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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — El Segundo-based Pacific Retail Capital Partners has acquired a portfolio of three regional malls totaling 2.8 million square feet in a joint venture with an undisclosed partner. The centers have a combined value of more than $200 million. Acquisitions include: • The Galleria at White Plains, an approximately 870,000-square-foot, four-level enclosed regional mall located roughly 30 miles outside of New York City in White Plains, N.Y. • Northpark Mall, a 958,000-square-foot, two-level mall located roughly 10 miles outside of Jackson in Ridgeland, Miss. • The Esplanade, a more than 1 million-square-foot regional mall located roughly 13 miles outside of downtown New Orleans in Kenner, La. The Galleria at White Plains is home to 130 retailers including Macy‘s, Sears, H&M and Forever 21. Northpark Mall is home to 120 retailers and eateries including Dillard’s, Belk, JC Penney, H&M, Victoria’s Secret, Foot Locker and Sephora. The Esplanade is home to retailers including Dillard’s, Target, Macy’s, Victoria’s Secret and Old Navy. Orrick represented the joint venture in the acquisition. The seller was undisclosed.

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SAUSALITO, CALIF. — Sonnenblick-Eichner Company has arranged $75 million of first mortgage leasehold financing for Cavallo Point-The Lodge at the Golden Gate in Sausalito. The hotel is the San Francisco Bay Area’s first national park lodge. It contains 142 rooms within Golden Gate National Recreation Area at the northern foot of the Golden Gate Bridge. Cavallo Point is situated on about 45 acres within the 350-acre former Fort Baker military base. The property includes the Murray Circle Restaurant and Farley Bar, more than 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, an 11,000-square-foot Healing Arts Center & Spa, a retail outlet, a cooking school and a fitness center. The non-recourse financing features a five-year balance sheet loan provided by an international money center bank.

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CHICAGO — CA Student Living, the student housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has completed eight student housing communities comprising nearly 4,000 beds across the U.S. Located in eight states, the properties are about 95 percent occupied and represent nearly 10 percent of the 47,700 off-campus student housing beds slated to deliver nationwide in 2016, according to the developer. Valued at more than $460 million, the new communities boost the size of CA Student Living’s portfolio to $1.5 billion. All offer fully furnished apartments with in-unit laundry and a 1:1 bed-to-bath ratio in most units. The newly delivered communities include: Uncommon Athens — Uncommon Athens is a five-story building located at 165 E. Dougherty St in Athens, Ga. It is within walking distance to both downtown Athens and the University of Georgia. The property’s 210 beds include a mix of one-, two- and four-bedroom floor plans, and the development contains 10,600 square feet of street-level retail space. Indoor amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, golf simulator, business center, study lounge, group meeting space, club room and coffee bar. Uncommon Charlottesville — Uncommon Charlottesville, a six-story building located at 1000 W. Main St. in Charlottesville, Va., is within …

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LOS ANGELES — Sandstone Properties has purchased the Tower at Sherman Oaks, a 167,726-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Sherman Oaks, for $56.7 million. The Class A building is located at 14724 Ventura Blvd. The Tower at Sherman Oaks was built in 1966 and underwent a complete renovation in 1991. It is currently 96 percent occupied. Sandstone Properties plans to reposition the asset as a creative campus. Bob Safai, Chris DuMont and Bob Pearson of Madison Partners will handle leasing efforts. The firm also arranged acquisition and renovation financing totaling $48.1 million with Loancore Capital. Safai also represented the seller, Douglas Emmett, along with Matt Case and Brad Schlaak.

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IRVINE, CALIF. — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. (CTO) has sold a 14-property portfolio of single-tenant income assets for $51.6 million. The portfolio includes nine Bank of America financial centers in Orange County. The buyer assumed CTO’s existing $23.1 million mortgage loan secured by the properties. The portfolio sale resulted in an estimated gain of about $11.1 million for CTO, or about $1.20 per share, after tax. CTO plans to use the proceeds for the recently reported Bloomin’ Brands sale-leaseback and future acquisitions as part of one or more Section 1031 like-kind exchange transactions.

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RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Dunkin’ Donuts has opened its 12,000th restaurant worldwide with its new location in Riverside. The new restaurant is part of the company’s westward expansion, opening more than 30 new restaurants in California with plans for about 300 new locations to be developed in the state over the coming years. Franchisee Parag Patel owns and operates the location. Patel opened two other Southern California Dunkin’ Donuts this summer in Villa Park and Yorba Linda. He plans to open approximately 20 new Riverside and Orange County locations in the coming years. Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts has more than 11,900 restaurants in 44 countries worldwide. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin’ Donuts is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc. family of companies.

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SAN DIEGO — Rubicon Point Partners has purchased San Mateo BayCenter, a 300,000-square-foot office campus, for an undisclosed sum. The three-building campus is located at 999 Baker Way and 901 and 951 Mariners Island Blvd. in San Mateo. The asset was renovated in 2014. Recent improvements include an indoor/outdoor community area with amenity space and cafe, full lobby renovations, revitalized fitness center and locker rooms, and new landscaping and signage. The property is 88 percent occupied by tenants such as Marketo, OpenText Corp. and Sares-Regis Group. HFF’s Michael Leggett and NGKF’s Steve Golubchik, Edmund Najera and Ben Bucci represented the seller, Rockpoint Group, in this transaction.

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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Westwood Financial Corp. has restructured ownership of 77 of its 120 retail center holdings and its management company to form a single, $1.2 billion retail real estate company. The new company, Westwood Financial, is now positioned to more easily access capital and appeal to investors with larger appetites, and has streamlined its operations. The company recently rebranded in conjunction with the restructuring, launching a new logo, signage and a new tagline: “Retail. Evolved.” A new website is currently underway, and will launch soon. Westwood will own and operate more than $1.2 billion in retail assets and will provide third-party asset management and related services for $200 million worth of properties owned by the co-founders of the firm.

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MONTCLAIR, CALIF. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the $15.5 million sale of Montclair Shoppes, an 18,889-square-foot shopping center located in Montclair, roughly 30 miles outside of downtown Los Angeles. Ken McLeod and Tim Kuruzar of CBRE represented the seller, BOSC Realty Advisors, in the sale of the property to an undisclosed buyer based in West Los Angeles. The center is home to tenants including Sleep Number, AT&T and Tommy’s Hamburgers.

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CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $16.5 million sale of Saich Way Station, a 15,525-square-foot shopping center located less than one mile from Apple Inc.’s headquarters in Cupertino. Kirk Trammell, Vincent Schwab, David Cutler and Joshua Johnson of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Borelli Investment Co. Tenny Tsai of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, a family exchanging out of a redevelopment site in San Francisco. Tenants at the center include Vitamin Shoppe, T-Mobile, The Melt, H&R Block, Blast 825 Pizza, Site for Sore Eyes and the Coder School Cupertino.

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