LOS ANGELES — IPA Capital Markets has arranged a total of $107 million in financing for two multifamily properties in California. The properties include the Emerald Terrace Apartments in Los Angeles and Fiori Estates in the Northern California submarket of Rohnert Park. The communities received $52 million and $55 million, respectively. The Emerald financing was structured as an interest-only, floating-rate loan. The loan-to-total cost value, including rehab dollars, is 72 percent. Fiori’s financing was structured with an interest-only floater of less than 3 percent. The loan-to-value is 65 percent and the loan-to-cost is 92 percent. Jake Roberts and Anita Paryani of IPA Capital Markets arranged the financing.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — HFF has arranged equity and debt capital in excess of $50 million for Pacific Pearl Shopping Center, a shopping center under development in Pleasanton. HFF worked on behalf of the developer, BHV Centerstreet Properties, to arrange a joint venture equity partnership with a fund advised by UBS Asset Management. Additionally, the firm secured a construction loan for the partnership through Wells Fargo Bank. Situated at the intersection of Stonebrige Drive and El Charro Road, Marina Food, an Asian foods supermarket, will anchor the 112,000-square-foot retail center. The development will feature an international food court and dim/sum banquet restaurant, as well as a mix of traditional and Asian-oriented tenants. Bruce Ganong, Nicholas Bicardo, Brandon Roth and Danny Reddin of HFF secured the financing for the developer.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of Tustin Village Center, a retail center located at 15761 Tustin Village Way in Tustin. The 15,367-square-foot center, which was recently built, sold for $3.1 million in an all-cash transaction. The 100 percent vacant multi-tenant center was sold in rough shell condition allowing the buyer the opportunity to complete improvements to its requirements and lease up the center. Victor Buendia and Brad Umansky of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, a Santa Ana, Calif.-based private investor, while Dennis Zhang of CBRE represented the buyer, an Alhambra, Calif-.based private investor, in the transaction.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $47 in non-recourse financing for The New Californian, a mixed-use development in Berkeley. The property contains 148 apartment units and 15,700 square feet of retail space. The New Californian is located at 1988 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, about three blocks from UC Berkeley. The project was originally developed in 2010 by Hudson McDonald, the borrower. John Nelson, Michael Walker and Erik Franks of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan.
LOS ANGELES – Ready Capital has provided a $6.1 million loan for a 16,000-square-foot office property in Los Angeles. The property is located at 515 Shatto Place in the Koreatown neighborhood. The funds will be used to acquire, renovate and stabilize the property, which will be converted to creative office space. The loan features a two-year term with a one-year extension option. It also comes with a funding facility that can provide future capital expenses, tenant improvement and leasing commissions, with an advance of up to 75 percent loan-to-cost. The borrower was not named.
SAN DIEGO — Newkirk Family Trust II has acquired Ten on Columbia, a 10-unit apartment building in the San Diego submarket of Little Italy, for $5.5 million. The community is located at 2104 Columbia St. The loft-style property debuted this past October. It achieved full occupancy by December. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International’s Multi-Family Advisory Group represented both the buyer and seller, BAIA Vista LLC, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — BH Properties has donated $500,000 to the USC Price School of Public Policy in Los Angeles. The donation will help fund the school’s new Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development degree. The gift will also help recruit real estate faculty, provide professional development opportunities for students to gain real-world experience in the industry and fund scholarships for the program’s most exceptional young students. This is the first gift pledged in support of the Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development program. The Price School launched one of the nation’s first graduate degrees in real estate development with the establishment of the Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development program in 1986. USC’s Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development launched this past fall. It is expected to accept up to 250 students per year.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Zephyr has sold The Block, a 60,000-square-foot mixed-use site currently under development on Broadway in San Diego, to Vancouver, Canada-based Bosa Development. The final price was $33 million, according to The San Diego Union Tribune. Zephyr acquired the property in 2014 and received approvals to transform it into a mixed-use development. The incomplete re-development includes a 41-floor tower and 21-floor tower housing 498 residential units, a boutique hotel and retail space. Zoning of the site allows for development of up to 720,000 square feet. Currently, the property consists of 1950s-era retail, parking and office space. Bosa plans to demolish the existing structures and develop the mixed-use retail and residential community on the site. Joseph Wong Design Associates is the architect for The Block, which is estimated to cost at least $250 million.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Norman S. Wright Climatec Equipment of Southern CA has purchased a 63,774-square-foot industrial asset in Anaheim for $10.8 million. The building is located at 3325 E. La Palma Ave. The seller is La Palma/Miller Owner LLC. Mitch Zehner and Seth Davenport of Voit’s Anaheim office executed the sale.
TEMECULA AND NOVATO, CALIF. — A real estate fund managed by Ares Management, in partnership with Citivest Commercial Investments LLC, has acquired two shopping centers located in Temecula and Novato, Calif. Acquisitions include Downtown Novato Center, a 98,000-square-foot retail center anchored by Lucky Supermarket in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay area; and Temecula Town Center, a 241,980-square-foot Target shadow-anchored shopping center located in Temecula. Terms of the transaction were undisclosed.