SAN DIEGO — Luxo II Apartment Homes has purchased Villa Cusma, a 40-unit apartment complex at 1907 Columbia St. in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. The price was $21.3 million, more than $500,000 per unit. Raymond Choi of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, 1907 Columbia St. LLC, and procured the buyer in the all-cash transaction. Built in 2012, Villa Cusma features 24 one-bedroom/one-bath apartments, one two-bedroom/one-bath unit and 15 two-bedroom/two-bath apartments. Additionally, the property features a a gated subterranean parking garage and a 2,475-square-foot, ground-floor retail space leased to Harumama, a sushi and ramen restaurant.
California
Pinnacle Capital, Harrison Street Buy Medical Office Building Near San Francisco for $30M
by Amy Works
DALY CITY, CALIF. — A joint venture between Pinnacle Capital Management Services and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has purchased Physicians Medical Center. The medical office building is located at 901 Campus Drive in Daly City, south of San Francisco. Swift Real Estate Partners sold the property for $30 million. Situated on 2.4 acres, the purpose-built medical office building features 70,705 square feet of space. At the time of sale, the three-story property was 92 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Sutter Health, Campus Surgery Center and AmSurg/Envision Healthcare. Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne and David Dokko of HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Additionally, HFF’s Zack Holderman, John Chun and Trent Jemmett arranged a $25 million, non-recourse, floating-rate acquisition loan for the buyer.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — Orange County-based Platinum Storage Group is developing Storage Direct Oakland, a self-storage facility in Oakland. With construction is slated to begin immediately, the four-story, 155,000-square-foot property will feature 1,087 self-storage units. Completion is scheduled for July 2019. Platinum’s portfolio comprises 2.5 million square feet of space with a value of approximately $250 million.
CHINO, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has facilitated the sale of a retail property located at 12510 Central Ave. in Chino. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property and business for $2.9 million. A Shell-branded gas station and convenience store occupies the free-standing property. Built in the mid-1980s, the property features four 10,000-gallon tanks and an 840-square-foot, 24-hour convenience store. The full-service store offers a variety of snacks, to-go coffee, drinks, beer, wine and ATM. Victor Buendia and Mike Lin of Progressive Real Estate represented the buyer and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
ORANGE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of retail property located at the intersection of East Katella Avenue and North Tustin Street in Orange. A San Francisco-based private investor acquired the property from a Los Angeles-based private investor for $2.8 million. BIG-O Tires occupies the 3,380-square-foot property on a triple-net lease basis with 5.5 years remaining on the lease at the close of escrow. Matthew Mousavi and Michael Walseth of SRS’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Eric Chin of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage represented the buyer in the transaction.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Boston Properties Inc. (NYSE: BXP) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has acquired the 47-acre Santa Monica Business Park for approximately $627.5 million. The seller was not disclosed. Santa Monica Business Park consists of 21 buildings totaling roughly 1.2 million square feet of office and retail space in Santa Monica, a coastal city just west of downtown Los Angeles. The property is located near Interstates 10 and 405 and features a variety of on-site services, including a health club, restaurants, banks, a car wash and a dog park. The property lies within the Ocean Park neighborhood and was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. Boston Properties will invest $147.4 million in the acquisition, yielding a 45 percent ownership stake, while CPPIB will invest $180.1 million. An undisclosed lender provided a $300 million acquisition loan to fund the remainder of the acquisition. The loan features a 4.06 percent interest rate and matures in July 2025. Approximately 70 percent of the rentable square footage is subject to a ground lease with 80 years remaining, including renewal periods. The ground lease provides the joint venture with the right to purchase the land …
STOCKTON, CALIF. — Newport Beach-based CT has completed the sale of two newly constructed industrial buildings within its NorCal Logistics Center in Stockton. Prologis acquired the properties for $47 million. Totaling 575,127 square feet, the assets mark the initial completion of CT’s three-building Phase I development of the larger 4.4 million-square-foot NorCal Logistics Center. Prologis paid approximately $82 per square feet for the buildings, which were unleased and in shell condition at closing. Cushman & Wakefield’s Kevin Dal Porto, Blake Rasmussen and John McManus represented CT, while Prologis was self-represented in the deal. Situated on a 345-acre site, NorCal Logistics Center is home to General Mills, KeHE Foods, Allen Distributors and Fox Head.
ELK GROVE, CALIF. — Mi Rancho, a California-based tortilla maker, has acquired the former Bimbo Bakeries property, located at 10115 Iron Rock Way in Elk Grove, a southern suburb of Sacramento. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $8.1 million. San Leandro-based Mi Rancho plans to invest $25 million to retrofit the facility to Safe Quality Food Institute standards. The company’s expansion plans include state-of-the-art manufacturing operations to support its growing business. Mi Rancho plans to commence local operations within the next 90 days and fully retrofit and occupy the building within 24 months. When fully operational, the company will employ approximately 250 people in Elk Grove.
DAUM Commercial Brokers Sales of Seven Industrial Properties in Southern California for $50M
by Amy Works
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the individual sales of seven buildings that comprise Echelon Business Park, a newly constructed industrial campus in City of Industry. Los Angeles-based Dedeaux Properties sold the assets for a total of $50 million. Located at 801-821 Echelon Court, the freestanding buildings range in size from 27,438 square feet to 43,166 square feet. The properties feature ample dock-high and ground-level loading, large truck courts, ESFR sprinklers, high-speed fiber optic cabling and two-story office space. Dennis Sandoval, Robert Dipre, Bryan Sandoval and Kurt Yacko of DAUM represented the seller in the transactions. The names of the buyers were not released.
MetLife, Northwestern Mutual Provide $450M Refinancing for Broadway Plaza in California
by Amy Works
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — MetLife Investment Management and Northwestern Mutual have provided a $450 million, fixed-rate loan for Broadway Plaza, a 958,000-square-foot, open-air retail center in Walnut Creek. The 12-year loan was provided on behalf of the property owner, a joint venture between The Macerich Co. and Northwestern Mutual. Broadway Center, which originally opened in 1951, underwent a renovation in 2014 that more than doubled the shopping center space, adding more than 50 new retailers. The center is 98 percent leased and anchored by Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Macy’s. Additional tenants include Aldo, LUSH, Madewell, lululemon athletica, Nespresso, Zara, Kate Spade and Sephora, among others.