MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. — Two new restaurants are joining the tenant roster at Manhattan Village, a 573,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor mixed-use dining and retail property located in Manhattan Beach. The restaurants are: • dan by ROC (Republic of China), a new concept from ROC that offers home-cooked Chinese food, specializing in dumplings and noodles. Situated within the Village Shops, the 3,500-square-foot location is scheduled to open in fall 2020. • edo Little Bites, which is the newest creation of Chef Edoardo Baldi, creator of e.baldi. Located in Village Shops, the 642-square-foot eatery is slated to open in fall 2020. Kristin Grove and Devin Klein of JLL secured the new tenants. In January, the second phase of redevelopment at Manhattan Village started and includes the Village Shops, which encompasses more than 60,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, two parking decks, a large green space for community gatherings, a water feature, clock tower, seating areas and lush landscaping. Completion of the Village Shops is scheduled for 2021. Situated on 44 acres, Manhattan Village is currently home to Apple, Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Macy’s, Sephora, Victoria’s Secret, Tommy Bahama and Kiehl’s. The project is being developed in phases and slated for …
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Atria, Related Cos., Welltower Buy Former TV Studio in San Francisco for Seniors Housing Conversion
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Related Cos. and Atria Senior Living, along with funding support from Welltower, has acquired the former KRON-TV headquarters in San Francisco, with plans to convert the property to seniors housing. Onyx Partners sold the property for an undisclosed price. Located one block from the new Sutter California Pacific Van Ness Medical Center and along the Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line now under construction, the community will be at the center of the city’s Cathedral Hill neighborhood. In April, the San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously approved the plans to transform the vacant building site into one of the city’s first modern senior living communities in over a decade. Groundbreaking is scheduled for late 2019, with a planned completion by the end of 2021. When completed, the building will total 13 stories and 270,000 square feet, including 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The Related-Atria joint venture was announced in October 2018, with a $3 billion planned pipeline of new seniors housing development. At that time, San Francisco was specifically cited as a high-barrier-to-entry market the venture was interested in, along with New York City, Boston, Los Angeles, Miami and Washington D.C. Welltower …
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Calavo Growers, an international farm products company known for its distribution of avocados, has completed the sale of an industrial property located at 28410 Vincent Moraga Drive in Temecula. Stos Partners acquired the asset for $7.1 million. Calavo Growers has occupied the 64,678-square-foot industrial property since 1985. The building features an open warehouse, refrigerated cooler space, large yard space, excess land, dock loading, heavy power and 125 parking spaces. Calavo primarily uses the building as an avocado packing plant and will continue its operations under a new long-term, 30,000-square-foot lease in Suite B of the building. Rob Gunness and Kevin Kelly of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
COLTON, CALIF. — San Diego-based Tower 16 Capital Partners has acquired The District at Grand Terrace, a multifamily community located at 1315 S. Meadow Lane in Colton. FPA Multifamily sold the asset for $63 million in an off-market transaction. The District at Grand Terrace features 352 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with covered parking and private balconies or patios, four pools, a fitness center, two laundry facilities, two playgrounds and a leasing office. The buyer will oversee renovations and upgrades to the property, including new outdoor amenities, an upgraded leasing office and interior renovations. Alliance Residential will take over as property manager. Tyler Martin, Alex Garcia and Chris Zorbas of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer and seller in the deal. Scott Peterson and Bill Chiles of CBRE’s Capital Markets team in San Diego handled placement of the financing on behalf of Tower 16.
Levin Johnston Brokers $25.5M Sale of Pacific Gardens Apartment Community in San Mateo, California
by Amy Works
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Levin Johnston of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Pacific Gardens, a townhome-style apartment community in San Mateo. Located at 25 McAker Court and constructed in 1993, Pacific Gardens features 38 two-story townhouse units with two bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, as well as in-unit washers/dryers, private patios, fireplaces, underground parking and individual storage. Adam Levin and Robert Johnston of Levin Johnston represented the undisclosed buyer and seller in the deal.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Eden Housing has opened Pauline Weaver Senior Apartments, a 90-unit affordable housing community for seniors in Fremont, located at the southeast edge of San Francisco Bay. KTGY Architecture + Planning designed the project. The City of Fremont also partnered on the development. Formerly known as Mission Court, units are reserved for seniors earning between 30 and 50 percent of area median income. The community sits on a 2.25-acre site approximately one mile from the Warm Springs BART Station. “As the first piece of a greater age-qualified master plan, Pauline Weaver Senior Apartments sits across the street from a future senior center. This future amenity will not only enhance the lives of the residents living in this affordable community but also the future master plan,” says Jessica Musick, a principal in KTGY’s Oakland office. Pauline Weaver, the property’s namesake, is a longtime advocate for affordable housing in California. She has been on the Eden Housing Board of Directors since joining in 1988. Weaver was an assistant public defender in Alameda County and the past president of both the National Conference of Women’s Bar Association and California Women Lawyers. According to Eden Housing, the development has a unique financing …
Capital Rivers Commercial Arranges $11.2M Sale of Oakmont Plaza Retail Center in Fairfield, California
by Amy Works
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — Capital Rivers Commercial has brokered the sale of Oakmont Plaza, a shopping center in Fairfield. San Diego-based The Niki Group acquired the property from a Fairfield-based private investor for $11.2 million. FoodMaxx anchors the 105,000-square-foot retail center, which also includes a freestanding Chase Bank and O’Reilly Auto Parts in addition to 35,000 square feet of in-line space. Additional tenants include Mountain Mikes Pizza and Check to Cash. Greg Aguirre and Frank Kozlowski of Capital Rivers Commercial represented the seller, while Brandon Norton of John Cumbelich & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
CGS3 Arranges $58M Sale of Ground Lease Interest in Brentwood Gateway Office Building in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Crosbie Gliner Schiffman Southard & Swanson LLP (CGS3) has arranged the sale of a ground lease interest in Brentwood Gateway, a 10-story office building in Los Angeles’ Brentwood neighborhood. Brentwood Gateway LLC, an affiliate of Vintage Capital Group, sold the asset to Sargossa LLC, an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group, for $58 million. Located at 11611 San Vicente Blvd., the 104,716-square-foot building was built in 1977. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied by a variety of tenants including Buter, Buzard, Fishbien & Royce; Allison & Partners; and Oaktree Capital Management. David Alvardado and Eoin Gubbins of CGS3 handled the deal. Newmark Knight Frank served as broker for the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
Cronheim Mortgage Secures $17.4M Acquisition Loan for Retail/Self-Storage Facility in Sacramento
by Amy Works
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $17.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition of an existing retail and self-storage facility, located on 16.8 acres outside of Sacramento. DealPoint Merrill is the borrower and property owner. At the time of financing, the property was fully operational and stabilized. The financing includes future funding for the renovation and stabilization of the adjoining parcel. The three-year loan features two one-year extensions and an interest rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 375 basis points. When renovated, the asset will provide mixed-use retail and self-storage space with a total of 1,616 self-storage units and 46,904 square feet of retail space. The existing structures were built in 1991; a portion was renovated in 2014, and the remaining portion is being started with the funding of this loan. The existing self-storage facility totals 51,825 square feet and has 685 climate-controlled storage units. The property was built in 1980 as a retail building and converted to self-storage space in 2015. CubeSmart operates the facility.
VAN NUYS, THOUSAND OAKS AND LASALETTE, CALIF. — Senior Housing Properties Trust has sold three skilled nursing facilities in California as part of a previously announced restructuring plan. The 276-unit portfolio included undisclosed facilities in Van Nuys, LaSalette and Thousand Oaks. The transaction, which also included a 15,647-square-foot medical office building in Thornton, Colorado, totaled $24.1 million. The buyers were not disclosed. The sales were part of SNH’s disposition plan to sell up to $900 million of assets in connection with the restructuring of its business arrangements with Five Star Senior Living Inc. Based in Newton, Massachusetts, Senior Housing Properties Trust is a REIT that owns medical office buildings, senior living communities and wellness centers throughout the United States. SNH is managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc., an alternative asset management company.