LOS ANGELES — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged an $80 million first-mortgage loan secured by Del Rey Campus, a creative office campus in the Marina del Rey submarket of West Los Angeles. The five-year, fixed-rate, interest-only financing was funded by Goldman Sachs and refinanced a construction loan for the property. The sponsor, a joint venture between Continental Development Corp. and Mar Ventures, built the asset in 2020. Located at 4800 Alla Road, the three-building campus offers 162,031 square feet of creative office space with flexibility for full floor and multi-tenant buildouts. All buildings feature 21-foot clear space with exposed ceilings, generous balconies, ground-floor patios and courtyards. The campus also features a café, fitness center with men’s and women’s locker rooms, secured bicycle and surfboard storage areas. Current tenants include the global headquarters of the World Surf League, the westside location for CENTRL Office, a Portland, Ore.-based coworking operator and a large video game studio.
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Bridgeway Real Estate Partners, LBX Investments Buy Plaza Del Mar Office Campus in San Diego for $43M
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Bridgeway Real Estate Partners, in partnership with LBX Investments, has acquired Plaza Del Mar, an office campus in the Del Mar Heights submarket of San Diego, for $43 million, or $352 per square foot. Located at 12520 and 12526 High Bluff Drive, Plaza Del Mar offers 120,000 square feet of office space. Bridgeway plans to reintroduce the property to the market with an enhanced campus environment, including upgrades to the common area courtyards. Scott Peterson, Mark McGovern, Colby Matzke and Michael Kolcum of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance secured acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. CBRE’s Mike Hoeck, Chris Pascale and Ellycia Walker will handle leasing for the property. Rick Reeder of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
VISTA, CALIF. — RAF Pacifica Group, in partnership with CenterSquare Investment Management, has completed the disposition of an industrial building located at 3280 Corporate View in Vista. Terms of the transaction were not released. Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the transaction. Rivian Automotive, an electric vehicle manufacturer, fully occupies the 59,828-square-foot property, which offers convenient access to major interstate freeways.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $7.5 million permanent loan to refinance 200 Pine Avenue, a 64,376-square-foot retail and office property located in Long Beach. Brad Vansant and Jenna Frakes of JLL secured the fixed-rate financing on behalf of the borrower, Bascom Group. Renovated in 2022, 200 Pine Avenue is a six-story building with an attached 123-stall parking garage and ground-floor retail space. The building, which has recently been renovated to provide common area and tenant improvements, is 81 percent leased to 15 tenants. Restaurant and sports bar Dirty Birds recently signed a lease to occupy a portion of the ground-floor retail space, joining Agaves Kitchen & Tequila and Agaves Ultra Lounge.
SAN DIEGO — H.G. Fenton has purchased Kearny Mesa West, a multi-tenant industrial business park in San Diego, from CIM Group for an undisclosed price. Hunter Rowe, Joe Cesta, Eric Cox and Matt Carlson of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Spanning 14 acres, the 210,871-square-foot Kearny Mesa West consists of 16 standalone industrial buildings located along Opportunity, Engineer and Ronson roads in the Kearny Mesa submarket. At the time of sale, the business park was approaching 90 percent occupancy with nearly 60 tenants at the time of sale.
Newmark Brokers Sale of Seven-Building Stonemill Design Center Flex Office Campus in Costa Mesa
by Amy Works
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of Stonemill Design Center, a flex office campus on 8.3 acres at 2915 Red Hill Ave. in Costa Mesa. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White, Brandon White, Chris Benton and Anthony Muhlstein of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller, an institutional investor, in the transaction. A private investor acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Totaling 127,753 square feet, the campus features seven flex office buildings that are 94 percent leased by a diverse mix of commercial, industrial and office tenants. Situated in the Greater Airport Area submarket, the property is adjacent to SR-73 Freeway and offers proximity to South Coast Plaza.
Bucksbaum Properties Buys One El Paseo Plaza Mixed-Use Complex in Palm Desert, California
by Amy Works
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Bucksbaum Properties has acquired One El Paseo Plaza, a mixed-use office and restaurant property in Palm Desert. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 5 acres at 74199 El Paseo Drive and 74225 and 74245 Highway 111, One El Paseo Plaza offers 86,835 rentable square feet. The complex features two two-story office buildings and an adjacent restaurant pavilion — originally Palm Desert’s first commercial building. The buildings feature granite lobbies, flexible floor plates and a parking ratio of 3.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet, including assigned and covered parking.
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, MISSION VIEJO AND COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Archer Property Partners has acquired an outpatient medical office portfolio in Orange County for $17.8 million. Andy Knott and Austin Kanzler of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Totaling 39,689 square feet, the portfolio includes a 12,450-square-foot property at 23512 Madero Road in Mission Viejo, a 10,064-square-foot building at 722 Baker St. in Costa Mesa and a 17,175-square-foot asset at 29472 Avenida de las Banderas in Rancho Santa Margarita. MemorialCare fully occupies the buildings in Mission Viejo and Costa Mesa and occupies 12,169 square feet of the facility in Rancho Santa Margarita.
Avatar Financial Group Provides $16.1M Acquisition Loan for Flex Campus in Hawthorne, California
by Amy Works
HAWTHORNE, CALIF. — Avatar Financial Group has provided a $16.1 million bridge loan for the acquisition of The Yukon, an industrial campus in Hawthorne. The two-year loan carries a 62 percent loan-to-value ratio and financed the undisclosed sponsor’s purchase of the property through a bankruptcy sale. Additionally, the loan provided capital to improve one of the buildings that is vacant and execute a lease-up strategy. Situated on 2.3 acres at 13100-13130 Yukon Ave., the 52,074-square-foot campus features three single-story flex office/light industrial buildings built between 1960 and 1966. The buildings offer 16- to 19-foot ceilings, a secured gated yard, approximately 100 surface parking spaces, six roll-up garage-style doors and 1,600 to 3,000 amps of power. Two of the three buildings, totaling 25,707 square feet, are fully occupied under long-term net leases. The remaining 26,367-square-foot building is currently vacant and will be built out and marketed for lease.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) giant behind ChatGPT and the $500 billion Stargate Project, has signed a lease with KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) and TMG Partners to fully occupy 350-380 Ellis, a Class A office campus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. The five-building asset offers 450,000 square feet of office space with move-in ready finishes, indoor and outdoor work environments, meeting/conference rooms, rooftop decks, an executive briefing center, kitchen/break areas on each floor and collaborative space. The campus also features a full-service gastropub restaurant and cafeteria, multi-story parking structure, a tennis court and a sand volleyball court. The property is owned by KREF and capital accounts advised by the REIT’s parent company, KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR). In 2024, TMG was selected to reposition 350-380 Ellis into a future-ready office campus. Jon Mackey, Mike Saign and Phil Mahoney of Newmark represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, while Mike Ino, Jon Moeller, Dan Johnson, Rich Duff and Bridget Fahey of JLL represented OpenAI. Founded in 2015, OpenAI has a current market valuation of $840 billion based on its latest fundraising campaign that closed in late February. Sam Altman …
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