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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Spirit Realty Capital will soon merge with Cole Credit Property Trust II after the firm’s shareholders approved the move in a special meeting held yesterday. Once the merger is complete, the combined company will formone of the largest publicly traded triple-net-lease REITs in the U.S. It will own a total of about 1,900 properties in 48 states. Spirit shareholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 1.9048 shares of common stock of the combined company for each Spirit share previously owned. The new company will retain the Spirit Realty Capital name. It will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “SRC.” Spirit’s current management team will lead the new company. Spirit Realty Capital was formed in 2003 to invest in single-tenant operationally essential real estate. It has invested more than $4.3 billion in more than 1,200 properties across 47 states. Cole Credit Property Trust II invests primarily in high-quality, freestanding, single-tenant buildings that are net leased to investment-grade or other creditworthy tenants throughout the U.S.

HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. — The Strand in Hermosa Beach has sold to a syndicated equity group for $19.5 million. The group is led by a local private investor. The site includes four parcels that total 25,392 square feet. It directly faces the Pacific Ocean and is located in the Hermosa Beach Pier Avenue Plaza retail complex. It had been under the same family ownership for generations. The buyer was represented by Mike Grannis and Brent Cunningham of Highland Partners Corporation. The seller was represented by CBRE’s Bob Healey, Kevin Shannon, Scott Schumacher and Dan Riley.

BELLEVUE, WASH. – A 58,000-square-foot development site located in Bellevue’s Central Business District has sold to NIU Enterprises for $31 million. It is located at 437-527 108th Avenue N.E. The sellers, Milt and Sue Walter, have owned the site for more than 30 years. It is currently occupied by two restaurants, Las Margaritas and Nibbana. The sellers were represented by Andy Miller, Jason Rosauer, Dave Speers and Rob Anderson of Kidder Mathews. NIU is a limited liability company that was formed by a group of Chinese investors and companies.

VISALIA, CALIF. – A 57,254-square-foot shopping center in Visalia has sold to a family trust for $4 million. It is located at 3230-3298 S. Mooney Blvd. The center was 60 percent occupied by tenants like King Buffet and Tuesday Morning at the time of sale. The seller, Trion Properties, acquired a non-performing note on the asset through an all-cash transaction from a regional bank. The bank needed to remove the center from its books by the end of the year. CBRE’s Nick Whitstone handled the note sale. The latest sale was executed by Mark Denholm of CORE Commercial.