WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a freestanding, single-tenant retail property located at 8833 Beverly Blvd. in West Hollywood. A joint venture between Acadia Realty Trust and Osiris Ventures acquired the asset for $24 million. Luxury Living fully occupies the 9,757-square-foot building. Kazuko Morgan, Carine Mamann and Steve Algermissen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
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CORONA, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 2395 Railroad St. in Corona. Corona Investments sold the property to Colorado-based EverWest Real Estate Investors for $15.3 million, or $319.62 per square foot. EverWest Real Estate Investors plans to stabilize the 47,870-square-foot property and hold it as a long-term leased investment. Constructed in 1988, the concrete tilt-up building features 24-foot minimum warehouse clearance, a 0.33 GPM/3,000 square feet sprinkler system, four grade-level doors, two dock-high loading positions and a secured truck court and yard area. Michael Hefner of Voit’s Anaheim office represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
SVA Architects Plans Lakeland & Laurel Intergenerational Affordable Project in Santa Fe Springs, California
by Amy Works
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — SVA Architects, along with development partners The Richman Group Inc., The Whole Child and Habitat for Humanity, has received entitlements for the construction of Lakeland & Laurel, an intergenerational affordable housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Fe Springs. The project encompasses more than an entire city block and will feature three distinct housing communities consisting of intergenerational affordable apartments, interim transitional housing and for-sale townhomes. The development will cost the city approximately $110,000 per unit for 139 units and is scheduled to break ground in April. The Richman Group, based in Newport Beach, Calif., is developing the three-building intergenerational portion of the project. This part of the development will total 102 affordable apartment homes on nearly four acres. The first building, at four stories tall, will provide homes to 50 seniors. The other two buildings will be three stories tall and offer 52 family apartments. These homes will also share a 1,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness facility, laundry room, mail room and clubroom. The Whole Child is developing the three-story interim housing, which will serve up to 40 homeless families at any given time. Habitat for Humanity will build the 18 for-sale …
Transwestern Sells 202,421 SF Amazon-Leased Distribution Center in Moorpark, California
by Amy Works
MOORPARK, CALIF. — Transwestern Development Co. (TDC) has completed the disposition of 6000 Conor Drive, a distribution center in Moorpark, along with a two-acre parcel offering additional parking. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $50.7 million. At the time of sale, Amazon occupied the 202,421-square-foot facility, which is near U.S. Route 101 and California State Routes 118 and 23. TDC recently completed interior and exterior upgrades to the property. Barbara Perrier, Darla Longo and Bennett Robinson of CBRE represented TDC in the transaction. Transwestern Real Estate Services provided asset services for the property.
MARINA DEL REY, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the sale of an office building located at 5005 McConnell Ave. in Marina del Rey. Montana Avenue Capital Partners sold the asset to a joint venture between Los Angeles-based HATCHspaces, Denver-based NexCore Group and Nuveen Real Estate. Terms of the transaction were not released. The 56,300-square-foot property underwent a full renovation since Montana Avenue Capital Partners acquired it in 2018. Armata Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company on pathogen-specific bacteriophage therapeutics for antibiotic-resistant and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, leased the entire property starting in 2021. Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska, Sean Sullivan, Greg Grant, Jeff Pion, Michelle Esquivel and Andrew Riley of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
USA Properties Starts Construction of 164-Unit College Creek Affordable Community in Santa Rosa, California
by Amy Works
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — USA Properties Fund has started construction of College Creek, an affordable multifamily community for a range of income levels in Santa Rosa. Completion is slated for fall 2023. Located at 2150 W. College Ave., the 164-unit property is close to downtown Santa Rosa, large shopping centers, healthcare providers and several schools. The community will be available for low-income residents that meet an expanded range of income limits established by the Tax Credit Allocation Committee. Renters earning 30 percent to 70 percent of the area’s median income could quality for residence at College Creek. The community, which will feature a four-story building and two three-story buildings, will offer a community room with computer workstations, fitness room, swimming pool, tot lot and onsite laundry facilities. Apartments will feature energy-efficient appliances and light fixtures, ceiling fans and low-flow faucets, showers and toilets. USA Properties worked closely with the community, including the City of Santa Rosa and Sonoma County, on the project, which has been in the planning stages for several years.
LPC West, TriGate Capital Acquire 420,000 SF Square on Main Office Campus in Orange, California
by Amy Works
ORANGE, CALIF. — LPC West, the West Coast arm of Lincoln Property Co., has partnered with TriGate Capital to purchase The Square on Main, a multi-building office campus located at the intersection of Main Street and La Veta Avenue in Orange. Totaling 420,000 square feet, the five-building asset was 96.5 percent occupied by 13 tenants, including the Orange County Transportation Authority and Western Dental, both tenants of more than 25 years. The 7.2-acre campus includes two 12-story buildings, one six-story building and two one-story buildings, as well as a large parking structure. Additionally, the site offers full transit accessibility, with access to the 22 and 57 freeways and numerous airports within 40 miles. LPC West plans to implement a variety of sustainability upgrades and overall operational enhancements throughout the property to help boost efficiency and limit its environmental footprint.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — StoragePRO Management has opened a new multi-level self-storage facility situated on five acres at 475 Lopes Road in Fairfield. The 131,000-square-foot facility offers 930 indoor storage units and a two-story RV, boat and vehicle storage on the ground floor with secure, drive-up access. The property also features a property-wide 24-hour surveillance video system, electronic smart locks on each unit, entry and exit property access keypads, fenced and gated property perimeters, motion-censored interior and exterior LED lighting, fire sprinklers and onsite managers, as well as a leasing office and no-contact online rentals and bill pay. Elk Grove-based GC Construction and Development served as the project’s general contractor.
SANTA ANA, CALIF., AND WARSAW, MO. — BridgeCore has funded a $3.6 million bridge loan to finance the purchase of a to-be-built retail building that 7-Eleven will occupy in Santa Ana. The loan was cross-collateralized with a Taco Bell-occupied asset in Warsaw. The name of the borrower was not released. The loan features a 12-month term with six months of yield maintenance, which will allow the seller of the 7-Eleven property to complete its construction of the build-to-suit on behalf of the borrower and meet its delivery obligations to 7-Eleven.
Ziegler Arranges $23.6M Bond Financing for Seniors Housing Asset in Mill Valley, California
by Amy Works
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Ziegler has arranged $23.6 million in bond financing for The Redwoods, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community in Mill Valley, a suburb of San Francisco. The Redwoods features 148 independent living units, 130 assisted living units and a 58-bed skilled nursing facility. The Redwoods will use the proceeds of the bonds, together with an equity contribution of $5 million, to refinance its outstanding 2013 bonds, fund a bond reserve account, pay an insurance premium to the Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Program and pay costs of issuance. While federally taxable, the bonds were issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority to allow for exemption from State of California income tax. The bonds amortize over a 15-year period, which is eight years shorter than the maturity on the existing 2013 bonds, and carry a bond yield of 2.9 percent. The bonds were issued with a 10-year par call.