SAN FRANCISCO — GreenRock Capital has led $103 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) funding for Chinese Hospital, located at 845 Jackson St. in San Francisco. This is the largest single C-PACE transaction in industry history and is the first to combine both taxable and tax-exempt financing in the same transaction, according to GreenRock. The C-PACE transaction reduced the cost of financing seismic and other building improvements associated with a new patient tower. The transaction will also refinance outstanding debt associated with the new tower and, by doing so, Chinese Hospital will realize respective cashflow savings of more than $40 million during the next 10 years. C-PACE is a financing mechanism that allows owners and developers of commercial and healthcare properties to access low-cost, long-term financing for efficient building improvements, including seismic and other resiliency measures. The financing is repaid through a property assessment payment paid through the term of financing.
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SAN DIEGO — Hines Global Income Trust has purchased Liberty Station, a four-building office campus located in the Old Town/Point Loma submarket of San Diego. Terms of the transaction were not released. The 187,000-square-foot campus is situated on the waterfront within a 360-acre mixed-use site with convenient access to major employment nodes and the San Diego International Airport. The site also features more than 100 walkable amenities, 349 residential units, a golf club, retail shops, restaurants, the Liberty Public Market and 125 acres of parks and recreation space.
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — Webster Bank has provided a $22.3 million loan for the refinancing of a 146-bed behavioral hospital in the Long Island community of Amityville. The facility spans 146,000 square feet and provides care for patients with acute psychiatric disorders. Anthony Sardo, Elliott Throne and C.J. Kodani of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, an entity doing business as 81 Louden Real Estate Group LLC.
Luminous Capital, Virtus Real Estate Buy R&D Building in Carlsbad, Plan Life Sciences Conversion
by Amy Works
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Luminous Capital Management, in partnership with Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital, has acquired 2290 Cosmos Court, an industrial/R&D building in Carlsbad. Los Angeles-based Excelsior Partners sold the asset for $9.5 million, or $255 per square foot. The 37,300-square-foot building was vacant at the time of sale. Previously, ViaSat utilized the property for its global communications operations. The buyers plan to renovate the property the property for bioscience research and development, including the build out of wet lab and support space. The property features heavy power, ground-level loading and abundant parking. Completion of the planned upgrades is slated for early 2023. Virtus provided joint venture equity for the renovation and repositioning of the property. Rusty Williams, Chris Roth and Jake Rubendall of Lee & Associates represented the seller in the deal. John Chun and John Marshall of JLL arranged the equity joint venture between Luminous and Virtus. California Bank & Trust provided financing for the acquisition and conversion.
GLOUCESTER, MASS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13.4 million sale of Cape Ann Marketplace, a 102,977-square-foot shopping center in the coastal Massachusetts city of Gloucester. Grocer Shaw’s serves as the center’s anchor tenant. Jim Koury and Alex Quinn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and sourced the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Fort Worth, Texas-based Lone Cypress Realty has completed the disposition of VIEW at 101 Columbia, a Class B office property in Aliso Viejo. Holt Integrated Circuits purchased the asset for $10.5 million. The integrated circuits supplier for the aerospace industry plans to use the 38,154-square-foot building with the ground-floor for warehousing and the second floor for corporate offices. The property was renovated in 2020 with modern entry finishes and light fixtures, as well as updated two-tone exterior paint. Mike Adams and Morgan Adams of Stream Greater L.A. represented the seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Northcap Commercial has arranged the sale of Pine Vista Apartments, a multifamily community in Las Vegas. Pine Vista Apartments LLC sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $9.1 million, or $114,375 per unit. Located at 1536 N. 22nd St. and 1537 N. 23rd St., Pine Vista Apartments features 80 units. The property was built in 1963. Jason Dittenber, Jerad Roberts, Devin Lee and Robin Willet of Northcap Commercial represented the seller in the off-market, all-cash transaction.
WREB recently sat down with Tom van Betten, vice president of Matter Real Estate Group. The San Diego-baseed real estate development company currently has 2.5 million square feet of industrial projets either in development or owned by Matter. One of those four projects is Matter Logistics @ North 15, a 930,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution project in North Las Vegas that spans two buildings. Below, Van Betten discusses the firm’s attraction to the Las Vegas Valley, where he sees the industry heading and how Matter is able to find developable land in tight markets. WREB: What about the North Las Vegas submarket is attractive to Matter? Van Betten: Right now, Matter is focused on scale and land availability. North Las Vegas is currently where the larger available land parcels are — or were. I say “were” because there is a real shortage of land that has the infrastructure to develop, such as power and water. On the scale size, the tenants moving to Las Vegas continue to grow in size. To accommodate that demand, we are focused on larger sights. WREB: How were you able to acquire more than 42 acres for the new Matter Logistics @ North 15? As you mention, transactions of that size are …
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between developer Post Brothers and Tower Investments has started construction of Broad & Washington, a $750 million, multi-phase multifamily project in Philadelphia. Designed by BKV Group, the project will consist of 1,457 apartments, 65,000 square feet of retail space and a parking garage. According to the architecture firm, the site consists of two parcels: Parcel A, which spans approximately 1.4 million square feet, and the 318,000-square-foot Parcel B. The project is located at 1001 S. Broad St. at the corner of Washington Avenue, near the end of the Avenue of the Arts district. Russell Schildkraut and Christine Zivkovic of Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group arranged $250 million and $100 million, respectively, in construction financing from Bank OZK and Starwood Property Trust for the first phase of Broad & Washington. Both direct lenders have partnered with Post Brothers on past projects as well. All told, Post Brothers has secured more than $400 million in construction debt for the first phase of the project, which will comprise some 600 units and 50,000 square feet of commercial space across four interconnected buildings. Delivery of the first phase is slated for 2024, and the development team expects to complete the entire project …
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — STC Venture has broken ground on Phase III of the Cityline Sunnyvale mixed-use project, which will add one residential building and two office towers in downtown Sunnyvale, 12.3 miles west of San Jose. The three new towers will include two seven-story buildings with approximately 590,000 square feet of rentable office, retail, flex and outdoor terrace space. The office portion of the project will be both LEED Gold and WiredScore Gold certified, which measures internet connectivity and digital infrastructure in commercial properties. The third building is The Martin, a 12-story apartment tower with 479 units, including 53 affordable rental units. The residential property will feature a hospitality-level amenity package and ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces. Additionally, the completed three towers will include a public park, which will be used as the town square and gathering space for the downtown area. “These 590,000 square feet of new office and retail space will bring more jobs to the central core of Sunnyvale and boost business for all of the community’s business owners,” says Deke Hunter, president of Hunter Properties. Phase I of Cityline Sunnyvale included 198 apartments located along Washington and McKinley avenues, as well as 85,000 square feet of …