California

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MARTINEZ, CALIF. — Newmark has negotiated the sale of Village Oaks, a 79,875-square-foot shopping center in Martinez. An undisclosed private family investor sold the asset to an institutional investment group for an undisclosed price. Situated on 7.9 acres at 1185 Arnold Drive, Village Oaks was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants within the financial, medical, restaurant and service retail sectors. Grocer Lucky California and Rite Aid currently anchor the property. Nicholas Bicardo and Cheyne Bloch of Newark represented the seller in the transaction.

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CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Luminous Capital Management, in partnership with Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital, has acquired 5931 Priestly Drive, an industrial/research and development (R&D) building in Carlsbad. Locally based investment firm Greene Properties sold the asset for $14 million, or $265 per square foot. Situated within Carlsbad Research Center, the 52,800-square-foot property was fully leased to two tenants under short-term leases that expire in 2023 at the time of sale. The buyers plan to implement significant renovations and reposition the property for bioscience R&D and manufacturing. The partial two-story building features approximately 16,000 square feet of space with 24-foot clear heights, as well as heavy power, abundant parking and grade-level loading. Michael Nucci of RW Commercial represented the seller in the deal, while Chris Baumgart of JLL represented the buyer. Baumgart will also handle leasing of the property. John Chun and John Marshall of JLL arranged the equity joint venture between Luminous and Virtus. California Bank & Trust provided financing for the acquisition and conversion.

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BREA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates Orange has brokered the sale of a freestanding industrial property located at 760 Challenger St. in Brea, an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $12.5 million, approximately 20 percent over asking price. The 27,734-square-foot building features two dock-high doors and 24-foot minimum warehouse clearance. Mark Hintergardt of Lee & Associates represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The name of the buyer was also not released.

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BELMONT, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $75 million loan for the acquisition and redevelopment of Shoreway Innovation Center in Belmont. The property will be redeveloped into a new life sciences campus. The borrower is Four Corners Properties. Mike Walker and Brad Zampa with CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group arranged and secured the three-year, floating-rate financing through a private equity firm. The nonrecourse loan carried two extension options. Four Corners Properties will use the financing to fund a portion of the predevelopment costs for 1301 Shoreway Road, which was acquired in December 2021 for $90.2 million. The future redevelopment will likely include construction of two Class A life sciences buildings totaling approximately 500,000 to 600,000 square feet. The new development will also include a multi-story parking structure with approximately 1,500 parking stalls.

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SAN DIEGO — Clarion Partners and HP Investors have sold a collection of three single-tenant net-leased retail properties within Gateway at Kearny Mesa in San Diego. An undisclosed private investor acquired the asset for $89.8 million. Totaling 194,303 square feet, the property is fully occupied to three national tenants, including a global discount department store, Food 4 Less and Prime Car Wash/Jiffy Lube. The properties were constructed in 2001 on 18.8 acres as part of a 30-acre Gateway at Kearny Mesa retail destination. Gleb Lvovivh, Geoff Tranchina, Darcy Miramontes, Kip Malo and Bob Prendergast of JLL Capital Markets represented the sellers in the deal.

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ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — Schnitzer Properties has purchased Highland Reserve Marketplace, a 191,416-square-foot retail center in Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento. Tenants at the center, which is situated on 21.5 acres, include Kohl’s, Ashley HomeStore, BevMo!, PetSmart, In-N-Out, Krispy Kreme, Freebird’s World Burrito, Yummy Cookie and Nurtishop. The seller and sales price were not released.

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BALDWIN PARK, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale a retail property located at 13822 Garvey Ave. in Baldwin Park, an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. A private family investor sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $18.1 million in a 1031 exchange transaction. LA Fitness occupies the 45,000-square-foot facility, which is located at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Garver Avenue. Tanel Harunzade, Darrell Levonian and Brittney McCarthy of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the deal., while Janet Neman and Angelica Gotzev of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer.

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MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. — BH Properties has acquired a 120,191-square-foot suburban commercial office campus in Monterey Park from Blue Shield of California in a $15 million sale/leaseback transaction. Andrew Harper, Will Poulsen, Matt McRoskey and Owen Muller of JLL marketed the property on behalf of Blue Shield. Situated on 7.9 acres, the asset features a 91,363-square-foot building and a 28,828-square-foot property, both of which serve as the headquarters of Blue Shield’s Promise Health Plan, a managed care organization. Blue Shield will continue to occupy the asset through July 2023.

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LOS ANGELES — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Cresa Partners of Los Angeles Inc., whose operations comprise three Los Angeles County offices located in West Los Angeles, Woodland Hills and Westlake Village. Representing tenants, the Cresa team provides commercial real estate services to clients in diverse industries, including entertainment, technology, interactive entertainment, professional services, biotech and transportation. The team comprises 40 professionals, made up of tenant representatives and project managers.

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CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON — Gantry has arranged $130 million in permanent financing for a six-property, Trojan Storage-owned self-storage portfolio spread across California, Oregon and Washington. Totaling 600,000 square feet, the portfolio includes three newly completed, pre-stabilized facilities and three recently acquired facilities. Andy Bratt and Amit Tyagi of Gantry secured the financing for Trojan Storage. The loan features a 10-year term at a fixed rate and a significant interest-only period later transitioning to a 30-year amortization schedule. The newly constructed facilities are in Commerce, Glendale and San Jose, Calif., and the recently acquired assets are in Salinas, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash.

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