COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates Orange has arranged the sale of a freestanding industrial/flex building in Costa Mesa. The property traded for $6.1 million. Located at 3587-3589 Harbor Blvd., the 19,271-square-foot building features a large fenced yard, three ground-level doors and 400 amps, 120/208 volt power. Greg Diab of Lee & Associates Orange represented the buyer in the deal.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — Quest Capital Partners has sold Atrium on the 10, an office building located at 2934 E. Garvey Ave. South in West Covina. A Covina-based nonprofit owner/user acquired the property for $22.2 million. In recent years, more than $3 million in capital has been invested in the 100,724-square-foot building. Updates include exterior cosmetic and common area enhancements, upgrades to furniture, installation of a living wall in the atrium, tenant improvements and updated building systems. Sammy Cemo, Mark Shaffer, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache and Bryan Johnson of CBRE’s Capital Markets, Investment Properties team, along with Steven Saunders and Philip Woodford of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
MENIFEE, CALIF. — Patrinely Group, in partnership with affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners, has broken ground on Gateway at Menifee, a speculative industrial project near Interstate 215 and Scott Road in Menifee. Totaling 544,114 square feet, the project will offer three Class A industrial buildings. Spanning 36.4 acres, the three rear-load buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 107 total dock-high doors and 130- to 190-foot court depths. The project is the second and final phase of the industrial park, which features a 229,934-square-foot building, a 220,606-square-foot building and a 93,575-square-foot building. Patrinely Group is developing the project, which KPRS will build. Ryan Bos and Colin MacMillan of KBC Advisors and Scotts Stewart and Gordon Mize of Lee & Associates will handle leasing of the project under the direction of Phillip Moore and Dennis Tarro of Patrinely Group.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Versum Materials US has acquired a building at Palomar Oaks Tech Center in Carlsbad from Bemer USA for $5.7 million. Located at 1989 Palomar Oaks Way, the asset offers 19,601 square feet of flex space. Jeff Abramson of Lee & Associates North San Diego County represented the seller, while Casey Sterk of JLL and Greg Bisconti represented the buyer in the deal.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — USA Properties Fund has broken ground on Mainline North, an affordable multifamily property in Santa Clara. The project is part of a public-private partnership that includes Bank of America, California Housing Finance Agency, the City of Santa Clara, Google, Housing Trust Silicon Valley, Ensemble Real Estate Investments and Related. Mainline North will feature 151 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures, ceiling fans and low-flow faucets, showers and toilets. The $81.2 million, eight-story building’s first three floors will contain the parking garage, lobby, leasing area, community room, fitness center, flex room and 5,000 square feet of retail space. Additional amenities will include a computer area with free Wi-Fi and a rooftop courtyard with outdoor seating, barbecue areas and a pet wash station. Completion is slated for early 2025. Rents will start around $850 per month for a studio to $1,080 per month for a two-bedroom apartment for households that earn up to 30 percent of the area median income.
LOS ANGELES — Champion Real Estate Co. has received a $16.1 million loan to refinance Victory on Portland, a 139-bed student housing community located at 2353 Portland St. in Los Angeles. The company, which purchased the asset in March 2020 for $14.1, secured the long-term, fixed-rate financing through Wintrust Bank. Champion renovated the property by upgrading the mechanical systems, renovating the interior units, enhancing curb appeal, increasing the amenity package and rebranding the community. The company also added eight units, totaling 37 beds, to the property.
LOS ANGELES — Cityview has unveiled its plans to develop Belle on Bev, a 243-unit workforce housing community in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown (HiFi) neighborhood. Slated for completion in the fourth quarter, the mixed-use project will feature 21 affordable units. Belle on Bev will feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floorplans with Nest thermostats, luxury vinyl flooring, Latch keyless entry, turnkey Wi-Fi, in-unit washers/dryers and two different color schemes. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool and spa; enclosed dog park and pet wash; two rooftop decks; Korean and traditional barbecues; a gym and yoga studio that will offer cross-training equipment and fitness classes; a courtyard with an oversized fireplace; ample parking; bike storage; and an indoor/outdoor clubhouse featuring a commercial-grade kitchen. The project team includes AC Martin, Clark Building Group and Nadia Geller Design.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — JLL has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail building at 3510 Leigh Ave. in San Jose. An undisclosed seller sold the asset to a private capital exchange buyer for $4.4 million. Citibank occupies the 7,986-square-foot property on a triple-net lease with six years of the lease term remaining. Eric Kathrein, Warren McClean and Andrew Spangenberg of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Stream Realty Partners has fully entitled its two latest Class A industrial projects totaling 117,000 square feet in the Inland Empire city of Rialto. The company plans to develop a 47,980-square-foot industrial facility on 2.9 acres at 855 W. Rialto Ave. and a 68,970-square-foot facility on 4.7 acres at 169 S. Spruce Ave. The building on West Rialto Avenue will feature 32-foot clear heights, eight dock-high doors, one drive-in door, a 160-foot truck court, 58 auto parking stalls and 5,500 square feet of built-out, ground-floor and mezzanine office space. The property on South Spruce Avenue will offer 32-foot clear heights, seven dock-high doors, one drive-in door, a 185-foot truck court, 13 trailer positions, 59 auto parking stalls and 6,000 square feet of built-out, ground-floor and mezzanine office space.
— By Jerry Holdner, Southern California Region Lead, Innovation & Insight, AVANT, Avison Young — The industrial market in the Inland Empire has been performing beyond what most of the industry projected over recent quarters. The region boasts a low unemployment rate of 4.2 percent, as of November 2022, which is below the anticipated 5.4 percent estimated a year ago. It is important to highlight, however, that job creation has been uneven. Leisure and hospitality jobs are still underwater, for example. The bright spot is that high-value-added jobs in a broad range of sectors like technology, software development, aerospace, scientific research, medical products and pharmaceutical development continue to grow, which bode well for the industrial sector. Here are some key market indicators, according to Avison Young’s fourth-quarter Inland Empire Industrial Insights report: • There was 38.9 million square feet of new industrial construction underway at the end of 2022. This is down 37.1 percent as compared to the end of 2021 when 28.4 million square feet was under construction. • There was 13.9 million square feet of positive absorption in 2022, down 53.5 percent when compared to 2021’s record-high total of 29.9 million square feet of positive absorption. This represents 2.5 percent …
