IRVINE, CALIF. — ValueRock Realty Partner has purchased a retail property located at 16171 Lake Forest Drive in Irvine. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $9 million in an off-market transaction. Best Buy has occupied the 41,150-square-foot property since 2004.
SAN DIEGO — BLT Enterprises has completed the renovation of a two-story, 77,000-square-foot office building located at 5454 Ruffin Road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. The company originally acquired the property in 2017 and has converted it back to its original 54,000-square-foot footprint by removing the dated addition of a second-story office space constructed in the late 1980s. The renovated space features modern office, research and development, and flex space, as well as an enhanced parking ratio. Additional renovations include an updated exterior, new HVAC equipment and a new roof membrane. Ware Malcomb provided architectural services and Bycor General Contracting served as the contractor for the project.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura has arranged the sale of an office building located at 31248 Oak Crest Drive in Westlake Village in metro Los Angeles. K-Swiss, an athletic footwear maker, sold the property to Selleck Development Group for $11 million. The 53,133-square-foot building was constructed as a build-to-suit for K-Swiss and the company occupied the property from 1999 until it relocated to downtown Los Angeles. Joe Jusko of Lee & Associates represented the seller, while Mike Tingus and Grant Fulkerson of Lee & Associates represented the seller.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — CalBay Development has completed the acquisition and entitlement of a redevelopment site located on West Huntington Drive in Monrovia. McMahans Furniture sold the site for $2.1 million. The 29,000-square-foot site is comprised of two parcels and features a 21,000-square-foot retail store occupied by 3-Day-Suit Broker. CalBay plans to develop a freestanding 2,200-square-foot Starbucks drive-thru on the site. Construction is slated to begin in third-quarter 2018, with store opening scheduled for second-quarter 2019. The City of Monrovia Planning Commission approved the company’s development plans in earlier this year. Adam Fisher of JLL arranged the off-market transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — GMH Capital Partners and AGC Equity Partners have announced plans for The Academy on 65th, a 305-bed student housing community located near California State University – Sacramento. The property will offer fully furnished units, alongside shared amenities including a fitness center, game room, motion studio, private and group study spaces, an outdoor courtyard and a hot tub. The main entrance will be situated along 65th Street, steps away from the Hornet Crossing entrance, a pedestrian and bike trail leading directly to campus. GMH recently announced its new partnership with AGC to acquire and develop core and value-add student housing properties. GMH University Housing will manage the community, with leasing set to begin in August 2018.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $28.5 million Fannie Mae DUS loan for the acquisition of Carmel Pointe in Sacramento. Located at 7826 Center Parkway, the garden-style multifamily property features 22 two-story buildings offering a total of 332 residences. On-site amenities include two outdoor swimming pools, a spa, fitness center, clubhouse, playground, dog park, tennis court and five laundry rooms. Simon Herrmann, Todd Vitzthum and Cody Field of Greystone arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
NORTH HILLS, CALIF. — Greysteel has arranged $9 million in refinancing for Appletree Village Apartments, a multifamily property located at 9229 Sepulveda Blvd. in North Hills. John Mullen of Greysteel secured the 12-month bridge-to-HUD financing on behalf of a Los Angeles-based affordable housing developer. Built in 1982, the property features 125 units in a mix of two- and three-bedroom layouts.
DALY CITY, CALIF. — Harvest Properties and an affiliate of New York City-based Cerberus Capital Management LP have purchased DC Station, a nine-story office building in Daly City, about seven miles southwest of San Francisco. The purchase price and seller were not disclosed, but the San Francisco Business Times reports the partnership purchased the Class A asset from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management for $114.5 million. “Both Cerberus and Harvest see this as an opportunity to acquire a high-quality property at a compelling price and, ultimately, add value through thoughtful leasing activity as we capitalize on the changing demand drivers in the area,” says John Winther, managing partner at Harvest Properties, a real estate investment and management firm based in the Bay Area. The 383,000-square-foot, LEED Silver-certified building is anchored by the global headquarters of Genesys, a tech firm that sells businesses both cloud-based and onsite software for customer experience and call center solutions. According to Harvest Properties, the previous owner was marketing DC Station for sale as part of a mixed-use investment that included adjacent retail space and the Century 20 Daly City movie theater, but Harvest proposed separating the office building from the investment package and ultimately won …
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. – The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Case Del Sol Apartments, a 205-unit multifamily community located at 2601 Fremont St. in Bakersfield. A San Fernando Valley, Calif.-based private investment group purchased the property for $12.2 million. Built in 1965, the gated community features a mix of studio and one-bedroom layouts, a swimming pool, 24-hour maintenance and a central laundry facility. Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen, Robin Kane and Mark Bonas of TMG represented the buyer and seller, a San Diego-based private investment group, in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO – HFF has arranged $145 million in construction financing for 633 Folsom, a seven-story office building located in the SOMA submarket of San Francisco. The Swig Co. will use the loan proceeds to complete a full-building renovation and expansion, which will add five floors to the property. Once completed, the 171,632-square-foot building will become a 12-story, 266,053-square-foot Class A office building. Originally built in 1967 by The Swig Co., 633 Folsom has been fully leased for the past 20 years, most recently to California Pacific Medical Center. The project is scheduled to commence this summer. Bruce Ganong and Bercut Smith of HFF secured the financing for Swig.
