FULLERTON, CALIF. — Goodman Group has acquired a 65-acre manufacturing and distribution property in Fullerton and plans to redevelop the site into a modern logistics campus named Goodman Logistics Center Fullerton. The project will support construction of up to 1.5 million square feet of new space, offering tenants space ranging from 170,000 square feet to 1.5 million square feet across a four-building campus. Slated for delivery in late 2021, the campus will feature potential for cargo/commuter rail service, significant paved trailer parking and cross-dock functionality with multiple points of ingress/egress. Glenn Dyke, Darla Longo and Barbara Emmons of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller, while Sean Ward and Ben Seybold, also of CBRE, were instrumental in the sale of the former distribution center.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Urban Catalyst has unveiled plans for Delmas Senior Living @ Downtown West, a seniors housing community in downtown San Jose. The community will be the first new seniors housing community in the city’s downtown area in decades, according to the developer. The property will feature 52 assisted living units and 23 memory care units in a mix of studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom layouts. Construction is slated to start in first-quarter 2021 for completion in fourth-quarter 2022.
SAN DIEGO — JLL has arranged the sale of Scripps Ranch Business Park, a fully leased R&D/industrial park in San Diego’s Scripps Ranch submarket. A partnership between San Diego-based Hill Properties and RGA ReCap Inc. (ReCap Real Estate Investments), on behalf of Reinsurance Group of America, sold the asset to Dollinger Properties for $23.2 million. Totaling 94,309 square feet, Scripps Ranch Business Park comprises five freestanding buildings that are fully leased to five tenants, including Siemens, USPS and Apria Healthcare. The business park is situated on 7.5 acres at 10060, 10070, 10080, 10090 and 10100 Willow Creek Road. Sach Kirpalani, Lynn LaChapelle and Bob Prendergast of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
Orange County’s multifamily market fundamentals remain some of the strongest in the country as local real estate investors brace for new state-wide rent control policies beginning Jan. 1, 2020. There will undoubtedly be an education process for landlords regarding this new law and how it may impact the valuation of multifamily in the future, but the long-term stability of the overall apartment market looks bright. Orange County boasts historically low unemployment and low apartment vacancy, but the region continues to have a shortfall in the development of workforce housing. Orange County is expected to deliver about 2,900 new Class A units to the market in 2019, about 500 units more than last year. With an extended economic expansion throughout Southern California, Orange County has benefitted greatly with large segments of its population fully employed and seeking places to live. The county has one of the nation’s highest median home prices at more than $833,000, making homeownership unattainable for many of its residents. This workforce housing shortfall will continue to put further pressure on the demand in Orange County as its apartment average vacancy rate is anticipated to drop 40 basis points to a very low 3.4 percent in 2019. This …
RIALTO, CALIF. — A Southern California-based private investor has purchased Rialto-Aldi-WSS, a retail asset located on 2.4 acres at 630-660 W. Foothill Blvd. in Rialto. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the property for $8.8 million. Built in 2018, the asset features a 18,841-square-foot ALDI grocery store and a 12,430-square-foot WSS, a footwear and apparel retailer. Both ALDI and WSS have a corporate-guaranteed, long-term ground lease with fixed increases every five years and options to renew. Douglas Cole of Marcus & Millichap’s West Los Angeles office represented the buyer, while Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors and Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the transaction.
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.