SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Adobe Systems Inc. has broken ground on the Adobe North Tower, which will become the fourth tower at the company’s downtown San Jose headquarters. The all-electric tower will house 4,000 employees for Adobe, which was founded in 1982 and has been headquartered in San Jose since 1994. When completed in 2022, the North Tower will connect to Adobe’s existing campus via a pedestrian bridge extending over San Fernando Street, and will also include retail space.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the purchase of Casa Sandoval, a 187,926-square-foot seniors housing community in Hayward, located along San Francisco Bay. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, a Florida-based private equity firm, acquired the property for $39 million in an off-market sale. The purchase was made through a recently closed $1.85 billion private equity fund focused on seniors housing, medical office and student housing. Gene Ventura with Faris Lee Investments represented the buyer in the transaction. The name of the seller was not released. Constructed in 1990, the Casa Sandoval community offers a total of 235 licensed beds for independent living, assisted living and memory care, with expansion opportunities available.
REDDING, CALIF. — The Loeffler Self-Storage Group has facilitated the sale of Best Value Storage, a self-storage facility located along Lake Boulevard in Redding. California-based CP Partners sold the property to a local owner-operator for $6.9 million. Situated on 5.3 acres, Best Value Storage features 64,797 net rentable square feet and 521 self-storage units. The property consists of 15 single-story buildings, a manager’s office and two living quarters. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Bobby Loeffler and Tyler Skelly of Loeffler Self-Storage Group represented the seller in the deal.
RAMONA, CALIF. — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of three retail parcels, totaling 22,527 square feet, at Stonegate Plaza Shopping Center in Ramona. Trevor Associates acquired the assets from Lesser-Moore South Coast for $4.8 million. Goodwill, The UPS Store, T-Mobile, Sally’s Beauty Supply and Itan occupy the parcels, located at 1668, 1672 and 1676 Main St. Stater Bros and Rite Aid serve as shadow anchors. Bryan Cunningham of Flocke & Avoyer represented the seller, while Steve Hollenbeck represented the buyer in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Location Matters has brokered a lease for the relocation of McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon in San Diego. The restaurant recently shuttered its original location to make way for the development of an AC Hotels by Marriott property and signed a 10-year lease, valued at $3.8 million, for a corner restaurant location in downtown San Diego. McFadden’s Restaurant & Saloon will occupy a 7,932-square-foot property, including approximately 4,500 square feet of basement space, at 672 Fifth Ave. The space was formerly occupied by Jimmy Loves and Florent. Mike Spilky of Location Matters represented the tenant in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — American Assets Trust has closed on the acquisition of La Jolla Commons, an office complex located in San Diego’s University Town Center submarket, for $525 million. The asset consists of two office towers, an entitled development parcel and two parking structures. Totaling 724,000 square feet, the LEED Platinum-certified office towers were built in 2008 and 2014. The 421,000-square-foot building is fully leased to LPL Financial. The second building, consisting of 303,000 square feet, is 72 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including U.S. Bank National Association, Paul Hastings LLP and Finch, Thornton & Baird LLP. The purchase price of $525 million, less a seller credit of approximately $11.5 million, was paid with a combination of cash on hand and funds drawn against the company’s existing credit facility. Loryn Arkow and Ankush Israni of Los Angeles-based Stroock & Stroock & Lavan represented the undisclosed seller, while James Mann and Jeffrey Gonzalez of Latham & Watkins represented the buyer in the transaction.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — A joint venture between OceanWest and Lionstone Partners has purchased 777 Aviation, an office campus located in El Segundo, approximately 15 miles southwest of downtown Los Angeles. Westbrook & Embarcadero Partners sold the asset for $170 million, or $535 per square foot. Designed and constructed in 1968, the property features 318,182 square feet of office space, a three-story atrium with stadium seating and multiple gathering areas, on-site fitness center, indoor/outdoor conference rooms, flexible open floor plans, on-site café and outdoor areas. Bob Safai, Matt Care and Brad Schlaak of Madison Partners represented both parties in the deal. The team also procured $114.1 million in financing for the buyer.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $15 million in Fannie Mae financing for The Groves of Tustin. The 83-unit assisted living and memory care community is located in Tustin, between Los Angeles and San Diego. The borrower is Capitol Seniors Housing, which leases the community to Integral Senior Living under a third-party management contract. Capitol originally purchased the property in 2014, and has invested elective capital to modernize the building, bringing it up to the competitive standards of the area. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the 10-year, floating-rate loan with 84 months of interest-only payments. The transaction refinances existing debt on the property
SAN FRANCISCO — Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE) has agreed to acquire 55 Second Street, a 387,000-square-foot office building in San Francisco’s South Financial District, for $408 million. The transaction is expected to close in third-quarter 2019. The company expects to bring in a joint venture partner prior to closing. Developed in 2002, the building sits in the Mission-Market Street corridor and is within one block of the new Transbay Transit Center. The property is currently 87.4 percent leased. KPMG, one of the Big Four accounting firms, serves as the anchor tenant. The 25-story office building is LEED Platinum certified. A two-story parking garage can accommodate approximately 120 vehicles. Nuveen Real Estate was the seller, according to the San Francisco Business Times. Hines still serves as property manager after selling the asset in May 2014. Paramount has been greatly increasing its holdings in San Francisco, closing on the $227 million acquisition of 111 Sutter Street in February. A quote from the company’s CEO, Albert Behler, suggested that recent dispositions in Washington, D.C. are funding the company’s San Francisco expansion. For example, the company sold 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue for $220 million last August and 425 Eye Street for $157 million last …
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — San Diego-based RAF Pacifica Group has acquired an office building, located at 1950 Camino Vida Roble in Carlsbad, from an institutional investor for $20.2 million. The buyer plans to rebrand the 121,541-square-foot property as fu*sion, an office/industrial building with a large amenity space. Constructed in 1996 and situated on 10.9 acres, the one-story property features a mezzanine space and loading capabilities. Amenities planned for the new space include a full basketball court, volleyball court, an amphitheater, outdoor seating and dining areas, a fire pit, barbecue grills, hammock space, a wall mural and drought-resistant landscaping. REF has retained Aric Starck of Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing broker for the property.
