OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — LPC West, in partnership with an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, has acquired a nearly 30-acre development site in Oceanside. Terms of the acquisition were not released. The partnership plans to develop a modern industrial campus on the site, which is located within Ocean Ranch, a 400-acre office and industrial development. “Together with Cerberus, we plan to build highly efficient industrial buildings that will meet the needs of tenants looking for quality industrial space in the San Diego region,” says Scott Moffatt, senior vice president of LPC West’s San Diego office. Ocean Ranch is situated near the Interstate 5 Freeway between Highways 76 and 78, offering easy access to many Southern California regions, including Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange County and San Diego. “With Oceanside’s strategic location, the area has become an attractive region in Southern California for leading companies,” says Tom Wagner, head of North American Real Estate at Cerberus. “This is a great opportunity to develop a best-in-class industrial campus in Oceanside.” LPC West currently owns and manages nearly 1.5 million square feet of commercial property in the San Diego region with an additional 450,000 square feet currently under development.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based MIG Real Estate has completed the sale of One Ridgegate, an office building located at 1 Ridgegate Drive in Temecula. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $5.2 million. Situated on three acres and built in 2003, One Ridgegate offers 35,258 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was 92 percent leased. CBRE/Lee & Associates represented the seller, while Mike Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
CORONA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of All Star Car Wash and Castrol Oil and Lube Center, located at 465 McKinley St. in Corona. A Japan-based private investor sold the asset, which includes the business and real estate, to an Orange County, Calif.-based private investor for $5.7 million. Built in 1992, All Star Car Wash features a full-service handwash with 100-foot tunnel, a three-bay Castrol Oil and Lube Express, a smog center, an outdoor patio and lobby. The buyer plans to upgrade the property with new paint, renovation of the patio area and the addition of more food options. The property is situated on an outparcel to Corona Marketplace, a 270,000-square-foot shopping center. Victor Buendia of Progressive Real Estate represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
DENVER AND LOS ANGELES — Data center developer and operator Vantage Data Centers has entered into a definitive agreement with an investor group led by Colony Capital Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) to form a $3.5 billion partnership that will expand Vantage’s data center platform in North America and Europe. The firms expect the agreement to be finalized toward the end of the month. As part of the agreement, the Colony-led investor group will invest $1.2 billion in Vantage’s portfolio, including 12 stabilized North American data centers that span more than 1.4 million gross square feet in Santa Clara, Calif.; Quincy, Wash.; Montreal; and Quebec City, Canada. Vantage’s management team, led by President and CEO Sureel Choksi, will continue to manage and operate these assets as part of its global data center footprint. The Colony-Vantage partnership will allow Vantage to develop and maintain top-performing data centers in new and existing markets. The Denver-based company has been expanding in Europe the past few months, entering Wales through its acquisition of data center campus Next Generation Data that was announced in April. Vantage also acquired data center provider Etix Everywhere in February. The deal included a data center under construction in Frankfurt, Germany. Vantage …
ALAMEDA AND MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. — The Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) Multifamily Capital Markets team has arranged a total of $208.1 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance two multifamily properties in California. The refinancing includes a $167.8 million loan for Summer House Apartments, a 615-unit property on Alameda Island, and a $40.3 million loan for Emerald Hills, a 184-unit complex located at 855 W. E1 Repetto Drive in Monterey Park. Emerald Hills features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, two swimming pools, laundry facilities and a fitness center. Mitch Clarfield, Stephen Gianoplus, Ramsey Daya and Josh Braceros of NKF arranged the refinancing for Summer House Apartments, while Clarfield and Ryan Greer, also of NKF, secured the 10-year refinancing of Emerald Hills on behalf of a Los Angeles-based private owner.
Bellwether Enterprise Closes $294.2M in Financing for 22 Manufactured Housing Communities Nationwide
DENVER — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital has closed four transactions totaling $294.2 million in Fannie Mae loans for manufactured housing communities across the United States. MJ Vukovich of Bellwether’s Denver office, along with Ghazy Grijalva of the firm’s Chicago office, arranged the deals. In total the financing covers 5,554 pad sites across the five transactions. The deals include: A $28 million loan for two manufactured housing assets located in Montana on behalf of a Utah-based operator. A $23.2 million loan for a community located in Wyoming on behalf of an operator based in California and Colorado A $193.3 million loan for a portfolio of 13 properties located in the Rocky Mountain and Southern regions on behalf of a Colorado-based operator. A $46 million loan for five communities located in various states on behalf of a Utah-based operator. A $3.7 million Fannie Mae loan for a property located in North Carolina on behalf of a North Carolina-based operator. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital is the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment.
BUENA PARK, LA HABRA AND SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Gantry has secured $19 million in financing for three multifamily communities in Southern California. The company arranged a $10.3 million loan for La Palma Apartments in Buena Park; $3.1 million in financing for La Habra Apartments in La Habra; and a $5.6 million loan for Lark Apartments in San Bernardino. The 10-year loans feature a 25-year amortization schedule. Jordan Simmonds of Gantry’s Newport Beach, California, office arranged the refinancing. The name of the borrower was not released.
EL MONTE, CALIF. — Goodman Group has completed Goodman Logistics Center El Monte – Los Angeles East, a 1.2 million-square-foot logistics facility in El Monte. Located at 4300 Shirley Ave., the new facility offers 227,850 square feet to 935,657 square feet of space that is designed to support modern warehouses for the e-commerce industry and beyond. The logistics facility’s design offers flexibility to accommodate warehousing requirements for a variety of tenant needs. The property is located less than one mile from Interstate 10, four miles from Interstate 605, 13 miles from downtown Los Angeles and 24 miles from the Ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach.
EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF), on behalf of property owner BioMed Realty, has arranged $165 million in financing for an asset located at 5300 Chiron Way in Emeryville. The Class A life sciences building, which totals 303,509 rentable square feet, is located within Emeryville Center of Innovation. Zymergen, a science and material innovation company, fully occupies the property. BioMed will use the loan to transform the asset into a specialized and innovative high-tech environment for the tenant’s new headquarters location. Ramsey Daya and Chris Moritz of NKF’s Debt & Structured Finance office in San Francisco secured the financing for the owner, which is a provider of real estate solutions to the life science and technology industries.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson Fund VI has acquired a six-building R&D/office portfolio in South San Jose for $53.5 million. The name of the seller was not released. Totaling 257,000 square feet, the portfolio consists of five single-story R&D buildings and a two-story office building. The portfolio is currently 100 percent occupied by 15 tenants. The acquisition expands Kennedy Wilson’s presence in Silicon Valley and its growing portfolio of flex office assets across a global footprint. Kennedy Wilson has an 11 percent interest in Fund VI, which has a portfolio that includes 13 multifamily, office, retail and other commercial assets in markets in San Jose, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Denver and Seattle. The assets have an aggregate purchase price of $1.1 billion.