LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Barak Investors Group and MIP Investment has sold a 103,154-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Universal City. Though the price was not disclosed, the JV suggested that the property sold for between $35 million and $40 million. The Class A building is located at 3330 Cahuenga Blvd. It is 92 percent leased to tenants like Extreme Reach, Panasonic, EPSCineworks and Abominable Pictures. The buyers are Cahuenga Investment LLC and Cahuenga Equity LLC. NGKF’s Kevin Shannon Team represented the JV in this transaction.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, has provided a $27.5 million loan for Oakmont of San Jose, a 66-unit assisted living and memory care community in San Jose. The Freddie Mac loan provides permanent financing to help with lease-up following the recent completion of the community. The loan has an 11-year term with a fixed rate and 30-year amortization schedule. The new financing replaces the remaining balance on the community’s construction loan. Scott Kavel, Neal Raburn and Cary Tremper of Greystone originated the financing.
LOS ANGELES — CBRE Group Inc. has announced plans to combine two of its valuation and advisory practices — Seniors Housing & Care and Medical Office — into a single, cohesive Healthcare Practice Group. The property types covered by the new Healthcare Practice Group include independent living, assisted living, memory care, nursing care, continuing care retirement communities, medical office, surgical centers, outpatient rehab and hospitals. Zach Bowyer, Tom Baroch and Bennett Johnson will lead the new group. Over the past three years, both groups have achieved a combined 30 percent year-over-year growth in revenues. In 2016, these groups completed valuation or advisory assignments on more than 3,000 seniors housing and medical properties throughout the U.S. with an aggregate valuation of over $50 billion.
PLEASANT HILL, CALIF. — Graham Street Realty has acquired the Hookston Square office campus in the East Bay community of Pleasant Hill for $30.4 million. The two-building, 207,555-square-foot campus is located at 3478 and 3480 Buskirk Ave. Hookston Square is situated east of Interstate 680 and close to State Route 24, which provides access to downtown San Francisco. The campus is currently 87 percent leased to tenants like John Muir Health, Pacific Business Center, Accelrys, Maze & Associates and the Source Group. HFF’s David Dokko and Garrett Calbert represented both the buyer and seller, True North Management Group, in this transaction. The firm also secured a three-year, floating-rate acquisition loan through a commercial bank for the buyer.
LOS ANGELES — Summit Financial Consultants has renewed its lease and expanded its footprint at Westlake Park Place in the Westlake Village submarket of Los Angeles. The wealth management firm has leased 6,090 square feet at the final building that was constructed at Westlake Park Place. The new space is located at 3075 Townsgate Road. Mike Foxworthy of DAUM Commercial represented Summit Financial. Craig Cahow and Mike Foxworthy of DAUM Commercial represented the landlord, Westlake Plaza Center East – II LLC.
LOS ANGELES, DALLAS, CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Boston-based investment management firm TA Realty, acting on behalf of The Realty Associates Fund IX LP, has sold a 45-property industrial and office portfolio for $854.5 million to Brookfield-managed real estate funds. The industrial and office properties in the portfolio total 8.6 million square feet across 12 states. The majority of the properties are leased to investment-grade tenants in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The full list of properties was not released. The Realty Associates Fund IX LP is a commingled fund with $1.49 billion in equity capital. According to CoStar Group, among the Brookfield funds reported to be the buyers is its core real estate investment fund, Brookfield Premier Real Estate Partners, which launched last November. By the end of 2016, Brookfield had raised more than $1 billion for the fund. TA Realty is still pursuing sales of the fund’s remaining assets through individual and pooled transactions, according to managing partner Tom Landry. “We believe the outcome of this transaction represents an attractive risk-adjusted return on invested capital, and we look forward to distributing the proceeds to our investors,” says Landry. JLL represented TA Realty in the transaction. Nicole Dutra …
PERRIS, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has purchased 68 acres of land in Perris, where it plans to construct two distribution centers totaling 1.4 million square feet. The price of the land was not disclosed. The centers will be situated about 70 miles east of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. The property will be named Optimus Logistics Center. JLL’s Michael McCrary, Peter McWilliams and Nicole Welch represented Rockefeller Group in the transaction, as well as the seller, Optimus Building Corp.
VISTA, CALIF. — W Designed Developments has acquired a 2.6-acre plot in Southern California, with plans to develop a seniors housing community on the site. Irwin Dubinksy Living Trust and Kissinger Family Trust sold the property for $1 million. Al Apuzzo and Matt Weaver of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented sellers while Weston Harmer represented the buyer. The site is in Vista, located between San Diego and Los Angeles. Details on the proposed seniors housing facility were not released.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — The Bascom Group has purchased the 406-unit Villas at Tustin Apartments in Santa Ana for $94 million. The community is located at 2414 N. Tustin Ave. It was built in 1972. The property has access to the 55, 22, 91, and 5 freeways. Notable employers in the area include Xerox, T-Mobile and CoreLogic. HFF’s Sean Deasy and Ryan Fitzpatrick executed the transaction. The firm also arranged a $66.5 million loan with California Bank & Trust in connection with the sale.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Hudson Pacific Properties has sold a 50,687-square-foot office building in Santa Monica for $35 million. The sale included the redeveloped property and related development land. The firm will use the net proceeds from the sale toward its pending acquisition of Hollywood Center Studios, which is expected to close on May 1.