SAN DIEGO — Kearny Real Estate Company has purchased the 364,000-square-foot office component of Emerald Plaza in San Diego for $91.7 million. The office component features four hexagonal towers ranging from 20 to 30 stories. Emerald Plaza includes a connected 436-room hotel operated by Westin Hotel, which was not part of the transaction. Emerald Plaza encompasses a full city block at 402 W. Broadway in downtown San Diego. The plaza, which Deutsche Bank has owned since 2005, was 70 percent leased at closing. Local developer and entrepreneur Sandy Sharpery built the property in 1990. HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Nick Psyllos, Nick Frasco and Michael Leggett represented Deutsche Bank. CBRE’s Ryan Grant, Matt Carlson and Jeff Oesterblad will head up the leasing efforts at Emerald Plaza.
California
SAN DIEGO — TH Real Estate, a division of TIAA Global Asset Management, has acquired BLVD63, a 1,379-bed student housing community located near San Diego State University. Community amenities include a clubhouse, media room, game room, fitness center and study lounges. The seller was not disclosed.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $16.7 million loan for Capitol Seniors Housing, which will use the capital to refinance debt on Welbrook Arlington, a seniors housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Riverside. MBK Senior Living operates the community, which features 207 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Aron Will, vice chairman of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the non-recourse, 10-year, floating-rate loan with full-term interest-only payments through the company’s Fannie Mae DUS Multifamily loan origination program.
YORBA LINDA, CALIF. — Berkeley Partners has purchased Yorba Linda Business Park, a 117,760-square-foot industrial facility, for $17 million. The four-building property is located at 22343, 22345, 22347 and 22349 La Palma Ave. Notable tenants at the park include the Well, Canyon Crossfit, Global Powersport Resource, CaliRovers LLC and Central Enterprises. Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Nico Napolitano of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction, with Rick Ellison providing local market advisory.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Harbor Associates and the Bascom Group has purchased Conejo Spectrum, a 159,186-square-foot office and flex portfolio in the Los Angeles submarket of Thousand Oaks, for an undisclosed sum. The two-building property is located at 1525 and 1535 Rancho Conejo Blvd. The buyers plan to reposition and lease up the asset through a rebranding and renovation program that includes spec suites, a fresh paint scheme, modern lobbies, drought-tolerant landscaping and signage. Sean Fulp of NGKF represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Ccare has leased 20,230 square feet of medical office space at Nordahl Medical Centre in the San Diego submarket of San Marcos. The Class A building is located at 838 Nordahl Road. The space will serve as a clinic for Ccare’s oncology and hematology practice. Nordahl Medical Centre was developed by Newport National Corp. JLL’s Paul Braun, Chris Ross and Kelly Moriarty represented the landlord. CBRE’s Lars Eisenhaur and Dan Yeilding represented Ccare.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Lincoln Property Co. has purchased LNR Warner Center IV, a 510,105-square-foot office property in the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, for $147 million. The property includes two Class A office buildings, as well as a 0.88-acre land parcel that can accommodate a 7,500-square-foot retail building. LNR Warner Center IV is located at 21255 and 21215 Burbank Blvd. It is the newest phase in LNR Warner Center’s four-phase, master-planned office campus, which includes 1.3 million square feet in seven office buildings. Notable tenants include Activision, New York Life Insurance, Wells Fargo, United Online and Kaiser Permanente. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan and Laura Stumm of NGKF Capital Markets, along with JLL’s Dan Sanchez, represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction. David Milestone and Scott Selke of NGKF Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $220 million Freddie Mac credit facility for a 1,808-unit affordable housing project in East Palo Alto. The Woodland Park project will feature 118 individual land parcels, including a mix of small properties (one to 50 units), as well as conventional multifamily and commercial properties. The borrower was Woodland Park Property Owner LLC, an affiliate of Sand Hill Property Co. John Nelson and Erik Franks of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team represented the borrower. Rob Russell, head of CMBS production in Greystone’s New York office, originated the financing.
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Kennedy Wilson and the Takenaka Corp. has purchased a 247,000-square-foot office tower in San Francisco for $135 million The Class A building is located at 400 and 430 California St. The sale includes a 27,000-square-foot bank branch. MUFG Union Bank is both the seller and the sole occupant of the property. The company will lease the property and vacate the tower over the next two years on a staggered basis. It will vacate the bank branch after four years. The tower will also undergo a complete interior renovation. James Andrew International represented Takenaka in this transaction.
Community Preservation Partners Buys 280-Unit Affordable Housing Development in California
by Nellie Day
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has acquired Mountain View Apartments, a 280-unit affordable seniors housing community in Cathedral City, approximately 100 miles east of Los Angeles. A private trust sold the property for an undisclosed price. In conjunction with the sale, CPP has unveiled plans for $11.3 million in renovations to the community, which includes 70 buildings of four one-bedroom units each on a 20-acre plot. The community was built in 1984, and renovations are slated for completion by late 2017. Planned renovations include replacing all windows and doors, new paint, water efficiency upgrades, new exterior lighting and landscaping, cable television and wireless internet installation, new appliances, and fully remodeled bathrooms. The cost of the upgrades equates to approximately $40,000 per unit. Irvine-based CPP is an affordable housing rehabilitation company that owns more than 4,500 units across the United States.