SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Irvine, Calif.-based Pacific Castle Management has completed the sale of Strawberry Creek, a shopping center in Sacramento. A local private investment group acquired the property for $20.9 million. Constructed in 2007 on 7.4 acres, the four-building property features 57,373 square feet of retail space. Edward Nelson and Nicholas Scelsa of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
PASADENA, CALIF. — JLL has brokered the $193 million sale and secured $160 million in financing for The Pasadena Collection, an institutional-quality office portfolio in Pasadena. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the asset from a global investment manager. Totaling 516,890 square feet, the portfolio includes a 146,313-square-foot building at 790 E. Colorado Blvd., a 211,792-square-foot building at 155 N. Lake Ave. and a 158,785-square-foot building at 35 N. Lake Ave. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 68 percent occupied. Michael Leggett, Andrew Harper and Matt McRoskey of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, while Paul Brindley, Todd Sugimoto, Jeff Sause and Steven Paskover of JLL Capital Market secured acquisition financing for the buyer.
BREA, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired an industrial property, located at 404-407 Berry Way in Brea, for $27.6 million, or $53.72 per land square foot. Situated on 11.8 acres, the 120,250-square-foot asset was fully leased at the time of sale. The low-coverage site comprises three industrial buildings with excess paved land. The name of the seller was not released. Rexford funded the acquisition using cash on hand and the re-investment of proceeds from a previously announced disposition through a tax-deferred 1031 exchange.
MANTECA, CALIF. — Capital One has provided a $7.7 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Almond Blossom Estates. The 139-unit, age-restricted, manufactured housing community is located in Manteca, a Central Valley city 75 miles east of San Francisco. The sponsor is a long-time Capital One and Fannie Mae customer. Damon Reed and Monica Schroeder of Capital One originated the transaction. The fixed-rate loan has a 12-year term with five years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Dermody Properties has purchased a flex property, located at 44370 Christy St. in Fremont. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. The 88,246-square-foot asset features 26,473 square feet of office space, 20-foot clear heights, four dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, 277 auto parking spaces and an ESFR fire protection system. Will Connors, Daniel Renz, Erik Doyle, Greg Matter, Eddie Shuai and Rich Branning of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Valore Ventures has completed the sale of a restaurant property located at 12001 Harbor Blvd. in Garden Grove. A private investor acquired the asset for $6.6 million. Outback Steakhouse occupies the 6,180-square-foot building, which was built in 2001, on a triple-net leased basis. The property is situated a mile from Disneyland and Disney California Adventure and minutes from the Anaheim Convention Center. Valore Ventures originally purchased the property as part of a four-building portfolio that included a Red Robin Gourmet Burger and Brews, Joe’s Crab Shack and Oggi’s Pizza & Brewery. This sale is the last of the four fee simple interests that Valore acquired in January for $13.1 million. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group brokered the transaction.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Bridge Development Partners has acquired Fourth Street Distribution Center, a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution/fulfillment center and a 23,240-square-foot retail building in Rancho Cucamonga. West Coast Liquidators sold the asset for $191.1 million. Originally developed in 1984, the asset is situated on 91.4 acres at 12434 Fourth St. in the Inland Empire West submarket. Mark Detmer, Bo Mills, Ryan Sitov, Sharon Wortmann, Mike McCrary and Peter McWilliams of JLL represented the seller in the deal. Additionally, Brian Torp, Kevin MacKenzie and Brian Halpern of JLL Capital Markets arranged $200 million in bridge financing to fund the acquisition for the buyer.
ORANGE, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 1809 W. Chapman Ave. in Orange. A Southern California-based family trust acquired the property from Orange County, Calif.-based Adray Plaza for $8.8 million in a 1031 exchange. Fresenius Medical Care, a dialysis clinic, occupies the 21,000-square-foot property on an absolute, triple-net lease basis. Glenn Rudy and Rob Ippolito of NKF represented the seller, while Matthew Graham of Graham & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of high-street, multi-tenant retail property located at 5354 E. Second St. in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood. A Jackson, Wyo.-based private investor sold the asset to a Long Beach-based private investor for $5 million. Built in 1952, the two-story building features 8,991 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Current tenants include Arthritis National Research Foundation, Jonnum Media, The Flynn Group and FEA Consulting. Kevin Fryman, Carlos Lopez and Ed Hanley of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Nathan Holthouser of CBRE’s Newport Beach, Calif., represented the buyer in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Ten-X Commercial, the online commercial real estate platform formerly known as Auction.com, reports that the U.S. retail market is “largely suffering” in the face of rising e-commerce and massive store closures. In its latest Retail Market Outlook report, Ten-X expects the retail sector to show little to no improvement in the immediate future. By fourth-quarter 2022, the Irvine-based company forecasts that the effective rental rate per square foot for the national retail sector to increase by only 1 percent and the vacancy rate to increase by 10 basis points. Due to store closures, Ten-X reports that retail space absorption has been poor and developers have scaled back construction of new retail spaces as a result. According to Coresight Research, more than 8,560 store closures have already been announced year-to-date in 2019, a steep increase from the 5,524 in 2018. These include by brands such as GNC, Walgreens, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kitchen Collection, Forever 21, Avenue, Dress Barn, Charming Charlie and LifeWay Christian Stores. In their announcements, most brands detail that their profits were sunk due to competition from e-commerce companies. Ten-X reports that e-commerce has doubled its total share of retail sales over the past decade …
