MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a multifamily property located at 15700 Lasselle St. in Moreno Valley. Irvine, Calif.-based 4GVentures sold the 304-unit asset to a New York-based real estate investment firm for an undisclosed price. Dean Zander, Stew Weston and John Montakab of CBRE represented the seller, while Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice of CBRE facilitated an acquisition loan on behalf of the borrower in the transaction. The property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, a pool, jacuzzi, built-in fire pits, barbecues, guard gates and a fitness center. Additionally, the property is centrally located and in close proximity to Kaiser Medical Center and Riverside University Hospital.
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Embarcadero Capital Partners, PCCP Acquire 472,000 SF Office/R&D Campus in Silicon Valley
by Amy Works
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Embarcadero Capital Partners and PCCP have purchased Park Point, a recently renamed office/R&D campus located at 115-155 N. McCarty Blvd. in Milpitas. Los Angeles-based Hudson Pacific Properties sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 30 acres, the campus features three buildings totaling approximately 472,000 square feet. The buyers retained HOK, a global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, to revitalize the property into a contemporary, creative workplace. Jeff Arrillaga, Shawn Kellenberger and Michael Saign of Newmark Knight Frank’s Silicon Valley offices represented the seller in the transaction.
JURUPA VALLEY, CALIF. — Davis Partners has completed the sale of Mira Loma Industrial Center South, an industrial park located in the Riverside County city of Jurupa Valley. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 172,898-square-foot asset for nearly $30 million. Part of a master-planned, 269,195-square-foot development by Davis Partners, Mira Loma Industrial Center South consists of five freestanding buildings on De Forest Circle and Nobel Court: Building 7 (31,093 square feet), Building 8 (30,684 square feet), Building 9 (39,722 square feet), Building 10 (33,773 square feet) and Building 11 (37,626 square feet). The property was completed in June and is the only new construction completion in the Jurupa Valley/Eastvale area this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield Research. Milo Lipon, Tal Siglar, Ryan Velasquez and Andrew Starnes of Cushman & Wakefield’s Ontario, Calif., office represented the seller in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — For the second time in a week, the San Francisco Planning Commission has approved a significant mixed-use development in the city’s SoMa (South of Market) district. Following its approval of the Flower Mart redevelopment project, the commission has approved a 1.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development located at 88 Bluxome St. The project, led by developers Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE) and TMG Partners, is nearly 60 percent preleased. The co-developers describe 88 Bluxome as a “high-tech office and laboratory project.” Social media giant Pinterest has signed on to anchor the development with a 490,000-square-foot office lease. The Bay Club, a fitness and social club offering events and a wide range of sports classes, will also anchor the project. The 88 Bluxome campus will feature a technology and life science facility with ground-floor retail space and outdoor deck space on multiple levels of the building. The project also includes an expansion of the neighborhood’s existing Gene Friend Recreation Center, adding two swimming pools and a public activity space. Other features of 88 Bluxome will be a childcare center, a pedestrian “art walk” with commissioned pieces from internationally renowned and local artists, light industrial space available for use …
Lucescu Realty Negotiates Sales of Two Shopping Centers in Northern California for $24.6M
by Amy Works
OROVILLE AND AUBURN, CALIF. — Lucescu Realty has arranged the sales of two shopping centers located in Northern California. Community Centers of America sold the properties for a total of $24.6 million. A Sacramento, Calif.-based private development/investment company acquired Currier Square, a 131,017-square-foot, open-air community shopping center in Oroville, for $14.8 million. At the time of sale, the property was 88.5 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Raley’s Grocery, Marshalls and Petco. The asset also includes four out-pad parcels positioned for redevelopment/buildout. A Los Angeles-based private investor purchased Crossroads Shopping Center, a 125,791-square-foot, open-air community shopping center in Auburn, for $9.8 million. Built in 1994, the property was 91.9 percent leased at the time of sale. Current tenants includes Safeway, Ross Dress for Less, CACFit, AutoZone and Famous Footwear. Mark Lucescu, Samer Khalil and Greg Wendelkin of Lucescu Realty represented the seller and procured the buyers in the deal.
Faris Lee Investments Arranges $11.5M Piecemeal Sale of Shopping Center in Lake Elsinore, California
by Amy Works
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered $11.5 million in sales of three different properties to three different buyers within the Central Plaza Shopping Center in Lake Elsinore. The sales include a Marshalls, Panera Bread and a two-tenant sale of Pieology and Ono Hawaiian BBQ. HFC/PRP Elsinore LLC sold the properties to undisclosed buyers. Situated on 7.3 acres, the 66,000-square-foot property was completed earlier this year and was 100 percent pre-leased to national tenants upon commencement of construction. Jeff Conover and Chris DePierro of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller in the transaction.
HIGHLAND, CALIF. — Developer Evergreen Devco has completed the sale of its newly developed retail project, a Jack in the Box restaurant, located at 27734 Base Line St. in Highland. An unnamed buyer acquired the 2,756-square-foot property for an undisclosed price with a signed a lease to a Jack in the Box franchisee. Jimmy Slusher of CBRE represented the developer and seller, Evergreen Devco, in the deal.
CALIFORNIA, WASHINGTON AND MICHIGAN — Madison Marquette and GFH Financial Group have acquired a portfolio of six private-pay senior living communities in California, Washington and Michigan. Although a specific purchase price was not provided, GFH described the deal as “exceeding $180 million in value.” The properties include: Chateau at River’s Edge and Chateau on Capitol Ave in Sacramento, Calif.; Callaway Gardens in Kennewick, Wash.; Summer Wood in Moses Lake, Wash.; Pine Ridge in Spokane, Wash.; and Independence Village in Brighton, Mich. The communities total 509 units and feature a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The occupancy as of the first quarter was 92 percent, and GFH notes that most of the assets were recently renovated and able to attain above-market rents. Senior Resource Group, JEA Senior Living and Senior Village Management operate the properties. GFH, an investment firm from the tiny Middle Eastern island country of Bahrain, will serve as the investment manager while Madison Marquette will serve as the day-to-day manager of the portfolio. GFH will be 91 percent owner, while Madison Marquette will own 6 percent. The communities’ operators will own the remaining 3 percent stake. “Through our recent platform activities in the space, …
Rockefeller Group Sells 344,249 SF Industrial Building at Tri-City Industrial Complex in Inland Empire
by Amy Works
IRVINE, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has completed the sale of a newly constructed cross-dock industrial building located at 1445 S. Tippecanoe Ave. within the Tri-City Industrial Complex in Irvine. Nuveen Real Estate acquired the 344,249-square-foot facility for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Home Chef, a division of Kroger, and Protempo, a global third-party logistics provider. Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez, Chuck Belden, Kyle Kehner, Milo Lipson and Tim Pimentel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Planning Commission has unanimously approved plans to redevelop the historic Flower Mart in the city’s South of Market (SoMa) district as a 2.3 million-square-foot mixed-use property. Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE: KRC) is leading the development, which will preserve and update the 115,000-square-foot Flower Mart, while also adding 2.1 million square feet of creative office space, a 100,000-square-foot retail market hall and one acre of public open space. The project still requires approval from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the city’s mayor, which Kilroy hopes to receive by October. The project is the product of more than five years of negotiations and partnership between Kilroy Realty, the wholesale flower vendor community and the city. Kilroy expects to break ground in mid-2020 and deliver all phases by 2024. The Flower Mart vendors will be moved to an interim location during construction. “The Flower Mart Project represents the future of Central SoMa and San Francisco,” says John Kilroy, the developer’s chairman and CEO. “The project’s vibrant mix of uses, abundant neighborhood-serving retail and innovative work environments will make it the transformational hub that the city and the neighborhood need.” “This is one of the best …