LOS ANGELES — Hankey Investment Co. and Jamison Properties have completed vertical construction of Kurve on Wilshire, a 23-story residential tower located at 2900 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood. Scheduled to open in spring 2021, Kurve on Wilshire will feature 644 apartments atop a six-story podium housing the building’s 1,100-vehicle parking garage, as well as a one-acre park and amenity deck. Apartments will range from studios to two-story, three-bedroom penthouses with a private sky yard and spa. Rents are expected to start around $2,200 per month. Common-area amenities will include a fitness center, clubhouse, pool, spa, business center, private open-air dining areas, barbecues, fire pits, dog park, Zen garden and viewing deck of the downtown Los Angeles skyline. The $300 million development will also feature 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space catering to residents, locals and Koreatown visitors. The project team includes Large Architecture, Dianna Wong Architecture + Interior Design, and AECOM and Wilshire Construction as a joint venture construction team.
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PCCP, Koll Co. Acquire Eight-Building Industrial Portfolio in Sacramento, Salt Lake City for $41.3M
by Amy Works
WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIF., AND SALT LAKE CITY — A joint venture between PCCP and The Koll Co. has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio in West Sacramento and Salt Lake City. A private family trust sold the portfolio for $41.3 million. Totaling 510,7070 square feet, the assets were fully leased at the time of sale. The three California properties, totaling 226,000 square feet, are located within the Port of Sacramento Industrial Park. Built in 1987, the buildings feature 22- to 26-foot clear heights, dock-high doors, grade-level doors, wet sprinklers, reinforced concrete loading areas and ample parking. The remaining five properties, totaling 214,000 square feet, are located within Centennial Industrial Park in Salt Lake City. The buildings feature 24- to 27-foot clear heights, dock-high doors and grade-level doors. Bret Hardy and Kevin Shannon of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while David Milestone of Newmark Knight Frank sourced acquisition debt from California Bank & Trust for the buyer.
Nome Ventures Purchases 170,977 SF Cerritos Center Court Office Building Near Los Angeles
by Amy Works
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Nome Ventures, a Bay Area-based real estate investment firm, has acquired Cerritos Center Court, a Class A office building in Cerritos, for an undisclosed price. Located at 17777 Center Court Drive within the 125-acre master-planned Cerritos Central Business District, the eight-story building features 170,977 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent leased. Built in 2002, a 2018 renovation fully upgraded the lobbies, corridors, restrooms, electric vehicle charging stations and 680 parking spaces. The transaction is a leasehold sale as the building sits on a long-term ground lease owned by the City of Cerritos with more than 66 years remaining on the term. Todd Tydlaska, Sean Sullivan, Mike Longo, Anthony DeLorenzo and Mark Shaffer of CBRE represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional investor, while Nome Ventures was self-represented in the deal. Greg Grant of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team secured a $26.7 million loan on behalf of the buyer.
EverWest Buys Two-Building Industrial Spec Project in Colorado, Plans Additional Expansion
by Amy Works
THORNTON, COLO. — EverWest Real Estate Investors, in a joint venture with Invesco, has acquired a two-building speculative industrial project located at 14901 N. Washington St. in Thornton. RE II Industrial II sold the property, which fronts Interstate 25, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition includes an adjacent, pad-ready site where EverWest, serving as developer, plans to build a 121,000-square-foot Class A industrial building. The new facility will complement the existing 219,000 square feet of speculative industrial space at the site, which also includes 46.4 acres of undeveloped land. With the undeveloped land, EverWest has the option to build a second and third phase totaling an additional 590,000 square feet of new industrial space.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the purchased of All American Storage in West Valley City. A regional real estate investor acquired the 8,800-square-foot self-storage facility for an undisclosed price. Built in 1997, the property features 45 drive-up, non-climate-controlled self-storage units and an on-site apartment. Units range in size from 100 square feet to 400 square feet, with the ability to reconfigure unit sizes to accommodate larger spaces. Additionally, the fully fenced and gated property features keypad access and 24-hour surveillance. Jordan Farrer of The LeClaire Group of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Amazon will open a 625,000-square-foot fulfillment center in El Paso, a move that marks the e-commerce giant’s entrance to that market and that is expected to create about 700 new full-time jobs. Local news station and ABC affiliate KVIA reports that the site will be located along Rojas Drive and Interstate 10 on the city’s east side. Construction is underway, and the facility is expected to open some time in 2021. KVIA also reports that Amazon did not seek any tax breaks or other economic incentives from the City of El Paso.
DALLAS — The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) office market recorded approximately 640,000 square feet of negative net absorption during the second quarter, according to a new report from CBRE. This first and second quarters of this year mark the first times the market has recorded such as statistic since the first quarter of 2018. The combination of companies laying off workers, vacating subleased space and delaying move-ins amid COVID-19 brought the market’s vacancy rate to 21.8 percent. The report noted that the metroplex lost about 227,000 jobs during the 12-month period ending May 31, 2020, after previously posting one of the healthiest unemployment rates in the country. In addition, there is nearly 5 million square feet of office product under construction in DFW, suggesting that vacancy may continue to trickle upward during ensuing quarters as the state battles new surges of COVID-19 cases.
MANSFIELD, TEXAS — Locally based firm Realty Capital Management has partnered with South Florida-based PointOne Holdings to develop Phase II of Main Street Lofts, a project in the Fort Worth suburb of Mansfield that will add 266 apartments to the local supply. Phase II will be developed on an eight-acre site and will include amenities such as a pool, fitness center, multiple lounges, resident clubhouse and access to walking and biking trails. JHP Architecture is designing the project, and NRP Construction is the general contractor. First United Bank provided construction financing. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Kalera, a Florida-based vertical farming company, has signed an 83,436-square-foot industrial lease to be the first tenant at Parc Air 59, a 279,500-square-foot development in the northern Houston suburb of Humble by Jackson-Shaw. The company will occupy the entirety of Building A, a rear-load property that is nearing completion and that features 28- to 32-foot clear heights, 130-foot truck courts and an ESFR sprinkler system. Mike Spears and Derek Riggleman of Lee & Associates represented Kalera in the lease negotiations. Jason Dillee and Nathan Wynne of Cushman & Wakefield represented Jackson-Shaw.
DALLAS — McCarthy Building Cos. has topped out construction of the Noble Performing Arts Center at Parish Episcopal School’s Midway campus in Dallas. The building, which is part of a 55,000-square-foot expansion project at the private school, will house a 515-seat performance hall, a 120-seat black box theater, rehearsal rooms, a film screening room and a dance studio. McCarthy broke ground on the project in November 2019 and expects to complete the project by spring 2021.