LOS ANGELES — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), through Healthy Housing Foundation by AHF, has purchased the historic Biltmore hotel located at 501 S. Los Angeles St. in downtown Los Angeles. The purchase price and seller were not disclosed. The buyer plans to convert 204-room hotel into residential units for homeless or extremely low-income individuals. Built in 1910, the hotel is the fourth property acquired by the Healthy Housing Foundation since October 2017 for use as homeless or low-income housing. Currently, the hotel has 76 tenants in residence, who will remain in place. The non-profit organization also owns the 150-room King Edward Hotel, the 202-room Madison Hotel and the 27-room Sunrise on Sunset hotel in Los Angeles.
NORWALK, CALIF. — Charles Dunn Co. has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property, located at 12419 Norwalk Blvd. in Norwalk. TIMSA LLC sold the property to Hope & Happy LLC for $5.6 million, or $421 per square foot. Kyle Gulock and Matt Kramer of Charles Dunn Co.’s Bank Property Group represented the seller, while Juliet Shoham of Nelson Shelton & Associates represented the buyer. Bank of America has occupied the 13,298-square-foot, single-tenant property for more than 50 years and has four years remaining on its lease.
LOS ANGELES — Stepp Commercial has arranged the sale of Washington Place Apartments, a multifamily property located at 11852 Washington Place in Los Angeles. Los Angeles-based Venetian Place LLC sold the property to Los Angeles-based S.R. Properties for $4.6 million, or $575,000 per unit. Built in 1990, the 11,482-square-foot property features six two-bedroom units and one one-bedroom unit, as well as a three-bedroom single-family house. Units feature balconies, wood floors, vaulted ceilings with skylights, stone countertops and a community backyard. Kimberly Stepp and Mark Ventre of Stepp Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of The Trails at San Dimas, a multifamily property located 444 N. Amelia Ave. in San Dimas. Stockbridge Capital Group and CNS Focused Investments sold the property to Korda Group for $78.5 million, or $272,569 per unit. The Trails at San Dimas features 288 apartment units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. On-site amenities include a resident lounge with Wi-Fi, resort-style swimming pool, dog park with dog wash station, fitness center, outdoor grilling area, covered parking, laundry facilities and tennis courts. Kevin Green, Greg Harris and Joseph Grabiec of IPA represented the sellers and procured the buyer in the transaction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — The Salvation Army has completed the sale of an office tower, located at 180 E. Ocean Blvd. in downtown Long Beach. An affiliate of Thrifty Oil Co. acquired the 199,156-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Completed in 1984, the 12-story building features an ocean view, granite-clad lobby, 16,000-square-foot octagonal floor plates and above-standard parking. The buyer plans to further improve the building. Jeffrey Cole, Robert Gary, Ed Hernandez and Nico Napolitano of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group represented the seller in the disposition.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Grandon Village, a 161-unit age- and income-restricted housing asset in San Marcos, approximately 35 miles north of San Diego. The seller was Grandon Village LP, which originally developed the community in 2004. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $30.2 million, or $187,578 per unit. The community was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and historically has a long waiting list, according to Marty Cohen of Marcus & Millichap, who represented the seller. The property is walking distance from a 357,000-square-foot shopping center and a North County Transit District Breeze bus stop.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — CalBay Development has acquired two restaurant properties in Ontario for a total of $5.8 million. In June, the company purchased a to-be-vacated restaurant building, located at 2345 S. Grove Ave., for $2 million. MGR Real Estate represented the seller, an owner-user, in the deal, while MidFirst Bank provided acquisition financing. In May, the City of Ontario Planning Commission approved CalBay’s application to change the use of the property from restaurant to express car wash. Construction for the new Fast5Xpress Car Wash is scheduled to begin in November. In a separate transaction, CalBay acquired a Chevy’s Fresh Mex Restaurant, located at 4551 Mills Circle, for $3.8 million. Situated on a two-acre outparcel of Ontario Mills Mall, the restaurant building totals 8,000 square feet. CAPRE Brokerage arranged the transaction, while Comerica Bank provided financing for the acquisition.
RIPON AND PARADISE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of two newly constructed, single-tenant retail properties in two separate transactions in Northern California. In the first transaction, Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented a Glendale, Calif.-based private developer in the disposition of a 1,550-square-foot drive-thru property located at 338 E. Main St. in Ripon. A Northern California-based private investor acquired the property for $2.7 million, or $1,773 per square foot. Starbucks Coffee occupies the property, which was built in 2018. Steve Zakula of Pacific Union International in San Francisco represented the buyer in the deal. In the second transaction, a Los Angeles-based private investor sold a 2,482-square-foot drive-thru property, located at 6344 Skyway Road in Paradise, to a Sonoma, Calif.-based private investor for $2.7 million, or $1,091 per square foot. Starbucks Coffee occupies the property, which was constructed in 2018. Asher and Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Harry Dematatis of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — CJ3 has completed the sale of a fully occupied industrial property located at 2721 Loker Ave. West in Carlsbad. A private investor acquired the property for $3.5 million. The freestanding building features 20,329 square feet, with 50 percent of the space dedicated to office use and 50 percent dedicated to warehouse space. The office space includes a mix of window-lined private offices, multiple conference/meeting areas and large open collaborative spaces. Dennis Visser and Chris Baumgart of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the seller, while Baugmart also represented the buyer in the deal.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Alagem Capital Group has joined with Cain International as part of an investment partnership to own the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills and The Beverly Hilton, two luxury hotels in Los Angeles. As the first of its kind between Alagem and Cain International, the partnership will support the success of the 170-guest room Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, located at 9850 Wilshire Blvd., and the future revitalization of the 596-guest room Beverly Hilton, located at 9876 Wilshire Blvd. The partnership values the combined properties at over $1 billion. Specific terms of the partnership were not disclosed.