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CULVER CITY, CALIF. — HBO has signed a long-term lease to move its West Coast corporate headquarters from Santa Monica, Calif. to Ivy Station in Culver City in 2021. HBO will fully occupy the five-story, 240,000-square-foot office building at Ivy Station. HBO’s current lease at Colorado Center in Santa Monica, where it has been based since 2004, expires at the end of this year. The Los Angeles Times reports that the new lease is for 15 years. A joint venture between Lowe, AECOM-Canyon Partners and Rockwood Capital broke ground on the $350 million, 5.2-acre mixed-use project in September 2017. Completion is scheduled for mid-2020. Ivy Station is situated adjacent to the Culver City station stop along the Los Angeles Metro Expo Line. The transit-oriented development will include 200 apartment units, a 148-room hotel, 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, two acres of outdoor space and 1,500 parking spaces, 300 of which will be designated for metro transit riders. “HBO is an ideal business anchor for Ivy Station, bringing to the property creative professionals that will enjoy access to public transit, host out of town guests at the hotel, and frequent the shops and restaurants that will populate the …

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LOS ANGELES — FourPoint Investment Sales Partners has arranged the sale of Chateau Sera and Tropicana, two student housing communities totaling 60 beds near the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Both buildings were recently renovated and feature exterior and interior upgrades throughout. Chris Epp, Chris Bancroft, Craig Miller and Meredith Wolff of FourPoint arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, NB Private Capital. A California-based regional operator acquired the portfolio. Terms of the sale were undisclosed.

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ONTARIO, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate has brokered the sale of two retail pad buildings, totaling 21,591 square feet in Ontario, in two separate transactions totaling $5.6 million. The properties are part of a Walgreens-anchored neighborhood center, which was built in 2007. Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, an Ontario, Calif.-based private developer, in both transactions. In the first deal, a Southern California-based private investor acquired a two-tenant, 13,381-square-foot building, situated on 1.3 acres at 2645 E. Riverside Drive, for $3.2 million. A 7,200-square-foot O’Reilly Auto Parts and a corporate office fully occupy the property. Jeff Lin of Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario, Calif., office represented the buyer. In the second transaction, a Temple City, Calif.-based private investor purchased an 8,210-square-foot retail pad, located on 1.1 acres at 2665 E. Riverside Drive in Ontario, for $2.4 million. The property is fully occupied by seven tenants, including Subway, Wonderful Massage, Empire Barbers, IE Vapes, First Rate Staffing, Les Tax and a management company. Watson Yeh of Temple City-based EZ Max Realty represented the buyer in the deal.

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SAN DIEGO — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged a 20-year, $148 million lease of an existing, 100,000-square-foot facility located at 8875 Aero Drive in San Diego. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leased the property from Protea Properties, which acquired the asset in August 2017. Brandon Keith and Kipp Gstettenbauer of Voit’s San Diego office, along with Voit’s Private Client Group, directed the lease. The facility, which is situated on 7.7 acres, will be transformed into a state-of-the-art VA outpatient clinic — the only one of its kind in Southern California. Once completed, the new clinic will total 140,000 square feet and feature significant interior and exterior upgrades, as well as a new multi-level parking structure.

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LOS ANGELES — Holland Partner Group, as developer, and MVE+Partners, as architect, designer and planner, have completed the development of The Griffin and The Grace on Spring. The two 24-story residential towers are located at the intersection of Eight and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles. The Griffin on Spring features 275 apartments above 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, while The Grace on Spring consists of 300 units above 7,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Both towers include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as observatory rooftop lounges, a fitness center with separate yoga studio, business center, conference rooms, swimming pool, and entertainment lounge with kitchen, bar, media and billiards.

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SAN DIEGO — Colliers International has arranged the sale of a freestanding office building, located at 3850 Fifth Ave. in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood. LuxView Properties sold the asset to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for $4.8 million. The buyer plans to transform the two-story, 13,253-square-foot building into a mixed-use property with a retail thrift store on the ground floor and medical clinic space above. Marc Posthumus of Colliers represented the seller in the deal.

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GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Berkadia has closed $170 million in financing for the Great Wolf Lodge in Garden Grove. Andrew Coleman and Mauricio Rodriguez of Berkadia’s Hotels & Hospitality Group facilitated the deal on behalf of Colorado-based McWhinney. Provided by Wells Fargo, the 10-year, fixed-rate, full-term loan features interest-only payments. The use of the funds was not disclosed. Situated on 12 acres, the nine-story, 105,000-square-foot water park resort features 603 rooms, a 30,000-square-foot conference venue and 18,000 square feet of retail and dining, including seven restaurants, a bowling alley, miniature golf course, kid’s spa and arcade

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CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an office building, located at 2888 Loker Ave. East in Carlsbad. Zoe Office Center LLC acquired the property from Global Carlsbad I LLC for $17.6 million. Aric Starck of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Ron Jacobson of SD Realty Partners, represented the seller in the transaction. The 80,659-square-foot asset consists of more than 70 professional office suites surrounding an outdoor atrium, as well as a two-story parking structure on site. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased.

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SOUTH GATE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has negotiated the $29.5 million sale of The Crossroads at Firestone, a 53,262-square-foot, ALDI-anchored shopping center in South Gate. The property is located on six acres at 5802-5840 Firestone Blvd., 11 miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The Crossroads was built in in 2017 and was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including ALDI, AT&T, Bank of America, The Buffalo Spot, Burgerim, Churroholic, Fast 5 Express Car Wash, Flame Broiler, Hiccups Restaurant & Tea House, Jersey Mike’s Subs, La Michoacana Premium, Panera Bread, Pizza Studio, Sherwin-Williams and Tacos El Gavilan. Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented both the seller, Catellus Development Corp., and the buyer, SAFCO Capital Corp., in the transaction.

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CYPRESS, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group has arranged the sale of Cypress Village Shopping Center, a three-building retail asset located at 9515-9575 Valley View St. in Cypress. A Southern California-based private investor acquired the property from Cypress Village Partners LLC for $14.9 million, or $910 per square foot. Situated on 2.4 acres, a variety of restaurants and retailers occupy the 16,433-square-foot property. Current tenants include Pieology Pizzeria, 85°C Bakery Café, Burger Boss, WaBa Grill, Urban Cup and Churned Creamery. Rich Walter, Pat Kent and Parker Walter of SRS Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction.

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