REDLANDS AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIF. — Newcastle Partners is developing three speculative industrial properties in the Inland Empire totaling 824,500 square feet. The company, in partnership with Sun Life, plans to construct Redlands Commerce Center, a 190,000-square-foot warehouse distribution facility in Redlands. Construction costs are estimated at $20.1 million for the speculative industrial facility. In a joint venture with Rockefeller Group Development, Newcastle has planned a 345,000-square-foot industrial warehouse and distribution center on 16.8 acres of land on Harvill Avenue in Riverside County. Construction is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter, with completion slated for late third-quarter 2021. In another joint venture with Rockefeller Group, the company plans to construct Val Verde Distribution Center, a 289,300-square-foot property on 12.9 acres at the northwest corner of Cajalco Road and Harvill Avenue in Riverside County. Construction is set to start in the fourth quarter, with completion scheduled for third-quarter 2021.
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Advanced Real Estate Services Acquires The Crossings Apartment Complex in Chino Hills for $120M
by Amy Works
CHINO HILLS, CALIF. — Advanced Real Estate Services has purchased The Crossings, a multifamily property located in Chino Hills. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $120 million in an off-market transaction. Constructed in 2019 on more than 32 acres, The Crossings features 346 apartments, a resort-style pool area, clubhouse, two-story fitness center, turf soccer field, dog park, electric-vehicle charging stations, package lockers, a business center and playground. Mike Elmore, Joe Giordani and Brendan Golding of NorthMarq’s Newport Beach team arranged a $76.8 million Fannie Mae Green loan for the transaction, with 10 years interest-only payments at 2.44 percent fixed rate. Margie Malloy of Berkadia’s Inland Empire office represented the buyer in the transaction.
Rexford Buys Two Industrial Properties for $27.6M, Sells Three Others for $44.2M in Southern California
by Amy Works
SANTA FE SPRINGS, SYLMAR, OCEANSIDE, NATIONAL CITY AND SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired two industrial facilities for $27.6 million and completed the disposition of three properties for $44.2 million. The acquisitions were funded using cash on hand. Rexford purchased 12133 Greenstone Ave. in Santa Fe Springs for $5.5 million, or $26 per land square foot, through an off-market transaction. The single-tenant container storage facility features a 12,586-square-foot truck terminal building on 4.8 acres with excess land serving as truck parking. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased on an agreement that is slated to expire in the near-term. The company also acquired 12772-12746 San Fernando Road in Sylmar for $22.1 million, or $78 per land square foot. The facility comprises a 6.5-acre development site currently containing two legacy industrial buildings totaling 140,840 square feet. Following a short-term lease period, Rexford plans to demolish the existing buildings and develop a 145,000-square-foot, single-tenant, Class A industrial building on the site. Rexford sold a single-tenant vacant building at 3927 Oceanic Drive in Oceanside for $10.3 million, or $188 per square foot, and a multi-tenant building located at 121 W. 33rd Street in National City for $13.5 …
SAN FRANCISCO — Chicago-based REIT Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), through its Life Sciences and Healthcare Real Estate Fund, has acquired an 800,000-square-foot life sciences campus in San Francisco for roughly $1 billion. The San Francisco Business Journal reports that the property is the Genesis South office and life sciences hub, which consists of two office and lab buildings totaling roughly 720,000 square feet, as well as a 72,000-square-foot building. The Class A campus is located on the city’s south side and consists of three newly built or renovated buildings. The campus was 96 percent leased at the time of sale with a weighted average lease term of more than six years. The property is purpose-built for advanced research functions and is predominantly features lab space supporting biotechnology and other life sciences research. Nearly half of the tenant roster consists of publicly traded companies with market capitalizations of $10 billion or higher that are backed by venture capital or private equity firms. The price represents a capitalization rate of approximately 5 percent. The seller was a partnership between Boston-based Bain Capital and San Diego-based Phase 3, according to IPE Real Assets, which provides global intelligence for institutional real estate investment. In …
Padma Laxmi LLC Acquires Medical Office, Industrial Portfolio in Southern California for $43.6M
by Amy Works
TUSTIN AND SAN DIEGO, CALIF. — Padma Laxmi LLC has purchased a medical office property in Tustin and an industrial facility in San Diego for a total consideration for $43.6 million. An affiliate of Cress Capital sold the medical office asset located at 2742 Dow Ave. in Tustin. Built in 1979, the two-story property features 51,588 square feet of medical office space. Doctor’s Best, a nutritional supplement company, occupies the entire building under a sublease from Orange County-based MemorialCare. Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson, Todd Tydlaska and Doug Mack of CBRE represented the seller, while Richard Schwartz of Colliers International and Jim DeRegt of Lee & Associates represented the buyer. Additionally, Padma Laxmi purchased an 85,824-square-foot industrial facility located at 10054 Old Groove Road in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch neighborhood. Manscaped, a start-up online shaving company, will occupy the property, which was vacant at the time of acquisition. Originally built in 1971, the facility was renovated in 2018. Trevor Damyan of CBRE’s downtown Los Angeles office arranged a $28.3 million, 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the acquisition of both properties on behalf of the buyer.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail center located at 1030 E. Los Angeles Ave. in Simi Valley. A local private investor sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $6.2 million at a 5.6 percent capitalization rate. James DeBuiser and Gary Cohen Marcus & Millichap’s Cohen | DeBuiser Team represented the seller in the deal. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased.
LOS ANGELES — California Landmark Group (CLG) has completed the final phase of G8, a mixed-use development in Los Angeles’ Marina del Rey neighborhood. The $120 million project includes 228 apartments and 25,000 square feet of creative office space. Situated in the Marina Arts District, G8 offers a mix of single, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 550 square feet to 1,500 square feet, with 23 units earmarked as affordable and 68 designated as co-living suites. The community features 18,000 square feet of exterior common areas, including a public pocket park, swimming pool, spas and an 8,000-square-foot rooftop deck with outdoor grills and lounge seating. G8 also offers more than 10,000 square feet of shared indoor workspaces, a private movie theater, game room, fitness center and a yoga/stretching studio. Additionally, the project includes street-level creative office space designed as a colorful arrangement of cargo shipping containers. With this development, CLG has delivered nine mixed-use projects, totaling nearly 1 million square feet of residential and commercial space, to the Marina del Rey neighborhood.
EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — EAH Housing, an affordable housing nonprofit, has opened Estrella Vista, an apartment community located at 3706 San Pablo Ave. in Emeryville. Situated less than one mile from the Oakland MacArthur BART station, the transit-oriented property features 87 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts, ranging in size from 569 square feet to 1,572 square feet. Rents at the affordable housing property range from $590 to $2,002 per month, with income requirements at 20 percent to 60 percent of area median income. Designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning and built by J.H. Fitzmaurice General Contractors, Estrella Vista features four main outdoor areas: a large central courtyard with playground, zen garden, “adult overlook” and outdoor sky deck. Additionally, the property offers a community room, computer learning center, fitness center and on-site laundry facilities. Financing for the community was provided by City of Emeryville, City of Oakland, County of Alameda, Oakland Housing Authority, Housing Authority of the County of Alameda, California Community Reinvestment Corp., California Department of Housing and Community Development, California Municipal Finance Authority, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, Federal Home Loan Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Silicon Valley-based Nome Ventures has purchased Pacific Gateway, an office tower located at 19191 S. Vermont Ave. in Torrance within the South Bay submarket of Los Angeles County. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $55.5 million. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2019, the 10-story tower features 237,145 square feet of Class A office space. The $6 million renovation included an upgraded lobby, new corridors, a new tenant amenity center and exterior improvements. At the time of sale, the building was nearly 84 percent occupied. Current tenants include Optum Care (formerly DaVita Medical Group), Kumon, Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union and Olgetree Deakins. Kevin Shannon, Bill Bloodgood, Ken White, Scott Schumacher and Aly Chelf of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. Greg Grant of CBRE Capital Markets in Los Angeles, along with Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska and Sean Sullivan of CBRE, arranged $39.3 million in financing for the buyer.
SAN FRANCISCO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an USA Hostels hospitality property located at 711 Post St. in downtown San Francisco. A private investor acquired the asset for $19 million. Built in 1907, the five-story building features 123 rooms including 48 units with private bathrooms, a large common area, dining area, self-service commercial kitchen and yoga studio. Jag Patel of Marcus & Millichap’s Oakland office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.