CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Gantry has secured a $25 million permanent loan to refinance a seniors housing community in Cupertino. Restricted to residents age 55 or older, the independent senior property features 160 studio, suite and two-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include meal service, social activities, housekeeping and laundry, valet parking, concierge services, 24/7 staffing, a swimming pool, fitness center, meditation garden and landscaped courtyards with seating. Mitch Zeemont, Jeff Wilcox, Robert Slatt and Erinn Cooke of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. One of Gantry’s insurance company correspondents provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization. Gantry will service the loan.
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LaTerra Development Sells 28-Unit Charlie La Mirada Multifamily Building in La Mirada, California
by Amy Works
LA MIRADA, CALIF. — Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based LaTerra Development has completed the disposition of The Charlie La Mirada, an apartment building in La Mirada. Dunbar Real Estate Investment Management acquired the asset for $11.1 million. Developed by LaTerra Development in 2021, The Charlie La Mirada offers 28 apartments. LaTerra built the asset, which is located at 1628 La Mirada Blvd., as part of its Charlie Collection. Joe Leon and Nick Ingle of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller, while Dean Zander of Newmark represented the buyer in the deal.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — California-based investment firm KBS has received loan facilities totaling approximately $480 million for the refinancing of a portfolio of office buildings in Texas, Minnesota and California. The Texas component includes Legacy Town Center, a three-building, 522,043-square-foot complex in Plano, and Sterling Plaza, a 313,609-square-foot building that was originally built in 1984 in the Preston Center submarket of Dallas. The Minnesota building is 60 South Sixth, a 40-story complex in downtown Minneapolis. In California, the facility covers Ten Almaden, a 17-story building in downtown San Jose, and two of the three buildings within the Towers at Emeryville development, which is also located in the Bay Area. The facility extends the loan commitment to January 2027, with two additional 12-month extension options and provides for $15 million in new funding for leasing costs and related capital improvements and other property-level expenses.
Burlington Distribution Buys 889,445 SF Warehouse in Riverside, California from BlackRock for $257M
by Amy Works
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Burlington Distribution has purchased an industrial warehouse located at 21600 Cactus Ave. in Riverside from BlackRock for $257 million. Mark Zorn and Cory Whitman of Colliers represented the buyer, while CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Constructed in 2019, the 889,445-square-foot warehouse features a clear height of 40 feet and 220 dock doors. Burlington has been the sole tenant since the asset’s construction. Burlington Distribution opened 101 new stores and relocated 31 older oversized locations in fiscal 2024 and plans to open approximately 100 net new stores in 2025.
LOS ANGELES — Kingsbarn Realty Capital has purchased 1601 Vine Street, an office building in Los Angeles’ Hollywood submarket, for an undisclosed price. Developed by J.H. Synder Co. and designed by Ware Malcomb, the eight-story building offers 115,000 square feet of office space and five levels of underground parking. Skims Body Inc., an American shapewear and clothing brand, has occupied the building as its corporate headquarters since mid-2023, with leasing through mid-2028. The transaction team included Los Angeles-based Hankey Capital, IBI Volcano Investments and Newmark.
Priority Capital Advisory Arranges $21M Land, Predevelopment Loan for 241-Unit Multifamily Project in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Priority Capital Advisory has arranged a $21 million land and predevelopment loan for the recapitalization of a 2.1-acre site on behalf of Grubb Properties. Located at 1000 S. Vermont St. in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood, the fully entitled development is the site of Link Apartments Kora, a planned mixed-use multifamily project. Once completed, the seven-story project will offer 241 apartments and 50,630 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Grubb Properties acquired the parcel in February 2022 and has performed demolition and preparation on the site that is now shovel-ready with vertical construction slated to begin in September and completion scheduled for July 2028. Link Apartments Kora will feature 36 studio units (two affordable), 123 one-bedroom/one-bath units (six affordable) and 82 two-bedroom/two-bath units (four affordable). Community amenities will include a half-acre deck, pool, spa, fitness center, coworking space, two lounges, two rooftop decks and a dog run and wash. Grubb Properties’ Link Apartments brand is aimed at servicing the essential housing crisis in the United States. Link Apartments are focused on intelligent design and desired resident amenities that provide a lower cost, urban infill living opportunity.
Diversified Healthcare Trust Sells 186,000 SF Life Sciences Campus in San Diego for $159M
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Diversified Healthcare Trust, which is managed by The RMR Group, has completed the sale of MUSE, a three-building life sciences campus in San Diego, to Breakthrough Properties for $159 million. Substantially renovated between 2020 and 2022, the 186,000-square-foot asset consists of two fully leased wet lab buildings and one vacant office building. Overall, MUSE is 49 percent leased to Merck, Aegis Life, Organogenesis and Halloran. The renovation included the addition of a fitness center, full-service cafe and an indoor/outdoor conference center. MUSE is located at 3030, 3040 and 3050 Science Park Road in the Torrey Pines submarket of San Diego. JLL Capital Markets Investment Sales and Advisory team led by Kurt Luedkte and Zac Saloff represented the seller. JLL also arranged post-closing financing for the two buildings and will continue to handle leasing for the entire MUSE campus.
EL CAJON, CALIF. — Northmarq has arranged the sale of Terraza Hills Apartments, a multifamily property in El Cajon. Terreza TI CI LLC sold the asset to Sunstone Two Tree Acquisitions LLC for $45 million. Located on East Bradley Avenue, Terraza Hills Apartments offers 200 one- and two-bedroom apartments, a swimming pool, laundry facilities, gated access, garage parking, on-call maintenance and onsite management. Tyler Sinks, Ed Rosen and John Chu of Northmarq’s San Diego Multifamily Investment Sales team represented the seller in the transaction.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Faropoint has entered the Los Angeles market with the purchase of a multi-tenant industrial property at 605-655 Hawaii Ave. in Torrance, a suburb 20 miles south of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $9.9 million. The name of the seller was not released. Built in 1963, the 36,491-square-foot facility is leased to four tenants. The property features tilt-up construction, a clear height of 18 feet and six double dock-high loading doors. Faropoint plans to implement a value-add strategy for the property, including targeted capital improvements and lease optimization.
JLL, HJ Sims Arrange $239.7M in Tax-Exempt, Taxable Bond Financing for Three-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Arizona, California
by Amy Works
BUCKEYE AND YUMA, ARIZ., AND SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — JLL and HJ Sims have arranged $239.7 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the Integrated Senior Foundation — Ativo Portfolio, a seniors housing portfolio in Arizona and California. The portfolio includes 430 independent living, assisting living and memory care units. There are two ground-up development communities and one acquisition — Ativo of Sundance in Buckeye, Ativo of Yuma in Yuma and Ativo of Santa Clarita within the Sand Canyon Plaza master-planned community in Santa Clarita. On behalf of Integrated Senior Foundation, JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team, in collaboration with the bond underwriting team of HJ Sims and JLL Securities, secured fixed-rate financing with a final maturity of 40 years. The financing consisted of $218.2 million of publicly offered tax-exempt senior series 2025A bonds, $5.9 million of taxable senior series 2025B bonds and $15.5 million of tax-exempt subordinate 2025C bonds. Slated for completion in 2027, Ativo of Sundance will feature 102 independent living units, 75 assisted living units and 30 memory care beds, while Ativo of Santa Clarita will feature 51 independent living units, 65 assisted living units and 28 memory care beds, with completion scheduled for later this year. Ativo …