LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a Chase Bank located at 31575 Canyon Estates Drive in Lake Elsinore. It sold for $4.4 million, at a capitalization rate of 4.29 percent. Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while CBRE’s Don LeBuhn the buyer, a San Francisco-based private investor.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Construction has commenced on a new 25-bed Tehachapi Critical Care Replacement Hospital 35 miles southeast of Bakersfield. The $90 million project is a joint venture between Bernards and Colombo Construction. The 77,889-square-foot critical access facility will offer acute care and outpatient services. It will be the only healthcare facility in Tehachapi, a rural area of Kern County. The hospital will include 16 medical/surgical beds, four intensive care beds and a five-bed obstetrical (labor and delivery/postpartum) unit. It will also contain an emergency room, anesthesia services, a radiology/imaging center, a clinical laboratory, dietetic services space, a pharmacy and nearly 16,000 square feet for administrative offices. The property will also include facility support functions like a central plant, general storage area and laundry area. Tehachapi Critical Care Replacement Hospital is scheduled for completion in 2016. SWA Architects is designing the project.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Wermers Properties has debuted the 256-unit Adagio on the Green luxury apartment complex in Mission Viejo. The community is located at 26600 Oso Parkway. Adagio sits adjacent to the Mission Viejo Country Club.
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Shopping mall developer Simon Property Group is set to complete its redevelopment of Stanford Shopping Center, a mall located in Palo Alto, and add 14 new tenants to open in spring 2016. The Plaza, Simon’s reimagined public space, includes gardens, lawn space, a water feature with infinity edges and a new outdoor venue for special events. The reimagined public space, nearing completion in November, will also include suspended wooden trellis with decorative lighting and an open-air, granite-clad fireplace. New retailers set to open at the center will include Anthropologie, Allen-Edmonds Shoe, LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, Luisa Spagnoli, AllSaints, lululemon, Everything But Water, The North Face, Uno de 50, Vineyard Vines, Pink Posy, True Food Kitchen, Tender Greens, and Minamoto Kitchoan. Stanford Shopping Center expects a total of 25 new stores to open during late spring 2016.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Pieology is set to open a location at Rialto Marketplace, a new development anchored by Walmart in Rialto. Blindside 75, a multi-unit franchisee of Pieology, has signed a 10-year lease for 2,200 square feet at the center. Greg Giacopuzzi of NewMark Merrill Cos. represented the landlord, and Matt Adamczyk of Kennedy Wilson represented the tenant in the transaction.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — Asset Campus Housing has been selected as the management company of Mustang Village, a 1,006-bed student housing community. The property is located within walking distance of California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo. Mustang Village offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with private bedrooms and full-furnishing options. The student housing complex will undergo interior and exterior renovations to include upgraded flooring, cabinetry, counters, lighting, appliances and furniture. Upon completion of the renovations, amenities for the Mustang Village apartments will include a newly refurbished basketball court, BBQ grills, picnic area, computer lab, study room, TV lounge and pool.
IRVINE, CALIF. — WNC, an investor focused on affordable real estate, has promoted Wendy Yan to vice president of underwriting. Yan joined WNC in 2011 as a senior project manager of underwriting and was later promoted to a director of underwriting. Throughout her career, she has been involved in land acquisition and entitlement, due diligence review, financial underwriting/structuring and public and private financing. Yan earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles.
SAN DIEGO — The Casey Brown Co. has purchased the San Diego Union-Tribune property for $52 million. The asset is located at 350 Camino de la Reina in the San Diego submarket of Mission Valley. The property contains a 170,000-square-foot office building and a 190,000-square-foot industrial building that formerly served as the newspaper’s printing facility. Casey Brown plans to upgrade the existing office building into an amenity-rich, Class A corporate campus. The industrial building is currently being evaluated for alternative uses. The site was also recently entitled for 200 apartment units. The seller, Doug Manchester, was the former publisher of the Union-Tribune. CBRE will handle leasing the property.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has purchased the 60-unit Mauna Loa Apartments in Santa Ana for $14.6 million. The community is located at 1311 Washington Ave. It is situated near Westfield MainPlace Mall and the Discovery Cube Orange County science museum. Tyler Leeson of Marcus & Millichap’s Newport Beach office represented the seller, an LLC.
IRWINDALE, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased a 64,296-square-foot industrial facility in Irwindale for $8.1 million. The facility is located at 16321-16327 Arrow Highway. It is fully leased to one tenant that has used the property as its corporate headquarters, production and distribution facility for several decades.
