SAN FRANCISCO — Kilroy Realty Corp. has purchased Oyster Point Tech Center, a 146,000-square-foot laboratory and office property in San Francisco, for $111 million. The property is located at 345-349 Oyster Point Blvd. in the South San Francisco submarket. The asset contains three two-story buildings. It is 80 percent occupied, with 66 percent of the project leased a global healthcare diagnostics company.
LOS ANGELES — Huntington Hotel Group has received $35 million in construction financing to build a dual-branded hotel in the Los Angeles submarket of Agoura Hills. The project will include the 129-room Courtyard Marriott and the 96-room TownePlace Suites. The asset will be developed on a vacant 5.5-acre site located at 29505 and 29515 Agoura Road. HFF placed the 60-month loan with Umpqua Bank.
SAN DIEGO — Stos Partners has sold a 91,541-square-foot industrial building in the National City submarket of San Diego for $21 million. The single-tenant building is located at 901 Bay Marina Drive. The asset is fully occupied. An undisclosed Fortune 500 company anchors the building. A large institutional investor acquired the property after it underwent several improvements, including a new roof, new exterior paint, an upgraded parking lot and new monument signage. CBRE’s Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Pourcho and Gary Stache represented Stos in this transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Stoneweg has acquired the 300-unit River Oaks Apartments in Tucson for $20.5 million. The community is situated along East Broadway Boulevard. River Oaks is surrounded by the Central Tucson Office Corridor, a 5 million-square-foot concentration of office space. The corridor is home to the Williams Centre and 5151 East Broadway office complexes, along with employers like ASARCO Mining, 3M Motor Vehicle Systems and IBM. Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and seller, HSL Properties, in this transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Smashtech has leased 22,000 square feet of office space at Symphony Towers in downtown San Diego. The marketing company will occupy the penthouse suite on the 33rd floor. Smashtech will relocate from the Union Bank Building in June 2018. Irvine Co. owns the property.
LAWRENCE, MASS. — An affiliate of Trinity Financial has received $17.1 million in financing for the development of an affordable housing community in Lawrence. MassHousing has provided a $14 million conduit bridge loan, $1.2 million in permanent financing and $1.9 million in workforce housing funds for the project. Trinity Financial will transform the former Van Brodie Mill into a 102-unit mixed-income housing community. Designed by ICON Architecture, the property will contain eight studio apartments, 25 one-bedroom apartments, 56 two-bedroom apartments and 13 three-bedroom apartments. Aberthaw Construction is the contractor and Trinity Management will manage the completed property. The adaptive reuse project will preserve the historic former mill, while remediating a brownfield site. Constructed in 1919 by the Arlington Mills company, the Van Brodie Mill originally manufactured yarn for wool and flannel. By the 1950s, the Arlington Mills company has closed and the Van Brodie Mill was operated by a company that shifted production to food products, including packaged breakfast cereals and rations for the military.
PLAINSBORO, N.J. — Carmel Partners has purchased Hunters Glen, an apartment complex located at 1109 Hunters Glen Drive in Plainsboro, for an undisclosed price. Built in 1978 and situated on 53 acres, the community consists of 61 two-story buildings offering a total of 896 apartment units. Carmel plans to reposition the property by updating interiors, renovating the exterior and improving amenities, which include three resort-style pools, outdoor grills and access to adjacent public ball fields and courts, playgrounds, walking trails and a golf course. Jose Cruz, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver and Stephen Simonelli of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. This is Carmel’s first investment in New Jersey and a continuation of its East Coast expansion.
BRIDGEPORT, CONN. — Southport, Conn.-based Angel Commercial has negotiated the sale of an industrial building located at 146 Davis Ave. in Bridgeport. Black Rock LLC sold the property to J.E.T. Corp. for $1.2 million. The buyer is a Bridgeport-based manufacturer of non-ferrous sand castings. Situated on 1.7 acres, the property features 17,088 square feet of space. The building was previously occupied by Black Rock Fireproof Column Co. Jon Angel of Angel Commercial facilitated the transaction.
NASHUA, N.H. — Horvath & Tremblay has brokered the sale of a retail property located on Amherst Street in Nashua. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $1.2 million. Advanced Auto Parts occupies the property with more than four years remaining on its original 10-year lease term plus three five-year renewal options. Bob Horvath, Aaron Huntley and RJ Tuller of Horvath & Tremblay negotiated the transaction.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Henkel, with Ware Malcomb as architect, has completed its North American consumer goods headquarters, located at 200 Elm St. in downtown Stamford. The 155,000-square-foot space accommodates 425 employees from Henkel’s Beauty Care and Laundry and Home Care businesses, with room for growth. The three-story facility integrates Henkel’s previous locations into one, with the largest numbers of employees being from the company’s former consumer goods headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., and from Wilton, Conn.-based The Sun Products Corp., which Henkel acquired in 2016. The property features research and development space on the first floor and office space on the remaining floors. Founded in 1876, Henkel is a global manufacturer and marketer of brands, including Persil, Purex, all detergents, Snuggle fabric softeners, Dial soaps, Right Guard antiperspirants, Schwarzkopf hair care, and göt2b hair styling projects. Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design, lab planning and branding services for the project. Turner Construction served as general contractor, and CBRE provided brokerage and project management services.