VIZZDA—July 26th, 2013 — The McDowell Mountain Marketplace, an 88,121 ft2 neighborhood shopping center at the southwest corner of Thompson Peak Parkway and Bell Road, sold for $14.125m or $160.29 per square foot. The seller was Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) through its portfolio manager, Blackrock Realty Advisors. Bob Parsons, Executive Chairman of GoDaddy, purchased the property through his real estate holding company, YAM Management, in an all cash transaction.
MetLife had previously acquired the property from Canadian retail operator, Centrecorp, in February of 2006 for $22.5m or $255.33 per square foot with $11,633,379.18 down and the assumption of an existing $12.25m note with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA). The $14.125m recent sales price represents a 37.22% decline in value over the seven-plus year holding period.
