LOS ANGELES — Elevated Returns has purchased an 80 percent stake in the 81-room Sunset Tower hotel in West Hollywood for $75 million. The hotel is located at 8358 Sunset Blvd. Partial owner and operator Jeff Klein will retain his 20 percent stake in the Art Deco hotel. He will also continue his role in the day-to-day operations of the property. Elevated Returns also recently purchased the St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colo., as well as the Chefs Club restaurants in Aspen and New York. Stephane De Baets leads the group. The seller was KKHG Sunset Tower LLC, an investment group headed by Peter Krulewitch. JLL’s Jeffrey Davis, John Strauss and Tony Muscio executed the transaction.
California
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A joint venture between Ocean West Capital Partners and Singerman Real Estate has acquired a 210,281-square-foot office complex in Long Beach for $35.2 million. The complex is located at 100 West Broadway Ave. within the Central Business and Pine Avenue entertainment districts. The two-tower, six-story property is currently 70.2 percent occupied. Major tenants include the City of Long Beach, Echo Global and Mental Health Association of America, as well as the newly renovated King’s Fish House and George’s Greek Café on the ground floor. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Brad Burton and Ken White represented the seller, Adler Realty Investments, in this transaction.
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Halimeh Hamideh has leased 1,142 square feet of restaurant space at 133 N. Twin Oaks Valley Road in San Marcos. The lessee plans to open a Pita’s Mediterranean Grill at the location within San Marcos Civic Center Plaza. The five-year lease has a $189,166 consideration. Bill Thaxton of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate represented the lessor in the transaction. The lessee was self-represented.
HEMET, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of Hemet Plaza, a shopping center located in Hemet east of Los Angeles. A Santa Ana-based private investor acquired the property for $5.5 million, representing a 6.3 percent cap rate. Situated on four acres, the property is occupied by Big Lots, True Value, Farmers Insurance, Jackson Hewitt Tax Services, Rent-A-Center, Metro PCS and U.S. Postal Service. The six-building center, which was built in 1985, was 71 percent occupied at the time of sale. Pat Kent of Hanley Investment Group represented both the seller, a private investor based in Tucson, Ariz., and the buyer in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Avison Young has brokered a 10-year lease for 7,600 square feet of restaurant space at 1000 S. Olive St. within the South Park submarket of downtown Los Angeles. PSP Investment Group leased the space to Bar Mikkeller. The tenant is planning a total renovation of the site with a grand opening slated for early fall 2016. Bar Mikkeller, which has locations in Copenhagen, Denmark; San Francisco; Bangkok; Stockholm; Reykjavik, Iceland; Seoul, South Korea; and Tokyo, offers craft beer. Derrick Moore and Amit Parekh of Avison Young represented the landlord and tenant in the transaction.
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. — Minnesota-based operator The Goodman Group will hold a grand opening Thursday for Pearl Garden, a 19-unit memory care community within the Katella Senior Living community in the Los Alamitos submarket of Los Angeles. Pearl Garden will add memory care to the community’s existing independent living and assisted living units. The new units are intended to allow residents to age in place at Katella longer. Alamitos West Health Care Center, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation community also managed by Goodman Group, is located on the same campus. The full-service Los Alamitos Medical Center is located across the street.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — A joint venture of Citivest Commercial Investments LLC and Ares Management has acquired a major portion of Temecula Town Center, a 241,980-square-foot shopping center is located at 27540 Ynez Road, in a transaction valued at $60 million. The seller was BACM 2006-5 Rancho California LP. The acquired portion of the 241,980-square-foot center includes CVS/pharmacy, Home Goods, 24 Hour Fitness Sport Club, Chase Bank and Active, among others. Built in 1989, the center is currently 85 percent occupied. Michelle Schierberl and Donald Ellis of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.
PICO RIVERA, CALIF. — Colliers Retail Foresight has brokered a lease for retail space in Pico Rivera. La Monarca Bakery will occupy 1,550 square feet at Rosemead and Mines in Pico Rivera. James Rodriguez and Michael Bohorquez of Colliers Retail Foresight represented the undisclosed landlord in the transaction.
REDLANDS, CALIF. — Majestic Realty Retail, a division of Majestic Realty Co., has announced the grand opening of Mountain Grove at Citrus Plaza, a 67-acre retail and entertainment shopping center in Redlands. Scheduled for Dec. 5, the grand opening will include 24 businesses, ranging from fashion, food and fitness to health and beauty, entertainment and home goods. Mountain Grove tenants include Banana Republic, Buy Buy Baby, Justice, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, TJ Maxx, Lane Bryant, Bahama Buck’s, MOD Pizza, Yogurtland, Waba Grill, 24 Hour Fitness, ULTA Beauty, Harkins Theaters, Hobby Lobby, HomeGoods and Kirkland’s.
GRASS VALLEY, CALIF. — Pine Tree Commercial Realty has acquired Pine Creek shopping center in Grass Valley for an undisclosed price. Built in 1988, the 216,683-square-foot property is occupied by a 60,000-square-foot Raley’s grocery store, JC Penney, Petco, Dollar Tree, Starbucks Coffee, Carl’s Jr., International House of Pancakes, Jamba Juice, Sally Beauty and GNC. Jon DuBois of Core Commercial’s Sacramento office brokered the transaction. Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company provided acquisition financing. The name of the seller was not released.