SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates Santa Barbara has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 34 E. Montecito St. in Santa Barbara. Avis Rent A Car sold the property in a sale/leaseback transaction to 34 East Montecito 2016 LLC for $2.5 million, or $1,866.67 per square foot. Situated in the Funk Zone area of Santa Barbara, the property features 1,350 square feet of retail space. Christi Vior of Lee & Associates Santa Barbara represented the buyer, while Rob Adams and Steve Leider, also of Lee & Associates, represented the seller in the deal.
EL MONTE, CALIF. — The Magellan Group has completed the Magellan Gateway, a 501,270-square-foot industrial project in the San Gabriel Valley submarket of El Monte. The Class A project is located at 4181 Temple City Blvd. Gill Corp., Jans Investment and Management and Dream Home Temple City Boulevard LLC have already purchased three of the property’s five buildings. Cushman &a Wakefield’s Erik Larson, Robin Dodson, John Minervini and Chris Tolles represented The Magellan Group in all three transactions. Millie & Severson built Magellan Gateway, which HPA Architecture designed. Principal Real Estate Investors provided joint venture equity for the development; U.S. Bank provided construction financing.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — A joint venture between Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) and Vista Investment Group has acquired a 92,864-square-foot office/research and development building in San Jose for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 2581 Junction Ave. Concurrent with the closing, Thinfilm Electronics entered into a long-term lease to occupy the building. The lease includes a 22,000-square-foot clean room that the company will use to produce electronics products. The new facility will support the company’s expansion as it increases production. Renovations to the space will commence immediately, with occupancy scheduled for the first quarter of 2017. LEI’s affiliate, Lowe Enterprises Real Estate Group, provided local acquisition and leasing services and will operate the property. ATREG represented the seller.
SAN DIEGO — An affiliate of Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT based in Pasadena, Calif., has purchased Torrey Ridge Science Center in San Diego’s Torrey Pines submarket. Walton Street Capital and SteelWave sold the campus to Alexandria for $182.5 million. Torrey Ridge Science Center is a Class A life science campus leased to companies such as Regulus Therapeutics, Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Nitto BioPharma, Interpreta and BP Technology Ventures. The three-building, 291,799-square-foot campus was 87 percent leased at the time of sale. “This was a highly strategic acquisition for Alexandria in Torrey Pines, one of our core San Diego submarkets,” says Daniel Ryan, executive vice president and regional market director of San Diego for Alexandria Real Estate Equities. Located at 10578, 10614 and 10628 Science Center Drive, Torrey Ridge Science Center was built in 2004 and since 2012 the sellers invested $55 million in base building and tenant improvements. The renovations included upgrading common areas, signage and landscaping, as well as creating a new dedicated central plant and adding chilled water systems for each building. The campus also features newly built tenant amenities including a fitness center, conference center and Wich Addiction café. “The Torrey Ridge …
PALM DESERT, CALIF. — Ashford Hospitality Trust has sold a two-hotel portfolio in Palm Desert for $36 million. The transaction includes the 151-room Courtyard Palm Desert and the 130-room Residence Inn Palm Desert. The portfolio achieved RevPAR (revenue per available room) of $92 with an occupancy rate of 74 percent and ADR (average daily rate) of $123. The portfolio also had an existing debt balance of about $24 million that was assumed by the buyer.
LOS ANGELES — Bold Films has announced plans to relocate its headquarters to the new Hollywood 959 creative entertainment campus. The campus is located at 959 N. Seward St. in the Hollywood Media District. Bold Films has leased 15,000 square feet in the five-story West Wing building. The independent entertainment production and finance company has worked on films such as “Nightcrawler,” “Whiplash” and “Drive.” JH Snyder Company developed and built Hollywood 959 this past March. The campus includes 245,000 square feet of creative office space in two wings. Greg Frankovich of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Bold Films in the transaction. Michael Geller of First Property represented JH Snyder.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — DJM Capital Partners has completed the development of Phase I of Pacific City, a mixed-use development located in Huntington Beach. Phase I features 191,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of outdoor community space and 400,000 square feet of on-grade and subterranean parking. An eight-story, four-star oceanfront hotel named Pasea also opened at the property this year. Future components of the development will include a 516-unit residential community to be named The Residences at Pacific City. C.W. Driver Cos. built the first phase of the project, which is currently 80 percent leased to tenants including Equinox Fitness, LOT 579, Ola Mexican Kitchen, Tank Farm & Co., Barnabas Clothing, H&M, Free People, Tommy Bahama and Sephora. Jerde Partnership, SMS Architects and Lifescapes International designed the development.
ANAHEIM HILLS, CALIF. — JCH Consulting Group has arranged the sale of six skilled nursing facilities in Central California for an undisclosed price. Riverside Healthcare sold the facilities to Meridian Management Services, which operates all six. The specific facilities and purchase price were not disclosed. Built between 1950 and 1975, the facilities range from 42 to 99 beds. The average occupancy rate at the time of closing was 80 percent. JCH represented the buyer while Marcus and Millichap represented the seller. Nick Stahler was JCH’s lead agent on the transaction. Anaheim Hills-based JCH Consulting Group is a brokerage firm focused on the seniors housing industry.
SAN DIEGO — Strata Equity Group has acquired a 24-property multifamily portfolio from an affiliate of New York City-based DRA Advisors LLC for $720 million. The Southeast Residential Portfolio consists of 6,294 units located throughout 13 metropolitan areas in Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee and South Carolina. The properties were built between 1985 and 2000, with an average year built of 1996. Over the past three years, net rental income for the portfolio has increased 12.2 percent while averaging 95.3 percent occupancy. Malcom McComb of CBRE negotiated the transaction on behalf of the seller. Bill Chiles and Robert LaChapelle of CBRE also secured $500 million in acquisition financing for Strata. The financing features a mixture of seven- and 10-year fixed- and floating-rate loans provided by Freddie Mac. “We negotiated a portion of the portfolio under a newly created version of the Freddie Mac Revolving Credit Facility,” says Chiles. “This facility gives Strata Equity Group more financing flexibility for certain assets, as well as an attractive vehicle for new purchases with similar business plans.” The names of only three properties in the portfolio were disclosed: Alta Mills, 1650 Anderson Mill Road, Austell, Ga.; Eagle Pointe Apartments, 8608 Eagle Pointe Drive, Knoxville, Tenn.; …
STOCKTON, CALIF. — Capstone Development Partners and the University of the Pacific have broken ground on a 381-bed, on-campus residence hall in Stockton. The 158,000-square-foot development will include two four-story buildings consisting of 142 studio, two- and four-bedroom units. A 15,000-square-foot amenity space will offer social and study areas for residents. Mogavero Architects designed the $36 million project, which is scheduled to open for occupancy in January 2018. Sundt Construction has been tapped to build the facility.