CHINO, CALIF. — SteelCo USA has purchased a manufacturing facility located at 13900 Sycamore Way in Chino. A private individual sold the property for $10.7 million. Built in 1986, the 68,175-square-foot facility features 10,116 square feet of office space, 26-foot minimum clear height and eight ground-level drive-in doors with 1.8 acres of excess land. The property will serve as SteelCo USA’s sixth facility in the Inland Empire. West Coast Steel divisions include SteelCo USA, Great Pacific Elbow, Mission Metals and Deluxe Building Products. Tim Pimentel, Chuck Belden and Kyle Kehner of Cushman & Wakefield’s Ontario, Calif., office represented SteelCo USA, while David Nguyen of Lee & Associates and Brad Yates of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.
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SRS Arranges $3.4M Ground Lease Sale of Joe’s Crab Shack-Occupied Property Near Disneyland
by Amy Works
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of the ground lease for a single-tenant restaurant property, located at 12011 Harbor Blvd. in Garden Grove. A Southern California-based private investor sold the property for $3.4 million. Joe’s Crab Shack occupies the asset, which is situated along restaurant row approximately 1.2 miles from Disneyland. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the buyer, a Southern California-based private investor, in the all-cash transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Douglas Emmett Inc. (NYSE: DEI) has acquired The Glendon, a multifamily and retail complex in the Westwood Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, for $365 million. Built in 2008, The Glendon features 350 apartment units and 50,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space on a 4.3-acre plot. The multifamily and retail components combined were 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The Glendon common areas were recently upgraded and the property is midway through a total unit renovation, which DEI plans to complete. Westwood Village is located approximately 12 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. The neighborhood is home to UCLA’s main campus, and abuts popular locations such as Los Angeles National Cemetery and Bel-Air Country Club. The Glendon is also located within walking distance of more than 2.1 million square feet of DEI-owned office space. DEI is a Santa Monica-based real estate investment trust. Although the seller was not officially disclosed, Clarion Partners purchased the property in 2014, according to Los Angeles Business Journal. With the acquisition of The Glendon, DEI has grown its total multifamily portfolio by over 20 percent in the last two years to more than 4,000 units in West Los Angeles and …
LOS ANGELES — Realm Group, a joint venture between Newport Beach, Calif.-based Realm Real Estate and Irvine, Calif.-based The Bascom Group, has purchased a 1.5-acre site, located at 675 S. Bixel St. in downtown Los Angeles. Realm Group entitled the site for the development of a 36-story, 422-unit mixed-use high-rise multifamily building. The concrete, steel and glass tower will have a loft-style design and feature a rooftop sky lounge providing views of the city’s skyline. A 40,000-square-foot amenity deck on the fifth floor will feature a pool terrace and dog park. Construction is slated to commence in 2020. Charles Halladay, Jamie Kline, Nicholas Lench and Samuel Godfrey of HFF facilitated the land financing. Starwood Property Trust provided the debt financing for the land purchased.
COLTON, CALIF. — CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division has provided $48.2 million in senior secured financing for the acquisition and redevelopment of The District at Grand Terrace, a multifamily property located in Colton. The borrower, an investment fund managed by Tower 16 Capital Partners, previously announced its purchase of the property. Situated on 15 acres, the property features 352 garden-style apartment units. The financing includes funding for interior and exterior renovations of the property.
Grandbridge Facilitates Refinance of Northern California Manufactured Housing Community
by Amy Works
SONOMA, CALIF. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a cash-out refinancing for a manufactured home community in Sonoma. Situated on 39 acres, the age-restricted manufactured housing community features 292 sites. Hunter Curtis and Taylor Curtis of Grandbridge’s Newport Beach, Calif., office originated the transaction for the undisclosed borrower. The non-recourse loan was structured with a fully amortizing term and funded through one of Grandbridge’s insurance company correspondents.
VISTA, CALIF. — Pathfinder Partners, in partnership with Silvergate Development, has completed the construction of Creekside Apartments, a multifamily community located at 215 Vista Village Drive in Vista. Situated on 1.5 acres, the property features 41 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts ranging from 480 square feet to 1,135 square feet. All units include washers/dryers, wood-style plank flooring, quartz countertops, floor-to-ceiling windows and energy-efficient stainless steel appliances. Community amenities include a high-end clubhouse and lounge, as well as an outdoor area with barbecues, fire pit and complimentary Wi-Fi. San Diego-based Sunrise Management is overseeing all marketing/branding, leasing and day-to-day operations at the property.
CITY OF INDUSTRY AND SUN VALLEY, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired two industrial properties in Southern California for $34.5 million. The company purchased a 190,900-square-foot industrial property at 218 S. Turnbull Canyon Road in City of Industry for $27.1 million, or $142 per square foot. Situated on 8.8 acres, the property was fully leased to a single tenant at a below-market rent. The facility features 30-foot clear heights, 44 dock doors and ESFR fire sprinklers. Additionally, Rexford Industrial acquired an asset located at 9750 San Fernando Road in Sun Valley for $7.4 million, or $63 per square foot. The fully leased, paved site features 35,624 square feet of improvements on 2.7 acres, with significant outdoor storage space and potential for future development of a new distribution building. Year-to-date, Rexford has acquired $463 million in assets.
BREA, CALIF. — Silverado plans to open Silverado Brea, located approximately 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles, by the end of summer 2019. The nearly 34,000-square-foot, two-story community joins nearby Silverado communities in Tustin, Costa Mesa and San Juan Capistrano. The number of units in the community was not disclosed. The $12 million development sits on 1.15 acres.
CHULA VISTA AND SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — San Diego-based Stos Partners has completed the sales of two properties, totaling 221,448 square feet, for $33.5 million. In the first deal, Stos Partners sold two industrial buildings, located at 1670 and 1690 Brandywine in Chula Vista, to a large institution for $24.4 million. The 170,805-square-foot asset is divided into six industrial units ranging in size from 25,000 square feet to 55,000 square feet and is leased to a mix of national credit, regional credit and local companies. Bryce Aberg, Jeff Cole, Jeff Chiate and Brant Aberg of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Michael Mossmer of Voit Real Estate Services, represented the seller in the disposition. In the second transaction, Stos Partners sold a two-story, 50,634-square-foot office building, located at 650 W. Cienega in San Dimas. A trade union acquired the property for approximately $9.1 million. The buyer plans to use the facility as an owner-user. Taylor Ing at Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while Brandon Burns of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the deal.