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.
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.
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.
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 …
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — BWE has secured an $82.9 million loan for River Ranch Apartments, a garden-style multifamily property in Simi Valley. Jake Roberts and Mike Guterman of BWE originated the financing from Fannie Mae on behalf of Decron Properties. The five-year, fixed-rate loan will allow Decron to pay off existing bank debt while getting cash out that will allow the owners to continue to operate River Ranch. Built in 1985 and renovated in 2016, River Ranch features 398 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with stainless steel appliances, energy-efficient kitchens with granite countertops and private patios and balconies. Community amenities include a pool, dog park, fitness center and resident clubhouse.
SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. — Bogard Construction, in partnership with Santa Cruz City Schools, has broken ground on the district’s first Educator Housing Community at 313 Swift St. The property will offer 100 below market-rate apartments designated for district teachers and staff. Funded through voter-approved Measures K and L, the project is being delivered through an Alternative Design-Build approach with Bogard, Santa Cruz Schools, EHDD and Studio VARA working together throughout the process to align budget, constructibility, site planning and program goals. The 120,000-square-foot community will feature studio, one-, two- and thee-bedroom apartments, along with site improvements and renovations to two existing buildings on the property. Architecturally, the project is organized into smaller neighborhoods across three distinct masses connected by elevated bridges and exterior walkways. Completion is slated for 2028.
