LOS ANGELES — Douglas Emmett has received a total of $550 million in loans to refinance a four-property multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles. The Class A assets are located in Los Angeles and Santa Monica. About 90 percent of the total loan amount, or nearly $500 million, qualified for Fannie Mae’s Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS) Green Rewards program, making it the largest transaction using Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards to date. The Green Rewards program will fund environmental upgrades to three of the four properties. These improvements allowed the borrower to secure competitive loan terms while ensuring more sustainable operations and cost savings for years to come. Walker & Dunlop closed the four interest-only loans.
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between CIM Group and fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547) has acquired a 7.3-acre site at 400 Paul Ave. in the Portola neighborhood of San Francisco for an undisclosed sum. The site will soon be home to a 187,000-square-foot data center with 24 megawatt power capacity. The acquisition also includes two 1930s-era buildings that total 54,225 square feet. The facilities will undergo improvements to serve as office and support space for data center tenants.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Digital Map Products has leased 22,000 square feet of office space at University Research Park in Irvine. The cloud-based location technology and data solutions provider will occupy an entire floor that was formerly home to chipmaker Broadcom. The research park is situated next to UC Irvine. Digital Map Products is working with local universities like UC Irvine to provide free access to the company’s technology. The campus also houses Irvine Co.’s tech incubator, The Vine, where startups have generated more than $24 million in funding, and UCI Applied Innovation.
LOS ANGELES — Business Finance Capital (BFC) has serviced more than $148 million in SBA 504 funds in Los Angeles so far in 2017. The certified development company has completed a total of 106 SBA loans, which are designed to assist businesses seeking finance mechanisms such as real estate and machinery. The program works by distributing the loan across three parties: a conventional lender (50 percent), a nonprofit certified development company such as BFC (40 percent) and the buyer (10 percent). BFC also services the 504 Refinance Program. BFC services a range of industries, including wholesalers and distributors, manufacturers, assisted living facilities, hotels, law practices, medical and dental offices, car washes, construction companies and more.
CHICO, CALIF. — Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on Campus Walk, a 174-bed student housing community located near California State University – Chico. The property will offer fully furnished two- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities are set to include study rooms, a pool deck with a movie screen, and a specially designed outdoor fitness and lounge area. Chico-based general contractor Modern Building Inc. is building the community, which Aspen Heights will lease and manage. The development is scheduled for completion in fall 2018.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Westcore Properties has purchased an 830,750-square-foot industrial property in San Bernardino for an undisclosed sum. The Class A, cross-dock facility is located at 6207 North Cajon Blvd. The asset features 36-foot clear height, all-concrete truck yards and secured trailer parking. Nearby corporate neighbors include Hewlett Packard, JC Penny and FedEx, among others. CBRE’s Darla Longo brokered the off-market transaction with an undisclosed seller. The firm is also marketing the space for lease.
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Nazareth Enterprises has purchased a 180,086-square-foot flex building in Milpitas occupied by Johnson & Johnson Vision for $49.8 million. The building is located at 510 Cottonwood Drive in the Silicon Valley submarket. The property was developed in 1981. Significant renovations commenced in 2008. The property features concrete construction, solar power, four dock doors and ample parking.
Orange County’s innovative office economy continues to be supported by healthy underlying demand drivers. Tech, financial and business services companies continue to provide a strong employment base that was not readily present during the last cycle. Major colleges and universities such as Chapman and UC Irvine provide a steady pool of job-seeking professionals. The climate, lifestyle and general quality of life also continues to attract top employment talent from across the country. Office vacancy is trending downward with rental rates increasing beyond pre-recession levels. As the health of the office market solidifies, notable developers like the Irvine Company, Trammell Crow Co. and Lincoln Property have recently commenced or completed construction on formidable office projects. These new office projects are noteworthy in that they were started on a speculative basis. This is a new trend in the market that would have been unheard of less than three years ago. This is a strong indication of the increased confidence by lenders, equity sources and developers in the Orange County office market’s recovery. Irvine Company has become the dominant source of speculative development due to considerable new development. This company was ahead of the spec curve when it built the first sizeable inventory …
SACRAMENTO AND CHICO, CALIF. — Asset Campus Housing has been awarded management of two student housing communities in California. Properties include The Crossings, located near California State University – Sacramento; and The Post on Nord, located near California State University – Chico. Combined, the two properties add 1,402 beds to Asset Campus’ student housing portfolio. Both communities feature fully equipped computer labs and fitness centers, and offer fully furnished units in a variety of floor plans.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — CBRE in conjunction with the National Retail Partners-West (NRP-West) team has brokered the sale of Riverlakes Village, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Bakersfield. Crow Holdings Capital Real Estate sold the 92,212-square-foot property to Phillips Edison Grocery Center REIT II for an undisclosed price. At the time of sale, the center was 97 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Vons, CVS/pharmacy, US Bank, Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle, Supercuts, Verizon Wireless, Carl’s Jr. and Bank of America. Built in 1997, RIverlakes Villages consists of six parcels totaling 9.5 acres at the southeast corner of Coffee and Hageman roads. Philip Voorhees, Preston Fetrow, Kirk Brummer, Jimmy Slusher, Megan Wood, Matt Burson, Sean Heitzler, James Tyrrell and John Read of CBRE and the NPR-West team represented the seller.