California

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SAN DIEGO — Trion Properties has completed the disposition of Willow Glen Apartments, located in the Rolando/College Area submarket of San Diego. Bernard Xavier acquired the property for $17.9 million. Located at 3635 College Ave., Willow Glen Apartments features 97 units, high-speed internet and free Wi-Fi for residents. Trion purchased the property in June 2015 for $9.6 million and implemented $2.2 million in capital improvements and rebranding. Renovations included the installation of quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and new cabinetry in each of the units. Exterior upgrades include a revamped façade with new paint, as well as the integration of low-water and drought-tolerant landscaping to minimize operating costs and improve the sustainability of the property. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.

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LA JOLLA, CALIF. — HFF has directed the sale of Regents La Jolla, a mid-rise multifamily property located at 9253 Regents Road in La Jolla. LaSalle Investment Management sold the property to Raintree Partners for an undisclosed price, but free and clear of existing financing. Charles Halladay and Chris Collins of HFF worked on behalf of the new owner to secure 10-year, fixed-rate financing with Pacific Life Insurance Co. Hunter Combs and Sean Deasy, also of HFF, represented the seller in the transaction. Completed in 2000, Regents La Jolla consists of nine four-story buildings and a single-story cabana building that feature a total of 333 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom units averaging 966 square feet. Situated on 8.5 acres, the community features two swimming pools, a fitness center, sports lounge, movie theatre and professional entertaining kitchen. At the time of sale, the asset was 96 percent occupied. Additionally, the property is part of a 574-home development that includes 241 condominium units, which were not included in the sale.

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OAKLAND, CALIF. — A partnership between EJF Capital, San Francisco-based Tidewater Capital and Minneapolis-based Graves Hospitality plans to develop Marriott International’s new Moxy hotel in the Uptown neighborhood of Oakland. EJF is providing equity capital for the project primarily from EJF OpZone Fund I LP, a fund formed by the global alternative asset manager to invest in new construction projects within opportunity zones. Slated to open in 2021, the hotel will feature 173 guest rooms, high-speed Wi-Fi and an active lobby with bar and lounge areas. The $50 million investment is expected to generate 50 permanent jobs for the Uptown Oakland area, which qualifies as an Opportunity Zone under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts of 2017. Moxy is Marriott’s newest brand and is a three-star boutique hotel targeted toward millennials. There are currently 14 Moxy hotels in operation in the United States, 39 in Europe and three in Asia.

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LODI, CALIF. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of The Ashley Place, a 145-bed assisted living community in Lodi, located south of Sacramento and east of San Francisco.  A single-asset owner-operator seeking to exit seniors housing sold the property for an undisclosed price. The buyer was a joint venture between a Northern California-based operator and Atlantis Senior Living. The property does not currently offer memory care, so was marketed as a value-add opportunity for prospective buyers. Blueprint’s Jacob Gehl and Scott Frazier led the transaction.

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CHATSWORTH, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant restaurant asset, located at 21920 Lassen St. in Chatsworth. A private investor acquired the property for $3 million, or $1,540 per square foot. Del Taco occupies the approximately 1,961-square-foot property, which features a 24-hour drive-thru, on a long-term absolute triple-net, corporate-guaranteed lease with more than 12 years remaining. Built in 1989, the property is situated on 0.4 acres. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS, in cooperation with Brandon Trevellyan of Capital Real Estate Ventures, represented the seller, a privately held partnership, while Warren Berzack of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.

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FREMONT, CALIF. — Talonvest Capital has arranged a $22.4 million bridge loan for CIP Real Estate for the purchase of Fremont Business Center, a flex business park located in Fremont. The four-year non-recourse bank loan will finance up to 68 percent of total project costs, including future funding for capital improvements and leasing costs. Fremont Business Center consists of five research-and-development buildings totaling 148,926 square feet of space. The property features suites ranging in size from 5,736 square feet to 28,391 square feet. Erich Pryor, Tom Sherlock and Eric Snyder of Talonvest Capital secured the financing.

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ORANGE, CALIF. — Alere Property Group has acquired North Orange Industrial Park, an industrial business park located in Orange from an undisclosed seller for $21.9 million in an off-market transaction. Mike Cargile and Loren Cargile of Voit Real Estate Services represented the buyer in the deal. The three-building asset features 138,970 square feet of industrial space in a variety of ground-level unit sizes and multi-tenant dock-high spaces. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied by a tenant mix of light industrial and distribution users.

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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West has brokered the sale of Anaheim GardenWalk, a mixed-use entertainment center located at 400 Disney Way in Anaheim. A partnership between New York City-based Arcturus and two private equity investors sold the property to Whittier, Calif.-based STC Management, on behalf of a partnership between local and Taiwanese investors, for $80 million. Situated within walking distance of Anaheim’s Disneyland Resort and the Anaheim Convention Center, the three-story, open-air project features 430,000 square feet of leasable space. Current tenants include House of Blues Anaheim, Bowlmor Bowling Center, AMC Theatres, 24 Hour Fitness, The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and California Pizza Kitchen. The asset was designed by Callison Architects, in collaboration with Lyons Warren Engineers + Architects, in 2007. It currently features an under-construction, 466-key J.W. Marriott (not part of the sale) abutting GardenWalk. The property is also designed to accommodate 399 timeshare units atop its 2,900-stall parking garage and another 400-key hotel, which is planned to be built at the northwest corner of Katella Avenue and Clementine Street. Jimmy Slusher, Kirk Brummer, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. “Landmark properties such as GardenWalk only exist around …

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SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — HFF has secured a $17.6 million acquisition loan for a mixed-use building, located at 1404-1408 Third St. in Santa Monica. The borrower is Blatteis & Schnur. Marc Schillinger and Paul Brindley of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan with a debt fund as the lender. Upon expiration of existing leasing and attainment of entitlements Blatteis & Schnur has plans to develop a new building on the site. The mixed-use building totals 14,584 square feet of two-story creative office space and ground-floor retail space, which is occupied by Lush and Chilli Beans.

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ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Villa Capri, a multifamily property in Escondido. VCA Co. sold the property to 902 Washington for $19.2 million. Completed in 1971, Villa Capri features 11 one- and two-story buildings offering a total of 98 apartment units. Christopher Zorbas and Austin Huffman of The Zorbas Group of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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