WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — County Commerce Bank has acquired a freestanding bank building located at 2663 Townsgate Road in Westlake Village. The 4,183-square-foot property sold for $3 million, or $621 per square foot. County Commerce Bank plans to open a new branch at the location once the existing lease to Rabobank ends in October. Michael Schiff of NAI Capital represented the seller, Westlake Gateway Properties, in the transaction.
VALLEJO, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the $4.8 million sale of a 16,500-square-foot single-tenant, triple-net lease CVS/pharmacy located in Vallejo. The transaction has a capitalization rate of 4.3 percent, the lowest recorded for a single-tenant CVS/pharmacy-occupied property. Christopher DePierro and Jeff Conover of Faris Lee represented the seller, Rivers Rock Vallejo LLC, and LemRx Realty Advisors represented the buyer, Calpine Corp., in the transaction. The property is currently under construction, and will open in October.
LOS ANGELES — The ConAm Group has acquired the 137-unit TownCentre Commons apartments in the Los Angeles submarket of Brentwood for $26.4 million. The community is located at 1275 Central Blvd. TownCentre Commons is currently 98.5 percent leased. ConAm plans to implement a series of interior and exterior upgrades at the property, including the common area amenities. Seth Siegel and Jason Parr of Cushman & Wakefield represented both ConAm and the seller, Ridge Capital Investors, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — The Herald Examiner Building in downtown Los Angeles will soon undergo redevelopment. to turn the historic space into a mix of creative office space, retail and restaurants. The Herald Examiner Building was originally constructed in 1914 between South Park and the Broadway Corridor. The two-story lobby will also undergo a restoration as part of the renovation. The Georgetown Company has partnered with the Hearst Corporation on this project. The Herald Examiner Building was initially designed by Julia Morgan, the same architect who designed Hearst Castle. Carl Muhlstein of Jones Lang LaSalle will lead the leasing efforts.
LOS ANGELES — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank has arranged a $27 million loan for a 151,013-square-foot office building in downtown Los Angeles. The Class A building is located at 626 Wilshire Blvd. The property features ground-floor retail atop two below-grade parking levels. It was originally built in 1966 as the headquarters for State Mutual Savings & Loan, one of Southern California’s leading financial institutions at the time. The borrowers, Barker Pacific Group and Golden Boy Enterprises, will use these funds to retire existing debt. The financing will also be used for property upgrades. Jordan Roeschlaub, Daniel Fromm and Scott Selke of NGKF Capital Markets team arranged and restructured the loan.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Landmark Properties has acquired The Bancroft Center, a mixed-use site that sits adjacent to UC Berkeley, for $18.5 million. The property is located at 2580 Bancroft Way. The center currently houses nine retail tenants. It also contains the Fred Turner Building, a city-designated landmark that will be preserved in any future development. Frank Wheeler, Brandon Geraldo, Tony Crossley and Tim Maas of Colliers represented the seller, Bancroft Center Company.
PHOENIX — Liv Biltmore LLC has acquired the 395-unit Sienna Springs apartment complex in Phoenix for $20.5 million. The Class B community is located at 5120 N. 16th St. It was built in 1973 and renovated in 2006. The seller was P.B. Bell. Brad and Cindy Cooke of Colliers International executed the transaction
LOS ANGELES — The LA Opera has leased a 27,500-square-foot industrial/flex building in downtown Los Angeles. The opera production organization will use the space as a costume design shop. It is located at 1655 E. 14th St. The company will relocate from the nearby Arts District. The 10-year lease is valued at $4.6 million. Chris Steck, Chris Giordano and John Anthony of Charles Dunn Company represented LA Opera. Major Properties represented the landlord, Danjon Realty.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $93 million in financing for Timberleaf Apartments and Alderwood Apartments, a pair of apartment buildings in the Silicon Valley submarket of Santa Clara. The funds will allow the borrower, Prometheus Real Estate Group, to lock in low interest rates. Prometheus will also enjoy a period of interest-only payments for part of the loan term. Prometheus built both properties in the late 1980s. The company has made substantial upgrades to both assets over the past 10 years. Jeffrey Weidell, Nate Prouty and Andrew Slaton of NorthMarq Capital’s San Francisco office arranged the new senior mortgage loans were arranged by through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Construction management company Bernards will build new prison healthcare facilities and renovate the existing buildings at two state prisons situated just north of Bakersfield. The contract through the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pertains to the North Kern State Prison (NKSP) in Delano and the Wasco State Prison in Wasco. The prisons are about 20 minutes from one another. Improvements to healthcare facilities at these prisons are part of the state-mandated Health Care Facility Improvement Program. This program was implemented following a 2006 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to place the state’s prison healthcare system in receivership. The decision came after several inmates were successful at raising lawsuits against the State of California alleging the healthcare provided to prisoners violated their constitutional rights.