SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the purchase of a retail building located within Santa Rosa Southside Shopping Center in Santa Rosa. DiLorenzo Santa Rosa Real Estate acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $6.3 million. Planet Fitness will occupy between 18,000 square feet to 22,000 square feet of the 38,000-square-foot facility. Scott Landgraf, Amber Edwards and Sarah Edwards of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the buyer, while CBRE and Meridian Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
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Wonderful Real Estate Begins Construction of Amenity, Training Center at Industrial Park in Shafter, California
by Amy Works
SHAFTER, CALIF. — Wonderful Real Estate Development has started construction of a new corporate office building, conference center, wellness center, amenity center and vocational school at Wonderful Industrial Park (WIP) in Shafter. Spanning 98,000 square feet, the logistics park is slated for completion in first-quarter 2022. The development will include a 61,000-square-foot corporate office component, a 37,200-square-foot vocational training center and an 8,500-square-foot restaurant café space. The corporate office space will be home to more than 200 Central Valley employees, including those working for Wonderful Citrus, Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds, Suterra, Pom Wonderful and Wonderful Real Estate Development. Additionally, the office space will provide large meeting rooms that will be available to companies within WIP and the community at-large. The development’s Wonderful Wellness Center will include a gym, exercise classes, healthy awareness programs and access to a mobile clinic. In addition to Wonderful Company’s developments, Walmart Inc. is nearing the completion of a 630,000-square-foot distribution facility at WIP. The highly automated property is optimized for handling, packaging and shipping food. The facility is located on 65 acres that Walmart acquired from WIP in 2018. The facility is slated to be fully operational by spring 2021.
SAN DIEGO — HJ Sims has arranged $77 million in financing for Casa de las Campanas, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in San Diego. Life Care Services operates the community, which LCS Development built. The community is in the middle of a multi-phase master plan that includes renovation and expansion of its facilities, including new skilled nursing, independent living and memory care areas. In 2014, Sims secured bank financing through City National Bank (CNB) for Phase I of the plan. Sims negotiated the Phase II financing terms with CNB in 2017. Structuring the financing with CNB and Cal Mortgage, Sims worked to secure $39 million in direct bank placement bonds from CNB for Phase II expansion in 2017. LCS applied $7.1 million of equity and transferred $5.5 million of unused Phase I proceeds toward Phase II. Sims and Casa then explored refinancing options for outstanding 2010 bonds and outstanding bank debt to reduce overall cost of capital. In 2017, the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated the ability for Casa to advance refund its outstanding 2010 bonds. Sims and CNB considered pricing a tax-exempt refinancing, helping Casa to lock in an interest rate to refinance its …
VISALIA, CALIF. — IDEAL Capital Group has completed the disposition of Oak View Apartments, a multifamily community located at 4700 W. Caldwell Ave. in Visalia. A Southern California-based private investor acquired the asset for $42.5 million. Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen, Robin Kane, Brendan Kane and Mark Bonas of The Mogharebi Group (TMG) represented the seller in the deal. Built in 1990 on 16.4 acres, Oak View Apartments features 237 units spread across 48 buildings totaling 209,610 rentable square feet. Units are available in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average size of 884 square feet. Community amenities include two outdoor pools and spas, two playgrounds, three laundry centers, a business center, fitness center, basketball/volleyball courts, reserved covered parking and garages.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Lane Partners has purchased The Fujitsu Campus, an office and R&D complex in Sunnyvale. WJFS sold the six-building asset for $104 million. Situated on 26.3 acres, the six one- and two-story buildings are located at 1230, 1240, 1250, 1260, 1270 and 1280 E. Arques Ave. Fujitsu has occupied the 313,740-square-foot campus as its headquarters since the asset was completed in 1974. The campus offers a rare repositioning opportunity for the buyer as Fujitsu phases out of the campus and relocates to its owned facility at 350 Cobalt Way in Sunnyvale. Will Connors, Daniel Renz, Michael Manas, Bart Lammersen, Kyle Caldwell and Toss Vallentine of JLL represented the seller. Jordan Angel of JLL’s debt team secured acquisition financing for the buyer.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — ValueRock Realty has purchased Mel’s Drive-In, an iconic restaurant building in Santa Monica, for $6.2 million. The name of the seller was not released. Situated on a 22,344-square-foot land parcel on Lincoln Boulevard, the 4,717-square-foot building offers on-site parking and is considered a historic landmark within the Santa Monica community. Restaurant and dental office tenants have occupied the property since 1959.
UPLAND, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Stewart Plaza, an office complex located at 400 and 440 Mountain Ave. in Upland. A private investor sold the asset to Long Beach-based Harbor Associates, in joint venture with The Bascom Group, for $10.2 million in an off-market transaction. Comprising two three-story buildings, Stewart Plaza features 84,498 square feet of multi-tenant office and medical office space, communal plazas and landscaped walkways. The property offers suites ranging from 493 square feet to 9,138 square feet. At the time of sale, Stewart Plaza was 56 percent leased. The buyer plans to renovate and reposition the property with a million-dollar capital improvements program. Renovations will include an upgraded entry and lobby, elevator improvements, a new roof and replacement HVAC units on both buildings. Gary Stache, Sammy Cemo, Anthony DeLorenzo, Doug Mack and Bryan Johnson of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Shaun Moothart, Jennifer Ansari, Dana Summers and Bruce Francis of CBRE arranged the financing for the project with Ready Capital Structured Finance.
COLTON, CALIF. — San Diego-based Oak Properties has completed the disposition of Cooley Business Park, a multi-tenant flex office property located at 930 Mount Vernon Ave. and 937 Via Lata in Colton. A private investor acquired the asset for $5.9 million. Situated on 4.3 acres, the 60,119-square-foot property consists of two buildings offering a total of 19 units, ranging from 1,200 square feet to 6,700 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 15 tenants. Lee Spence and Mark Schafer of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the seller in the transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Oakmont Senior Living has opened an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the East Sacramento neighborhood of the state capital. Located in the Fabulous Forties area, Oakmont of East Sacramento totals 140,000 square feet, plus a 36,000-square-foot parking garage, on a 3.5-acre plot. The community features 100 independent living/assisted living units and 42 memory care units. Terry Ervin is the executive director and Deanna Barker is director of memory care.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Dermody Properties has acquired a logistics property located at 45535 Northport Loop East in Fremont. Terms of the transaction were not released. Originally constructed in 1998 on 4.7 acres, the 70,209-square-foot property features 20-foot clear heights, four dock-high doors and four drive-in doors. At the time of purchase, 49,615 square feet was available in the facility. Dermody plans to invest in significant exterior and interior capital improvements, including a new roof, to the building. Michael Karp and Victor DeBeor of Cushman & Wakefield represented Dermody Properties in the transaction and will be leasing agents for the property.