BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Bass Pro Shops has unveiled plans to open a 100,000-square-foot location at Bakersfield Gateway, a planned retail development in Bakersfield. Upon completion, the project, developed by Woodmont Co., will feature 800,000-square-feet of retail and will include a central gathering area for lifestyle events and programming. The new Bass Pro Shops will be the retailer’s fifth location in California. A construction timeline was not released.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Preylock Real Estate Holdings has obtained $195 million in acquisition financing for a seven-property office portfolio in Silicon Valley. The 626,000-square-foot office and R&D campus is located at 2770-2800, 2880 and 2890 Scott Blvd.; 2220, 2300 and 2330 Central Parkway; and 2001 Walsh Ave. All seven buildings are triple-net leased to Nvidia and Huawei. Four of the buildings serve as the U.S. headquarters for Huawei, a multinational telecommunications equipment company that is currently the world’s third-largest smartphone producer. The remaining three buildings are leased to Nvidia, inventor of the graphic processing unit and PC gaming, computer graphics and artificial intelligence innovator. The seven-year, floating-rate loan features an initial five-year term followed by two one-year extension options and full-term, interest-only payments. Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Welbrook Senior Living has completed construction of Welbrook Santa Monica, a 50-unit memory care facility in Santa Monica. The units are all single-occupancy studios. Welbrook partnered with Urban Green Investments, a San Francisco-based real estate investment and development company, on the project.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Bayview Development Group, a privately held commercial real estate development and investment firm based in Northern California, has received a $288.8 million construction loan to develop MIRO in downtown San Jose. The project will include a pair of 28-story luxury apartment towers housing more than 600 residences and 20,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. Situated in one of the top markets in the Silicon Valley, MIRO will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, including 16 penthouses. The project will also include more than 50,000 square feet of amenities, such as a rooftop pool, concierge services, fitness center, spa facilities, pet facilities, fire pits and rooftop lounges. Bayview Development expects to deliver MIRO in 2020 at 167 E. Santa Clara St., within walking distance of the future downtown San Jose BART station. In addition to Bayview, the design team includes architect Steinberg and general contractor Suffolk. Charles Halladay, Brandon Roth and Jason Carlos of HFF arranged the five-year, interest-only loan through Broad Street Real Estate Credit Partners III, a debt fund managed by the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. The fund provides senior and mezzanine lending and preferred equity, according to Forbes. “There was a …
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $55.7 million sale of The Triangle, a 204,523-square-foot restaurant and retail center in Costa Mesa. Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Kirk Brummer, Megan Wood, Preston Fetrow, Matt Burson and John Read of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership led by Greenlaw Partners. A Los Angeles-based family office syndicate acquired the asset. At the time of sale, The Triangle was 94 percent leased to tenants including Yard House, 24 Hour Fitness, Tavern & Bowl, Triangle Cinemas and TIME Nightclub.
LANCASTER, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $5.6 million sale of Lancaster Triangle, a five-building, 35,569-square-foot retail center in Lancaster. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group and Rosanne Morgiewicz of The Morgiewicz Co. arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Lancaster Triangle LLC, and the buyer, an undisclosed private investor. Lancaster Triangle was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Burger King, Fast Auto & Payday Loans, American Tire Depot, Sugary Donuts, Socorro’s Bridal and York Shore House Fish & Chips.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between subsidiaries of Sunstone and Park Hotels & Resorts has obtained a $220 million refinancing for the 1,190-room Hilton San Diego Bayfront in downtown San Diego. The hotel is located at 1 Park Blvd. The loan has a three-year initial term and three one-year extension options. The loan is interest-only and provides for a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.05 percent with a 25 basis-point increase during the final one-year extension period, if extended. The loan is expected to reduce the company’s consolidated annual cash interest expense by about $2.6 million. The financing replaces the existing loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2019 and had a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 2.25 percent. The refinancing was completed by Sunstone Hotel Investors.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Sunrise Senior Living has opened the doors on Sunrise of Pleasanton, an 83-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Bay Area city of Pleasanton. The two-story, 63,800-square-foot community can serve up to 103 residents. It features easy access to ValleyCare Medical Center. Sunrise recently opened another seniors housing community near San Diego, and plans to open 10 communities over the next two years. Based in McLean, Va., Sunrise Senior Living operates 322 communities in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom totaling 28,700 units.
LOS ANGELES — The Finish Line Inc. has opened its revamped Los Angeles flagship store in the Del Amo Fashion Center. The updated retail space features a new design concept and digital display integrations. The Del Amo store — the third Finish Line location to receive these updates alongside Woodfield Mall in Chicago and Roosevelt Field in New York — puts technology at the center of the store’s total experience. The Finish Line, Inc. is a retailer that carries shoes, apparel and accessories. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Finish Line runs approximately 950 branded locations in U.S. malls and shops inside Macy’s department stores.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — New York-based finance and investment firm Square Mile Capital Management LLC has provided a $136 million loan for Jefferson Platinum Triangle, a 400-unit multifamily community in Anaheim. Proceeds from the loan, which was provided for Irving, Texas-based development firm JPI, will be used to repay existing construction debt and to bridge through stabilization of the property. Jefferson Platinum Triangle is located at 1781 S. Campton Ave. within the 840-acre Platinum Triangle district situated near Angel Stadium, Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center. The property offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 578 to 1,398 square feet. Amenities include 730 parking spaces, two resort-style pools, two clubrooms, a fitness center with yoga studio, media room, rooftop lounge and adjacent community park. “This transaction was a compelling opportunity to finance a trophy-quality multifamily asset in one of the fastest growing areas of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and Orange County,” says Square Mile Principal Michael Mestel. “The Jefferson Platinum Triangle has been outperforming the surrounding market in terms of rents and leasing velocity since initial move-ins began earlier this year.” According to the property website, rents for available one-bedroom units run as …
