PALMDALE, CALIF. – The 626-unit National Storage Center in Palmdale has sold to an unnamed buyer for $5.7 million. The 78,630-square-foot, Class A facility is located at 3305 East Palmdale Blvd. The seller, a partnership, was represented by Christopher R. Secreto and Nicholas Walker of Marcus & Millichap.
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TORRANCE, CALIF. — LivingSocial has leased 19,311 square feet at Pacific Center in Torrance. The center is located at 21250 Hawthorne Blvd. Other notable tenants at the center include Bank of America, Wells Fargo Insurance and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. The landlord, Bixby Land Company, was represented by Eric Lastition, Doug Brawn and Thacher Goodwin of Colliers International. They are the exclusive leasing agents for the property.
LOS ANGELES — Passco Companies has announced that the Promenade at Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles will undergo a repositioning. The Promenade is located at 6081 Center Drive in the Silicon Beach area of West Los Angeles. Dave & Buster’s and Buffalo Wild Wings are set to open at the center later this year, while Cinemark plans to enhance its recently purchased Rave Cinemas.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Drawbridge Realty Trust has purchased Pacific View Corporate Center, an 80,862-square-foot office building in Carlsbad for $22.2 million. The Class A center is located at 5759 Fleet Street in the Carlsbad Ranch area. It is fully leased to Synteract and RF Micro Devices. Drawbridge was represented by Rick Reeder, Joe Anderson and Dennis Visser of Cassidy Turley’s North San Diego office. The seller, TA Realty Associates, was represented by Jeff Cole, Ed Hernandez, Michael Roberts and Brunson Howard of Cushman & Wakefield.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — L.A. Specialty Produce has signed a 270,000-square-foot lease in Santa Fe Springs. The wholesale produce, dairy and specialty foods distributor will expand its headquarters and warehouse operations by 82,000 square feet. The facility is located at 13527 Orden Drive within the Golden Springs Business Park. L.A. Specialty was represented by John McMillan and Jeff Sanita of Cushman & Wakefield. The landlord, Thrifty Oil, an affiliate of Golden Springs Development Co., was represented by Clyde Stauff and Steve Calhoun of Colliers.
GREENSBORO, N.C. AND NASHVILLE, TENN. — Landmark Apartment Trust of America Inc., a multifamily REIT based in Richmond, Va., has purchased two apartment communities in two separate transactions for $37 million. The apartment communities include the 240-unit Landmark at Battleground Park, formerly known as Mission Battleground Park, in Greensboro and the 360-unit Landmark at Glenview Reserve, formerly known as Mission Briley Parkway, in Nashville. The apartment communities have an average 95 percent occupancy.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Morgan Property Group (MPG) has sold a freestanding Walgreens drugstore at the intersection of Heckle and Herlong boulevards in Rock Hill, part of the Charlotte MSA. MPG sold the store for about $6.4 million to Zosime LLC. MPG, through its affiliate Rock Hill I Realty LLC, developed the drugstore, which opened in July. The store is MPG's third Walgreens development in the Carolinas. Stream Capital Partners represented the buyer in the transaction. General Realty Partners LLC, the brokerage arm of MPG, and Paisley Gordon of CPG Real Estate Inc. represented the seller.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $6 million sale of Shoppes of Tamiami, a 12,909-square-foot retail strip center located at 14200 S.W. 8th St. in Miami. The center, which was developed in 2007, is 90 percent leased to Starbucks Coffee, Smoothie King, Mattress Firm, Massage Envy and T-Mobile. Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap's Miami office represented the seller, a Miami-based limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer is also a Miami-based limited liability company.
CARY, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has brokered the sale of a 97,707-square-foot big box retail property, located at 960 Kildaire Farm Road in Cary. March Pottery LLC purchased the former Kmart from Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Co. for approximately $3.3 million. Barry Bowling and Charlie Coyne of CBRE | Raleigh represented the seller in the transaction. Rich Roy of Casto represented the buyer.
TITUSVILLE, FLA. — MBA Hotel Brokers Inc., a member of Hotel Brokers International, has arranged the $1.6 million sale of the Ramada Inn Titusville/Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, about 35 miles outside of Orlando. The 124-room hotel is located at 3500 Cheney Highway near Interstate 95, beach communities, the Kennedy Space Center. Charlie Fritsch of MBA Hotel Brokers represented the seller, Painter Bay Trust, in the transaction. Fritsch also procured the buyer, Shivstar Investments LLC, which plans to covert the hotel to a different brand. The seller recently invested $300,000 to upgrade the hotel.