COSTA MESA, Calif. — Blueprint has arranged the $25 million sale of an undisclosed 148-unit independent living community in the Orange County submarket of Costa Mesa. The community was built in 1990. The seller was a local family that acquired the community in 1995 and has operated it since. The buyer is an East Coast-based private equity firm. The community was 68 percent occupied at the time of sale. The purchase price equates to $169,000 per unit. Jacob Gehl and Gideon Orion of Blueprint were lead advisors on the transaction.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of the Artesia & Prairie Center, a triple-net-leased retail property located at 3931 and 3971 Artesia Blvd. in Torrance. A local private investor acquired the property from Makena Great American Prairie for $7.9 million. At the time of sale, the center was 100 percent leased to 12 tenants. Alex Kozakov and Patrick Wade of CBRE represented the seller, while Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
GRASS VALLEY, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the refinancing of Hilltop Commons, an 84-unit independent living community in the Sacramento suburb of Grass Valley. The total value of the loan was not disclosed. Sacramento-based Ray Stone Inc. operates the community and is the borrower. The fixed-rate loan was secured through Fannie Mae. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing and Kevin Randles of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance office in Sacramento arranged the financing.
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. — A Beverly Hills-based investment group has acquired Home Ranch Center, a 54,169-square-foot shopping center located in the Orange County community of Yorba Linda. The property — located roughly 35 miles outside of Los Angeles — comprises three buildings that are home to tenants including Blue Agave, Edible Arrangements, Crepe Maker, State Farm and Papa John’s. CJ Osbrink and Gleb Lvovich of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, YL Friends Church.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Kennedy Wilson has arranged the $16 million sale of a 23,500-square-foot retail and multifamily property located at the corner of 11th Street and Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica. The multifamily component of the property consists of five units. All of the property’s buildings were fully leased at the time of sale. Ed Sachse, Fred Cordova and Christine Deschaine of Kennedy Wilson represented both the buyer, 11th and Wilshire LLC, and the seller, Paragon Properties, in the transaction.
LIVERMORE, CALIF. — RedMill Capital has secured a $38.6 million construction loan that will allow it to break ground this fall on The Shoppes at Livermore, a mixed-use retail development in Livermore, approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco. American National Insurance Co. was the lender. Slated for completion in 2017, the development will feature 120,000 square feet. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
LOS ANGELES — Thorofare Capital has arranged a $23 million, floating-rate commercial mortgage for a retail property located in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. The borrower was not disclosed. The property offers 50,000 square feet of retail space. Kevin Miller and Felix Gutnikov of Thorofare Capital secured the financing.
LOS ANGELES — SCG America has acquired a 34,000-square-foot land parcel at 400 S. Broadway in downtown Los Angeles. The company will develop a 34-story high-rise condominium on the site featuring 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space. The property is slated for groundbreaking in October and completion in 2020.
SAN FRANCISCO — Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts — Hilton’s (NYSE: HLT) luxury hotel arm — has unveiled plans for the new Waldorf Astoria San Francisco, which will anchor a 2 million-square-foot, mixed-use complex located on Mission Street in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood. The hotel will occupy the first 21 stories of a mixed-use tower designed by architecture firm Foster + Partners. Hirsch Bedner Associates will be in charge of designing the interior. Amenities at the Waldorf Astoria San Francisco will include a spa and “Peacock Alley” restaurant offering San Francisco-inspired cuisine and libations. Development costs and a completion date for the project have yet to be announced. The new development will be located at the center of a vast redevelopment project surrounding the Transbay Transit Center. The Transbay Center District and Redevelopment Plans include more than 6 million square feet of new downtown office space; 4,400 units of new housing, 1,200 of which will be affordable; approximately 100,000 square feet of new retail space; and nearly 1,000 new hotel rooms. The redevelopment of the Transbay area will also incorporate more than 11 acres of new public parks and open space, including a 5.4-acre rooftop park at the Transit Center …
CARMICHAEL, CALIF. — Greystone, a real estate advisory firm, has provided $25.2 million loan Oakmont Senior Living to refinance Oakmont Carmichael, a 71-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Sacramento submarket of Carmichael. The loan carries a 10-year, fixed-rate term with a 30-year amortization. The property is newly constructed and includes a two-story building located on 2.4 acres. Greystone’s Scott Kavel and Cary Tremper originated the loan.