FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A new Pastosa Ravioli restaurant has opened in Regency Plaza at 186 Columbia Turnpike in Florham Park. With stores already open in New York City, Cranford and Manalapan, N.J., the Florham Park location became Pastosa’s 11th overall. Pastosa is a family-owned business specializing in ravioli and specialty Italian products, sauces, mozzarella cheese and prepared foods. Alison Horbach of Ripco Real Estate identified the location and brokered the transaction on behalf of Pastosa. Florian Suserman, also of Ripco, represented the owners of Regency Plaza.
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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — DivcoWest has acquired The Telephone Building in Santa Monica for $52.5 million. The six-story creative office building is located at 1314 7th St. As part of the deal, DivcoWest also acquired 58,538 square feet of office condominiums in the building. The remaining 33,254 square feet of office condominiums houses a telephone switching hub owned by Frontier Communications and was not included in the sale. The building is 86 percent leased. HFF’s Doug Bond and Andrew Harper represented the seller, a joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Pacshore Partners, in this transaction.
LPC Realty Advisors Receives $98.5M Loan for Acquisition of Pacwest Center in Portland
by Nellie Day
PORTLAND, ORE. — LPC Realty Advisors has received a $98.5 million acquisition loan for the 30-story Pacwest Center in Portland. The 525,000-square-foot office tower is located at 1211 SW 5th Ave. LPC intends to significantly renovate the tower by modernizing the common spaces, the main lobby and shared amenities. PacWest Center is 76 percent leased to tenants like Merrill Lynch, Markowitz Herbold, Schwabe, Key Bank of Oregon and Perkins & Co. HFF’s Tom Wilson and Erica Christensen arranged the five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan. A national insurance company provided the capital. LPC worked on behalf of a pension fund client. HFF also handled the property’s $170 million sale on behalf of the sellers, Ashforth Co. and an institutional investor.
REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. — An undisclosed nonprofit corporation has acquired the 55-unit Atherton Court Apartments in Redwood City for $17.1 million. The community is located at 3762-3770 and 3752 Rolison Road. Atherton was built in 1961. It is situated near U.S. Highway 101 and Interstate 280. Taylor Flynn and Philip Batlin of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara, a 44-bed memory care facility in Santa Barbara. Although the sales price was not disclosed, the $465,000-per-unit price for the facility’s 40 units translates to $18.6 million. The 27,217-square-foot community was built in 2015 on 0.65 acres. The community was still in lease-up at the time of sale, and had an occupancy of 82 percent. A California-based operator purchased the facility. Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage negotiated the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller.
SAN DIEGO — Petco, a San Diego-based pet supplies retailer, has announced plans to open 12 new storesduring March 2017. Each new store will offer dog training areas, adoption centers and grooming salons. New store locations include Denver and Marana, Ariz. Petco has more than 1,500 Petco and Unleashed by Petco locations across the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — Washington Property Co. (WPC) has broken ground on Solaire 8250 Georgia Avenue, a 20-story apartment tower in Silver Spring, about six miles north of Washington, D.C. The 470,000-square-foot property will be situated two blocks from the Silver Spring Metro station and will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom units averaging 760 square feet with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, wood flooring, oversized windows and private balconies. Community amenities will include a rooftop swimming pool and pool deck, cyber café with free Wi-Fi, private courtyard with grilling areas, fitness center and a clubroom. The property will also feature 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space and three levels of below-grade parking. The WPC-led project team, including general contractor Lendlease and architect Design Collective, expects to deliver Solaire 8250 Georgia Avenue in spring 2019. Bethesda, Md.-based Streetsense will lease the property’s retail space, which will include room for outdoor restaurant seating.
BIRMINGHAM AND HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Birmingham-based GCP has closed four separate lease deals totaling 833,927 square feet with automotive suppliers in Birmingham and Huntsville. The landlord has signed Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. to a 225,496-square-foot lease for parts storage at Shelby Commerce Park, a 1.5 million-square-foot industrial park in Birmingham’s Shelby County submarket. The lease brings the project to full occupancy. Two of Mercedes-Benz’s vendor companies, Antolin Alabama Inc. and Neovia Logistics Services LLC, signed leases at GCP-Gazelle II within Jefferson Metropolitan Park in Birmingham’s I-20/59 West industrial submarket. Antolin Alabama signed for 240,240 square feet and expects to start operations at GCP-Gazelle II in late 2017, and Neovia Logistics Services renewed its 160,160-square-foot lease at the facility. In Huntsville, Navistar Inc. has renewed its 208,031-square-foot lease at GCP’s Airport Distribution Center.
DECATUR, GA. — Sprouts Farmers Market has opened its newest 30,000-square-foot store at 2551 Blackmon Drive in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta in DeKalb County. The Phoenix-based natural and organic grocer plans to open two other stores in metro Atlanta: a Tucker location that will open in April and a Woodstock store that will open in June. With these three new stores, Sprouts will have a total of 16 locations in the metro Atlanta area. The grocer currently operates more than 250 stores in 13 states.
HC Real Estate Capital Arranges $30M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in Jacksonville
by John Nelson
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — HC Real Estate Capital has arranged a $30 million acquisition loan for Carlyle at Bartram Park, a 336-unit apartment community in Jacksonville. Built in 2009, the property was 98 percent occupied at the time of financing and features one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Community amenities include a clubhouse, leasing and management offices, resort-style pool, lakes, barbecue grills, fitness center, cardio theater and an aerobics/yoga room. Chris Caveglia and Kurt Hoffman of HC Real Estate Capital arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through New York Life Real Estate Investors.