NORTHRIDGE, CALIF. — Universe Holdings has obtained $23.4 million in financing for the 148-unit Lodge at Porter Ranch in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge. The community is located at 10631 Lindley Ave. The Lodge was built in 1979 and renovated in 2013. Universe Holdings purchased the property in 2004. The 10-year loan features interest-only payments for the first five years. HFF secured the financing through Freddie Mac. The planned use of the funds was not disclosed.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Duke Realty has announced plans to build a 37,000-square-foot medical office building in Santa Clarita. The two-story space will be situated on 3.8 acres on the south side of Soledad Canyon Road in the Canyon Country neighborhood of Santa Clarita, about 33 miles northwest of Los Angeles. The space has been fully preleased by Facey Medical Group, an affiliate of nonprofit Catholic health system Providence Health and Services. Duke will break ground early this summer for scheduled completion in June 2018. Snyder Langston will build the property, which Boulder Associates designed.
LOS ANGELES — Manchester Capital Management has purchased the Fine Arts Building, a 115,902-square-foot creative office building in downtown Los Angeles, for $43 million. The historic building is located at 811 W. 7th St. The Fine Arts Building was built in 1927 and renovated in 2016. It is 87.5 percent leased to tenants like WeWork, Pfeiffer Partners Architects, LTK Consulting Services, Hypothesis and SWA. NGKF’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Laura Stumm and Gibran Begum represented the buyer and seller, Sorgente Group of America, in this transaction.
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Mill Valley-based Four Corners Property Trust Inc. has acquired 16 properties occupied by Bob Evans Restaurants as part of a $35.1 million sale-leaseback transaction. The transaction was completed simultaneously with Golden Gate Capital’s acquisition of Bob Evans Restaurants from Bob Evans Farms Inc. The properties are occupied under a single triple-net master lease with a 20-year initial term. They are primarily based in the Midwest and Northeast.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — A private, locally based commercial real estate entity has acquired the 109,841-square-foot Mariner Court office building in Torrance for $24 million. The Class B building is located at 3625 Del Amo Blvd. Mariner Court is situated near the 405, 91 and 110 freeways, and near to Los Angeles International Airport. Derek Caldwell of Institutional Property Advisors represented the buyer, while the firm’s Michael Lawrence and David Black represented the seller, an Orange County-based private commercial real estate company.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Douglas Emmett and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has purchased two office buildings in Santa Monica for $352.8 million. The assets include a 206,000-square-foot building at 1299 Ocean Ave. and an 87,000-square-foot office building at 429 Santa Monica Blvd. The same consolidated joint venture also acquired 12100 and 233 Wilshire Blvd. in 2016. A portion of the purchase price was provided by a $142 million secured, non-recourse, interest-only loan to the joint venture that matures in July 2019 and bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.55 percent. Douglas Emmett provided 20 percent of the equity capital and manages the joint venture.
SAN DIEGO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $61.2 million refinancing for a San Diego-based multifamily portfolio owned by a local private family office. The portfolio contains three communities and a total of 488 units. The properties are located in San Diego, Poway and La Mesa. The transaction was structured with a 12-year, interest-only term. Gardiner Champlin and Marty Meagher of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrowers through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program.
MENIFEE, CALIF. — MJW Property Group has acquired the 230-unit Cantabria Apartment Homes in Menifee for $43.6 million. The community is located at 30951 Hanover Lane. It sits adjacent to San Jacinto College off the 215 Freeway. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with cabanas, courtyard fireside lounge and fitness center. Kyle Pinkalla, John Chu and Ed Rosen of Berkadia executed the transaction. The seller was Strata Cantabria LLC.
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between Hill Properties and ReCap has purchased Scripps Ranch Business Park, a 185,738-square foot industrial complex in San Diego, for $31.4 million. The nine-building industrial park is located on Willow Creek Road. It is currently leased to nine tenants. JLL’s Lynn LaChapelle, Bob Prendergast and Sach Kirpalani executed the transaction.
PASADENA, CALIF. — DICK’S Sporting Goods has opened 36 new Golf Galaxy stores throughout the United States. This includes two stores in Arizona, five in California, two in Colorado and one in Oregon. These new locations were formerly Golfsmith properties acquired by DICK’S and have been converted to Golf Galaxy stores, bringing the specialty golf retailer’s footprint to 98 locations across 33 states. Founded in 1948, DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc. is a leading omnichannel sporting goods retailer. As of January 28, 2017, the company operated more than 675 DICK’S Sporting Goods locations nationwide. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, DICK’S also owns and operates Golf Galaxy and Field & Stream specialty stores.
