Thursday, September 26, 2019

Arbor Funds $1.2 Million Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) in Fallbrook, CA


                                     
Greg Gillam
  
UNIONDALE, NY – Arbor Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:ABR), a leading multifamily and commercial mortgage lender, recently funded a Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) in Fallbrook, CA.
Buena Altura Apartments, a 10-unit apartment building, received $1.2M in refinance cash-out funding through the program. The loan includes a 10-year, fixed-rate term with three years interest only and stepdown prepayment
 Greg Gillam of Arbor’s Manhattan Beach office originated the loan.
 “The borrower purchased this property about two years ago and spent quite a bit of money improving it. Arbor was able to provide favorable financing through Freddie Mac that included a return of part of the cash invested in the enhancements.”
10-Unit Buena Altura Apartments, Fallbrook, CA
 Built in 1979 and renovated recently, the units on this property offer laundry facilities, high speed internet access and close proximity to local shopping centers.
The complex enjoys the blend of rural tranquility, natural beauty, rolling hills and suburban lifestyle that characterizes the Fallbrook community of northern San Diego.
Contact:

Bina Handa
Tel: 516.506.4229

Stos Partners Acquires Multi-Tenant Carlsbad, CA R&D/Office Property


R&D/Office Property, 5816 Dryden Place, Carlsbad, CA

 CARLSBAD CA, Sept. 26, 2019  Stos Partners, a privately held commercial real estate investment and management firm, has acquired a multi-tenant R&D/office property in Carlsbad, California, bringing the firm's year-to-date acquisition volume in 2019 to 402,500 square feet totaling more than $55.5 million throughout Southern California.

CJ Stos
"This acquisition reflects the continued success of our firm's investment strategy, through which we are able to identify and acquire value-add properties in high-demand industrial and office locations, despite today's tight market," says CJ Stos, Principal of Stos Partners. 

"As one of Southern California's most active buyers of value-add industrial, office, and flex properties, we were able to draw upon our strong broker network and proven track record of rapid closings to secure this property among a pool of competitive buyers.”

Stos acquired the two-tenant R&D/office property from the seller, a private entity, and negotiated a sale/leaseback through which the seller will remain a long-term tenant, occupying 79% of the 22,156 square-foot building.  

Jason Richards
Stos also successfully negotiated a reduced price and favorable structure that provides increased flexibility to improve the property and successfully execute the business plan, according to Jason Richards, a Partner at Stos Partners.

“The remaining vacant suite will undergo an extensive renovation and presents a tremendous opportunity to deliver highly desirable, efficient and competitively priced office space for lease in the Carlsbad market,” says Richards.

The Stos team plans to implement cosmetic improvements and building upgrades that include a new roof, exterior and interior paint, revived drought-tolerant landscaping, parking lot upgrades and speculative creative office interior improvements to attract small to mid-sized tenants seeking well located, low cost office space.

Jay Boyle
“By acquiring this asset at a competitive basis and implementing a series of strategic capital enhancements, we will be able to offer the remaining space at a lease rate as low as 20% below market, while still exceeding our investment goals for the property,” says Jay Boyle, an Executive Vice President with Stos Partners.

Situated in close proximity to the I-5 Freeway and an abundance of retail amenities, the property is located at 5816 Dryden Place in Carlsbad, California.

Adam Foster
Adam Foster of Foster Commercial Real Estate represented Stos as the buyer in the acquisition.

Contact:

Katie Haga / Jenn Quader
(949) 438-6262


JLL secures permanent financing for Dallas, TX office buildings

3000 and 3100 Olympus Boulevard, Dallas, TX

DALLAS, TX – JLL announced  it has secured a permanent loan for 3000 and 3100 Olympus Boulevard, two newly constructed, Class A office buildings totaling 467,366 square feet in Dallas, Texas.

Working on behalf of the borrower, Billingsley Company, JLL placed the 15-year, fixed-rate loan with Allianz Real Estate of America.  The permanent financing replaced two construction loans on the stabilized properties.

 
 Trey Morsbach 
3000 and 3100 Olympus Boulevard are situated within the 1,000-acre Cypress Waters master-planned development, which offers five-star amenities such as on-site retail, food trucks, indoor/outdoor fitness centers and conference centers, and a planned five-mile hike and bike trail. 

 The transit-oriented development is just a five-minute commute to DFW International Airport and has direct access to Interstate 635 and Belt Line Road, two of the area’s major thoroughfares.  

Additionally, the properties sit adjacent to The Sound, which includes retail, restaurants and multifamily around the 362-acre North Lake that anchors Cypress Waters.  

Overall, the properties are 99.5% leased with 3000 Olympus serving as the new global headquarters for Brinker International and Nokia operating as the anchor tenant at 3100 Olympus.

Jim Curtin
The JLL Capital Markets team representing the borrower was led by Senior Managing Director Trey Morsbach and Managing Director Jim Curtin.




For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit the firm’s U.S. media center Web page: U.S. newsroom.

Deal secured by Holliday GP Corp. (“HFF”) prior to being acquired by JLL on July 1, 2019. Co-brokerage services provided by Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.                                                                                                         
Contacts:

 Kristen Murphy
 JLL Director, Public Relations
Phone: +1 617 848 1572

Allianz enquiries: Maria Broccoli
Phone: +1 212 235 0456
Mobile: +1 917 612 0775


À La Carte Investments, LLC Closes Office Condo Portfolio Sale at Full-Asking Price Near Roswell, GA Historic District


  
Jacqueline Pace 

ATLANTA, GA -- Atlanta-based private equity investment and advisory firm, À La Carte Investments, LLC, announced that it has successfully represented L & L Communications, Inc. in the sale of an 1,842-square-foot office condo portfolio located at 875 Old Roswell Road in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell, GA.

The two-condo portfolio, and former headquarters of the Atlanta Tribune magazine, sold within months of being listing and fetched a full-asking price.

À La Carte Investments Commercial & Investment Broker Jacqueline Pace represented the seller in the transaction. Tiffany Gray of TAMG Realty, Inc. represented the buyer.

Tiffany Gray 
"Deep relationships and on-the-ground marketing efforts resulted in a highly favorable return for our client." Joseph Harland, II President & Managing Broker À La Carte Investments, LLC

The turn-key condos are located in Building C, suites 100 and 200, in the Old Roswell Exchange office complex.

Joseph Harland, II 

The property is conveniently situated between Holcomb Bridge and Mansell Roads, offering quick access to GA 400 and is in close proximity to North Point Mall, hotels, banks and other professional service providers, as well as the Roswell Square and Historic District.

About À La Carte Investments, LLC

À La Carte Investments, LLC, is an Atlanta-based private equity investment and advisory firm. The company offers real estate investments and advisory services using thoughtful and creative solutions to meet the investment needs of principals, investors and partners.

For more information, please visit www.alacarteinvestments.com

CONTACT:

JOSEPH HARLAND, II - President & Managing Broker
À la Carte Investments, LLC
404.376.4557

Schedule a meeting with us at https://calendly.com/alacarteinvestments

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Final Home in Phoenix, AZ Headed for Auction


Frank Lloyd Wright’s Circular Sun House, also known as the Norman Lykes House, was the last home design he worked on before he died in 1959.
                                                                              Photo by Craig Root

  
                            Frank Lloyd Wright

PHOENIX, AZ -- Sixty years after his death, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Circular Sun House, also known as the Norman Lykes House, was the last home design he worked on before he died in 1959, according to
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.


John Rattenbury

Built in 1967 and later restored in 1994 by his apprentice John Rattenbury, the 3,095-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath contemporary house is located in Phoenix on 1.3 acres on the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.


Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
 It will go to auction on October 16 with no reserve. Wright designed over 1,000 structures during his 73-year career including many of America’s most famous buildings such as Fallingwater, the Guggenheim Museum and the Johnson Wax Headquarters.
Emma Stone

Wright had been working with Mr. Rattenbury on the Lykes House sketches and had chosen the building site and designed the furniture and built-ins for the home when he became ill and died at age 91.


Michael Phelps
Having come full circle from his start in Prairie style, to textile block, to organic and, towards the end, the functional Usonian for the masses, his last designs showed a new interest in circles and curves as he created buildings in the round such as the Guggenheim in New York City and a home he built for his son, the David and Gladys Wright home, also in Phoenix.


Alicia Keys
Registered with the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, the home includes Wright’s signature large living room fireplace intended to bring families and friends together, a lower-level media room, two home offices with built-ins of desk, cabinet storage and walls of shelving, and a distinctive curved kitchen with the best appliances of the day.


Alice Cooper
 Wright designed rolling-island and unique under-cabinet windows and timeless stainless-steel counters, contemporary-tiled large baths, and a privacy-walled crescent pool with mother-of-pearl tiles and patio viewed from inside through glass walls.


Steven Spielberg
There is also a separate upstairs round office with all built-in furnishings in Philippine mahogany, as are all the home’s built-ins, and is encircled by half-moon windows.


David and Gladys Wright house in Phoenix, AZ designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his son and daughter-in-law

Views of the city, valley and mountains can be seen from almost every room and if the Phoenix Lights return, the Lykes House will have a commanding view.


Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
Conveying in the sale will be the added bonus of Wright’s mid-century modern furniture including small stools, table, night stands and end tables.

 Johnson Wax Headquarters, Racine, Wisconsin
Phoenix and its Paradise Valley have been a home for the rich and famous in all walks of life including retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, actress Emma Stone who grew up there, history’s most-decorated Olympian, Michael Phelps, singer Alicia Keys who just bought the Razor House in La Jolla, California, musician Alice Cooper and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
The auction will be held at the property by auctioneers Heritage Auctions.

CONTACT:

Genelle C. Brown
Content Manager, Media Division
TopTenRealEstateDeals.com
Phone:  434-480-4504

Twitter:  @toptenrealestat
facebook.com/toptenrealestat  

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

JLL closes sale of retail center in Aiken, SC


Margaret Caldwell

 ATLANTA, GA JLL announced  it has closed the sale of Hitchcock Plaza, a 252,311-square-foot, 88.7%-leased, dominant retail center in Aiken, South Carolina.

 Hitchcock Plaza is the premier shopping center in Aiken and home to 19 national and regional tenants, including an anchor line-up of national and credit-worthy tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, TJ.Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond, Academy Sports, Old Navy and Petco. 

The sale includes a .85-acre outparcel development site that could be used to expand the center. 
Situated on 24.04 acres at 427 Fabian Drive, the property is in a dominant retail hub in Aiken. 

Margret Jones

More than 30,000 residents earning an average annual household income of more than $92,000 live within a three-mile radius of the property, but Hitchcock Plaza’s nearest competition is at least 25 miles away in Augusta, so the property serves an extended trade area.

 Additionally, the property is at the highly trafficked intersection of Whiskey, Pine Log and Silver Bluff Roads, which results in visibility to approximately 68,500 vehicles per day.

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Managing Director Margaret Caldwell, now with Arden Capital Advisors, and Vice President Margret Jones.

One of several national retailers at Hitchcock Plaza retail center, Aiken, SC

JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. 

The firm's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment advisory, debt placement, equity placement or a recapitalization. 

The firm has more than 3,700 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit the firm’s U.S. media center Web page: U.S. newsroom.

Contact:

 Kimberly Steele
 JLL Digital Content/PR Specialist 
Phone: +1 713 852-3420
Email: Kimberly.Steele@am.jll.com

 jll.com

JLL closes sale and financing of Courtyard Portland Clackamas Hotel


136-Room Courtyard Portland Clackamas, Clackamas, OR

Scott Hall 
SAN DIEGO,  CA  – JLL announced  it has closed the sale and financing of Courtyard Portland Clackamas, a 136-room hotel in the Clackamas, Oregon.

JLL represented the institutional seller, and procured the buyer, McMillin, LLC.  Additionally, JLL worked on behalf of the buyer to secure the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through an insurance company lender.   

The Courtyard Portland Clackamas is located at 9300 SE Sunnybrook Boulevard approximately 11 miles southeast of Downtown Portland. 

 The select-service hotel is positioned along the western edge of Interstate 206 and Sunnybrook Boulevard, one of the city’s main arteries, and benefits from its proximity to multiple demand generators, including the Kaiser Permanent Sunnyside Medical Center, Clackamas Town Center and Camp Withycombe, which serves as one of the National Guard’s largest training facilities. 

Tim Wright
Renovated in 2016, the property consists of one four-story building with 136 rooms and suites.  

Hotel amenities include three meetings rooms, an on-site Bistro, indoor swimming pool and whirlpool, fitness center, business center, a 24-hour sundry shop and a boarding pass station. 

The JLL team was led by Senior Managing Directors Scott Hall and Tim Wright, Managing Director Casey Davidson, Senior Director Nick Kassab and Associates Aaron Lapping and Blake Malecha.

For more news, videos and research resources on JLL, please visit the firm’s U.S. media center Web page: U.S. newsroom.


Casey Davidson

About McMillin, LLC

Founded in 1960, McMillin has more than 50 years of successful real estate investments, including land development of 16 mixed-use master-planned communities, 30,000 homes, 20 community parks, in addition to schools, shopping centers, commercial office real estate and more. 

McMillin, LLC is the third-generation predecessor company of McMillin Companies led by principals Scott and Andy McMillin who have reimagined the company’s brand, vision and project motives going into the 21st century.  

Nick Kassab
About JLL

JLL (NYSE: JLL) is a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management. 

Our vision is to reimagine the world of real estate, creating rewarding opportunities and amazing spaces where people can achieve their ambitions.

 In doing so, we will build a better tomorrow for our clients, our people and our communities. 

JLL is a Fortune 500 company with annual revenue of $16.3 billion, operations in over 80 countries and a global workforce of nearly 92,000 as of June 30, 2019. 

JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. 

Contact:

 Kristen Murphy
 JLL Director, Public Relations
Phone: +1 617 848 1572