ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF., AND COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sales of two retail properties located in Southern California and Colorado Springs. In the first deal, an undisclosed seller divested of Brea Center, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Orange County. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $17.6 million. Current tenants include Vons, Bank of America, Pet Wants, Aulestics and Painted Nest. Don MacLellan, Rick Chichester and Jeremy Warren of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller in the transaction. In the second deal, Sabal Capital Group completed the sale of Carefree Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored neighborhood center in Colorado Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $8.5 million. At the time of sale, the property was 62 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Save-a-Lot, Family Dollar, Carefree Chiropractic, Appliance Outlet, Pizza Hut and a laundry lounge. MacLellan, Chichester, Warren and Phil Ramming of Faris Lee represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Location Matters has arranged the sale of a retail asset located at 3930-3940 and 3946-3964 Fifth Ave. in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood. Paragon Real Estate Investments acquired the property for $13.3 million. Situated on four parcels, the 28,528-square-foot building is located on a 32,839-square-foot lot. At the time of sale, three restaurant tenants fully occupied the retail portion of the property: Snooze American Eatery, Lemonade and India Palace. The building also offers seven residential units on the second level, all of which were occupied at the time of sale. Mike Spilky of Location Matters represented the undisclosed seller and buyer in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living (SFCJL) is preparing to open the Lynne and Roy M. Frank Residences, a $140 million expansion to the property. The 270,000-square-foot project adds 113 assisted living apartments and 77 memory care suites. Byer Square, a new multi-generational community center, will feature a fitness center, pool, cinema, performance center, art studio and café. Construction began in mid 2017. Residents are expected to begin moving in during spring 2020. In conjunction with the expansion, SFCJL has created partnerships with Alzheimer’s Association, Creative Aging SF, Medical Clown Project, UCSF, Family Caregiver Alliance, California Institute of Integral Studies and MA Psychology student interns in expressive arts and drama therapy.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Sares Regis Group of Northern California (SRGNC) has broken ground for 75 new apartments at The Flats, a multifamily property in downtown Sunnyvale. The 125,000-square-foot building will expand the property’s existing, fully leased 198 units to a total of 273 apartments. Slated for delivery by late 2021, the new apartments will be located along W. Iowa Avenue, adjacent to the three existing Flats buildings. Nine of the new units will be designated as affordable. The Flats features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, ground-floor retail and numerous indoor and outdoor amenities. Current retail tenants include Pacific Catch, Urban Plates, AT&T and Namaste Nail Salon. The development is part of CityLine Sunnyvale, which is being developed by STC Venture LLC, a joint venture between SRGNC and Hunter Properties.
SAN FRANCISCO — CBRE has arranged the sale of 200 Kansas Street, a production, distribution and repair facility located in San Francisco. An entity sponsored by Ascent Real Estate Advisors sold the property to a joint venture between Presidio Bay Ventures and Kinship Capital for an undisclosed price. The two-story, 90,060-square-foot building was fully leased to four tenants at the time of sale. Mike Taquino, Kyle Kovac, Russell Ingrum, Mandy Lee and Giancarlo Sangiacomo of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group arranged a five-year, non-recourse loan with full-term interest-only payments for the buyer. A Los Angeles-based asset management company provided the financing.
Orange County continues to be a diverse marketplace for commercial real estate as we reflect back on 2019. Thanks to a growing and varied workforce made up of highly skilled and educated workers — with tech and life sciences at the forefront of transactions — the county’s economy remains strong. Looking ahead, Orange County’s local market is very resilient, despite the fact that economy leasing volume has slowed as tenants are focusing on space-efficient decisions. This market continues to remain stable thanks to a number of existing buildings that have been or are currently under renovation to meet the demand of companies that are branching out from traditional office space. A few of these repositioned properties include the Launch, the Met, 2722 Michelson Drive and the Press, which is currently under construction in Costa Mesa. Overall vacancy in the county has been 13.8 percent, while overall asking rental rates are $2.95 per square foot (full-service gross) with Class A rates sitting at $3.23 per square foot. Some submarkets are home to the majority of this activity, including the Airport area and South Orange County due to ideal geographic locations for businesses and new office development. Of course, fundamentals vary by …
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a single-tenant industrial property in City of Industry. A client of BentallGreenOak, a global real estate investment management firm, acquired the property for $61 million, or $265 per square foot. Cameron Merrill of CBRE represented the seller, 300 Baldwin Park LLC, a private owner, in the deal. Located at 300 N. Baldwin Park Blvd., the 230,247-square-foot property was completed in 2015. Jacmar Foodservice Distribution fully occupies the facility, which features 6 million cubic feet of multi-temperature storage with six different temperature zones, allowing for direct refrigerated and frozen receiving and loading.
MERCED, CALIF. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has provided a $16.3 million HUD Lean loan to refinance Anberry Transitional Care, a 72-bed skilled nursing care facility. The property is located in Merced, a small city southeast of the Bay Area. The facility focuses on short-term rehabilitation. The borrower is a California limited partnership. The 35-year loan is fully amortizing.
BURBANK, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based SBH Real Estate Group has purchased a vacant, single-tenant retail building in Burbank for $3.6 million. Located at 1750 W. Olive Ave., the 5,324-square-foot building includes a grandfathered drive-thru. U.S. Bank formerly occupied the property, which was originally built in 1974. Lee Shapiro of Kennedy Wilson brokered the transaction.
Orange County’s multifamily housing market remained exceptionally strong throughout 2019. The average asking rent closed the quarter at $2,055 per unit, up 3.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2018. This was the highest asking rent on record, up 34.5 percent from the prior peak reached in the third quarter of 2008. The Central submarket saw the largest year-over-year rental rate increase, with the asking rent there rising 3.8 percent to $1,920 per unit. This quarter, the Irvine submarket also saw its average asking rent adjust a bit, down 0.7 percent from the prior quarter to $2,446 per unit as existing inventory competed with new construction added to the market. However, the average rent in Irvine is up 3.2 percent from last year. Completed construction has pushed vacancy up. The total vacancy rate in Orange County this quarter registered 4.8 percent, up 30 basis points from the prior quarter, steady from the fourth quarter of 2018. Four significant projects totaling 2,567 units were completed this quarter. This includes Promenade at Irvine Spectrum with 1,781 units; SkyLoft, a 388-unit development in Irvine; the Charlie Orange County, a 228-unit complex in Santa Ana; and the Murphy, a 170-unit complex in Irvine. Annual …