ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — MetroGroup Realty Finance has arranged a $10.6 million bridge loan for a retail center in Aliso Viejo. Trader Joe’s anchors the 30,500-square-foot property. Other tenants include the restaurants Eureka! and Lupe’s. The interest-only loan carries a term of 36 months and replaces a maturing commercial mortgage-backed security loan.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Alere Property Group has purchased a 17.4-acre site in Fontana for $38.9 million. Located at 13592 Slover Ave., just off Interstate 10 between North Etiwanda and Cherry avenues, the site is entitled for two Class A warehouse distribution buildings totaling about 350,000 square feet. Alere plans to develop the property in 2024 and offer the buildings for lease. Richard Lee, Nicholas Chang, Justin Kuehn and Sione Fua of the Lee Chang Kuehn Fua Group of NAI Capital Commercial’s Ontario office represented both Alere and the seller, CP Fontana, in the transaction.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — A joint venture comprising Shopoff Realty Investments, Praelium Commercial Real Estate and an affiliate of Singerman Real Estate LLC has purchased an 8.4-acre property in Pleasanton that was formerly home to a Nordstrom department store. Located at Stoneridge Mall, the property marks the fourth mall purchase for Shopoff in recent years, according to the company’s president and CEO. Shopoff is currently exploring potential uses — including residential, mixed-use and office — for the space. Stoneridge Mall is one of the sites identified for redevelopment by the City of Pleasanton’s 2023-31 Housing Element Plan.
POWAY, CALIF. — SENTRE has acquired Parkway Commerce Center, a 147,907-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial park in Poway, for $21.4 million. The facility comprises two warehouse/distribution buildings and two industrial/flex buildings, which are leased to a diverse roster of tenants. The property features 19- to 25-foot clear heights and a total of 21 dock-high doors, 36 drive-in doors and 316 parking spaces. JLL’s Bob Prendergast, Lynn LaChapelle, Ryan Spradling and Zach Saloff represented the seller, an institutional investor.
ORANGE, CALIF. — MCA Realty has sold Struck Business Park, a 42,750-square-foot, two-building industrial property in Orange, for $13.5 million. The all-cash buyer utliized a 1031 Exchange for the transaction. Struck Business Park features 16 industrial units ranging from 1,461 square feet to 11,420 square feet. It is located at 1523 & 1547 W. Struck Ave. MCA purchased the asset in August 2021 and repositioned the property. This included a new paint scheme, landscape upgrades, asphalt repairs and new signage. Mike Hefner, Hayden Socci and Tom Terry of Voit Capital Markets team arranged the sale.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Kairos Investment Management Co. (KIMC) and Harbor Associates has purchased 6922 Hollywood Boulevard, a 12-story office and retail property in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated at the intersection of North Orange Drive and Hollywood Boulevard, the 208,000-square-foot building features 37,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and an underground and adjacent five-story parking garages. Retail tenants include Wahlburgers, CaboWabo, US Bank and Line Friends. The Trail Park Group occupies the top three floors of office space. The joint venture plans to implement site and façade improvements and update vacant office space with a goal of reaching 85 percent to 90 percent occupancy by the end of 2025.
LOS ANGELES — Meta Housing Corp., in partnership with The People Concern, has opened LAMP Lodge, an affordable housing community in downtown Los Angeles’ Skid Row neighborhood. Located at 656-660 Stanford Ave., the 82-unit property will provide affordable and accessible housing to individuals and families who have faced the challenge of homelessness. Meta Housing assembled the capital and managed ground-up construction of the property. The project included the demolition of an existing 50-unit building and the development of the LAMP Lodge, which features a central courtyard, community room, garden boxes, modern security system, laundry facilities and accessible units and features. The People Concern will provide ongoing supportive services to tenants at the property. The redevelopment team included Los Angeles County’s Housing Authority, Department of Mental Health and Department of Health Services; the California Department of Housing and Community Development; and the City of Los Angeles’ Housing Department and Housing Authority. Funding was provided by Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Boston Financial Investment Management and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee. KFA Architecture served as architect for the project.
LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $10.5 million construction takeout refinancing for Park Place at Jordan Downs, an affordable multifamily project in Los Angeles. The borrower is BRIDGE Housing Corp. Anson Snyder led the JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory team to secure the 17-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan. JLL Real Estate Capital, a Fannie Mae DUS lender, will service the loan. Built in 2022, Park Place features 80 apartments that are both rent- and income-restricted at 30 percent, 40 percent, 50 percent, 60 percent and 80 percent of area median income. The property is part of the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles’ multibillion-dollar plan to redevelop the Jordan Downs public housing community. Upon completion, the entire development will have nearly 1,600 affordable and market-rate apartments. The complex will also include more than 150,000 square feet of commercial space, a large community center and several public parks. Park Place at Jordan Downs is located at 2062 E. 99th Place in the Watts neighborhood of southeast Los Angeles.
— By Shane Shafer, Managing Director, Northmarq — Orange County remains a highly desirable market for multifamily investors — and for good reason. It’s a flight-to-quality market with a strong employment base and continued expectations of future job growth. This drives demand for rental units and pushes rent growth and occupancy. Add to that a severe shortage of rental housing supply, more would-be homebuyers remaining renter, and Orange County’s affordability compared with other Southern California markets, and it points to a robust investor market. The employment market continues to show signs of growth and resurgence, adding 73,000 jobs in 2022. Unemployment is an extremely low 2.5 percent. Orange County is long known for its tech startups, tourism and hospitality sectors, though healthcare and bioscience are expanding here as well. For example, Washington-based health system Providence is investing $712 million in Orange County to build two new multi-specialty medical centers and a new patient care tower for Providence Mission Hospital. The centers will be in San Clemente and Rancho Mission Viejo. This strong job market gives multifamily investors confidence in their expected returns as they aggressively pursue assets when they hit the market. Central OC Leads in Rental Gains Central Orange County experienced a …
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Dunleer, a Los Angeles-based private real estate investment and development firm, has completed the disposition of a 2.5-acre industrial outdoor storage parcel that includes a single-story building, located at 4404 W. First St. in Santa Ana. The City of Santa Ana acquired the asset for $10.5 million and plans to use the property for city-related public services. The property features a fenced and secured yard area, a 3,900-square-foot building and quick access to interstates 5 and 405. Keith Greer, Ben Seybold, Sean Ward and Joshua Samuels of CBRE represented Dunleer, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.