OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — 29th Street Capital (29SC) has acquired Sunterra Apartments in Oceanside from Ideal Group for $97.5 million. Built in 1974, Sunterra features 240 apartments, a resort-style pool, two playgrounds, a sundeck with an outdoor fireplace and a fitness center. 29SC plans to implement a community improvement plan including installing stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, oval soaking tubs and modern white cabinetry. Exterior improvement will include updating the roof, wrapping balconies in wood paneling and replacing windows and glass doors. Haven Residential, 29SC’s in-house property management company, will oversee management and leasing. Hunter Combs of Walker & Dunlop’s San Diego office brokered the off-market transaction. John Montakab and Mark Grace of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing.
California
Progressive Real Estate, Newmark Broker $6.1 Sale of Bank of America-Occupied Property in Rancho Cucamonga
by Amy Works
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners and Newmark have arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail building located at 8700 Baseline Road in Rancho Cucamonga. A private, Northern California-based investor acquired the property from WM Capital for $6.1 million. Brad Umansky of Progressive Real Estate Partners and Glenn Rudy of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction. Bank of America has occupied the 9,195-square-foot drive-thru property since 1976. The building is located within Country Village shopping center.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — IRA Capital has purchased Serra Medical Plaza, a two-story medical building in Thousand Oaks. Terms of the transaction were not released. The 13,000-square-foot asset was constructed in 2014 as a build-to-suit project for Thousand Oaks Surgery Center. A group of highly established physicians with more than 50 years of combined medical management and surgery center experience operates the property.
GLENDALE, CALIF. — CBRE has secured $145 million in refinancing for Glendale Plaza, a recently renovated, Class A office tower in Glendale. Located at 655 N. Central Ave., the 24-story, 542,000-square-foot tower was originally constructed in 1999 and is currently 77 percent leased to a mix of media companies, blue-chip financial services firms and law firms. The property includes an adjacent eight-level parking structure. Brad Zampa, Michael Walker and Greg Grant of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance group represented the borrower and building owner, DivcoWest, in the financing. The five-year, floating-rate loan was secured through a multinational investment banking company. DivcoWest acquired Glendale Plaza in 2017 and has invested more than $17 million into building upgrades, including the addition of an indoor/outdoor experience, common areas, event and conference space for tenants, a fitness area and modernization of the restrooms. The company is also planning to add a restaurant and café to the asset.
Gantry Secures $33.3M Refinancing for Marina Pacific Shopping Center in Long Beach, California
by Amy Works
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Gantry has arranged a $33.3 million refinancing for Marina Pacific Shopping Center, located on Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach. George Mitsanas, Peter Hillakas and Austin Ridge of Gantry’s Los Angeles production office represented the borrower, a private investor, in the financing. Situated on 20 acres, the property features 296,958 rentable square feet of retail space in nine buildings. Anchor tenants include Ralphs Supermarket, Nordstrom Rack, Barnes & Noble, AMC Theatres, LA Fitness and Howards Appliances.
LOS ANGELES — LA Apartments has purchased Venice-Mar Vista Portfolio, a six-property apartment portfolio in the Westside region of Los Angeles. A family trust sold the asset for $30 million. Built between 1961 and 1971, the portfolio includes: 17 units at 11735 Culver Blvd. 14 units at 11964 Lindblade St. 10 units at 4316 Berryman Ave. 18 units at 2712 Abbot Kinney Blvd. 24 units at 711 and 715 Machado Drive 16 units at 450 S. Venice Blvd. Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Greg Harris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Peter Castleton of Voit Real Estate Services represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
LOS ANGELES —Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has provided a $30.4 million first mortgage loan secured by Sunset at Normandie Towers, a 148-unit Section 8 senior living facility in Los Angeles. Artin Anvar originated the refinancing transaction through HUD’s 223(f) loan insurance program. The loan features a 35-year term and 35-year amortization. “The owners of Sunset Normandie were able to lock a very low fixed rate for 35 years allowing for the preservation of the much-needed affordable housing in Los Angeles,” says Anvar. “As a repeat HUD borrower they were able to capitalize on the low rate environment while also taking equity out of the property.”
GARDENA, CALIF. — The Klabin Co./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of an industrial asset located at 301 E. Alondra Blvd. in Gardena. Illinois-based CenterPoint Properties purchased the property for $24 million. Matt Stringfellow, Courtney Bell and Tyler Rollema of Klabin Co. represented the private seller in the transaction. Situated on four acres, the 91,342-square-foot property features dock-high and grade-level loading, a large private yard and is ideal for future redevelopment as a logistics/last-mile facility.
Progressive Negotiates $3.9M Sale of Multi-Tenant Retail Center in Big Bear Lake, California
by Amy Works
BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Village Mall at Big Bear, a multi-tenant retail property located at 40729 Village Drive in Big Bear Lake. An Inland Empire-based investor sold the asset to a San Gabriel Valley-based investor for $3.9 million in an all-cash transaction. Greg Bedell and Roxy Klein of Progressive Real Estate represented the seller, while Doreen Chen of Pinnacle Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the deal. At the time of sale, the 24,806-square-foot retail center was 100 percent leased.
JLL Arranges $11.7M Refinancing for Neighborhood Retail Property in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — JLL has secured $11.7 million in refinancing The Convoy, a neighborhood retail strip center located at 4428-4444 Convoy St. in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego. The borrower was CEG Capital Partners, which will use the proceeds to refinance the existing bridge loan used to acquire the asset in 2017. CEG Capital renovated The Convoy, which was originally constructed in 1973, after acquiring the property in 2017. The 51,623-square-foot property is fully leased to a variety of tenants, including Bank of Hope, Hive, Convoy Strength, Ichibanya and Axe Thro, Manna Heaven BBQ, Synergy Dental Group and Da Nang Corner. Chris Collins and Daniel Pinkus of JLL arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through a regional credit union on behalf of the borrower.