SAN FRANCISCO — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. and Harvest Properties have completed the acquisition and recapitalization of 400 Montgomery, a historic office building located in San Francisco’s Financial District. Located at the corner of California and Montgomery streets, 400 Montgomery features 85,580 square feet of office space. Constructed in 1901, the building has undergone a multi-million-dollar capital improvement program that included upgraded building systems and infrastructure, a new lobby, refreshed common areas and restrooms, as well as a complete façade restoration to preserve the building’s Renaissance/Baroque architecture and ornamentation. Additionally, more than half of the building’s space was redesigned as creative office space offering more than 13-foot ceiling heights, polished concrete floors and operable windows. At the time of sale, the building was 91 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Hexagone, Clearmetal, WE Communications, Lightsource Renewable Energy, Bank of Guam and Sterling Bank & Trust. Rob Hielscher, Michel Seifer, Erik Hanson, Cheri Pierce, Kristina Wollan and Michael Manas of JLL advised on the transaction.
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SRS Real Estate Partners Arranges $3.8M Sale of Restaurant Building in Southern California
by Amy Works
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has completed the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 28651 Marguerite Parkway in Mission Viejo. Irvine, Calif.-based Pacific Castle sold the asset to a Hawaii-based investor for $3.8 million, or $1,374 per square foot. Patrick Luther, Matthew Mousavi and Terrison Quinn of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Arthur Flores of CBRE represented the buyer in the deal. Built in 1979, the 2,759-square-foot property is scheduled to be renovated in the near future. Jack in the Box occupies the building and recently signed a lease extension for 15 years and has been a tenant at the location for more than 35 years.
Stos Partners, Long Wharf Capital Buy Two Industrial Assets in Southern California for $13.9M
by Amy Works
CARLSBAD AND MIRAMAR, CALIF. — A joint venture between Stos Partners and Boston-based Long Wharf Capital has purchased two industrial assets in Southern California for a total consideration of $13.9 million. In the first transaction, the joint venture acquired a 70,224-square-foot property, located at 6212 Corte Del Abeto in Carlsbad, from a private seller for $9.7 million in an off-market transaction. The building is fully occupied by a go-kart racing tenant. The asset features a mix of office and warehouse space, as well as grade- and dock-high loading positions. Rusty Williams and Chris Roth of Lee & Associates, along with Tres Reid of CBRE, represented the buyers in the transaction. In the second deal, the partnership purchased a vacant 27,510-square-foot industrial building, located at 8330 Arjons Drive in Miramar, from a private investor for $4.2 million. The new owners plan to upgrade the property with a new roof, new façade, parking lot improvements, updated landscape plan and interior renovations. Jason Smithson of NAI represented the seller in the transaction.
Drawbridge Realty Buys 390,600 SF Pacific Center Office Campus in Orange County for $97.5M
by Amy Works
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — San Francisco-based Drawbridge Realty has purchased Pacific Center, a two-building corporate office campus in Santa Ana, for $97.5 million. The seller was a joint venture between Los Angeles-based PCCP and Costa Mesa, Calif.-based Brookhollow. Located at 1600-1610 E. Saint Andrew Place, Pacific Center features 390,600 square feet of office space and was renovated in 2017. With Drawbridge’s previous acquisition of 1700 E. Saint Andrew Place, the company now owns more than 37 acres of contiguous land and improvements along East Saint Andrew Place. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Brunson Howard, Blake Bokosky and Brandon White of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.
1031 Crowdfunding Acquires 100-Bed Assisted Living, Memory Care Facility in Southern California for $20.1M
by Amy Works
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — 1031 CF Properties, an affiliate of 1031 Crowdfunding, has purchased an assisted living and memory care facility located in Rancho Cucamonga for $20.1 million. Meridian Senior Living operates the 100-bed property. Additional terms of the transaction were not released.
Newmark Knight Frank Arranges $18M Sale of Mixed-Use Building in Hermosa Beach, California
by Amy Works
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the sale of The Bijou Building, a three-story mixed-use building located in downtown Hermosa Beach. Federal Realty Investment Trust sold the property to 1221 Hermosa Ave LLC for $18 million. Located at 1221 Hermosa Ave., The Bijou Building was originally developed in 1923 as the Metropolitan Theater and later converted to office and retail space. At the time of sale, the 23,172-square-foot building was 94 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Chase Bank, Beach City Capital, Steel Partners and Bar Method. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan, Laura Stumm, Sean Fulp, Ryan Plummer and Brad Feld of NKF’s Capital Markets and Private Capital Investment Sales teams represented the seller, while David Ghermezian, Amir Araghi and Jonathan Dadourian, also of NKF, represented the buyer in the deal. Additionally, David Milestone and Brett Green of NKF’s Debt and Structured Finance group secured acquisition financing for the buyer.
LOS ANGELES — San Jose, Calif.-based DJM and Hong Kong- and Los Angeles-based Gaw Capital USA have purchased Hollywood & Highland, a shopping destination located in Los Angeles, for an undisclosed amount. Jerry Tang and Greg Murphy of Natixis secured a financing package, which included an acquisition loan along with a future funding component. Over the next 24 to 30 months, the buyers plans to reimagine the 463,000-square-foot retail development, which is situated on 7.6 acres. Built in 2001, the property is located at the crossroads of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue, adjacent to the acclaimed TCL Chinese Theater. The buyers plan to upgrade the retail hub through rebranding, upgrading common areas for enhanced gathering and programming spaces, increasing entertainment events, optimizing the merchandise mix and incorporating new concepts and uses. Renovations are slated to begin in 2020, with completion expected in 2021. Eastdil Secured advised the transaction, which is the largest single-asset retail transaction to take place outside of Manhattan in nearly three years.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $12.7M Bridge Loan for Purchase of 100,224 SF Retail Center in Southern California
by Amy Works
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has secured a $12.7 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Sunrize Center, a shopping center in Rancho Cucamonga. Located at 8639 Baseline Road, the property features 100,224 square feet of retail space. Rick Judge and Preston Davey of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The debt placement is a floating-rate program starting at 6 percent with a five-year term and 12 months of interest-only payments and a loan-to-value ratio of 71 percent.
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco-based Carmel Partners has executed a lease with Whole Foods Market for an approximately 50,000-square-foot flagship grocery store at Cumulus District, an urban, mixed-use development located at 3321 La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Westside neighborhood. Located at the corner of Jefferson and La Cienega boulevards, the transit-oriented development is slated to open in late 2020. When completed, Cumulus will feature 1,210 apartments, a one-acre public park and plaza and 100,000 square feet of grocery-anchored retail and restaurant space. Timothy Bower and Zachary Card of CBRE are handling the leasing efforts for Cumulus. Terms of the Whole Foods Market lease were not released.
Steadfast to Merge Three REITs, Creating $3.3B REIT Focused on Moderate Income Apartments
by Amy Works
IRVINE, CALIF. — Steadfast Apartment REIT (STAR), Steadfast Income REIT (SIR) and Steadfast Apartment REIT III (STAR III) have entered into definitive merger agreements in which STAR will acquire SIR and STAR III in separate stock-for-stock, tax-free transactions. The merger will create a combined company with approximately $3.3 billion in gross real estate assets. The transactions are expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to certain closing conditions, including the approval of the respective mergers by SIR and STAR III stockholders. The merger transactions are expected to close concurrently, but are not conditioned on the consummation of each other. The merger agreements were negotiated on behalf of STAR, SIR and STAR III by their respective special committees, each of which is composed exclusively of independent directors, along with each special committee’s independent financial and legal advisors. “We believe the strategic merger of these three highly complementary portfolios with similar investment strategies will create an enhanced and diversified portfolio, concentrated in high-growth markets,” said Rodney Emery, chairman of STAR, SIR and STAR III. “The enhanced size, scale and prominence of the combined portfolio will greatly improve the company’s access to attractive capital sources, which can be used to …