CERRITOS, CALIF. — A joint venture between Capital 360 and Charlotte-based Barings has completed the disposition of Extra Space Storage in Cerritos to Houston-based Hines for $91 million. Nick Walker and Trevor Roberts of CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group represented the seller in in the transaction. Capital 360 and Barings originally acquired the site in 2018. Situated on 4.9 acres at 17900 Crusader Ave., the three-story, 260,273-square-foot facility offers 2,460 storage units. Constructed in 2020, the facility was more than 88 percent occupied at the time of sale.
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Senior Resource Group Acquires, Rebrands 199-Unit Seniors Housing Property in Los Angeles
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Senior Resources Group (SRG) has purchased Fountainview at Gonda, a seniors housing community in the Playa Vista submarket of Los Angeles, from Los Angeles Jewish Health (LAJHealth) for an undisclosed price. In conjunction with the acquisition, SRG has renamed the property Avocet Playa Vista. A continuing-care retirement community (CCRC), the 199-residence Avocet Playa Vista offers 175 independent living, 12 assisted living and 12 memory care units. Built in 2017 and designed by Gensler, Avocet Playa Vista residences are part of the Playa Vista homeowners association, enabling access to a full-service community with a full-service restaurant, bar/bistro, performing arts theatre, arts center, indoor pool and fitness center, mind and body programs, cultural events and onsite rehabilitative health care. SRG is committed to maintaining the Jewish values foundational to the community and its residents.
SAN DIEGO — Miramar Acquisitions has acquired 7191 Carroll Road, a 3.6-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in San Diego’s Miramar submarket, from TFI International for $14.6 million. Evan McDonald, Kurtis Blanchard and Mark Lewkowitz of Colliers represented the buyer and seller in the deal. The low-coverage site features a 6,300-square-foot cross-dock facility with excess paved and secured yard space. The property’s zoning allows for an array of outdoor industrial uses, including equipment and material storage, vehicle equipment and supplies sales and rentals, and trucking and transportation facilities.
Chartwell Buys Trader Joe’s-Anchored Shopping Center in Hermosa Beach, California for $27.8M
by Amy Works
HERMOSA BEACH, CALIF. — Chartwell Real Estate Development has purchased Park Pacific Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored retail center in Hermosa Beach, from a private investor for $27.8 million. Located at 1100 Pacific Coast Highway, Park Pacific Shopping Center offers 49,911 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Trader Joe’s, Starbucks Coffee, Five Below and Sally Beauty. Daniel Tyner, Gleb Lvovich and Geoff Tranchina of JLL handled the transaction.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Western National Property Management (WNMP) has opened Link OC Apartments, a multifamily community located at 1075 N. Link in Anaheim. Situated adjacent to Anaheim Canyon Metrolink, Link OC Apartments offers 406 studio, one- and two-bedroom residences spread across two five-story buildings. Units feature a complete kitchen appliance package, in-home washer/dryer, quartz slab countertops with full-height tile backsplashes and wood plank-style flooring. Community amenities include two swimming pools and spas, two fitness centers, two clubhouses, two rooftop decks with barbecue grills, a business center with coworking space, courtyards with barbecue grills, bike storage, electric vehicle charging stations and complimentary Wi-Fi. WNPM, a subsidiary of Western National Group, will serve as property manager for Link OC Apartments.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Dwight Capital has provided a $32.6 million HUD 223(f) refinance for Westlake Apartments, a lakeside multifamily complex in Sacramento. The borrower, Tesseract Capital Group, will use proceeds from the loan to retire existing debt and complete property enhancements. The financing also benefited from a Green Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) Reduction to 25 basis points, as Westlake Apartments holds a National Green Building Standard Bronze certification. Situated on 5.9 acres, Westlake Apartments offers 13 two-story residential buildings with 148 renovated one- and two-bedroom units and three amenity buildings. Community amenities include a fitness center, pool, spa and resident-only access to a private beach on Lake Greenhaven.
SAN DIEGO — EQT Exeter, the real estate division of EQT, has acquired an industrial property located at 2345 Britannia Blvd. in the Otay Mesa submarket of San Diego. Washington Capital Management sold the warehouse for $23.4 million. Martin Furniture, a manufacturer of case good furniture for dining, office and entertainment, fully occupies the 115,520-square-foot building as its headquarters. The property offers 32-foot clear heights, grade- and dock-high loading capabilities and well-designed ingress/egress. Bryce Aberg, Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Bole, Matthew Leupold and Ryan Demarest of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group-West represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Berkadia has secured acquisition financing on behalf of a joint venture between California-based Cityview and New York-based Wafra for the purchase of Silva, a mid-rise multifamily community in Los Angeles. Allan Freedman, Ben Harris, Charlie Haggard, Kevin Mignogna and Michael Beach of Berkadia arranged the floating-rate loan through 3650 REIT. Patrick McGlohn and Brian Gould of Berkadia also assisted with the financing. The loan facilitated the acquisition of Silva at the receipt of Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (TCO). Cityview and Wafra began lease-up of the community following closing. Located at 235 N. Hoover St. on the city’s northwest side, Silva features 221 apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows, condo-quality finishes and an average unit size of 1,000 square feet.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — LEGOLAND California Resorts, with McCarthy Buildings Cos. as design-builder, is developing a 372,000-square-foot parking structure at LEGOLAND California Resort in Carlsbad. The team has topped out the four-story project, which is slated for completion in late 2025. The $20 million project will feature 1,130 stalls, including 57 electric-vehicle (EV) ready stalls with the option to add an additional 56 EV stalls. McCarthy’s design-build services for the project include preconstruction, marketing, scheduling, VDC, McCarthy Mapping, Castle Contracting, self-perform concrete and yard site services.
— By Dustin Dolby, executive vice president, Colliers — During the second quarter of 2024, the San Francisco multifamily market endured high interest rates and delayed cuts. Between June and December of 2023, expectations of the Federal Reserve cutting rates spurred an increase in transactional activity following an apparent lull in the first quarter of 2023 as interest rates remained elevated. This two-peat of complacent transactions can be attributed to the looming decision concerning interest rate trajectories and its projections. Upon reaching the second quarter of 2024, we have yet to see any such cuts applied. This — along with the Federal Reserve’s consistent reluctance to cut — has resulted in a plateau of transactional volume within the San Francisco multifamily market. Development within the San Francisco submarket has faced similar stagnation. However, this can be attributed to a lengthy “shot clock” that new developments face regarding the city approval process. Because of this, projects that focus on a large percentage of affordable units have been streamlined and comprise the bulk of new developments in the market. If the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates by the end of the third or fourth quarter of this year — as anticipated in its …