REDMOND, WASH. – Redmond Town Center, a 695,000-square-foot, mixed-use urban shopping center, has sold to a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC and JSH Properties for an undisclosed sum. It is located at 7525 166th Ave NE in Redmond. The open-air center is set to undergo a series of upgrades to make it more pedestrian-friendly. Notable tenants at the center include Ann Taylor, REI, Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, Chico’s, The Gap, The MAC Store, Victoria Secret and Cost Plus World Market. Charming Charlies, 24 Hour Fitness and Jersey Mikes are set to open at the center this fall.
LOS ANGELES — Whole Foods Market has announced plans to open a 42,000-square-foot flagship location on the ground floor of a new 700-unit apartment complex in Downtown Los Angeles. The complex will be located at 770 S. Grand Ave. It is being developed by Carmel Partners (Carmel Partners Investment Fund IV) and is expected to open in 2015.
LOS ANGELES – A 14,655-square-foot office building in Los Angeles has sold to Park View Dream LLC for $2 million. It is located at 2351 West 3rd Street. The buyer plans to relocate its real estate investment and management business to the building. It will lease out the remaining space. The seller, Building Industry Credit Association, was represented by David Fults and Brian McLoughlin of Voit Real Estate Services’ Los Angeles office.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — MemorialCare Health System has agreed to buy Fountain Valley City Center, a 300,000-square-foot health system property, for an undisclosed sum. The site is located near Brookhurst and the 405 Freeway in Fountain Valley.The center is already home to MemorialCare Health System and its shared services, which fully occupy one of the three modular buildings on the property.MemorialCare is also in the process of acquiring an adjacent property for additional parking. MemorialCare was represented by Tim Helgeson of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank in this transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A 170,000-square-foot office building in downtown Sacramento has sold to an institutional investor for $29.4 million. The acquisition was made as an investment through a separate account managed by CenterSquare Investment Management, the real estate manager for BNY Mellon. The Class A building is located at 770 L Street. The seller was 770 L Street Investment Group Inc.
SALT LAKE CITY — South Temple Tower, a 216,976-square-foot, high-rise tower in Salt Lake City, has sold to Maier Siebel Baber (MSB) for an undisclosed sum. The tower is located at 136 East South Temple in the city’s Central Business District. MSB plans to retrofit, renovate and refurbish the office building. These improvements will be carried out by Architecture Design. The seller was represented by Craig Thomas, Eric Gustafson and Eric Smith of CBRE’s Salt Lake City office. CBRE will continue to manage and lease the asset.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Owings Mill-based Chesapeake Realty Partners and Washington, D.C.-based Bernstein Management Corp. have begun developing six new apartment communities totaling 1,250 units in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The investment totals $250 million. Construction has commenced on four of the communities. The apartment communities include 2251 Wisconsin Avenue in the Glover Park neighborhood of Washington, D.C.; Paragon at Columbia Gateway in Columbia, Md.; 2 East Wells Street in south Baltimore; The Winthrop in Towson, Md.; 900 Thayer Ave. in downtown Silver Spring, Md.; and Accotink Village Fort Belvior in southeast Fairfax County, Va.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. AND MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Hines, an international real estate investment firm based in Houston, has acquired two retail centers in Tennessee and Florida through Hines Global REIT. The centers include The Markets at Town Center in Jacksonville and The Avenue Murfreesboro in Murfreesboro. The Markets at Town Center is a nine-building, 317,415-square-foot, upscale retail center that Hines purchased from Pinehill Investment Co. The Markets at Town Center is part of the St. Johns Town Center master-planned development and is 93 percent leased to tenants such as Toys R' Us, Nordstrom Rack, West Marine, REI, Best Buy and Gold Galaxy. Hines has retained Genesis Real Estate Advisers LLC as the property manager. The Avenue Murfreesboro is a 10-building, 747,497-square-foot center that Hines purchased from Faison & Associates and Cousins Properties. The center is 89 percent leased to 93 tenants including Belk, Dick's Sporting Goods, Haverty's, Barnes & Noble, Bed Bath & Beyond and Michael's. David Hocker & Associates will manage the center on behalf of Hines.
PALM HARBOR, FLA. — Colliers International has arranged the $8.4 million sale of the Commons at Twin Lakes, located at 31958 U.S. Highway 19 N. in Palm Harbor. Outback Steakhouse anchors the 53,000-square-foot retail center, which features tenants such as Massimo's Eclectic Fine Dining, North Pinellas Children's Medical Center and Select Medical Rehab. The property is 98 percent leased. Mike Milano and Ron Schultz of Colliers International's Tampa Bay office represented the seller, Commons at Twin Lakes LLC, in the transaction. Jim Michalak of Plaza Advisors Inc. represented the buyer, Realty Financial Corp.
FREDERICK, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $7 million in first mortgage refinancing for the 105-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Frederick. The hotel is located at 5220 Westview Drive. Brendan Scanlon and Gary McGlynn of NorthMarq's Washington, D.C., office arranged the loan through a CMBS lender.