TEMECULA, CALIF. — The Mount Palomar Winery has received county approval to develop a resort and event venue in Temecula. The resort will include 180 guest rooms ranging from hotel rooms to cottages and villas. It will also feature a 1,800-seat amphitheater, restaurant, retail space and spa, in addition to a 17,000-square-foot tasting room. Mount Palomar will also add more vineyards and a production facility capable of producing 60,000 cases of wine per year.
Financial markets worldwide have seen dramatic volatility in this past 12 months. The Bay Area economy and new hiring have cooled, while the San Francisco housing and condo markets have started to normalize after four feverishly overheated years. We are hearing about a big jump in apartment vacancy rates, with more apartments for rent than we’ve seen in many years just as rental rates begin to decline from recent all-time peaks. As would be expected, preliminary indicators show a transition to a cooler market when it comes to apartment building sales activity. However, as illustrated in the charts below, we haven’t seen any significant changes in the statistics. The second half of 2016 will undoubtedly provide more insight regarding the speed and scale of any market condition changes. San Francisco multifamily assets that contained more than five units experienced a plateau in cap rates year over year between 2015 and 2016. However, this same product experienced an increase in dollars per square foot, price per unit and average sale prices. The politics of new home development in San Francisco are not for the weak of heart. There are vocal disagreements between neighborhood and homeowner associations, developers, affordable housing advocates, tenant’s …
CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIF., AND CORVALLIS, ORE. — Summit Healthcare REIT has acquired 20 percent interest in two seniors housing communities — Sun Oak Senior Living and Regent Court Senior Living— for $23 million. Summit, a non-traded REIT based in Lake Forest, Calif., acquired the interest from an undisclosed, publicly traded REIT. The two properties are leased to Compass Senior Living, an Oregon-based operator. Sun Oak Senior Living is a 78-bed assisted living and memory care community in the Sacramento suburb of Citrus Heights. Regent Court is a 48-bed memory care community in Corvallis, approximately midway between Portland and Eugene. Capital One – Healthcare Financial Solutions LLC provided financing for the transaction. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a brokerage firm based in Chicago, arranged the deal. Tim Cobb led the Blueprint team.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — A private investor has acquired the 80-unit Hillside Apartments in San Bernardino for $10.2 million. The community is located at 2156-2196 Kendall Drive. It is situated just one mile from Cal State San Bernardino. Warren Berzack of Berzack Investment Property Advisors and Slavic Zlatkin of Lee & Associates represented the buyer. Lee’s Ryan O’Connor represented the seller, SB Hillside Properties, in this transaction.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Sterling Organization has purchased a retail building located at 315-319 N. Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills’ Golden Triangle. The property was purchased off-market on behalf of the firm’s institutional fund Sterling Value Add Partners II for $23.5 million. The 4,700-square-foot property is expected to be vacant in the first quarter of 2017. Justin Mendelson of Charles Dunn Company represented the buyer. Darrell Levonian and Brian Jensen of Charles Dunn Company represented the seller, a private investor partnership based in California and Texas.
DOWNEY, CALIF. — A joint venture between Alberta Development Partners and Pacific Coast Capital Partners has completed Phase I and II of Promenade at Downey, a 656,000-square-foot shopping center and entertainment district located in Downey, roughly 12 miles outside Los Angeles. A movie studio and a NASA plant previously occupied the property. The center’s entertainment court will feature educational reading stations and themed elements associated with the space program, as well as a walkway honoring space missions. Retailers opening in Phase I and II of the development include TJ Maxx, HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, Famous Footwear, Dress Barn, Carter’s, Oshkosh, Five Guys, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Mod Pizza, California Fish Grill, Benihana, 24 Hour Fitness, Floor & Décor, Cinemark, Lazy Dog, Ruby’s Diner, Bar Louie, Skechers, AT&T and Gaucho Grill. Dallas-based Falcon Construction Advisors is building the project.
MADERA, CALIF. — Highpoint Capital Group LLC has acquired Hallmark Town Center, an 85,066-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located in Madera, for an undisclosed price. Bryan Ley and Justin Kundrak of HFF represented the seller, Weingarten Realty Investors, in the disposition. Peter Smyslowski and John Churchward of HFF also worked on Highpoint’s behalf to place a 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan with a banking and financial services holding company. Food 4 Less anchors the center, which is 96 percent leased to tenants including Thrive Fitness, Taco Bell, Furniture Town, Supercuts, Little Caesars, Blooming Fashion and Deli Delicious.
REDLANDS, CALIF. — Equitas Investments has completed the disposition of single-tenant retail property located at 1325 Industrial Park Ave. in Redlands. A private investor acquired the 2,324-square-foot property for $1.5 million. Built in 1984, the former Long John Silver’s restaurant will be converted into an Enterprise Rent-A-Car. The company signed a 10-year, corporate-backed, absolute triple-net lease with two five-year options for the property. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, while Hai Luong of Maxwell Realty Inc. represented the buyer in the deal.
HESPERIA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the 10-year lease of a retail space located at 14135 Main St. in Hesperia. Kaiser Permanente will occupy the 8,000-square-foot space within the Topaz Marketplace. Paul Su of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the undisclosed landlord, while Brian Denton of JLL and Joseph Brady of Bradco Co. represented the lessee.
LOS ANGELES — Mani Brothers Real Estate Group has purchased The Landing at Playa Vista, a 100,756-square-foot office building in the Los Angeles submarket of Playa Vista, for $80 million. The Class A property is located at 12655 Jefferson Blvd. The six-story property was originally built in 1985. It was recently redeveloped into a creative office space. The Landing underwent extensive upgrades, including exposed ceilings, open floor plans, multiple outdoor decks, and the conversion of an internal stairwell and a portion of the underground parking garage into office space. The building was fully pre-leased prior to the renovation’s completion. WeWork signed a deal for 78,000 square feet, which takes up most of the building’s space. Media and communication firm Dentsu Aegis Network leased the remainder of the property. Madison Partners’ Bob Safai represented Mani, while the seller, Hudson Pacific Properties, represented itself in this transaction.
