SANTA ANA, CALIF., AND SAN DIEGO — LaTerra Development has broken ground on two infill apartment projects in Southern California. The Line at Santa Ana is a transit-oriented, mixed-use development with 228 apartment units and 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Santa Ana. Stone Creek Casitas is a 97-unit, garden-style apartment project in the San Diego submarket of Chula Vista. In addition to the new apartment projects, LaTerra recently completed entitlements on two projects with 179 entry-level homes in infill Los Angeles and El Monte. These two projects were recently sold to two public residential homebuilders.
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MILPITAS, CALIF. — Interstate Equities Corp. (IEC) has acquired the 137-unit Meritage Apartments in the Silicon Valley submarket of Milpitas for $46 million. The community is located at 555 S. Park Victoria Drive. The asset will be rebranded as 555 Apartments. The community will undergo a series of improvements. It was built in 1973. Salvatore Saglimbeni, Stanford Jones and Philip Saglimbeni of Institutional Property Advisors, as well as Carlos Azucena of Marcus and Millichap, executed the transaction. IEC is currently targeting unrenovated or partially renovated apartment communities with 20 to 400 units located in coastal infill markets.
Lincoln Property Co., Alcion Ventures Announce Eight Tenants for Trade Food Hall in Irvine
by Nellie Day
IRVINE, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Co. and Alcion Ventures have announced eight chef-driven tenants to open at Trade Food Hall in Irvine. Lincoln and Alcion purchased the 32,600-square-foot Trade Marketplace in 2014, and have since transformed the project’s food court into a 9,000-square-foot food hall. Tenants to open within the food hall include Chef Andrew Gruel’s Two Birds and Butterleaf; Chef Hop Phan’s Dos Chinos and Megadon; The Sandwich Society; Portside; Sweet Comforts; and Gyro King. Ootoro Sushi and KRISP Fresh Living will anchor the property, which is set to feature a mix of service-oriented and soft goods retailers. The project is scheduled to open this fall.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Bomel Construction has purchased a 41,585-square-foot creative office building in Irvine for $15 million. The building is located at 96 Corporate Park. The three-story, multi-tenant building will become the new headquarters for Bomel Construction, which is currently located in Anaheim. Gary Marquis of Coldwell Banker represented Bomel, which purchased the building as a partial owner/user investment opportunity.
LOS ANGELES — SBH Real Estate Group has completed the sale of a retail center located at 3138-3148 W. Pico Blvd. in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. Hasty Yadegaran, a local real estate investor, acquired the property for $6.7 million, or $441 per square foot. Dollar Tree and a multi-unit coin laundry operator occupy the 15,176-square-foot property. Dan Hoogesteger and Chris Sands of Sands Investment Group represented the seller in the deal.
LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF. — C.W. Driver Cos. has broken ground on Five Lagunas, a rebranding and renovation of Laguna Hills Mall in Laguna Hills. Plans for the 68-acre site include 300,000 square feet of newly built retail space, 45,000 square feet of retail pad construction, and extensive interior and exterior renovations that will upgrade and modernize the shopping center. The 846,885-square-foot lifestyle center is slated to open in summer 2018. Current tenants include JCPenney, Macy’s and Nordstrom Rack. Merlone Geier Partners owns the property.
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Civic Partners has selected KTGY Architecture + Planning to design Artisan Alley at The Diamond, a retail development located in Lake Elsinore. Situated on 11 acres at the northeast corner of Diamond Drive and Malaga Road, the project will feature 95,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a 130-room hotel. Rene Brochier of Colliers International and Philip Riedy of Riedy Commercial Real Estate are handling the leasing and pad site sales at the property.
MISSION VALLEY, CALIF. — Sudberry Properties and the Grant Family are developing Civita Recreation Center, a multi-building recreation center in Mission Valley. Dempsey Construction has broken the ground on the project, which will include two buildings featuring a gymnasium, spa area, great room and kitchen. Outdoor amenities will include a family swimming pool, a lap swimming pool, barbecue area, fire pits and outdoor seating areas. Designed by Bessenian Lagoni, the property is slated for completion in spring 2017.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Three new retailers have signed leases to move into Riverside Plaza, a retail center in Riverside. Carter’s Babies & Kids signed a lease for 4,200 square feet; Ono Hawaiian BBQ inked a deal for 3,005 square feet; and Great Shakes leased 1,193 square feet of space at the center. Existing tenants at Riverside Plaza include Marshalls, Chico’s, Regal Stadium Plaza 16, Trader Joe’s, The Sleep Train, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Home Care Assistance, Wang Cho Korean BBQ, Charter Communications and Nothing Bundt Cakes.
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Greenland USA and equity partners Ping An Trust, Agile Group and Poly Sino Capital Limited has acquired The Landing at Oyster Point in South San Francisco for $171 million. A partnership between Shorenstein Properties and SKS Partners sold the 42-acre waterfront property, which will be transformed into an office, research and development complex that will support the life sciences industry. The joint venture plans to invest over $1 billion in the project. “The San Francisco Bay Area is known globally for its leadership in innovation, and we’re proud to bring Greenland’s expertise and vision for transformative properties to the area,” says Yuliang Zhang, chairman of China-based Greenland Group, parent company of Greenland USA. “The United States continues to play a critical role in our overseas expansion, and we look forward to what will be a landmark property.” The property will be renamed Oyster Point and will total approximately 2.2 million square feet, including public space and recreational areas. Development of Oyster Point will be completed in phases, and construction on the 500,000-square-foot Phase I is expected to begin by mid-2018, following infrastructure improvements by the city of South San Francisco, including …