SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged financing for development of The Lodge at Piner Road, a 92-unit seniors housing community. Blue Mountain Enterprises and Calson Management are developing the property, located in Santa Rosa, part of Sonoma County. Although the amount of the financing was undisclosed, it represents a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. A private lender provided the funds. The Class A property will total 37,762 square feet and consist of 66 assisted living units and 26 private memory care units. The property is adjacent to both a local bus stop and a Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit (SMART) station, which was recently completed in 2017, to allow connectivity to both Santa Rosa and San Francisco. Bercut Smith led the JLL Capital Markets team in the financing.
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LOS ANGELES — Xenon Investment Corp. has purchased The Hollywood Regency Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1635-1639 N. Martel Ave. in the West Hollywood submarket of Los Angeles. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the asset for $21.3 million, or $355,000 per unit. Built in 1972, the four-story, 67,329-square-foot building features 60 apartments, an open-air courtyard, pool and 105 parking spaces. The units have an average size of 1,100 square feet with a mix of 39 one-bedroom apartments and 21 two-bedroom apartments. Matthew Kanner of The Kanner Group of KW Commercial represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
CERES, CALIF. — Yosemite Properties has completed sale of Whitmore Plaza, a shopping center located at 2517-2617 Mitchell Road and 2908-2920 E. Whitmore Ave. in Ceres. Save Mart Portfolio Owner NLP CA LLC acquired the asset from Yosemite Properties for $18.4 million. Save Mart grocery store and Planet Fitness anchor the 115,396-square-foot property. Greg Aguirre of Sacramento-based Capital Rivers Commercial and Jeff Lefko of Corona Del Mar-based Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the deal.
MENLO PARK, CALIF. AND NEW YORK CITY — Flexible office space provider WeWork has entered into an agreement with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) BowX Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: BOWX) to be taken public at an initial valuation of $9 billion. A SPAC is a business entity with no commercial operations that is formed strictly to raise capital through an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring other companies. Menlo Park, Calif.-based BowX Acquisition Corp. is an affiliate of Bow Capital, a venture capital firm begun by Vivek Ranadive, the founder of TIBCO software and owner of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings. The transaction, which is expected to close by the third quarter, will provide New York City-based WeWork with approximately $1.3 billion of cash to fund future growth initiatives. The transaction will be funded with BowX’s $483 million of cash in trust, in addition to $800 million in private investment from capital sources such as Insight Partners, funds managed by Starwood Capital Group and others. SPACs have recently grown in popularity among private and institutional investors alike as vehicles for taking companies public. According to Forbes, which recently analyzed the U.S. activity of SPACs, these entities raised as much …
UBS Realty Investors Divests of Five-Story Medical Office Building in Beverly Hills for $74.4M
by Amy Works
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — UBS Realty Investors has completed the disposition of a five-story medical office building located at 9033 Wilshire in Beverly Hills. LaSalle Investment Management acquired the asset for $74.4 million. University of Southern California’s Keck Medical Center anchors the 49,721-square-foot property, which was extensively renovated in 2011. SIM & Associates designed the building, which features a surgery center, a full-service pharmacy offering drug compounding, unique art installations, valet parking with call-down service and a rooftop deck. Kevin Shannon, Rob Hannah, Ken White, Laura Stumm and Steven Salas of Newmark represented the seller in the transaction.
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of Gene Autry Plaza, a grocery-anchored retail property located in Palm Springs. Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Investec Real Estate Cos. sold the asset for $23.4 million. The name of the buyer was not released. Smart & Final Extra is the anchor tenant of the retail center. The property is historically 98 percent occupied. Don MacLellan and Rick Chichester of Faris Lee represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
VISALIA, CALIF. — The Visalia Industrial Park (VIP) continues to grow with numerous projects underway. VIP includes a 425,000-square-foot UPS facility, a 1.3 million-square-foot fulfillment center coming online this summer and two speculative, 300,000-square-foot warehouses, one of which is pre-leased, are nearing completion. Additionally, more than 2.5 million square feet of further industrial space is planned. Millipore Sigma established a $28 million distribution center at the park, while Sorma is planning to expand into a new location and California Dairies’ facilities have undergone expansions. The City of Visalia has invested $152 million to expand the city’s wastewater treatment plant, creating space for another significant water user. The park offers rail access, access to State Route 99, expanded roadways and enhanced utilities.
LOS ANGELES — American Eagle Outfitters Inc. (AEO), a Los Angeles-based clothing retailer, has announced plans to open seven Aerie stores and two OFFLINE by Aerie locations at Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield shopping centers during the second half of 2021. The new Aerie stores will open at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J.; Westfield Montgomery in Bethesda, Md.; Westfield Old Orchard in Skokie, Ill.; Westfield Plaza Bonita in National City, Calif.; Westfield Southcenter in Seattle; Westfield South Shore in Bay Shore, N.Y.; and Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, Calif. The locations at Westfield Garden State Plaza and Westfield Montgomery will also feature adjacent OFFLINE by Aerie stores, a new brand by AEO offering a collection of activewear and accessories, which launched in July 2020.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Atria has completed construction of Atria Almaden, a 200-unit seniors housing community in the Almaden neighborhood of San Jose. The property is located near Almaden Lake Park, Santana Row and the San Pedro Square Market. The four-story community offers assisted living and memory care. Atria opened the community with aggressive infectious disease control measures under a health and safety initiative. The company vaccinated its first residents and staff on Dec. 21 and has now vaccinated more than 30,000 resident and staff across the U.S.
Suffolk Completes 174,000 SF Mixed-Use Residence for UCLA Medical Students in West Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Suffolk has completed the construction of 1500 Granville, a mixed-use building in West Los Angeles. CIM Group us developer and Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects is designer. The property offers affordable and community-focused housing options for University of California Los Angeles Medical house staff and graduate students. The five-story building features 153 units, 15,000 square feet of retail space and 308 subterranean parking spaces. Units are available in a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and live-work unit floor plans with 16 units set aside as affordable. Community amenities include a clubhouse, co-working space, a gym, pool area, barbecue area and multiple outdoor and courtyard areas for recreation. The ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces feature multifamily outdoor dining and recreation areas that connect the public housing to the surround community. The project is the final phase of the multi-block development that was previously occupied by car dealerships. The area includes the Elevate, a 147-unit apartment community, and three four-story buildings of The Westgate Collection. CIM Group sold 1500 Granville to a joint venture between UCLA Housing and UCLA Medical, as a housing option for UCLA Medical’s house staff (medical residents, fellows and interns), medical graduate students and other graduate students.