LOS ANGELES — Bridge Development Partners has announced plans to build a 429,840-square-foot warehouse and office facility in the City of Industry, a submarket of Los Angeles. The facility will be located near the 60 Freeway. The Class A property is scheduled for completion on Dec. 1. A 260,000-square-foot warehouse on the site will be demolished to make way for the new facility. Bridge Development is targeting high-tech tenants. Premier Design + Build will build the facility. HSA & Associates will provide engineering services, while HPA will deliver architectural services. Stuart Milligan of Cushman & Wakefield and Tony Phu of Colliers International will act as the building’s leasing agents. JP Morgan Chase Bank provided financing.
CHICAGO — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC, a private equity firm, has purchased the “Nellie Black” property at the former Children’s Memorial Hospital in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. Harrison Street plans to partner with operator Belmont Village Senior Living to convert the property into a seniors housing facility named Belmont Village Lincoln Park. The new community will feature 160 assisted living and memory care units and will be part of the larger Lincoln Common mixed-use development. Co-developed by McCaffery Interests and Hines, when completed Lincoln Commons will consist of two 19-story luxury apartment buildings with a total of 540 units, up to 60 low-rise condominiums, and approximately 160,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. The developers plan to break ground on Belmont Village Lincoln Park in early 2017. The project is set for completion in 2018.
GRIMES, IOWA — The Opus Group has completed the construction of the Gateway Industrial Center, an 182,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and office facility in Grimes, approximately 15 miles northwest of Des Moines. The speculative facility is already 100 percent leased to tenants such as Owens & Minor, American Contract Systems and Laser Resources. Gateway Industrial Center, which is situated on 16 acres, features an ESFR sprinkler system, 23 dock doors, two drive-in doors and 32-foot clear heights. Opus Development Co. and Founders Properties LLC own the Gateway Industrial Center.
MERRILLVILLE, IND. — McShane Construction Co. has completed the construction of Merrillville Memory Care, a 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, approximately 40 miles southeast of Chicago. Dete Development hired McShane on behalf of Whiteco Industries, the land owner. The 33,760-square-foot, single-story complex is located on a nine-acre site.
KETTERING, OHIO — Bernard Financial Group has arranged a $5.4 million loan to refinance Fox Hunt Apartments in Kettering, approximately six miles south of Dayton. The 250-unit complex consists of 17 two-story buildings. Fox Hunt Apartments was built in 1975 and is situated on 14.3 acres. Amenities at the property include a business center, fitness center, laundry facility, clubhouse, playground and swimming pool. Fox Hunt Owner LLC is the borrowing entity. Dennis Bernard and Kevin Kovachevich of Bernard Financial originated the loan through a CMBS lender.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the Shops at Target Center, a retail center in Simi Valley. A 1031 exchange investor acquired the 22,812-square-foot property for $10.1 million, or $445 per square foot. Located at 2931-2941 Cochran St., the retail center features a mix of 12 tenants, including restaurants, a private gym and service-oriented shops. Aria Pournazarian, Mike Malick and Carol Song of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a development firm based in Los Angeles, and procured the buyer.
GLENDORA, CALIF. — Champion Real Estate Co. has acquired a grocery-anchored neighborhood retail center in Glendora for an undisclosed price. Located at 655 S. Grand Ave., the existing 85,615-square-foot property is a vacant grocery building. Champion plans to reconfigure and reposition the property as a smaller 70,500-square-foot, grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center that will include several national credit tenants. Additionally, the center will include two retail pads in the existing parking field, plus additional supporting retail to expand the tenant base and meet community needs. The name of the seller was not released.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a freestanding, single-tenant property located at 13615 Bear Valley Road in Victorville. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Giavictor Investments acquired the 8,930-square-foot property from OPT Bear Valley VV for $4.6 million. Built in 2008, KinderCare Learning Centers occupies the property. Shaun Riley of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller, while Diana Kaplan of ReMax FH Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.
LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO — Savills Studley has arranged the sale of a pair of shopping centers in Southern California for a combined sales price of $352 million. In the first transaction, ROIC California purchased North Ranch Shopping Center, a 146,625-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in the Los Angeles submarket of Westlake Village, for $122.8 million. Ralphs Fresh Fare, Rite Aid, Trader Joes and Petco anchor North Ranch. It is located at 3815-3963 Thousand Oaks Blvd., one block from the 101 Freeway. In the second transaction, Stockbridge Capital Group purchased Mira Mesa Marketplace, a 487,807-square-foot regional shopping center in San Diego, for $229 million. Smart & Final Extra, CVS, Home Depot, Edwards Theatre, Ross, Old Navy and Barnes & Noble anchor Mira Mesa. It is located off Interstate 15 on Mira Mesa Boulevard. Bill Bauman and Kyle Miller of Savills Studley’s National Retail Services Group represented the unidentified seller of the two properties. ROIC California is an entity of the Retail Opportunity Investment Corp., a publicly traded REIT. Stockbridge Capital Group is a real estate investment firm headquartered in San Francisco. — Nellie Day
Birmingham’s renaissance has been underway for several years now, but it has taken some time for the rest of the world to find out. This year they started paying attention. The opening of Railroad Park, Regions Field, the Iron City event venue and now the recently restored Lyric Theatre have made it clear that there are intriguing things going on in downtown Birmingham. Lonely Planet, the respected travel information source, included Birmingham in its “2016 Best in the U.S.” list, asking, “Could Birmingham be the coolest city in the South?” Food media giant Zagat named Birmingham “America’s No. 1 Next Hot Food City” and the Travel Channel chose Birmingham to its list of “11 Next Great Destinations.” Foodies and fashionistas are not the only groups showing interest in Birmingham. Multifamily investors have been building new developments and acquiring and repositioning existing properties over the past few years. This activity reflects national trends — investors looking for alternatives to top-tier markets and Millennials gravitating to an affordable urban core. Nonetheless, with its burgeoning downtown food and arts scene, Birmingham has earned a second look. Strong Year for Downtown Developers liked what they saw and acted accordingly. In 2014 and 2015, plans …