ONTARIO, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group has brokered the $54 million sale of New Haven Marketplace in Ontario. Built in 2020, the shopping center totals 95,000 square feet. Stater Bros. anchors the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Starbucks Coffee, Chase Bank, Carl’s Jr., Great Clips, Rodeo X Public Market and Brew Haven. Pat Kent and Parker Walter of SRS represented the seller, a California-based developer, in the transaction. Glenn Rudy of Newmark represented the buyer, a California-based family office.
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Confluent, Concord, MorningStar Open 166,000 SF Seniors Housing Community in Mission Viejo, California
by Jeff Shaw
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Project partners MorningStar Senior Living, Confluent Senior Living and Concord Development Partners have completed MorningStar of Mission Viejo. The 166,000-square-foot, 132-unit senior living community is located in the Orange County city of Mission Viejo. The developers broke ground in March 2021. The community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom suites as well as 126 below-grade parking spaces. The property features 13,809 square feet of outdoor space including a pool, dog run, resident garden and al fresco dining. The project introduces Whole Health Standards, a new criteria under which all future Confluent and MorningStar communities will be developed. Confluent and MorningStar have a strong history of partnering on senior living communities, with MorningStar of Mission Viejo representing the partnership’s 14th joint venture across six states. Other project partners include KTGY Architecture + Planning as architect, Snyder Langston as general contractor, David Evans and Associates as civil engineer and Thoma-Holec Design as interior designer.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. – Olympus Property has purchased the 179-unit Angelene Apartments in West Hollywood for an undisclosed sum. The mixed-use luxury community is located at 915 N. La Brea Ave. It features hotel-style amenities, including a pool deck and clubhouse overlooking West Hollywood, an abundance of outdoor common areas and a fully equipped fitness center. Apartments feature open living spaces and large windows in a mix of studio to three-bedroom configurations. Derrek Ostrzyzek, Tom Moran, Rachel Parsons and Mike Murphy of Berkadia Institutional Solutions completed the sale on behalf of the institutional seller. Tucker Knight of Berkadia’s Houston office arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of Olympus Property.
WILDOMAR, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Wildomar Senior, a 284-unit seniors housing community in Wildomar, a city in Southern California’s Inland Empire. TMG represented the seller, Craig Thralls, who developed the property in 2000. The buyer was a Los Angeles-based private investment group. The fully occupied property features 176 independent living apartments and 108 assisted living units.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $23.1 million sale of Dove Ridge Apartments in Riverside. The 96-unit community is located at 6556 Arlington Ave. near the Riverside Airport. This is the first time the asset has sold since it was developed in 1987. CBRE’s Blake Torgerson and Eric Chen represented the buyer, a local private investor. The sellers were also local private owners and the original developers of the property.
GPI Cos. Receives $84M Construction Financing for Overland and Ayres Apartment Community in West Los Angeles
by Jeff Shaw
LOS ANGELES — GPI Cos. has received $84 million in financing for construction of Overland and Ayres, a 201-unit apartment community in West Los Angeles. Located 2455 Overland Ave., Overland and Ayres will be fully integrated with the newly constructed West End creative campus. It will feature 100 percent market-rate units, with amenities like a podium pool deck and outdoor fitness lawn. The community will also include about 6,200 square feet of commercial space. JLL secured the floating-rate construction loan through Citizens.
CBRE Negotiates $17.7M Sale of Thousand Oaks Office Property for Life Sciences Conversion
by Jeff Shaw
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 98,776-square-foot office building in Thousand Oaks for $17.7 million. The firm also arranged $42 million in financing for the acquisition and speculative conversion to a life sciences campus. Located at 120 Via Merida and built in 1998, the two-story office building sits on 6.7 acres and was previously the corporate headquarters for Wellpoint Health Networks. The property’s existing infrastructure is well suited to be redeveloped for life sciences use, according to CBRE. It features 50,000-square-foot floor plates, steel frame construction, outdoor balconies, grade-high dock door and ample power supply. Gray Matter, the life sciences initiative of Graymark Capital, has engaged architect BAM Creative to develop a phased conversion plan. Upon completion, the property will feature 60 percent lab-ready space with upgraded mechanical, electrical and plumbing, and 40 percent newly built creative office space to support the lab. The property will also undergo exterior and site improvements to the power system, loading area, indoor/outdoor amenity areas, cosmetics, roof and parking lot. CBRE’s Mike Longo, Sean Sullivan and Todd Tydlaska represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, in the sale. CBRE’s Greg Grant arranged financing on behalf of the …
BELL, CALIF. — NAI Capital Commercial has arranged the purchase of Atlantic Center Mini Mall, a 20,909-square-foot retail center located in Bell, just south of Los Angeles. Steven Weiss and Sam Kangavari of NAI represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer plans to redevelop the property, converting it to a single-tenant retail building. The NAI team also negotiated a new lease with a national tenant.
HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIF. — North Palisade Partners has opened its first self-storage facility, located at 2200 Nadeau St. in Huntington Park, just south of Los Angeles. The three-story, 133,000-square-foot facility sits on two acres and features more than 1,500 units. Extra Space Storage will operate the property, which is named Palisade Nadeau Storage.
Fox Corp. Plans $1.5B Expansion to Historic Fox Studio Lot in Los Angeles, Including New Office Towers
by John Nelson
LOS ANGELES — Fox Corp. has submitted plans to the City of Los Angeles to expand the historic Fox Studio Lot as part of a project known as “The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project.” The plan is expected to cost approximately $1.5 billion and generate $9 million in annual tax revenues. The Fox Studio Lot currently comprises 1.8 million square feet across 96 buildings. The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project would add 1.6 million square feet of new development, including nine new soundstages, as well as production facilities and a 24-story media campus office building. The media campus office is intended to receive LEED Platinum certification and will feature shared and private offices designed for film and TV production. Fox is seeking a development partner to construct a 35-story building toward the northeast section of the Fox Studio lot that will directly connect to the studio lot and the Century City subway station, but will function as independent office space. This building will also be designed with LEED Platinum certification in mind. Plans also call for upgrades to existing facilities, a historic preservation plan for key buildings, seismic retrofits of older buildings and a renovation of Fox Sports Studio A. “The Fox …