bus route.

For leasing inquiries, please contact Katie Scott at (312) 218-6347 
or Camille Julmy at (312) 259-5663

CONTACTS: 

 Rebecca Boykin, rboykin@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4523
Gretchen Muller, gmuller@taylorjohnson.com, (312) 267-4511

Friday, July 12, 2019

JLL arranges $13 million financing for creative office project in Lloyd District of Portland, OR


Leftbank, a 60,209-square-foot, adaptive reuse, creative office project in Portland’s Lloyd District. 


SEATTLE, WA – JLL announces that it has arranged $13.3 million in financing for the acquisition of Leftbank, a 60,209-square-foot, adaptive reuse, creative office project in Portland’s Lloyd District. 

Tom Wilson
JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, ScanlanKemperBard (SKB), to place the three-year, floating-rate bridge loan with two one-year extension option with a debt fund. 

The Leftbank property has a total of 60,209 rentable square-feet and consists of a four-story building, adjacent parking lot and vacant developable parcel of land. 

With its exposed wood ceilings and beams, original masonry walls and panoramic views of the west side of Portland, the four-story building provides an engaging space that has become ideal and sought after for creative and tech tenants. 

In addition to its architectural appeal, the property is conveniently located adjacent to a Portland Streetcar stop and a short walk to four MAX light rail lines, and is only two blocks from Portland’s Moda Center, home of the Portland Trail Blazers.

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the borrower included senior managing director Tom Wilson and director Zachary Kersten.

Moda Center, Portland, OR

“We are excited to acquire another asset in Portland’s thriving Eastside market," said Justin La Tempa, SKB vice president of acquisitions. "Leftbank’s central proximity and its adjacency to public transportation and Portland’s largest event venues makes for an advantageous opportunity.”


 CONTACTS:

Tom WilsonJLL Senior Managing Director
Phone:  +1 206 576 0035

Zachary Kersten, JLL Director    
Phone: +1 503 417 5586

 Kimberly Steele
Phone: +1 713 852 3420
Email: Kimberly.Steele@am.jll.com


Levin Johnston Directs Two Property Sales Totaling Nearly $25 Million in California Bay Area


Village Drive Apartments, 1100-1114 Village Drive, consists of four buildings totaling approximately 34,889 square feet in Belmont, CA

BELMONT, CA  – Levin Johnston of Marcus and Millichap, one of the top multifamily brokerage teams in the U.S. specializing in wealth management through commercial real estate investments, has successfully directed two property sales totaling $24.99 million in Belmont, California – a high-barrier to entry market in San Mateo County.

Adam Levin
Adam Levin, Executive Managing Director and Robert Johnston, Senior Managing Director of Levin Johnston, represented the seller, a private high net worth  investor.

They also represented the buyer in each transaction both of which were Family Trust Exchange buyers.

 “Belmont is one of the strongest and most robust rental markets in the country,” explains Levin. 

“Each of these multifamily assets are positioned to perform well over time based on their close proximity to many of the nation’s top tech employers such as Oracle, Facebook, Sony and Google, among many others – which will drive continued occupancy and a well-sustained renter base for years to come.”

Levin Johnston’s recent sale transactions include:

$16 Million Sale of Village Drive Apartments

            Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap directed the sale of a 30-unit multifamily community in Belmont, California for $16 million. Situated on 0.72 acres, Village Drive Apartments consists of four buildings totaling approximately 34,889 square feet.

Robert Johnston
The property recently underwent extensive renovations including exterior and interior improvements such as new dual-pane vinyl windows, fresh paint, landscaping and architectural improvements.

The apartment interiors have been updated with laminate flooring and upgraded kitchen cabinets, counters, backsplashes, lighting and appliances.

“We immediately recognized the appeal of this asset, based on its favorable location and extensive capital improvements,” says Johnston.

“In the current market, many private investors are seeking boutique-sized apartment communities that have been recently renovated. These assets can be held for the long term as cash-flow investments.”

Originally constructed in 1959, Village Drive Apartments offers a mix of ten one-bedroom/one-bathroom units, 14 two-bedroom/one-bathroom units and six three-bedroom/one-and-one-half bathroom units.

Carlmont Park Apartments Trades For the First Time in Three Decades

            Levin Johnston also directed the sale of Carlmont Park Apartments, a 22-unit multifamily community in Belmont, California for a total consideration of $8,998,000.

Originally constructed in 1962, Carlmont Park Apartments, 1230 Alameda De Las Pulgas offers a mix of studio and one-bedroom floorplans in Belmont, CA
 “This transaction was a rare opportunity to bring an asset to market that had been under the same ownership for more than 30 years,” says Johnston.

“Trades like these are unique, and represent the tremendous value creation that is still available to multifamily investors in the Mid-Peninsula market.”

Originally constructed in 1962, Carlmont Park Apartments is situated on 0.56 acres of land and offers a mix of studio and one-bedroom floorplans.

 CONTACTS:

Alex Caswell / Jenn Quader 
Brower Group
(949) 438-6262


The Preiss Co. and a Private Real Estate Fund Advised by Crow Holdings Capital Acquires 500-bed Aspen Heights Student Housing Complex near Clemson University in Clemson, SC


Susan Folckemer

CLEMSON, SC and RALEIGH, NCOfficials at The Preiss Company (TPCO), one of the nation’s largest, privately-held, student housing owner-operators, and a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital,  announced the acquisition of the 598-bed student housing complex, Aspen Heights, for an undisclosed amount. 

Serving Clemson University, the property has been rebranded The Collective at Clemson and is undergoing major upgrades.

“Year-to-date, we are averaging nearly one major transaction a month and believe the second half of 2019 will be as robust as the first half,” said Susan Folckemer, TPCO chief acquisitions & development officer. 

Adam Byrley

“We continue to see favorable investment opportunities in markets across the country and have the most active pipeline ever in our 32-year history.”

The significant upgrade program will have special emphasis on enhancing the clubhouse, the complex’s social and study center, as well as improving amenities.   Other improvements include flooring upgrades and new furniture in select units, as well as painting the exterior.       
     
“We have a long and successful history with the Clemson University student community,” said Adam Byrley, chief operating officer, TPCO. 

John Preiss
 “We have served students there since 2002 and know their housing, amenity and social preferences.  We have tailored our proprietary operation programs to fit their needs. 

"With strong academic programs and high visibility athletics, Clemson currently is ranked 24th among all public universities by U.S. News & World Report, which bodes well for continued enrollment growth.”

Situated at 673 Old Greenville Highway in Clemson, the property consists of a collection of cottages and townhouses surrounding a well-landscaped resort-style pool, hot tub, outdoor fireplaces and full-court volleyball and basketball courts. 

A clubhouse features a computer lab, study lounge, movie theater, game room and fitness center. 

Aspen Heights, a 598-bed student housing complex at 673 Old Greenville Highway in Clemson, SChas been rebranded
The Collective at Clemson 

The complex offers two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom floor plans, each providing a private bedroom, bathroom and ample closet space. 

 The open space layout features a living room and spacious kitchens with granite countertops, black appliances and shaker-style cabinets.  Linen closets and extra storage are provided, as well as a full-sized washer and dryer.

“We have passed the half billion-dollar mark in transactions for a single year in record time and believe we will exceed our previous record year of acquisitions, dispositions and development in the third quarter,” said John Preiss, chief investment officer, TPCO.\

 “We have a strong group of institutional investors with whom we have built trust and great working relationships.  Together we continue to see excellent growth opportunities in student housing.”


CONTACTS:

Amy Barger
 Vice President of Public Relations
The Preiss Company
(919) 532-1114