SAN DIEGO — Dempsey Construction has completed the ground-up construction of an industrial building at Frontera Business Park, located at 2695 Customhouse Court in the Otay Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. The concrete tilt-up building totals 174,200 square feet of space. Three main storefront entries feature spandrel glass and pop-out elevations. Situated on 9.2 acres, the facility has 43 dock-high truck doors, a 36-foot clear height and six grade-level truck doors. The building is part of Frontera Business Park, a seven-building, 517,207-square-foot industrial campus.
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GRANITE BAY, CALIF. — WellQuest Living has broken ground on WellQuest of Granite Bay, a seniors housing community in Granite Bay, approximately 25 miles northeast of Sacramento. Once complete, the property will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care. The project is set for completion in summer 2020. WellQuest will have over 1,000 senior living apartments in operation or under construction by the end of 2019 throughout California and Nevada. The Salt Lake City-based company currently has three communities opened.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $1.2M Sale of Cooley Ranch Professional Center in the Inland Empire
by Amy Works
COLTON, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Cooley Ranch Professional Center, an office property located in Colton. An individual/personal trust sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $1.2 million. Located at 1325 E. Cooley Dr., the two-story building features 16,554 square feet of office space. Drew Wetherhold and Kevin Struve of Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario, Calif., office represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Colliers International has facilitated the sale of The Gershwin Apartments, a landmark mixed-use property located at 5533 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Hollywood neighborhood. A local development, management and investment firm acquired the property for $46 million in an all-cash transaction. Kitty Wallace of Colliers represented the buyer and seller, a private real estate investment company, in the deal. Built during the 1920s and originally known as the St. Francis Hotel, the five-story building was renovated over the years and transformed into a mixed-use asset with 163 residential units, nine neighboring bungalows, a 17,000-square-foot surface parking lot and 10,565 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The apartments feature a mix of layouts from micro lofts with kitchenettes to two-bedroom bungalows with private yards. A total of 119 of the units have been completely renovated.
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Calvera Partners has acquired a 52-unit apartment building, located at 430 and 450 Buena Vista Ave. in Alameda, from an undisclosed seller for $15.9 million. As the final acquisition for the company’s current discretionary investment fund, the purchase is part of the firm’s ongoing plan to reposition vintage multifamily properties in the Bay Area. Calvera plans to rebrand the three-story building, which was constructed in 1964, with new signage, refreshed landscaping and common areas, and comprehensive upgrades to individual units. Additionally, the property renovation will address deferred maintenance issues and structural improvements.
DANVILLE, CALIF. — Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) and Barings Real Estate Advisers are co-developing Alexan Downtown Danville, an apartment community located in Danville’s historic downtown district. Framing has commenced at the $90 million project, located at 375 Diablo Road, and completion is scheduled for summer 2020. Situated on 3.75 acres about 22 miles west of downtown Oakland, Alexan Downtown Danville will feature 144 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and townhomes, ranging in size from 500 square feet to 1,600 square feet. Community amenities will include a clubhouse with a lounge, conference room, business center, fitness center and package concierge. Outdoor amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool and spa, fire pit, outdoor kitchen, grill stations and dining area, a children’s play area, pet park and a vista overlooking the adjacent San Ramon Creek. Additionally, the property will feature private, gated subterranean parking with electric vehicle charging stations. The project team includes Wells Fargo as construction lender, LCA Architects as architect, Gates + Associates as landscape designer and Carlson, Barbee & Gibson as civil engineer.
Harborview Capital Arranges $51.9M HUD Acquisition Loan for Skilled Nursing Portfolio in California
by Amy Works
NEW YORK CITY — Harborview Capital Partners, a commercial real estate finance based in New York City, equity and advisory firm, has arranged a $51.9 million bridge-to-HUD loan for the acquisition of six skilled nursing facilities across California. The portfolio totals 678 beds, and the borrower is a national private investment group. Further details regarding the properties were not disclosed. The financing is a three-year bridge loan at 90 percent leverage. Harborview’s Jonathan Kutner and Eli Kutner originated the loan, which Robert Kellerman negotiated.
LOS ANGELES — Midwood Investment & Development plans to build The Shops at Sportmen’s Lodge at the intersection of Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Ventura Boulevard in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles. Designed by Gensler, the new ground-up development will feature 94,000 square feet of retail space and communal outdoor space designed OLIN Studio, as well as more than 450 parking spaces. Groundbreaking will commence in August, with an estimated opening slated for fall 2020. Midwood is co-developing the project with Richard Weintraub, who originally introduced this retail concept to the Studio City neighborhood.
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 …
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 …