CITY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, CALIF. — Boston-based Longpoint has purchased three industrial buildings in Los Angeles County totaling 321,479 square feet. The properties all feature vacancy rates of two percent or less. The properties include: Cushman & Wakefield National Industrial Advisory Group brokered the transaction for John Reed Commerce Center, and Alex Blecksmith of Colliers brokered the transactions for 2854 Supply Ave. and 6480 Corvette St.
NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — C.W. Driver Cos. has started construction on a 198-bed student housing property at California State University, Northridge in the San Fernando Valley. Once completed for opening in fall 2025, the $55.7 million project will add two four-story buildings to the 365-acre campus. Located at 17950 Lassen St., Buildings No. 22 and No. 23 will total 60,290 square feet, of which 30,000 square feet will be housing space. The residential floors of each building will include dual-occupancy student rooms, with four students sharing each bathroom, and one suite-style living room per floor. Additionally, each building will have its own central elevator, building services and secure access. The non-residential floors will feature modern amenities and services, with Building No. 22 offering a student community space, study rooms and an expansive multi-purpose room, and Building No. 23 housing administrative offices and mail hub. A.C. Martin Partners is serving as architect for the project.
TEMECULA, ONTARIO AND SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Choice Hotels International has broken ground on three Everhome Suites hotels in California’s Inland Empire region. The properties are slated to open in the second half of 2024 and early 2025. The properties include: Each hotel will feature apartment-style rooms with well-defined areas that separate work and relaxation spaces with ways for guests to customize the space. Amenities in the rooms will include fully equipped kitchens with full-size refrigerators, dishwashers, stovetops, microwaves, flatware, cookware and ample counter space; spa-style bathrooms with high-quality fixtures, large closets and additional open and closed storage; free Wi-Fi; pet-friendly options; and weekly housekeeping. Property amenities will include multi-purpose lobby and outdoor amenity areas; 24/7 Homebase Market with food, beverages and groceries; a 24/7 fitness center; and 24/7 guest laundry facilities. Choice Hotels also has six additional Everhome Suites project in various stages of development across Southern California.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $3.3 million sale of a single-tenant retail building located at 910 Anderson Drive in the Bay Area city of San Rafael. El Pollo Loco, a fast-casual restaurant chain, occupies the 2,626-square-foot building on a triple-net lease that is corporate guaranteed and has 13 years remaining on its term with options for extension. Eric Kathrein and Warren McClean of JLL Retail Capital Markets handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged $11.7 million in refinancing for an industrial building on Allied Way in the Los Angeles suburb of El Segundo. The freestanding, single-tenant building features 35,890 square feet of industrial space on 1.7 acres of land. The property includes 11,000 square feet of office space on the first and second floors, equating to one third of the overall net rentable area. Michael Thorp and Ari Zeen of PSRS secured the loan, which features a 10-year term and 25-year amortization with a “significant amount” of cash-out proceeds for the undisclosed borrower. A life insurance company provided the financing.
HEALDSBURG, CALIF. — Greenrock Capital and Petros PACE Finance have arranged $62.6 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing for the construction of the Appellation Healdsburg in Sonoma County. CCS Healdsburg Hotel LLC — a partnership between Comstock Development Co., Wine Country Holdings (an affiliate of Appellation) and HVH Investment — will develop the property for the new culinary-forward luxury hotel brand and operator, Appellation. Slated to open in 2025, the 108-room hotel will offer a 160-seat Charlie Palmer signature restaurant and bar, a rooftop bar, fitness club, spa, two pools and 15,000 square feet of meeting and event space. The project is being developed as part of the broader North Village mixed-use master plan, which is located two miles north of downtown Healdsburg.
FRESNO, CALIF. — Graystone Capital Advisors has arranged the $5 million sale of California Plaza, a neighborhood retail center in Fresno. The property traded between two local California-based investors. Brent Zoller and Brenton Baskin of Graystone represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Constructed in 1987, the California Plaza features 39,170 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the asset was 62 percent vacant. The retail center is set on a 194,182-square-foot parcel along Blackstone Avenue.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Global hotelier Hard Rock International has partnered with development firm Steinhauer Properties to develop Hard Rock Hotel Long Beach, a 31-story hotel in downtown Long Beach. The hotel will be situated adjacent to the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center along East Ocean Boulevard. Hard Rock Hotel Long Beach will include approximately 427 rooms and suites, including a Rock Star Suite. The hotel will also feature the tallest open rooftop bar on the Southern California coast, as well as an outdoor swimming pool with an amenities deck. The co-developers plan to break ground on the hotel in summer 2024 with plans to open the property in spring 2027. The new development is expected to create approximately 3,100 construction jobs and approximately 500 permanent positions once operations begin in 2027. The hotel represents the first new full-service hotel to be built in Long Beach in 30 years and the first new Hard Rock hotel in Southern California in almost a decade, according to Hard Rock. Amenities will also include Body Rock Fitness Studio, two onsite restaurant options and a Rock Shop that will sell Hard Rock merchandise and other items. The new property will also feature a …
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio totaling 50 units in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $9.1 million, or $182,000 per unit. The portfolio includes 14808 Blythe St., 14820 Blythe St. and 7918 Kester Ave. Rick Raymundo and Phil Rodgers of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed buyer, while Jeff Louks and Elliot Sabag, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. JP Morgan Chase Bank provided acquisition financing for the buyer.
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $9 million in refinancing for a multi-tenant industrial building located at 800 W. Tower Ave. in the Bay Area city of Alameda. Situated on 6.8 acres, the fully occupied facility features 32-foot clear heights and 20 hanger-style doors, which form the east and west facades of the building. Bob Ybarra, Jim Korinek, Bruce Francis, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell and Nick Santangelo of CBRE Capital Markets Debt and Structured Finance secured the 25-year loan, which is fully amortizing with a rate reset at the end of every five years of the loan. The borrower and use of the funds were not disclosed.