WEST NEW YORK, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of a net-leased GameStop location in West New York. Michael Lombardi, Alexander Pildes and Steven Schiavello of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller in the transaction, both private investors. Located at 6001 Bergenline Ave., the video game retailer GameStop has been at the property since 2002.
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the $58.5 million sale of Broadway Plaza, a 356,335-square-foot shopping center in Chula Vista, located nine miles southeast of San Diego. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Walmart, Costco, Panda Express, Verizon, Subway, Chase Bank, Petco and GameStop. Pete Bethea, Rob Ippolito and Glenn Rudy of NKF represented the seller, Kimco Realty. The buyer, Protea Properties LLC, was self-represented in the transaction.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Realty Advisory Group has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 9601-9603 John St. in Santa Fe Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $24.8 million. Situated on 7.2 acres, the 181,070-square-foot facility features 22- to 28-foot ceiling heights, 16 DH positions and future divisibility. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to Windsor Fashions. John Repstad and Mark Repstad of Realty Advisors Group represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
PLEASANT GROVE CITY, UTAH — Four Foods Group (FFG) has acquired five acres of land for the development of a new corporate headquarters in Pleasant Grove City. FFG plans to begin construction on the parcel by this fall. In addition to the new headquarters, the company will develop a restaurant cluster housing some of its fast-growing brands, including R&R Barbecue, which is slated to open in July. The restaurant development, operations, finance and management company currently owns or manages 158 restaurants employing more than 5,000 workers in 11 states, 1,500 of those in Utah. The FFG family includes local Utah chains: Kneaders Bakery & Café, Mo’Bettahs Hawaiian Style Food, Swig and R&R Barbecue. Out-of-state restaurants include 74 Little Caesars locations across the south, including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.
SAN DIEGO — Next Space Development Realty, a residential and multifamily development company, has purchased 25 on Fifth, an apartment complex, for $14.5 million. Located at 3265 Fifth Ave. in San Diego, the property features 25 apartment units. Mayfair initially developed the building in 2007 but lost the property to Bank of America in the 2008 recession. Pacifica Cos. provided acquisition equity for the transaction. Eric Comer, Jim Neil and Merrick Matricardi of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal.
DENVER — Eight O One LLC has purchased an industrial property located at 620 E. 52nd Ave. in Denver. TC Crossroads #7 LLC sold the property for $7.6 million. The property features 60,468 square feet of industrial space. Mike Wafer, Timothy D’Angelo and Mike Wafer Jr. of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
The Inland Empire office market got off to a slow start in 2018, continuing a trend of positive momentum with little excitement. The average asking rent registered $1.81 per square foot, down 3.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2017 and $0.01 below the first quarter of 2017. Preliminary sales and lease volumes are off 39.1 percent over the prior year. However, the Inland Empire is seeing one of the lowest vacancy rates since 2007, with more than 108,000 square feet of new construction added to the market this quarter. As of the first quarter of 2018, vacancy was 7.9 percent, down 30 basis points over the quarter and 90 basis points below last year at this time. Nine projects totaling 201,671 square feet are under construction, with the largest being Rady Children’s Medical Plaza at 60,000 square feet. Much of the new growth in the office sector is being driven by the healthcare industry. Office medical space comprised more than half of the space under construction, as the education and health services sector employment has grown by 4 percent between January 2017 and January 2018. This has accounted for 8,800 of the 13,500 new jobs in the office-occupying sectors. …
LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop (NYSE: WD) has provided approximately $392.4 million in agency financing for three apartment communities in the greater Los Angeles area. The portfolio includes The Medici and The Orsini I in downtown Los Angeles and The Colony Townhomes in Santa Clarita, about 34 miles north of Los Angeles. Walker & Dunlop closed approximately $233.6 million through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program for the two Los Angeles properties. The Bethesda, Md.-based company also provided a $158.8 million loan through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program for the 752-unit community in Santa Clarita. G.H. Palmer Associates, the borrower and developer of all three communities, used the funding to refinance the assets. Led by Walker & Dunlop’s Trevor Fase, each transaction provided cash out to the borrower and was structured as a 10-year, non-recourse loan with interest-only payments for the entire term. As part of the green lending programs from the two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), G.H. Palmer is also using the proceeds to improve the apartment communities’ energy and/or water efficiency. In order to qualify for the agencies’ green lending programs, borrowers have to plan improvements for at least 25 percent savings in energy or water usage, according to …
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — iSports Real Estate Development LLC, an Austin-based partnership, will develop a 157,000-square-foot athletic training and performance center in Cedar Park, a northwestern suburb of Austin. The facility will include an ice rink and indoor and outdoor turf fields. The project developers are also seeking tenants to operate competitive cheerleading and gymnastics, sand volleyball courts and a medical and sports rehabilitation practice, as well as sports retail stores. Plans for a family entertainment center with dining options and private events have also been introduced. The groundbreaking is slated for early fall.
HOUSTON — The Praedium Group, a New York-based investment firm, has acquired Discovery at Mandolin Apartments, a 260-unit multifamily asset in Houston. Built in 2009, the property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 972 square feet per unit. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor grilling area and a dog park. The seller was not disclosed.