LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema have announced plans to reopen and restore Cinerama Dome, a historic move theater located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Opened in 1963, it is the world’s first all-concrete, geodesic dome that features an 86-foot curved screen. Following a six-year shutdown that began during the COVID pandemic, the Dome will undergo restorative renovations starting next month through early 2028. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will operate the movie theater. As part of the deal, SPE will also reopen the adjacent 14-screen theater complex, formerly ArcLight Cinemas, as an Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. The theater will offer Alamo Drafthouse presentations and dine-in services, curated programming, revival screenings, events, designated karaoke rooms and fan celebrations. In addition, the complex will retain 35mm capabilities to showcase archival film prints and house multiple screens with immersive audio and 4K laser projection, including 70mm capabilities. In 2015, Alamo Drafthouse restored San Francisco’s historic New Mission Theater — now called the Christopher Nolan Cinema — transforming a 20-year vacant landmark into one of the city’s premier destinations for film. Alamo Drafthouse’s restoration of the theater preserved the famous Art Deco façade and historic architectural details, including that of the original …
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Resilient Demand in Key Regions Supports Multifamily Through Midyear Challenges
By Ann Atkinson, Regions Real Estate Capital Markets Midway through 2026, the multifamily industry appears to be holding steady. By many accounts, fundamentals are weathering uncertainties across the economy, job markets and geopolitical arenas. While some key metrics have softened, the overall health of the apartments sector demonstrates how essential this class of real estate is. Simply stated, everyone needs a safe place to call home. Sustained demand for rental units remains central to the sector’s health, and conditions in the for-sale market continue to shape that demand directly. For many households, homeownership has become increasingly out of reach. Affordability has eroded sharply over the past decade, driven by land use restrictions, constrained housing supply and a widening gap between mortgage costs and income, according to an October Goldman Sachs’ U.S. outlook for housing supply and affordability. Elevated interest rates in recent years have only added to the strain. Together, these factors are keeping many Americans in rentals far longer than they might have planned. Even with strong demand, the apartments market isn’t without challenges. The industry is still working through the surge in new unit supply that hit the market over the past few years. As a result, rents …
SAN DIEGO — Breakthrough Properties and Tishman Speyer have provided a $90 million mezzanine bridge loan for Aperture Del Mar, a Class A life sciences campus in San Diego. The borrower, Gemdale USA, will use the proceeds to refinance an existing loan. Totaling 538,000 square feet, the four-building lab and office campus is fully occupied by Neurocrine Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company. The campus features a standalone fitness center with a yoga studio and juice bar, outdoor event lawn, private patios, courtyard and a 1,500-stall parking garage. Aperture Del Mar serves as Neurocrine’s mission-critical global headquarters as part of a lease that funds through 2036. Breakthrough Properties, a joint venture of Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, develops and owns life sciences real estate in San Diego and other markets around the world. Tishman Speyer directly participated in the financing through its recently established debt platform.
LOS ANGELES — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $28.9 million loan for the refinancing of Billy G. Mills Manor, an affordable housing complex next to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Jeff Kearns and Laura Woltanski of Walker & Dunlop secured the refinancing through HUD/FHA’s Section 223(f) loan program on behalf of Watt Capital Developers. Billy G. Mills Manor features 102 affordable housing units supported by a Project-Base Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract covering 100 percent of the residences. The refinancing will also fund approximately $30,000 per unit for planned renovations, including roof replacement, new windows and sliding doors throughout the property. The transaction closed simultaneously with a 20-year renewal of the property’s Project-Base Section 8 contract, preserving long-term affordability.
WILLITS, CALIF. — TCC Properties has sold Redwood Meadows, a 101-unit seniors housing property in the Northern California city of Willits, to Echelon Communities for $10.8 million, or $106,931 per unit. Isaak Heitzeberg of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer in conjunction with Marcus & Millichap’s Andres Guerra. Built in 1989 on 7.1 acres, Redwood Meadows features four studio units, 58 one-bedroom residences and 39 two-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a clubhouse, redwood garden, two laundry rooms, rentable storage units and a dog park. Located at 1475 Baechtel Road, the site also includes land with initial city approval for up to 15 additional units.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $30 million sale of Mosaic, a six-building retail portfolio located in downtown Long Beach. An entity doing business as Mosaic Promenade Holdings LLC acquired the property from a partnership between Turnbridge Equities, Waterford Property Co. and Monument Square Investment Group. John Read and Erin Smith of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Totaling 148,405 square feet, the portfolio includes 50 East 4th Street; 145 East 4th Street; 300 and 325 The Promenade North; and 480 and 590 Pine Avenue. At the time of sale, the asset was 78 percent leased. Current tenants include include Ross Dress for Less, Studio One Eleven/RDC, Ammatoli, Pacific Dental, Panda Express, Wingstop, GNC, GameStop, U.S. Army, U.S. Armed Forces and City of Long Beach, among others. The properties were constructed between 2002 and 2004.
FRESNO, CALIF. — JBT Property Management has sold Maroa Park Apartments, a 248-unit multifamily property in Fresno, to a private buyer for $44 million. Located at 475-585 W. Sierra Ave., Maroa Park features one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 878 square feet. Otto Ozen, Brian Nakamura and Nazli Santana of The Mogharebi Group (TMG) represented the seller in the deal.
CASTRO VALLEY, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged the $35.5 million sale of The Cedars and Creekside Terrace, two neighboring, value-add multifamily properties located in the Northern California city of Castro Valley. Felson Cos., the original developer, sold the assets to San Francisco-based Prime Residential for $21.4 million and $14.1 million, respectively. Jason Parr, Scott MacDonald and John Hansen of Berkadia San Francisco represented the seller in the deal, while Clay Akiwenzie and Hank Workman of Berkadia San Francisco provided financing for the buyer. The financing consists of a seven-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with full-term interest-only payments. Located at 22240-22302 Center St., The Cedars features 83 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, two pools, an outdoor courtyard, fitness center and covered parking. Creekside Terrace, located at 22180 Center St., offers 52 one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as a pool, dry sauna, outdoor courtyard, a fitness center and covered parking.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a seven-building memory care campus in San Diego County. Developed in 2002, the property contains more than 55 units licensed for over 85 residents. The community was operating with negative net operating income (NOI) at the time of sale. Nick Stahler, Justin Knapp, Michael Mooney and Hap Knowles of Marcus & Millichap’s Knapp-Stahler Group arranged the transaction. An undisclosed, all-cash buyer acquired the community from a publicly traded REIT for roughly $170,000 per unit.
LOS ANGELES — Wellpointe has announced plans for the development of a new affordable seniors housing campus within the Warner Center master-planned district in Los Angeles. Wellpointe estimates a total investment of $2 billion in the project, which will be developed in four phases. A property-holding affiliate of Wellpointe acquired the 4.7-acre development site late last year from Parkview Financial. Upon completion, Viva L.A. Warner Center will comprise four high-rise towers ranging from 34 to 42 stories. The 2.2 million-square-foot development will total 3,192 units and include 61,450 square feet of non-residential space. “Viva represents our conviction that affordable housing, paired with assisted living services as needed, can be delivered at the scale and density that California’s aging population in core urban centers actually needs,” says George Kutnerian, co-founder and CEO of Wellpointe. “Despite the overwhelming need for a new model, senior living continues to be built out rather than up — even in dense urban areas — and quality is treated as incompatible with affordability. Viva rejects that premise and builds upon Wellpointe’s mission of democratizing access to quality housing and care for older adults — now through transit-oriented, high-density, community-serving urban social infrastructure.” Gensler is designing the project. The firm …
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