KERMAN, CLOVIS AND FRESNO, CALIF. — Retail California has arranged the leases of three retail properties totaling 11,459 square feet in California. In the first deal, Hernwal, doing business as Deli Delicious, leased 1,329 square feet of retail space at 14053 Whitesbridge Ave. in Kerman from CFT NV Developments LLC. Lewis Smith of Retail California and Nathan Negri of Commercial Retail Associates arranged the transaction. In the second deal, Personal Express Insurance signed a lease for 1,800 square feet of retail space at 1660 Herndon Ave. in Clovis from Buchanan Crossroads LLC. Michael Arfsten of Retail California, along with Shane Anderson of Commercial Retail Associates, brokered the deal. In the final transaction, Family Dollar Inc. leased 8,330 square feet of retail space at the northeast corner of Venture Avenue and 11th Street in Fresno from FD Partners LLC. John Lee and Lewis Smith of Retail California brokered the deal.
GARDENA, CALIF. — Storm Properties Inc. has acquired Redondo Plaza, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Gardena, roughly 16 miles south of Los Angeles. The price was not disclosed. Smart & Final anchors the fully occupied center, which is also home to tenants including Super Laundry, Crazy Rock’n Sushi, T-Mobile, Domino’s Pizza and Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. Gleb Lvovich, CJ Osbrink and Bryan Ley of HFF represented the seller, Gerrity Group, in the transaction.
ARLETA, CALIF. — Centers Business Management (CBM) has arranged the lease of 3,000 square feet of space at 9700 Woodman Ave. in Arleta. Kahen & Kahen MD Inc. leased the space from Regency for an urgent care center. CBM represented the landlord, while Alex Shabani of CBM represented the tenant in the transaction.
GLENDORA, CALIF. — Sprouts Farmers Market and Marshalls are expanding into Glendora. The national grocer and retailer, respectively, will co-anchor the former Ralphs center on the southeast corner of Route 66 and Grand Avenue. Sprouts Farmers Market offers natural and organic produce and meat and a full service deli and bakery. Marshalls offers an assortment of merchandise, including family apparel, footwear and home décor. Champion Real Estate Co. acquired the asset in 2015 with plans to redevelop the property. The company has begun the initial phase of the redevelopment project with an expected completion date of June 2017.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a two vacant and gutted buildings located at 346-350 W. 71st St. on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Cydonia RE W71 Inc. acquired the assets from 346 West 71 Realty LLC and 350 West Realty LLC for $55.25 million, or $840 per square foot. The adjacent seven-story buildings sit on a 102-foot by 126-foot lot and total 65,772 square feet above grade and 10,000 square feet on the lower level. Prior to sale, the buildings were gutted and positioned for a purchaser to renovate as either luxury condominiums or rental apartments. Hall Oster, Paul Smadbeck, Teddy Galligan and Robert Stufano of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, while DNA Development represented the buyer in the deal.
MANSFIELD, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga has arranged $16.4 million in financing for the development of North Common Estates, a transit-oriented mixed-use development in Mansfield. The borrower is North Common Residences LLC, an affiliate of Curgnale Properties. Casimir Groblewski of Fantini & Gorga arranged both the debt and equity portions of the capital stack for the project. The debt was placed with a major Massachusetts-based financial institution and the equity with a group of private investors. Slated for completion in fall 2017, North Common Estates will feature two four-story buildings offering a total of 37 one-bedroom and 44 two-bedroom apartments, ranging in size from 700 to 1,500 square feet, and 7,689 square feet of commercial space. RESKON Group is the project manager and Annino Inc. is serving as architect for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Avanath Capital Management, in partnership with Oak Tree Management, has acquired three affordable multifamily buildings in Brooklyn. A private investor sold the properties, which total 46 apartment units, for $14.4 million. The properties are a 21-unit building with a mix of rent-stabilized and free-market rental units at 257 Quincy St.; a fully occupied nine-unit property at 570 Jefferson Ave; and an 80 percent-occupied 16-unit building at 308 Stuyvesant Ave. D.J. Johnston of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. With this portfolio acquisition, Avanath now owns 195 apartment units in Brooklyn.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the lease of 221,000 square feet of industrial space at 130 Interstate Blvd. in South Brunswick. O’Neill Logistics, a third-party logistics firm, is relocating from two addresses in Avenel, N.J., to the facility within the Exit 8A submarket. Additional tenants at the facility include FedEx and Home Depot. Dan Badenhausen and Andrew Stypa of Cushman & Wakefield represented tenant, while Nathan Demetsky of JLL represented the landlord, Terreno Realty Corp., in the transaction.
FAIRFIELD, CONN. — HK Group has brokered the sale of a restaurant property located at 348 Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield. FCCW LLC and Baylor LLC sold the 2,663-square-foot property to Ahabs Table LLC and Black Rock SoHo LLC for $1.3 million. At the time of sale, Black Rock Oyster Bar & Grill was in operation at the site. The buyers plan to continue to operate the restaurant/bar under a new name. David Cervero and Ralph Michel of HK Group represented the buyer, while Audrey Long of Guttman Realty Advisors represented the seller in the deal.
BETHESDA, MD. — Capital One has served as lead arranger and administrative agent for a $61 million syndicated loan and $12 million syndicated credit facility to affiliates of CommuniCare Health Services, a Cincinnati-based provider of post-acute care. CommuniCare will use the financing to purchase nine skilled nursing facilities in Ohio and Maryland from a publicly traded REIT.