LOS ANGELES — Quantum Capital Partners has secured $16 million in long-term first mortgage financing for the recapitalization of a retail center in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District. Third Art Holdings, a local investment group, is the sponsor. Located at 833 E. Third St., the 27,000-square-foot retail center is the $5 million adaptive reuse of a 1930s-era bowstring truss warehouse building. Completed in 2017, the property is currently 100 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Over the Influence, H. Lorenzo, Shinola, Salt and Straw, Salt Bae and Inko Nito. Proceeds from the 10-year CMBS loan originated by Deutsche Bank were used to take out the construction loan and return equity to the sponsor. Jonathan Hakakha and Mike Yim of Quantum Capital Partners arranged the financing for the borrower.
California
NXT Capital Provides $29M Acquisition Loan for 120-Unit Apartment Community in Concord, California
by Amy Works
CONCORD, CALIF. — NXT Capital has funded a $29 million first-mortgage loan for the acquisition of Summit at Lime Apartments, a Class B apartment community in Concord. The name of the borrower was not released. The community features 120 apartment units, a swimming pool, fitness center, two outdoor barbecue areas and a dog park. Annie Rice of CBRE’s Los Angeles office placed the loan with NXT Capital.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a newly developed industrial warehouse building located at 2705 Lexington Ave. in San Bernardino. A partnership between Hartford, Conn.-based Penwood Select Industrial Partners III and Newport Beach, Calif.-based Shaw Development Partners sold the property to a global consumer products company for $18.2 million. The 154,451-square-foot facility features 2,200 square feet of office space, an ESFR sprinkler system, a secured concrete truck court and electrical service of 1,200 amps. The buyer plans to use the property for its own operational and distribution needs. Frank Geraci, Juan Gutierrez and Adam Geiger of Voit’s Inland Empire office represented the seller in the transaction.
SINGAPORE — CapitaLand has acquired a multifamily portfolio located throughout the metropolitan areas of Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles and Denver for $835 million. The Singapore-based real estate company acquired the assets through its wholly owned international business unit, CapitaLand International. The 16-property, Class B portfolio includes 3,787 units, representing a price per unit of approximately $220,000. The acquisition will more than double CapitaLand’s investment in the U.S. to over $1.5 billion, as well as increase its presence in the market to more than 6,500 units. “The stable, reliable cash flows of these Class B multifamily properties make this suburban portfolio more attractive than the higher-priced urban core segment,” says Gerald Yong, CEO of CapitaLand International. “Situated in well-established, well-connected rental communities, this portfolio of low-rise and garden-style properties continue to be a strong draw for middle-income and skilled professionals working in surrounding employment hubs.” The portfolio includes five properties located in Seattle, three in Portland, three in the greater Los Angeles area and five in Denver. All of the properties in the portfolio were more than 90 percent occupied at the time of sale, with an average length of stay of two years. Community amenities across the portfolio include swimming …
Invesco Real Estate Acquires 503,592 SF Meridian Distribution Center in Riverside, California
by Amy Works
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Invesco Real Estate has purchased Meridian Distribution Center II, located at 22000 Opportunity Way in Riverside. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, through its advisor Bentall Kennedy, sold the property for an undisclosed price. Newcastle Partners completed construction of the 503,592-square-foot property earlier this year. Situated on 26.9 acres, the facility features 36-foot interior clearance, 88 dock-high doors, 150 trailer parking stalls and 217 car parking spaces. The property is part of the master-planned Meridian Business Park, an industrial campus comprising more than 1,290 acres west of the Interstate 215 Freeway. At build out, the campus will feature 16 million square feet of space. Phil Lombardo, Chuck Belden and Andrew Starnes of Cushman & Wakefield’s Ontario, Calif., office worked with Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey and Ed Hernandez of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in Irvine, Calif., to represent the buyer and seller in the transaction.
HFF Arranges $113.5M in Financing for 12-Property Multifamily Portfolio in San Francisco
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — HFF has arranged $113.5 million in financing for a 12-building multifamily portfolio in San Francisco. The borrower is Mosser Capital. Peter Smyslowski and Bercut Smith of HFF secured the six-year (including extension options), floating-rate loan through an affiliate of Walton Street Capital. The financing includes interest-only payments through the first five years of the term. The planned use of the funding was not disclosed. The portfolio features a total of 455 residential units and 13 ground-floor retail suites. The properties are located at 775 (36 units) and 1029 (58 units) Geary St.; 17 Decatur St. (eight units); 840 (50 units) and 2360 (21 units) Van Ness Ave.; 245 Leavenworth St. (48 units); 305 Hyde St. (38 units); 347 Eddy St. (40 units); 371 Turk St. (25 units); 575 O’Farrell St. (47 units); 618 Bush St. (38 units); and 891 Post St. (46 units).
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Granite Properties has purchased 100 Bayview — a six-story, Class A office property located in Newport Beach — for undisclosed price. The 346,334-square-foot building features an on-site fitness center and close proximity to a 250-room Marriott hotel, restaurants, retail and walking trails. The building has undergone a number of renovations. Granite Properties plans to further invest in the property by improving the lobby and outdoor common spaces, including balconies and private patios. Granite Properties owns and manages six Class A office buildings in Southern California totaling more than 1.7 million square feet. Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Orange County, Calif.-based Sukut Real Properties has acquired Mira Mesa Distribution Center, a multi-building distribution park located in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. The Sickels Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. The property resides on a ground lease, which has approximately 68 years remaining. Bryce Aberg, Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Ed Hernandez, Dean Asaro and Brant Aberg of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego and Orange County offices represented the seller in the deal. Located at 5960 Pacific Mesa Court and 5985 and 5995 Pacific Center Blvd., Mira Mesa Distribution Center comprises three buildings totaling 293,800 square feet. Developed in 1989, the campus features flexible divisibility options, efficient warehouse and office layouts, dock and grade loading and ample parking. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 10 national and international tenants.
BALDWIN PARK AND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Ready Capital Structured Finance has arranged two loans totaling $8.1 million for properties in California. In the first transaction, Ready Capital secured a $5.8 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 23,000-square-foot industrial property with 3.4 acres of exterior storage space. The property is located in Baldwin Park within the San Gabriel Valley industrial submarket. The non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan features a 24-month term and flexible pre-payment options. Additionally, the financing includes a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, working capital and operating shortfalls during the renovation and lease up. In the second transaction, the company arranged $2.3 million for the refinance of a multifamily property located at 6-8 Nottingham Place on the border of San Francisco’s North Beach and Financial District. The undisclosed sponsor operates the 11-unit property as part of its co-living portfolio. The non-recourse, fixed-rate loan features a 60-month term with flexible pre-payment terms and partial-term interest-only payments.
HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIF. — Sterling Organization, on behalf of Sterling United Properties I LP, has acquired Margarita Plaza. The grocery-anchored shopping center located at the northeast corner of Santa Fe Avenue and East Florence Avenue in Huntington Park, approximately four miles from downtown Los Angeles. Private investors sold the property in an off-market transaction for $23.7 million, or $309 per square foot. A 43,350-square-foot Food 4 Less grocery store anchors the 76,797-square-foot shopping center, which was built in 1989 and renovated in 2014. Additional national retail tenants include Little Caesar’s Pizza and Jackson Hewitt. At the time of sale, the property was 93 percent occupied. Sterling United Properties I LP is Palm Beach, Fla.-based Sterling Organization’s institutional grocery-anchored shopping center core fund.