CHINO HILLS, CALIF. — Dunhill Partners Inc. has acquired The Shoppes at Chino Hills, a 377,966-square-foot lifestyle center located in the Los Angeles suburb of Chino Hills, for $147 million. Ryan Gallagher and CJ Osbrink, with assistance from John Crump and Bryan Ley, of HFF represented the seller, MX3 Ventures, in the transaction. The open-air center was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including anchors Forever 21, H&M, Trader Joe’s, Banana Republic, Victoria’s Secret and Barnes & Noble.
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SAN DIEGO — A private investor has purchased Scripps Ranch Marketplace Phase II, a 28,700-square-foot shopping center located in San Diego, for $20.45 million. Philip Voorhees, Todd Goodman, Preston Fetrow, Kirk Brummer, Megan Wood, Brad Rable, Matt Burson, Jimmy Slusher and John Read of CBRE and Mike Moser of Retail Insite represented the seller, a San Diego-based private asset management and investment company, in the transaction. A Santa Barbara-based private investor purchased the fully occupied property. The center is shadow anchored by Vons and CVS/pharmacy, and home to tenants including Chase, Verizon and Which Wich.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the $15.2 million sale of a newly built, 45,000-square-foot, single-tenant LA Fitness located in Riverside. Pat Kent and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group worked on behalf of the seller, GRAE La Sierra LLC, and George Ragheb of Entrance Homes Inc. represented the buyer, a Lakewood, Calif.-based private investor, in the transaction.
CLAREMONT, CALIF. — Dollar Tree will open a new 9,000-square-foot store at 342 S. Indian Hill Blvd. in Claremont later this year. The store will be located within the recently renovated Peppertree Square neighborhood center. Janine Peltier of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the lessor in this transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Westcore Properties has acquired an eight-building industrial portfolio from MetLife for $69.4 million. The properties contain a total of 634,289 square feet throughout four projects in Southern California. The acquisition includes a 300,896-square-foot business park in Buena Park that is leased to tenants like Isuzu Motors and Hochiki America Corp.; a 165,070-square-foot, single-tenant warehouse/distribution building in San Dimas that’s leased to Western Pacific Storage; an 88,323-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial building in Ontario leased to NGOC Hoang Gia LLC and Kelleher Corporation; and an 80,000-square-foot, single-tenant industrial building leased to Spartech Polycom. CBRE’s Darla Longo and Barbara Emmons represented MetLife in the transaction. San Diego-based Westcore Properties now owns more than 2.5 million square feet of commercial space throughout Southern California.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. — WealthCap has purchased two newly built office campuses in the Silicon Valley submarket of Los Gatos for an undisclosed sum. The Class A properties are located at 121 and 131 Albright Way. Both buildings are leased to Netflix. They will serve as the global headquarters for the on-demand digital movie and television show streaming company. The acquisition also includes an interest in the surrounding 15-acre campus, including 664 surface parking spaces and shared use of a 930-space structured parking garage. CBRE Global Investors represented WealthCap in the transaction. This is the German-based company’s second acquisition in Silicon Valley over the past 12 months.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has inked a new Dollar Tree lease in Rancho Cucamonga. The discount store has leased 8,700 square feet at 11398 Kenyon Way. The store will join Alberstons and CVS in early 2016 at the freeway-adjacent Vineyards Marketplace. Janine Peltier of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the lessor in this transaction.
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CALIF. — Colliers International has brokered the $9.6 million sale of a single-tenant retail site in the master-planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita in southern Orange County. Located at 22331 El Paseo, the single-tenant pad totals 74,000 square feet. The all-cash transaction closed with a cap rate of 5.5 percent. A 22,000-square-foot 24 Hour Fitness facility has occupied the site since 1997. The fitness facility also includes a sub-tenant chiropractic service. Mehran Foroughi and John Wadsworth of Colliers represented the seller, an Orange County-based private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.25 million sale of Metropolitan Plaza, a 21,208-square-foot multi-tenant retail center in Victorville. Pablo Rodriquez and Richard Vincent of Marcus & Millichap worked on behalf of the seller in the transaction. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale.
SAN FRANCISCO — Colliers International has hired Victoria Brodsky to its retail services group. Brodsky, who has participated in the closings of more than $500 million in transactions, will become a member of Julie Taylor’s retail team. Brodsky most recently served as a retail specialist at Cushman & Wakefield in San Francisco.