SEATTLE — HomeStreet Bank Commercial Real Estate has launched a new senior housing lending program and has financed its first project. It has provided $13.6 million to fund the construction of Vineyard Park at Mountlake Terrace. The 110-bed assisted-living and memory care facility will be located along 56th Street West in Mountlake Terrace, just north of Seattle. Vineyard Park is being developed by Round Lake, LLC. It will be managed by Care Partners. The loan was originated by HomeStreet’s Diane Leonidas.
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SAN DIEGO – Construction is now complete on San Ysidro Health Center clinic and urgent care center in the San Diego submarket of Chula Vista. The 46,016-square-foot center is located at 678 3rd Street. It is scheduled to open for patients this December. The building was originally purchased by San Ysidro Health Center last March for about $12 million. It underwent extensive renovations to accommodate three of the health center’s satellite clinics. They include Chula Vista Family Clinic, Otay Family Health Center and South Bay Family Urgent Care Center. The new space has also allowed the health center to expand its community health services. It now offers behavioral health and dental services, as well as ancillary services like digital X-rays. Construction was completed by Consolidated Contracting Services. Boulder & Associates served as the project architect.
LOS ANGELES – A 10-unit apartment building in Studio City has sold to a local private investor for $2.4 million. The community is located at 11019 Fruitland Drive in the Los Angeles submarket. It was built in 1985 and recently underwent a renovation. The buyer was represented by Sapphire Investment Company. The seller, US Trust, a Bank of America Trustee, was represented by Kimberly Roberts Stepp of Charles Dunn Company.
FREMONT, CALIF. – A 22,505-square-foot office building in Fremont has sold to a limited liability company for $3.1 million. The building is located at 200 Brown Road. It was 90 percent occupied by many short-term tenants at the time of sale. The LLC was represented by Bryan Webb of Marcus & Millichap’s San Francisco office.
SAN DIEGO — The 176-room Courtyard San Diego Old Town and the 123-room Fairfield Inn & Suites San Diego Old Town have received $50 million in debt financing. They are located at 2435 Jefferson Street and 3900 Old Town Ave., respectively. Both hotels are Marriott brands and are owned by a joint venture between Rockpoint Group, LLC and Clearview Hotel Capital, LLC. The floating-rate loan carries a three-year initial term and two optional 12-month extensions. It was secured by Mathew Comfort, Reid McGlameryand Mike Huthof Jones Lang LaSalle. The loan was provided by a domestic bank.
WESTMINSTER, COLO. – Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC has acquired the 310-unit Bradburn Row in Westminster for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 11900 Newton Street within the master-planned community of Bradburn Village, about 20 minutes north of Downtown Denver. Bradburn Row was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.Cornerstone purchased the asset on behalf of an institutional investor. The seller, Carmel Partners, was represented by HFF’s Jordan Robbins and Jake Young.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Bixby Land Companyhas purchased a 45,576-square-foot office building in Irvine for an undisclosed sum. The company plans to redevelop the property into a creative office space that encourages a contemporary work environment. The building is located at 18231 West McDurmott in the John Wayne Airport submarket. The project has been named “gen2.” It will feature natural and sustainable materials, wood elements and an outdoor gathering area that serves as a natural extension of the collaborative interior spaces. The building is being designed to accommodate three tenants that will each occupy about 15,000 square feet. It is scheduled for completion in mid-2014. Leasing will be handled by Bob Thagard of Orion Property Partners and John Griffin of Voit. The project will be designed by LPA. This is Bixby’s seventh value-add renovation in the past two years.
DENVER — Gart Investment Company has acquired Willow Run Shopping Center, a 91,565-square-foot retail outpost in the Denver suburb of Westminster, for $10.8 million. The center is located at 12900-12910 N. Zuni Street. It was 80 percent leased at the time of sale. Notable tenants include Safeway, Allstate and Subway. Outlying tenants that were not part of the sale include JPMorgan Chase, Conoco Philips and McDonalds. Gart was represented by Shaun Riley of Faris Lee Investments. The seller, TNP SRT Willow Run, LLC, was represented by Richard Chichester, Jeff Conover and Tom Chichester of the same firm.
ATLANTA — Cascade Investments, a privately owned investment arm of Bill Gates, has purchased Four Season Hotel Atlanta in Midtown Atlanta for an undisclosed amount. Cascade purchased the hotel from Host Hotels & Resorts, which has owned it since 1998. Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta opened in 1997 and features 244 guestrooms, 18 luxury suites, a 7,790-square-foot private spa and fitness center and two upscale restaurants. The hotel occupies the first 19 floors of a 54-story tower. Toronto-based Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts will continue to operate the hotel. Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts is owned jointly by Cascade, Kingdom Holding Co. and Triples Holdings. The transaction also includes the acquisition of 99,000 square feet of office space in the tower. The Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta is Cascade’s second Four Seasons acquisition in recent weeks.
CARY, N.C. — The Connor Group has purchased Amberwood at Lochmere, a 206-unit, garden-style apartment community located in Cary, part of the Raleigh-Durham metro area. The Connor Group purchased the property from Amberwood Apartment Associates LP for $18.1 million. The apartment community features tennis courts, a putting green, playground and walking/hiking trails.