GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — Strategic Retail Advisors (SRA) has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 10912 Katella Ave. in the Orange County city of Garden Grove. OC Freedomhouse Church acquired the former Walmart Neighborhood Market from a private investor for $18 million. OC Freedomhouse plans to operate a new religious facility, including church services, an accredited Bible college and a child daycare all within an existing 46,287-square-foot tenant space. Blaine Bush of SRA handled the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Captiva Partners has purchased a multi-tenant, small-bay industrial building in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles for $15.7 million. The name of the seller was not released. Situated on 3.3 acres at 8210-8222 Lankershim Blvd., the 66,400-square-foot asset offers three buildings with 41 suites ranging from 1,200 square feet to 2,400 square feet. Captiva plans to implement a value-add business plan, including a capital improvement program that will address deferred maintenance and improve the property’s functionality and attractiveness.
— By Taylor Stokes, Market Intelligence Analyst, Avison Young — The Los Angeles office market continues to struggle with a 24.7 percent vacancy rate at the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to Avison Young’s first-quarter Los Angeles office market report. Leasing activity picked up slightly in the first quarter of 2024 with 951 leases recorded. This equated to 3.5 million square feet, up 5.4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2023 when there were 902 leases signed. To put the decline of occupancy in perspective, the first quarter of 2022 ended with a 15.4 percent office vacancy rate, which was up from 15 percent at the end of 2021. It was also up from the previous high of 13.1 percent that was recorded in 2010. There were a couple lease transactions to highlight in the first quarter of 2024. Snap picked up 400,000 square feet in Santa Monica, while Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi signed a nearly 62,000-square-foot lease in Downtown Los Angeles. Downtown continues to struggle with the highest vacancy in the market at 28.6 percent. The anticipated return to office hasn’t happened, as many users see the hybrid work schedule continuing for the long-term. They, therefore, …
SAN DIEGO — Dan Feder of F&F Properties has completed the sale of North Park Creative Office in San Diego to Mike Weston with Weston Legal PLLC for $2.7 million. Located at 4060 30th St., the 3,818-square-foot property was fully renovated in 2019. Renovations included high-end finishes, secured access, exposed beams, HVAC, eight private offices, a kitchen, conference room, game room, outdoor turf patios and a barbecue/fire pit. Nick Totah and Ross Sanchez of The Totah Group of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego downtown office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
VERNON, CALIF. — ARCO National Construction’s Pacific Coast division is providing design-build services for a 116,766-square-foot cold storage facility renovation project for Alpine Food Distributing. The site is located in Vernon, a first-ring suburb of Los Angeles. The project includes more than 40,000 square feet of freezer/cooler space, including nearly 10,000 square feet of convertible space capable of accommodating temperatures ranging from negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. There are also 2,455 square feet of production cooler available for produce processing, as well as more than 50,000 square feet of ambient storage. Additional construction details will include a carbon-dioxide refrigeration system, 15 dock positions, 26.5-foot clear heights and nearly 10,000 square feet of office space and break rooms. Alpine Foods plans to begin operations within the facility before the end of this year.
DIXON, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of a retail building located at 105 E. Dorset Drive in Dixon, approximately 25 miles southwest of Sacramento. A private investor sold the asset another private investor for $3.6 million. The multi-tenant property features 13,132 square feet of retail space. Michael Grandstaff and Christopher Hund of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
SAN LORENZO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $7.1 million loan for the refinancing of a 63,245-square-foot industrial building in the Bay Area community of San Lorenzo. Bradley Buzil and Connie Duong of MMCC secured the financing through a local credit union on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. Feng Transportation, a wholesaler and third-party logistics company, occupies the property, which is located at 2225 Grant Ave.
— By Kirsten Grado, Toss Vallentine and Wing Lee of JLL — The resilience of the South Bay/Silicon Valley economy has been tested with the dramatic change in hybrid work formats that enabled employees to work from anywhere. While office vacancy has hit near record levels over the past year, signs of strengthening fundamentals are pointing to a bottoming of the market and a period of opportunity for companies and investors with long-term views. So, what is marking the signs of optimism? Leasing activity has continued to improve as companies in technology, professional services, financial services/consulting and other sectors leased 865,000 square feet across 61 transactions in the first quarter of 2024. The largest leases were PwC agreeing to move from downtown San Jose into 141,000 square feet within the top three floors of One Santana West, as well as a confidential tech firm leasing 162,000 square feet at Coleman Highline, also in San Jose. Other notable leases were TDK InvenSense renewing its 82,000-square-foot space in San Jose, as well as KMPG and the 49ers organization each taking about 50,000 square feet of space in new leases in Santa Clara. Premier space remains in high demand as companies look to …
SAN DIEGO — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has completed Puesta del Sol Apartments, a 59-unit affordable seniors housing project in the Linda Vista neighborhood of San Diego. Residences are reserved for households earning 30 to 60 percent of the area median income, and the community has been awarded 59 project-based vouchers to ensure access for the most income-vulnerable residents. Additionally, six of the 59 vouchers will serve chronically homeless.The community only offers one-bedroom apartments, plus a two-bedroom manager unit. The San Diego Housing Commission provided a below-market-rate loan and project-based vouchers for the development. Additional funding was provided by construction and permanent lender Chase Bank (as a successor to First Republic Bank). Red Stone Equity Partners is an equity investor in the project. The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee provided 9 percent tax credits, and the city of San Diego waived $144,000 in permit fees. The locally based development team included general contractor Sun Country Builders, architectural firm Studio E Architects, civil engineering firm Project Design Consultants and landscape architect Schmidt Design Group Inc. Onsite services for residents are provided by CHW services partner, LifeSTEPS.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the $5.4 million sale of Time Square Center, an 11,790-square-foot retail strip center in Long Beach. Located at the intersection of Clark Avenue and Spring Street, the property was fully leased at the time of sale, primarily to restaurant tenants on triple-net leases. Nick Miller of Faris Lee represented the buyer, an Orange County, Calif.-based investor, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. The Faris Lee team also secured acquisition financing through a local credit union.