SOUTH GATE, CALIF. — Newmark Realty Capital Inc. has arranged $40 million in permanent financing for a 370,000-square-foot regional power center in South Gate. The center was completed in 2014. George Mitsanas, Peter HIllakas and Doug Tisdale of Newmark’s Los Angeles office arranged the fixed-rate, non-recourse financing for the borrower, a Los Angeles-based developer. The 10-year, interest-only loan was placed with one of Newmark’s correspondent life insurance lenders.
LOS ANGELES — Ready Capital Structured Finance has closed a $9.1 million loan for the Hangars at Playa Vista. The property contains four separate industrial/office buildings that total 22,675 square feet in the Los Angeles submarket of Playa Vista. The funds will be used to refinance and renovate the property. Hangars at Playa Vista will undergo a complete renovation that will convert it to a creative office space catering specifically to the Silicon Beach tech corridor. The loan features a two-year term with a one-year extension and an 80 percent loan-to-cost ratio. Ready Capital Structured Finance originates, manages and finances non-recourse floating- and fixed-rate loans of up to five years on transitional, value-add and event-driven commercial and multifamily real estate opportunities.
LOS ANGELES — Majestic Realty Co. has selected Strategy+Style Marketing Group and FFO Realty to lead marketing and leasing efforts for Los Angeles Outlets, a ground-up outlet center in City of Industry area of Los Angeles. The project includes a 353,000-square-foot Phase One and a 58,000-square-foot expansion.
FRANKLIN, IND. — May Realty Advisors has arranged the $1.1 million sale of a freestanding building net leased to Starbucks in Franklin, approximately 25 miles south of Indianapolis. Thomas Levin, a private investor, purchased the building from Elias and Anthony Rantisi. The building, which was constructed in 2004 and spans 1,850 square feet, is located at 2279 N. Morton St., in a shopping center anchored by Lowe’s and Costco. Starbucks has signed a 10-year lease. Matthew May and Richard Huelsman of May Realty Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction. Frank Swiss of Swiss Company Real Estate represented the seller.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — H&R Retail has arranged a 42,000-square-foot lease transaction with Dave & Buster’s at Ellsworth Place in downtown Silver Spring, roughly six miles north of Washington, D.C. The entertainment venue and restaurant was previously located at the former White Flint Mall in Bethesda, Md. David Ward and Sean Harcourt of H&R Retail represented the landlord, Petrie Ross Ventures, in the lease transaction.
MENIFEE, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Sun City Plaza, a retail center located at 26100 Newport Road in Menifee, a southwestern suburb of Los Angeles, for $10.2 million. The seller, a developer, recently repositioned the former Alberston’s into a multi-tenant property. New tenants include 99 Cents Only, Fitness 19 and True Value. Dixie Walker, Charley Simpson, Tom Blake and Andrew Milne of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.
LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $14 million loan for a 79,760-square-foot retail property in Laguna Hills. Funded by BB&T Real Estate, the permanent, fixed-rate, non-recourse loan features a seven-year term with a 30-year amortization schedule and a 3.67 percent interest rate. Tom Kenny, Rowin Jacobs, Josh Boehling, Steve Griffin, Thomas Turnage and Mark Durfee of Grandbridge’s Newport Beach, Calif., office secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a retail building located at 14191 Newport Ave. in Tustin, a southeastern suburb of Los Angeles. The 2,900-square-foot property sold for $1.2 million, representing a capitalization rate of 4.17 percent. The two-tenant building is situated on one-third of an acre near the intersection of McFadden and Newport avenues. Eric Vu and Jeff Hauber of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, a private investor based in Southern California. The name of the buyer was not released.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — LCOR has broken ground for 55 Bank Street, a mixed-use development in White Plains. The $250 million, 760,000-square-foot transit-oriented development will offer residential and retail space. The first phase of the project will include a 16-sory, 288-unit residential building with 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 381 parking spaces. Phase II will consist of a 16-story building with 273 homes, 3,350 square feet of retail space and 189 parking spaces. Twenty percent of the 561 residential units will be workforce designated housing. The project is located adjacent to the Metro-North White Plains Railroad Station, which offers express service into Grand Central Station in New York City.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Hudson Cos. has acquired a development site at 94 N. Third St. in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood for the development of a residential and retail project. The seven-story building will feature 75 studio, one- and two-bedroom rental units and 15,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Additionally, 20 percent of the apartments will be reserved for affordable housing for low-income households. On-site amenities will include doorman and concierge service, a gym, tenant lounge, underground parking, bike storage and tenant storage. Tenants will also have access to landscaped courtyards and roof terraces equipped with gas grills and tables for dining. Marvel Architects is serving as architect for the project, which is slated to begin construction soon. Hudson Cos. received a $6.5 million bridge loan from W Financial to acquire the site.
