EL CENTRO, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a retail strip center in El Centro. A Los Angeles-based family office sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $5.7 million. Sherwin-Williams anchors the property, which is located at 1950 S. 4th St. Matt Brooks and Joe Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller and sourced the buyer in the deal.
UPLAND, CALIF. — Virtu Investments has completed the disposition of Foothill Ridge, a multifamily property in Upland, to Clear Capital for $82 million, or $353,448 per unit. Built in 1973, Foothill Ridge features 232 apartments spread across 32 one- and two-story buildings on 11 acres. Units offer energy-efficient appliances, large closets and central air conditioning. Community amenities include ample open space, a resort-style pool with furnished sundeck, a spa, fitness center, dog park, playground and barbecue grills. Alexander Gracia Jr., Tyler Martin and Chris Zorbas of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided $53.2 million in financing for the development of Tiburon, an affordable multifamily property in San Luis Obispo. KeyBank provided a $28 million construction loan and a $2.3 million permanent loan, as well as $22.9 million in low-income housing and state housing tax credit equity, to People’s Self Help Housing, a San Luis Obispo-based affordable housing development and management company. Situated on 2.1 acres, Tiburon will feature 68 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units spread across two three-story residential buildings with a community center. The units are designated for individuals and families within the 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60 percent area median income levels. The units at 25 percent and 30 percent are part of California’s permanent supportive housing program, helping to serve unhoused individuals and those who may be prone to homelessness. The development will receive support from the California Department of Housing and Community Development, which awarded the project $6.4 million in funding under the California No Place Like Home Program. Additionally, the city and county of San Luis Obispo provided $1.1 million of funding. Transitions Mental Health of San Luis …
ONTARIO, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $210 million in construction financing for the development of the first phase of Ontario Ranch Business Park, a Class A industrial project currently under construction in Ontario. A joint venture between Newport Beach-based Real Estate Development Associates (REDA) and an industrial fund managed by Clarion Partners is building the asset. Once complete, Ontario Ranch Business Park will feature seven buildings totaling 1.7 million square feet with 30- to 40-foot clear heights, 287 loading positions and 775 parking stalls. The Home Depot hasp preleased the largest building, totaling 1.1 million square feet. Located at the intersection of Euclid and Eucalyptus avenues, the project offers direct access to Interstate 15, State Route 71 and California 60. Brian Top, Peter Thompson, Samuel Godfrey and Jordan Leake of JLL Capital Markets Debt Advisory team secured the three-year, floating-rate, interest-only, nonrecourse loan with a national bank for the borrower.
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. — Keller Williams Commercial has arranged the acquisition of Mayhew Plaza Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored neighborhood shopping center located at 22631-22653 Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills. J Globo LLC and SHWH LLC sold the asset to GNC Properties LLC and Western Prime Holdings LLC for $24.5 million. Built in 1962 and renovated in 1999, Mayhew Plaza features 39,867 square feet of retail space. Smart & Final Extra!, a warehouse-style food and supply store, anchors the property, which was 96.2 percent occupied at the time of sale. Joe Penich of KW Commercial represented the buyer, while Thomas Kim and William Shin of GTR Consulting Group represented the seller in the deal.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — A joint venture between LPC West and Angelo Gordon has purchased a single-story industrial building located at 1695 Faraday Ave. in Carlsbad. Situated on 4.1 acres, the 63,000-square-foot building features 26-foot minimum clear heights and 3,000-amp power. According to LPC West, the property is positioned for a life sciences manufacturing tenant. Chris Roth and Rusty Williams of Lee & Associates represented LPC in the transaction. Dennis Visser and Weston Yahn of Cushman & Wakefield also participated in the deal.
SANTA ANA AND BELLFLOWER, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Dunleer has acquired two industrial outdoor storage properties for a total consideration of $13 million. The properties are located at 4404 W. First St. in Santa Ana and 10027 Artesia Blvd. in Bellflower. The Santa Ana property features a 2.7-acre outdoor storage yard that includes one 3,826-square-foot office/industrial building. Dunleer purchased the property for $8.6 million. Chad Solomon of JLL represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released. The Bellflower property is a 1.1-acre outdoor storage yard that includes improvements totaling 3,792 square feet. Dunleer acquired the asset for $4.1 million. The seller was the current tenant, a pipe and steel fabrication user, which will leaseback the site for six months. John Rendon of INCO Commercial represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
By Nellie Day All of Los Angeles County might have been under the same restrictions throughout the pandemic, but their emergence from this period reveals a lot about the localized retail environments. “Los Angeles’ retail market has weathered COVID better than many other markets around the country,” says Matthew May, founder of May Realty Advisors in the Los Angeles submarket of Sherman Oaks, Calif. “However, the recovery has favored a diverse group of suburban markets.” Certain Suburbs Stand Out Markets like East Hollywood/Silver Lake, Inglewood/South LA and Santa Clarita boasted the highest 12-month rolling net absorptions in the county, according to CoStar — something May doesn’t believe was expected. “LA is known as a melting pot and this is reflected in the geographic and ethnic makeup of the top submarkets based on net absorption,” he says. “Vacancies in many of the suburbs were substantially less than in the Central Business Districts and tony retail areas from Beverly Hills to Abbott Kinney. These emerging markets were quite a surprise.” On the other hand, metro markets like Santa Monica, Downtown LA and Koreatown each had more than 100,000 square feet of negative absorption. Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade has been one of …
PASADENA, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Tiffany and Shops, a 28,421-square-foot street-front retail property in Pasadena. Los Angeles-based Blatteis & Schnur and Hayward-based The Felson Cos. acquired the asset for $52.2 million, or approximately $1,838 per square foot. Jimmy Slusher, Philip Voorhees and Trent Steeves of CBRE’s National Retail Partners – West represented the seller, a partnership managed by Los Angeles-based Rockwood Capital, in the transaction. Slusher, Voorhees and Steeves also represented the buyer. Tiffany & Co., Crate & Barrel and House of Hoops anchor the property under corporate-guaranteed leases. The asset is located at 64-68 Colorado Blvd.
WOODLAND, CALIF. — Arriba Capital has closed a $40.5 million ground-up construction loan for two adjacent hotel properties in Woodland. The three-year loan was features an 80 percent loan-to-cost ratio. The two hotel developments include a four-story, 95-room, extended-stay Home2 Suites by Hilton and a five-story, 109-room Courtyard by Marriott. Details of the financing, including the borrower’s name, were not released.
