California

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SAN DIEGO — Dempsey Construction, on behalf of owner LBA Realty, has completed the redevelopment of a five-building project, located at 4400 Ruffin Road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. Formerly occupied by Pratt & Whitney, the office and aerospace complex has been converted to a modern office and warehouse property. The project involved the demolition of a 102,000-square-foot building and the renovation of the adjacent two-story, 130,000-square-foot office buildings to include showcase lobbies and entrances, as well as structural enhancements. Additionally, a 106,000-square-foot tilt-up warehouse was constructed to feature 33-foot clear heights and 28 truck docks with roll-up doors.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Stockbridge, on behalf of its Smart Markets Fund, has purchased Edinger Plaza, a power shopping center located at 7490-7664 Edinger Ave. in Huntington Beach. Santa Monica-based Watt Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1976 and redeveloped in 2012, the 155,275-square-foot shopping center is situated on 13.4 acres. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Nordstrom Rack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Michaels. Megan Wood, Jimmy Slusher, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West team represented the seller and buyer in the deal, which was the highest priced retail property transaction in Orange County this year, according to the brokers.

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SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — MWest Holdings has received a $24 million loan for the acquisition of San Pedro Bank Lofts in San Pedro. The property consists of two four-story buildings offering a total of 89 apartments. CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division was the sole arranger for the senior loan.

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PASADENA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale the Artistry Theater Building, located at 600 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena’s Playhouse District. Colorado Creative LLC sold the property to Morton Development Group for $5.3 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the long-vacant property into a retail and office asset. Built in 1931 as a United Artists theatre, the 15,060-square-foot property was first renovated in 1960, but the property has fallen into a long state of disrepair and neglect. Its tenant of more than a decade, Angels School Supply, vacated the building more than three years ago, and the property has been empty ever since. Andrew Berk and Chase Gordon of Avison Young represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Lang & Lang Properties has completed the sale of a retail building, located at 457-459 N. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. A joint venture led by Michael Shabani of Crown Equity, Hakim Holdings, GWP Real Estate and Mazal Enterprises, acquired the property for $96 million, or $8,240 per square foot. Brioni, an Italian menswear retailer, and Alexander McQueen, a British fashion house, occupy the 11,625-square-foot retail building. With 50 feet of frontage on Rodeo Drive, the property comprises 7,150 square feet of ground-floor space, approximately 600 square feet on the mezzanine level and 3,875 square feet on the basement level. Carine Mamann, Kazuko Morgan and Stephen Algermissen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction.

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SAN DIEGO — CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division has arranged $50 million in financing for the acquisition of a six-property industrial portfolio in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. BKM Capital Partners purchased the assets, which total 14 buildings and 703,215 square feet, from Stockbridge Capital Group for an undisclosed price. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The light industrial multi-tenant properties offer access to major transportation routes and the border crossing to Mexico. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 97 percent occupied by a diverse range of 44 tenants. The properties are: Border Point Business Park at 6754, 6744 and 6794 Calle De Linea San Diego International Center at 883 Siempre Viva Road Faraday Industrial Park at 2325, 2345, 2365, 2375 Michael Faraday Drive and 2350 Marconi Place Otay Business Center at 6987 and 6995 Calle De Linea Frontera Business Center at 2695 Customhouse Court Otay Crossing Business Park at 2340 Enrico Fermi Drive and 10025 Siempre Viva Road

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FRESNO, CALIF. — CBRE has provided $32 million in Freddie Mac financing for the acquisition of The Windham Senior Living, a 200-unit independent living and assisted living community in Fresno’s affluent Woodward Park neighborhood. The borrower is The Reliant Group, which plans to make capital improvements and bring in Cadence Senior Living to operate the community under a third-party management agreement. The property is situated on a 10.2-acre parcel and consists of a main three-story building and six one-story buildings featuring 30 cottages each. The CBRE team involved in the financing includes Aron Will and Austin Sacco of CBRE National Senior Housing, as well as Andrew Behrens and Jesse Weber of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group. The 10-year, fixed-rate, Green Advantage loan features 72 months of interest-only payments. This transaction represents one of the first Freddie Mac Green Advantage loans closed in the seniors housing space.

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COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Invesco Real Estate has acquired The Hive, a three-building creative office campus in Costa Mesa. A joint venture between Goldman Sachs and Steelwave sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 14.2 acres at 3333, 3335 and 3337 S. Susan St., the 181,822-square-foot property features flexible and open floor plans, a coffee bar adjacent to an outdoor tenant lounge area, a fitness facility with showers and lockers, a conference center, and multiple open-air patios with community activities. At the time of sale, the property was 82 percent occupied by five tenants: Los Angeles Chargers, Lazy Dog Café, Coding Dojo, Agility Fuel Solutions and Steelwave. In addition to existing buildings, the site is entitled for 65,000 square feet of additional commercial development. The seller purchased the property in 2015 and invested approximately $22 million into transforming the development, which was built in 2003, into a creative Class A environment. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Blake Bokosky, Ken White and Brunson Howard of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while Invesco Real Estate was self-represented the in the deal.

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CITY OF INDUSTRY, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of an industrial facility located at 13260-13280 E. Amar Road in City of Industry, a suburb 22 miles from downtown Los Angeles. Oak Brook, Ill.-based CenterPoint Properties acquired the 93,818-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Situated on a 6.2-acre site, the building features 24 dock-high loading doors, more than 5,000 square feet of office space, 22-foot clear heights, 56 additional trailer stalls with more than 100-trailer storage capability and three drive-in bays, as well as Union Pacific rail service. CenterPoint plans to invest $2.5 million in renovations to upgrade the asset, which was built in the 1960s. Renovations will include creating a best-in-class, secure, lit and paved yard, updating the façade and modernizing the building systems. Rudy Lara and Nathan Lara of DAUM’s Inland Empire office represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.

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PERRIS AND SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has completed construction of two projects totaling 1.9 million square feet of industrial space in the Inland Empire. Upon completion, the company sold two of the of four buildings, totaling 1.1 million square feet. Located in Perris, Optimus Logistics Center includes two speculative buildings totaling approximately 1.5 million square feet. Ferguson Enterprises, a U.S. distributor of plumbing supplies, PVF, waterworks and fire and fabrication products, acquired a 1 million-square-foot distribution facility at the center. The company plans to move and expand its Ontario, Calif., operations to the new facility. The move will enhance Ferguson’s distribution capabilities from 600,000 square feet to more than 1 million square feet. Additionally, Rockefeller Group sold an 81,286-square-foot industrial building at Tri-City Industrial Complex in San Bernardino to 4F Capital. Optimus Logistics Center features a 407,000-square-foot building available for sale or lease, and Tri-City Industrial has a 344,249-square-foot property available. Both buildings can be subdivided to approximately 138,000 square feet to accommodate a variety of end-user requirements. Mike McCrary, Peter McWilliams and Sharon Wortmann of JLL represented Rockefeller Group in the Optimus transaction, while Darla Longo, Bill Pellington, Len Santoro, Joey Sugar and Kevin Wille of CBRE …

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