IRVINE, CALIF. — Real estate investment company WNC has closed WNC Institutional Tax Credit Fund X California Series 13 LP, a $75 million institutional, low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) fund. The fund, which includes seven investors, will acquire nine properties in California. Composed of family and senior housing properties, the fund includes 978 units of affordable housing in both suburban and urban parts of the state, including Casa de Seniors in San Clemente, a 72-unit seniors housing rehabilitation project. This is the company’s second largest equity raise, thus far. WNC, which is based in Irvine, has closed a total of 18 California funds that have acquired more than 250 properties in 46 counties.
CERES, CALIF. — Phillips Edison & Co. has acquired Central Valley Marketplace, an 81,897-square-foot shopping center in Ceres. A 59,809-square-foot Food 4 Less anchors the center. Additional tenants include Starbucks Coffee, GameStop, H & A Wireless, Panda Express, Round Table Pizza, Wingstop, Bel Air Nails and Subway.
MANHATTAN BEACH, CALIF. — West Ridge Rentals LLC has purchased a 35,911-square-foot medical office complex in Manhattan Beach for $15.6 million. The three-building complex is located at 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd. The buildings include small retail elements that house related businesses. The complex was built in 1976. Eric Lastition and Geoff Ludwig of Colliers International represented the seller, Manhattan Beach Mall LP.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Grocery chain Fresh & Easy is relocating its executive and administrative hub from El Segundo to nearby Torrance. The hub will be located at 20101 Hamilton Place. NGKF’s David Kluth and Joel Smith negotiated the lease.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Custom Companies has leased 306,286 square feet of industrial space in Santa Fe Springs. The space is located at 13012 Molette. The lease is valued at $13.7 million. Custom Companies, which provides airfreight and truck shipments to and from all points in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, will relocate from nearby Carson. The company will use the space for its warehouse, distribution, outside trailer storage and general office needs. NGKF’s Wesley Hunnicutt and Matthew Moore represented Custom Companies. Eric Knirk of Fremont Associates represented the owner, Oltmans Real Estate Company.
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Ultima Hospitality and Argosy Real Estate have sold the 100-room Holiday Inn Express in Mill Valley, a submarket in Marin County that is just north of San Francisco. The hotel is located at 160 Shoreline Highway. The price was not disclosed. The hotel was formerly known as the Larkspur Mill Valley Hotel until the partners rebranded it in fall 2012. The property’s guestrooms, common areas and exteriors were also renovated at this time.
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — JLL has agreed to acquire Shelter Bay Retail Group, a retail property management firm based in Mill Valley, for an undisclosed sum. Shelter Bay manages 74 urban and suburban, open-air shopping centers throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose/South Bay, central and southern California and Arizona. The acquisition is expected to close later this month, subject to customary closing conditions. The properties’ management teams will remain intact to ensure a seamless transition when the deal closes. Shelter Bay’s team of 30 experts will join JLL at closing. Stephen Robertson, chairman of Shelter Bay, will join JLL as director of retail business development, West Coast, while Sondra Van Metre, president and CEO, will join as director of retail property management, West Coast. The two will lead the combined organization’s West Coast retail property management operations.
CONCORD, CALIF. — KZ Companies has purchased Concord Terminal Shopping Center, a 41,400-square-foot shopping center near Walnut Creek, for $7.2 million. The center is located at 2677 and 2689 Clayton Road. It is occupied by CVS Pharmacy and Big 5 Sporting Goods. Concord Terminal was built in 1963. Kevin Van Voorhis, Henry Englehardt and Deborah Perry of Collier’s International represented the sellers, Logan Survivor’s Trust and Logan Non-Exempt Marital Trust.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Shaw Development Co. has purchased a 197,000-square-foot industrial warehouse in San Bernardino for $12 million. The warehouse is located at 5080 Hallmark Parkway. Shaw plans to reposition the asset before marketing it for sale or lease. Frank Geraci and Juan Gutierrez of Voit Real Estate Services’ Ontario office executed the sale.
LOS ANGELES — A private investor has purchased The Deveraux apartment building in the Los Angeles submarket of Koreatown for $4.7 million. The community is located at 2921 S. Francis Ave. The majority of the units were recently renovated. The Deveraux is now 90 percent leased. The buyer represented itself in this transaction, while Dana Brody of Commercial Asset Group represented the seller, ASBREA LLC.