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.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of McCalla Centre, a 110,620-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Santa Ana. A San Diego-based private real estate investment fund manager acquired the property from an Orange County, Calif.-based private investor for $31.8 million, representing a 3.76 percent cap rate on high occupancy. Situated on 8.7 acres at 230 N. Harbor Blvd., the center was 97 percent occupied at the time of closing. Anchor tenants include Northgate Market and CVS/pharmacy. Philip Voorhees, James Slusher, Megan Wood, Brad Rable, Matt Burson and John Read of CRBE represented the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Chai LP has purchased a 34,400-square-foot industrial building in San Francisco for $14.2 million. The building is located at 2650 18th St. in the city’s Mission District. Weston Wear previously occupied the space, though Zesty just signed a new lease. Zesty is a catering company that delivers, sets up and serves restaurant-made meals to businesses throughout San Francisco. Weston Wear has relocated to 389 Oyster Point where it now occupies approximately 12,000 square feet. Jason James of TRI Commercial/CORFAC International represented Weston Wear, Zesty and the building’s seller in all transactions.
LOS ANGELES — Harridge Development Group has acquired Wilshire Galleria, a 138,000-square-foot retail building located at 3240 Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Koreatown district. NEWKOA LLC sold the property for an undisclosed price. Situated on 2.1 acres, the five-story former I-Magnin & Co. building is located on the southeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue. Johnny Choi of CBRE, along with Curtis Palmer and Anthony Muhlstein of ARA Newmark, represented the buyer in the transaction.
FULLERTON, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 101 N. Harbor Blvd. in Fullerton for $10.9 million, or $858 per square foot. Bolü Bakery & Café, Salon Technique and Fuoco Pizzeria Napoletana occupy the 12,765-square-foot, absolute-net leased property. It was built in 1956 and refurbished with an extensive rebuild and retrofit in 2010. Paul Bitoni of Marcus & Millichap’s Newport Beach, Calif., office represented the seller, a local developer, in the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.
FREMONT, CALIF. — The 100th EVgo Freedom Station in California is now open and is the nation’s largest publicly available, multi-standard fast charging site. Located in the strongest electric vehicle (EV) adoption area of the country, the Lucky Fremont location features four 50kW DC Fast Chargers equipped with CHAdeMO and DC Fast Combo; the station is also pre-wired for as many as four more chargers, which can be added in just days as demand requires. DC Fast Charging allows most EVs to get a nearly full charge in less than 30 minutes. EVgo has now completed 103 charging locations in California and has another 28 in the construction and permitting process. Nationwide, EVgo operates 500 Freedom Stations with more DC Fast Chargers than all other public providers combined.
ORANGE, CALIF. — Xchange Solutions has purchased a 25,900-square-foot office building in Orange for $3.3 million. The building is located at 2230 W Chapman Ave. It is situated on 1.1 acres. Chris Migliori of DAUM’s Orange County office represented both the buyer and seller, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in this transaction.