California

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FULLERTON, CALIF. —California State University, Fullerton has broken ground on Sequoia, a $160 million student housing project located on the university’s campus. The six-story community will span 155,000 square feet and offer 510 beds for graduate students and students completing their senior year of undergraduate study. Four students will occupy each two-bedroom unit, which will include two bathrooms, a kitchen and a living area. The community will also include student resident adviser apartments, one staff apartment, a laundry area, mail room, market and outdoor eating and seating areas. A portion of the project’s units will be deemed affordable housing, offered at rental rates below the standard rate for students facing housing insecurity. Financing for the state-funded project includes $89 million for the affordable housing units, according to Sarab Singh, the university’s associate vice president for capital programs and facilities management. The community is scheduled for completion in fall 2026.

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STOCKTON, CALIF. — The co-development team of Conor Commercial Real Estate and Dayton Street Partners, along with an affiliate of Heitman as a partner, has completed the 1.1-million-square-foot Central Industrial Center in Stockton. Situated on a 56-acre infill site, Central Industrial Center consists of three speculative industrial buildings. The 135,200-square-foot, front-load Building 1 features 32-foot clear heights, 50- by 52-foot column spacing, 28 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 76 parking spaces and 24 trailer stalls. The 121,680-square-foot, front-load Building 2 offers 32-foot clear heights, 50- by 52-foot column spacing, 25 dock doors, two drive-in doors, 76 parking spaces and 26 trailer stalls. The 833,280-square-foot Building 3 features a cross-dock configuration with 40-foot clear heights, 50- by 60-foot column spacing, 141 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 310 parking spaces and 198 trailer stalls. All three buildings offer skylights, ESFR sprinklers, high-capacity natural gas and electrical infrastructure, 60-foot speed bays and offices. Each building is designed to accommodate a multi-tenant configuration as small as 60,000 square feet. McShane Construction Co. provided design-build services and Ware Malcomb provided construction and architectural services for the project.

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EL MONTE, CALIF. — PSRS has secured $10.8 million in refinancing for an owner-user Nissan dealership in El Monte. The 65,000-square-foot property consists of three buildings across individual parcels, housing a showroom, parts and service departments and corporate offices. Grady Seldin and Thomas Rudinsky of PSRS arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.

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SAN DIEGO — Breakthrough Properties, a joint venture between Tishman Speyer and Bellco Capital, has completed the development of Torrey View, a 520,000-square-foot life sciences campus located in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood of San Diego.  The 10-acre property was fully preleased and is home to the oncology division of biopharmaceutical company Pfizer, which occupies 230,000 square feet across two buildings; and the innovation center for the biosciences division of BD, a global medical technology company, which occupies a 220,000-square-foot-building. Additional tenants include Charles River Laboratories, Actio Biosciences and Architect Therapeutics. Torrey View offers expansive ocean views and a full suite of amenities, including a client clubhouse, multiple dining options, a fitness center and pickleball court, 400-person conference facility, bike and surfboard storage and a partially below-grade parking garage covered by open green spaces and gardens.  The joint venture acquired the development site for the campus, which has achieved LEED Gold certification, in October 2020. Equity partners in the project included Mitsui Fudosan America, Investment Management Corp. of Ontario and AP2. The development team included life sciences architectural firm Flad Architects and general contractor Clark Construction, and leasing for the project was handled by JLL.  Formed in 2019, Breakthrough Properties …

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SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Archway Capital has provided a $22.8 million loan for the purchase of Simi Valley Town Center, a 637,728-square-foot, open-air retail center situated on more than 42 acres in Simi Valley. Archway closed the non-recourse, two-year loan within 30 days of origination on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Marshalls, Ulta Beauty, Studio Movie Grill, Five Below, California Pizza Kitchen, Red Robin, Verizon Wireless, Corner Bakery and Starbucks Coffee are tenants at the center, which is located at 1403-1685 Simi Town Center Way and was built in 2005. According to Archway Capital, the new ownership has a strategic plan to reposition the property to lifestyle retail over the next 12 months.

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TORRANCE, CALIF. — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Anza South Apartments, a garden-style multifamily property in Torrance. Gardena, Calif.-based Swami International acquired the asset from Paladin Co. for $11.7 million. Located at 21010 Anza Ave., Anza South Apartments offers 34 residences, averaging 1,121 square feet. The gated community was built in 1964. Steffan Braunlich and Trent Gardner of Berkadia’s El Segundo office represented the seller, while John Barbie of Bro-Deals Los Angeles represented the buyer in the transaction.

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LOS ANGELES — JEBS Hollywood Entertainment LLC has acquired Dolby Theatre, an iconic live performance entertainment auditorium in Los Angeles’ Hollywood neighborhood. Terms of the transaction, which included two surface parking lots totaling 1.45 acres, were not released. Built in 2001 and home of the Academy Awards since 2002, the 180,000-square-foot theater offers 3,400 seats. The asset is located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. within the Ovation Hollywood retail complex. Chris Bonbright of Avison Young represented the buyer, while Will Poulsen and Peter Hajimihalis of JLL and Carl Muhlstein of Muhlstein CRE represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Slatt Capital’s Antonio Hachem, Cornelius Baliukonis and Wendy Wang arranged debt financing, which was provided by Castellan Real Estate Partners. JEBS Hollywood Entertainment is led by Elie Samaha and includes Sherwin Jarol, Jeff Sagansky, Jonah Lazowski, Two Girls Holdings LLC and Sheikh Abdulla Bin Mohamed Al Qasimi through his investment firm, Master Investment Group.

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CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged $92.5 million in refinancing for two hotels in Carlsbad — Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach, a Hilton Resort & Spa and Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach. Scott Hall and Aaron Lapping of Berkadia Hotels & Hospitality secured the loan through MetLife Investment Management on behalf of the borrower, California-based Wave Crest Hotels and Resorts. The five-year loan features a half-term interest-only provision and a 65 percent loan-to-value ratio. The 215-key Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach and the 161-key Hilton Garden Inn Carlsbad Beach both offer access to beaches, shopping, golf, Legoland and the Flower Fields. The hotels feature ocean views, outdoor pool areas and meeting and event venues.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Forge Development Partners has started its project to convert the historic Humboldt Bank, an office building located at 785 Market St. in San Francisco into workforce housing. Forge plans to begin construction on 785 Market Street in early 2025, contingent on pending legislation. Planned renovations will preserve the 19-story building’s historic façade, ground-floor retail space and Baroque-style dome, while upgrading the infrastructure of the building to provide a high-quality scaled living experience for middle-income residents. Upon completion, 785 Market Street, which was originally built in 1908, will feature 124 apartments. The project aligns with the city’s housing production initiative to bring 30,000 new residences and students to downtown San Francisco by 2030 and targets a zero net carbon and energy solution. Forge is partnering with Cordia, a San Francisco-based energy solution company that purifies groundwater, to produce steam that will be piped through 785 Market Street and used for space heating, domestic hot water and air conditioning.

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Gortikov Capital has acquired Samo Collection, a portfolio of income- and rent-restricted affordable housing units in Santa Monica, for $120 million. Spanning 11 buildings, the portfolio offers a total of 399 units. Built between 1997 and 2009, Samo Collection features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, hardwood-style flooring and central heating and air conditioning. The name of the seller was not released.

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