FREMONT, CALIF. — Northmarq has brokered the $23.4 million sale of three office and industrial buildings that are located within Stevenson Business Park in Fremont. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2021, the buildings total 116,780 square feet and formerly served as the regional office for the seller, The Men’s Warehouse. Chase Dominguez of Northmarq represented The Men’s Warehouse in the deal. The buyer was a undisclosed, California-based private investor.
SAN FRANCISCO — JLL has arranged the $9.3 million sale of a 29,762-square-foot retail property located at 2145 Market St. in San Francisco. Pacific Capital purchased the property from a private family trust. The site comprises two parcels totaling 0.36 acres and houses a two-story retail building that is fully leased to Walgreens and Live Fit Gym, as well as a subterranean parking garage. Eric Kathrein, Warren McClean, Andrew Spangenberg and Jen Mistretta of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
MORGAN HILL, CALIF. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and joint venture partner CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) have completed construction of Cochrane Technology Center (CTC), a 500,000-square-foot, Class A industrial park in the Silicon Valley city of Morgan Hill. Situated on 30 acres, the speculative development offers five buildings, ranging in size from 73,668 square feet to 138,698 square feet: Chip Sutherland, Rob Shannon and Brian Matteoni of CBRE are handling marketing and leasing of the asset.
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, SANTA MONICA, FRESNO AND TORRANCE, CALIF. — BWE has arranged four loans, totaling $40.1 million, for four retail and mixed-use properties in California. The loans include:
CHICAGO AND LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Remedy Medical Properties and Kayne Anderson Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of 37 healthcare properties from Broadstone Net Lease (NYSE: BNL), a diversified real estate investment trust with an industrial focus. The properties traded hands for $252 million. JLL served as the broker for the transaction. The 37 properties were selected from a larger collection of healthcare assets designated for sale by Broadstone Net Lease. The properties are being sold as part of the REIT’s plan to focus on core net lease assets in the industrial, retail and restaurant sectors. As of March 31, industrial properties comprised 54.2 percent of the REIT’s portfolio. The portfolio totals more than 708,000 square feet across 13 states. Each property is fully leased. The assets are situated in prominent markets that include: Chicago; Houston; Charlotte, North Carolina; Indianapolis; Seattle; Milwaukee; Tampa, Florida; and Arlington, Texas. The properties are leased by health systems and physician groups such as Advocate, Emerge Ortho, Froedert Health, IU Health, Tampa General, TGH Imaging and USPI. The largest facility included in the portfolio is Ridgeway Medical Campus in Greece, New York, near Rochester. The multi-specialty outpatient medical center comprises 120,000 …
— By Edward F. Del Beccaro, Executive Vice President, TRI Commercial — The major Northern California industrial markets contain a total of more than 860 million square feet of industrial buildings. The San Francisco Bay Area, North Bay, Silicon Valley, Sacramento and Central Valley have all experienced a falloff in tenant demand from 2021 to 2022 pandemic highs. Most markets experienced negative absorption in fourth-quarter 2023, including sublease space coming on the market that resulted in rents either plateauing or decreasing. Nevertheless, the outlook is still positive based on the various economic drivers pushing the market. For instance, manufacturers are benefitting from onshoring, with a projected 40 percent reduction in sourced material from China, per a recent report from Alix Partners. In addition, declining interest rates and continuing inflation will cause institutional money to flow into the industrial sector versus the office sector, according to a March 2024 ProLogis report. Below are various industrial submarket reviews: In the Oakland/East Bay Industrial I-80/880 Corridor, year-end 2023 experienced a slowdown in demand due to new construction and existing space becoming available. More than 10.2 million square feet is available, reflecting negative absorption of more than 778,000 square feet last year. The Port …
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has begun construction of Sycamore Hills Distribution Center situated on 34.6 acres in the Inland Empire city of Riverside. Totaling 603,100 square feet, the project will include a 400,000-square-foot building and a 203,100-square-foot building. The two buildings will offer 36-foot clear heights, 56-foot by 60-foot column spacing, 623 auto parking spaces and 155 trailer parking spaces. As part of the development, Rockefeller Group will develop and then donate a 1.2-acre trailhead parking lot north of the property that will provide hiking and mountain biking access to the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park. The trailhead parking lot will include 52 parking stalls, a seating area, drinking fountain and bike repair stand that will be dedicated in fee title to the City of Riverside upon completion. JPMorgan Chase provided $87.2 million in construction financing for the project, which is slated for completion in early 2025. The project team includes HPA Architects, Kimley-Horn, Fullmer Construction and ECM Management. Bill Heim, Alex Heim, Michael Chavez, Mario Calvillo and Finn Comer of Lee & Associates’ Ontario office will oversee leasing of the project.
POMONA, CALIF. — Flowing Streams LLC has purchased North Garey Village Apartments, a multifamily community in Pomona, for $9.9 million. Pomona is approximately 30 miles east of Los Angeles. Douglas McCauley and David Covarrubias of Marcus & Millichap’s Inland Empire office represented the seller, Kot and Offenbecher Trust, and procured the buyer in the transaction. Located at 3016 N. Garey Ave., North Garey Village Apartments offers 44 residences spread across 11 apartment buildings on a 1.5-acre parcel. Community amenities include single-car garages, on-site laundry facilities, storage rooms and select units with fireplaces. The property was built in 1963.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Abbey Food & Bar and The Chapel at The Abbey, two nightspots in West Hollywood. David Cooley sold the assets to Tristan Schukraft for $27 million. Brandon Michaels and Matthew Luchs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. The previous ownership transformed a small coffee shop into The Abbey Food & Bar became a well-known bar, restaurant and event venue, and opened its sister location, The Chapel at The Abbey. The assets are located on neighboring parcels at the signalized corner of North Robertson and Santa Monica boulevards.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 0.29-acre, fully entitled multifamily development site at 1212 E. 4th St. in Santa Ana. A private seller sold the asset to an Orange County-based buyer for $1.2 million. Currently named 4G Lofts, the shovel-ready development is fully entitled for 15 studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments, with one unit designated as affordable for very-low-income residents. Additionally, the property will offer 17 parking spaces. The site is located in Orange County. Michelle Jefcoat and Dan Blackwell of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
