YORBA LINDA, CALIF. — Moreno Insurance has acquired a 22,500-square-foot office building in Yorba Linda for $3.7 million. The building is located at 22860 Savi Ranch Road near Old Canal Street. It underwent a complete renovation in 2009. Moreno was represented by Gary McArdell of Lee & Associates. The seller, CAPA Property Management, was represented by Chuck Wilson and Brian Chastain of Colliers.
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NORWALK, CALIF. – A 34,500-square-foot industrial building in Norwalk has sold to Foam Express Inc. for $2.7 million. The building is located at 14016 Gracebee Street. It most recently housed a hockey equipment distribution firm. The foam molding manufacturer was represented by Jason Vargas of Daum Commercial. The seller, the Madjzoub Family Trust, was represented by Chuck Wilson of Colliers.
CASTROVILLE, CALIF. – The 22-unit Tembladera Apartments in Castroville has sold to WaveCrest Capital Management LLC for $2.4 million. The community is located at 10326 – 10526 Tembladera Street, just north of Monterey. It was built in 1990. This is the first asset WaveCrest has acquired for its own portfolio. The company intends to acquire $10 million of multifamily assets this year. WaveCrest was represented by Hap Albers of Albers Real Estate. This acquisition was carried out in partnership with a Southern California-based family office investor. The seller, a local Bay Area lender, had foreclosed on the property earlier this year.
KEY WEST, FLA. — Hersha Hospitality Trust has purchased Parrot Key Resort, a 148-room resort in Key West, for $100 million. The resort features a restaurant and tiki bar, four private swimming pools, a fitness center and waterfront sun-bathing terraces, as well as water sport rentals such as kayaks, paddle boards and jet skis. Gregory Rumpel and Carolina Lacerda led the JLL team in representing the seller, Northwood Investors LLC.
ATHENS, GA. — Juneau Construction Co. has commenced construction on a seven-story, 375,000-square-foot mixed-use project in downtown Athens, blocks from the University of Georgia. The $35.5 million Broad Street project will feature 252 residential units, retail space and a parking structure. The residential portion will feature one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, as well as a rooftop terrace, patio and pool. The project team includes developers GEM Realty Capital and Education Realty Trust, as well architect BKV Group. The Broad Street project will open in August 2015.
METAIRIE, LA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured a $25 million loan for Westgate Plaza, a 207,866-square-foot shopping center in Metairie, about seven miles west of New Orleans. Academy Sports + Outdoors anchors the center, and HH Gregg and Michaels are the center’s junior anchors. Randy Martin of KeyBank originated the loan.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chambers Street Properties has signed a five-year, 316,000-square-foot lease with a new, unnamed tenant at its Union Cross Building II in Winston-Salem. The property is located on U.S. Highway 311, in close proximity to I-40, I-85, I-77 and I-81. Chambers Street, an industrial and office REIT, purchased Union Cross Building II in 2007.
DRUID HILLS, GA. — Cousins Properties and Gables Residential have signed Earth Fare, an organic and natural foods grocer, to a 24,782-square-foot lease in Druid Hills, a suburb of Atlanta. The grocer will be part of the tenant mix of Phase II of Emory Point, a luxury mixed-use development near The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Phase I of Emory Point opened in 2012 and includes 80,000 square feet of retail space and 443 apartment units. Earth Fare’s lease will bring Phase II’s retail portion to 64.6 percent pre-leased. Phase II, which is slated to open in early 2015, features 43,000 square feet of retail space and 307 apartments.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $4.8 million CMBS refinancing loan for a research facility in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. John Hofmann of KeyBank worked with the borrower HSA Commercial Real Estate to arrange the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan. Silgan Downers Grove is a single-tenant, 42,000-square-foot facility. The tenant has occupied the property since 1980.
BATAVIA, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $4.3 million sale of a single-tenant, net-leased Citgo gas station property in Batavia, a suburb of Chicago. The property is located at 200 Fabyan Parkway. Citgo is the sole occupant of the two-acre property, which was built in 1999. Citgo has 10 years remaining on its lease that expires in February 2024 and includes annual rental escalations of 1.75 percent. There are four, five-year renewal options. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based high-net-worth individual. An East Coast-based private investment firm purchased the property. The guarantor of the lease is GasMart USA, a privately held company that operates 108 gas stations in seven states.