LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant restaurant property located at Lake Elsinore Marketplace, a 144,034-square-foot shopping center in Lake Elsinore. Irvine-based Pacific Castle sold the asset to an Orange County-based private investor for $2.6 million. Built in 2005 and renovated in 2019, the 6,300-square-foot restaurant pad is located at 29233 Central Ave. Chili’s Grill & Bar occupies the property under an absolute triple-net lease. Additional tenants at Lake Elsinore Marketplace include Starbucks Coffee, Popeyes, Wendy’s, Del Taco, Panda Express, Valvoline and Wells Fargo. Kevin Fryman and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Dhanesh Solanki of Brea-based KW Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
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CALABASAS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap is continuing its growth plan for the firm’s financing subsidiary, Marcus & Millichap Corp. (MMCC), with the appointment of two key executives. The company named Evan Denner as executive vice president and head of business and Paul Lewis to the newly created position of senior vice president and director of agency programs. With nearly 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, including 23 years of capital markets and financing experience, Denner has served as Marcus & Millichap’s head of corporate strategy since 2019. He played a key role in the firm’s recent acquisition of Metropolitan Capital, Mission Capital and LMI. Denner’s experience includes serving a leadership position at Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, CEO of the U.S. arm of Hypo Real Estate Capital, head of merchant banking at Cantor Fitzgerald and co-founder and CEO of REIT Quadra Realty Trust. Lewis brings nearly 20 years of experience to Marcus & Millichap. Previously, Lewis served at Fannie Mae and structured $50 billion in multifamily financings with no attributed credit loss, designing key multifamily programs and implementing changes to Fannie Mae’s counterparty risk functions. “The acceleration of MMCC’s growth is a top priority for our …
Progressive Real Estate Partners Brokers $4.8M Sale of Former Food 4 Less Store in Corona, California
by Amy Works
CORONA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a former Food 4 Less grocery store located at 109 N. McKinley St. in Corona. Expert Hardware Flooring acquired the property for $4.8 million. The buyer plans to use the 55,000-square-foot building as a showroom and wholesale distribution center for its commercial flooring. Built in 1989, the building features an open floor plan, two loading docks and bay doors, pylon signage along McKinley Street and expansive parking. Greg Bedell and Paul Su of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, a West Los Angeles-based private investor group, while Barrett Woods with Lee & Associate represented the buyer in the deal.
By Richard Lee and J.C. Casillas, NAI Capital Commercial In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Inland Empire industrial market continued to battle the effects of an economy that has so far spent three-fourths of the year under a COVID-19 shutdown. After dipping for several quarters, the average asking rent held steady at $0.72 triple net, down 6.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2019. The vacancy rate nudged up 10 basis points from the previous quarter’s record low, down 90 basis points from the fourth quarter of 2019 to 3.9 percent. Pointing to the market’s resilience this time around, vacancy remains 8.4 percentage points lower than the prior peak, which hit in the third quarter of 2009 during the Great Recession. There has been exponential growth in demand for ecommerce due to COVID-19 and related industries, such as packaging and third party logistics. This has resulted in a fast recovery for the Inland Empire industrial market. Soaring demand for warehouse and distribution space has created opportunities for developers. The vacancy rate has increased, due to the 1.9 million square feet of completed construction added to the market in the fourth quarter of 2020. Since the first quarter of this …
St. Anton Communities Starts Construction of 196-Unit Affordable Housing Property in Santa Clara
by Amy Works
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — St. Anton Communities is developing St. Anton Tasman, a $100 million affordable housing community in Santa Clara. Located at 2233 Calle De Mundo, the property will feature 196 affordable units, with nearly 20 percent for very low-income tenants making up to 50 percent area median income (AMI) and the remaining units for low-income tenants making up to 80 percent AMI. The community is regulated to stay as affordable housing for at least 55 years. St. Anton Tasman will offer 153 studio units and 43 one-bedroom apartments, a podium deck, clubroom, fitness center, dog run and classroom/business center. Additionally, the community will offer services including instructor-led educational, health and wellness and skill-building classes. KTGY Architecture + Planning designed the six-story residential community, which is slated to open for occupancy in mid-2022. Bank of America provided primary construction and permanent financing for the project, with The Irvine Co. providing gap funding.
Waterton Enters San Francisco Market, Buys 154-Unit Delphine on Diamond Apartment Community
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — Waterton, a Chicago-based national real estate investor and operator, has purchased Delphine on Diamond, formerly known as eaves Diamond Heights, as its entry into the San Francisco market. Situated in the city’s Noe Valley neighborhood, Delphine on Diamond features 154 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments spread across two podium buildings with subterranean parking. Waterton plans to renovate the community, which was built in 1972, including new siding and windows, landscaping, mechanical upgrades and updates to hallways, common areas and amenities. Additionally, units will be updated with new light fixtures, carpeting and faux wood flooring throughout, while kitchens will be outfitted with new cabinets, solid surface countertops and modern plumbing fixtures. The property is located at 5285 Diamond Heights Blvd. Terms of the acquisition were not released.
SLIB Arranges $7.8M Sale of FountainWood Lodge Assisted Living Community in Orangevale, California
by Amy Works
ORANGEVALE, CALIF. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of FountainWood Lodge, a 90-unit assisted living and memory care community in Orangevale, a suburb of Sacramento. The community was built in 1981 and has undergone several renovations. The 63,930-square-foot building is located on six acres of land. The seller is a nonprofit owner-operator. A regional owner-operator acquired the property for $7.8 million. Brad Goodsell, Jason Punzel and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. “FountainWood Lodge has a great reputation in the local market, and the buyer plans on improving upon this as they take over,” says Goodsell. “This acquisition is a nice fit for the buyer, as they grow their portfolio and already successfully operate in the area.”
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — CRG, in a joint venture with Phoenix-based Bird Dog Industrial, is developing The Cubes at Glendale, a 335-acre, up to 5.5 million-square-foot industrial park in at the intersection of Reems Road and Northern Avenue in Glendale. The first phase of the project includes the construction of a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative warehouse with 40-foot clear heights, 213 dock doors, 50-foot by 56-foot column spacing and parking for 740 cars and 470 trailers. Construction is slated to begin on March 1, with the firm having already acquired the first 260-acre parcel of land. Acquisition of the second parcel is expected to close in the second quarter. Chicago-based Clayco, CRG’s parent company, will serve as builder, with Lamar Johnson Collaborative serving as architect for the first warehouse. John Lydon of JLL represented CRG in the land acquisition, while Tony Lydon, also of JLL, represented the undisclosed seller. John Lydon and Bill Honsaker of JLL will handle leasing at The Cubes at Glendale.
TMG Negotiates $49.8M Sale of Portico Villas Apartment Community in Fullerton, California
by Amy Works
FULLERTON, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Portico Villas, an apartment property located at 140 West Hills Ave. in Fullerton. A Southern California-based investment group sold the asset to a Southern California-based private investment group for $49.8 million. Built in 1987, Portico Villas features 128 one- and two-bedroom apartments spread across nine two-story buildings, totaling 114,656 rentable square feet. Situated on 3.5 acres, the community features a swimming pool, clubhouse, pet playground, fitness center, laundry facility and ground-floor covered parking. Alex Mogharebi and Otto Ozen of TMG represented the seller in the deal.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Ready Capital has closed $15 million in financing for the acquisition, repositioning and lease-up of a flex office building in Palo Alto. Situated in the Embarcadero submarket, the property features 24,000 square feet of Class B flex office space. David Cohen of Ready Capital closed the financing for the undisclosed borrower.