FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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| Contact: | | Jill Swartz
Triple Net Properties, LLC
1551 N. Tustin Avenue, Suite 300
Santa Ana, California 92705
714-667-8252 ext. 251
jswartz@1031nnn.com |
TRIPLE NET PROPERTIES ACQUIRES EMBERWOOD APARTMENTS
IN LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
Santa Ana, Calif., December 19, 2007— Chief Investment Officer Jeff Hanson announced today that Triple Net Properties, LLC has acquired Emberwood Apartments on behalf of tenant-in-common investors. The acquisition closed on December 4, 2007.
Emberwood Apartments is a 296-unit apartment community in Lafayette, Louisiana. Built in 1985 on more than 14 acres, the approximately 267,000-square-foot property includes 24 two-story residential buildings with a separate building that houses the community’s leasing center. Emberwood provides an average unit size of 901 square feet and offers many features, including private patios or balconies, microwaves, ceiling fans, fireplaces, washers and dryers, and abundant closet space. Community amenities include two swimming pools, sports court, BBQ/picnic area, and a children’s playground. Emberwood Apartments is conveniently located near Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Kaliste Saloom Road, two of Lafayette’s most important traffic and commercial corridors, providing residents access to numerous restaurants, employment centers and the Acadiana Mall. The property is currently approximately 95 percent occupied and features a parking ratio of 1.9 spaces per unit.
Triple Net Properties purchased Emberwood Apartments from Goodman Real Estate. Financing was provided by Wachovia Bank, National Association.
Triple Net Properties, LLC became a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Grubb & Ellis Company, a leading real estate services and investment management firm, on December 7, 2007, subsequent to Triple Net Properties’ acquisition of the Emberwood Apartments. Triple Net Properties and affiliates manage a growing portfolio of nearly 39 million square feet of real estate, including more than 10,000 apartment units, with a combined market value in excess of $5.4 billion. Triple Net Properties and affiliates are currently buying and selling properties throughout the United States, offering a full range of commercial real estate investments, including tenant-in-common (TIC) programs for investors structuring tax-deferred (like-kind) exchanges under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and institutional investments.
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The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: changes in the company’s results of operations; uncertainties relating to the implementation of the company’s real estate investment and asset management strategies; changes in general and local economic and real estate conditions; the inability to combine the businesses of NNN Realty Advisors and Grubb & Ellis successfully, or that such combination may take longer, be more difficult, time-consuming or costly to accomplish than expected; and increased operating costs and business disruption following the merger of NNN Realty Advisors and Grubb & Ellis, including adverse effects on employee retention and on business relationships with third parties.
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