California

PASADENA, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has purchased a 62,286-square-foot boutique office building in the Old Town section of Pasadena for $30 million. The building is located at 150 E. Colorado Blvd. The building is 89.3 percent leased to tenants in the healthcare, insurance, technology and professional service industries. Notable tenants include OpTerra Energy Services, Companion Hospice, Intelecom Intelligent and American Postal Workers. The property is situated near the 210 and 134 freeways, within walking distance of more than 20 million square feet of retail amenities. Long Dragon Realty represented the buyer, while HFF’s Ryan Gallagher and Andrew Harper represented the seller, Equity Office, in this transaction.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Kilroy Realty LP, the operating arm of Kilroy Realty Corp. (NYSE: KRC), has agreed to sell minority interests in two Class A office towers in San Francisco to Norges Bank Real Estate Management for $452.9 million. Norges Bank is the real estate investment arm of the government pension fund of Norway. Under the terms of the agreement, Norges Bank will invest in a 44 percent common equity interest in two existing companies that own the towers, which are located at 100 First St. and 303 Second St. in San Francisco’s SOMA district. The sales price is based on an appraisal value of $1.16 billion for both assets and includes Norges Bank’s proportionate assumption of the existing mortgage debt, or $55.3 million. Kilroy will remain the majority owner of the two office towers and will continue to provide property management, leasing and construction management services for the properties. The two office towers span approximately 1.2 million square feet combined. The assets were 96.4 percent leased as of July 31. The transaction was structured with a staggered closing, whereby the 100 First St. venture closed on Aug. 30 with a contribution by Norges Bank of $191.4 million. The 303 …

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LOS ANGELES — A 1031 exchange investor has acquired the 253-unit IMT Westlake Village in Los Angeles for $88.2 million. The community is located at 603 Hampshire Road in the Westlake Village submarket. IMT Westlake Village was built in 1971. Notable employers in the area include Amgen, the Dole Food Co., Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, General Dynamics Corp., J.D. Power & Associates, Teledyne Technologies Inc., ValueClick, Verizon and Volkswagen. Greg Harris, Kevin Green and Joseph Grabiec of Institutional Property Advisors represented both the buyer and seller, IMT Capital LLC, in this transaction.

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OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — InvenTrust Properties Corp. has acquired Old Grove Marketplace, an 81,279-square-foot shopping center located in the San Diego suburb of Oceanside, for $23.3 million. Ralph’s and Lowe’s anchor the 91 percent occupied center, which is also home to tenants including US Bank, Starbucks Coffee, Subway, H&R Block, AT&T, McDonald’s and Shell.

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FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — Sterling Organization has acquired Raley’s Plaza, a 95,441-square-foot shopping center located approximately 40 miles northeast of downtown San Francisco in Fairfield, for $22.8 million. Raley’s anchors the 94 percent occupied center, which is also home to tenants including JP Morgan Chase Bank, Starbucks Coffee, Round Table Pizza and Panda Express. The seller was a subsidiary of San Diego-based Gerrity Group.

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LOS BANOS, CALIF. — CBRE’s National Retail Investment Group – West has arranged the sale of Shops at Stonecreek Plaza, a retail strip center located at 1363-1451 W. Pacheco Blvd. in Los Banos. Rich Development Co. sold the 52,171-square-foot property to a Northern California-based private investor for $12 million. Situated on 6.3 acres, the property was 89 percent leased at the time of sale to a variety of tenants, including Petco, Famous Footwear, Dollar Tree, GNC, Metro PCS, Wingstop and Starbucks Coffee. Philip Voorhes, Jimmy Slusher, Megan Wood, Matt Burson, John Read, Kirk Brummer, Preston Fetrow and Richard Rizika of CBRE represented the seller, while a cooperating/selling broker represented the buyer in the deal.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Thor Equities has sold the Phelan Building, an 11-story office building in San Francisco, to the Hong Kong-based Hotung family for a reported $375 million. The building is located at 760 Market St. The Phelan Buiding contains 250,000 square feet of office space and 52,000 square feet of retail space. Thor paid $130 million for the asset in 2008. Notable tenants at the property include Credit Karma and Medium. The retail portion includes Starbucks, Orogold Cosmetics, Walgreens, Verizon and Marshalls. The building was originally constructed in 1907.

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SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — San Carlos VI LLC has acquired San Carlos Business Park, a 154,462-square-foot office and R&D campus in the Silicon Valley submarket of San Carlos, for $61.1 million. The seven-building campus is located at 963 Industrial Road. The park contains two parcels that include a ground lease for a 27,303-square-foot office building on 1.3 acres and a larger parcel that includes six buildings totaling 127,159 square feet of R&D space on 7.6 acres of land. San Carlos Business Park is situated in the mid-peninsula market with access to Caltrain, major freeways and downtown San Carlos. CBRE’S Bob McSweeney represented the LLC, while the firm’s Seth McKinnon, Scott Prosser, Joe Moriarty, Sean Sullivan and Tyler Myerdirk represented the seller, Black Mountain Properties, in this transaction.

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REDONDO BEACH, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors and Voit Real Estate Services have brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 537 N. Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach. The Beacon Group Inc. sold the property to a Los Angeles-based private corporation for $7.6 million. Built in 1981, the 17,160-square-foot property is net leased to Petco, which has occupied the building for 22 years and recently signed a 10-year lease extension. Ed Hanley and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group, along with the seller’s advisor Joe Miller of Voit Real Estate Services, represented both the seller and buyer in the 1031 exchange transaction.

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IRVINE, CALIF. — Texas de Brazil Churrascaria, a Brazilian steakhouse chain, has opened a location in Irvine. Located in The Market Place, the new location is the company’s 49th restaurant and first in the State of California. The 7,600-square-foot restaurant accommodates 220 guests and features an open-view grill in the dining area, a wine wall, patio and a lounge area.

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