California

Palisades Hospitality Group Buys the Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs

by Nellie Day July 6, 2015

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — Palisades Hospitality Group (PHG) has purchased the 57-room Colony Palms Hotel in Palm Springs for $24 million. The hotel is located at 572 North Indian Canyon Drive. Colony Palms is situated just one block off the city’s main downtown strip. It was built in the 1930s. Amenities include a full-service spa and the Purple Palm restaurant and bar. PHG plans to upgrade and enhance the property over the next several months. It will also create 1,200 square feet of meeting space for small groups and events that can accommodate up to 50 people. The hotel has a colored past, as it was allegedly once owned by mobster Al Westheimer. At the time, it featured a casino, speakeasy and brothel that attracted famous Hollywood guests like Clark Gable, Carole Lombard and Humphrey Bogart. The hotel was purchased in the 1940s by Robert and Amanda Leeds-Howard, the owners of famed racehorse Seabiscuit. It underwent a substantial $17 million renovation in 2008. That renovation was overseen by Martyn Bullard-Lawrence, who was named one of Architectural Digest’s top 100 interior designers. He is also known for his role on Bravo’s “Million Dollar Designers.” PHG will operate the Colony Palms under …

July 6, 2015

California Multifamily Student Housing Western

Campus Advantage Hires VP of Communications and Marketing

by Nellie Day July 6, 2015

SAN DIEGO — Campus Advantage has hired Rosemary Whaling as vice president of communications and marketing to help continue its growth. Whaling joined Campus Advantage to lead the company’s awareness-building activities, including corporate marketing, public relations and employee communications. Whaling joins the company with more than 20 years of consumer marketing and public relations experience at companies such as Procter & Gamble, Dell, Commemorative Brands and Sweet Leaf Tea. Campus Advantage’s portfolio includes properties in San Diego, Reno, Nev., and Eugene, Ore.

July 6, 2015

California Multifamily Western

Park Grove Apartments in San Diego Sells for $9.6M

by Nellie Day July 2, 2015

SAN DIEGO – The 98-unit Park Grove Apartments in San Diego has sold to 3635 College Ave LLC for $9.6 million. The community is located at 3635-75 College Ave. Park Grove is situated just two miles from San Diego State University. The buyer plans to rebrand the multifamily property after it completes major interior and exterior upgrades. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International’s San Diego Multifamily Advisory Group represented both the buyer and the seller, the William R. Mundt Trust, in this transaction.

July 2, 2015

California Healthcare Western

HCP CIO Paul Gallagher Resigns

by Nellie Day July 2, 2015

IRVINE, CALIF. — Paul Gallagher has resigned from his position as executive vice president and chief investment officer of real estate investment trust HCP Inc. The resignation will be effective June 30, though Gallagher will provide consulting services until March 2016 to smooth the transition. The reason for the resignation was not disclosed. “Paul has been a valued member of our management team and we greatly appreciate his contributions over the past 12 years, especially in growing and diversifying our portfolio,” says Lauralee Martin, HCP’s president and CEO. “We have strong, dedicated investment teams across our real estate sectors, and will continue executing our portfolio strategy with existing and new operating partners.”

July 2, 2015

California Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Merrill Arranges Sale of Community in San Diego for $5.1M

by Nellie Day July 2, 2015

SAN DIEGO — California-based real estate firm Merrill Commercial Real Estate Inc. has arranged the sale of Golden Living of Point Loma in San Diego for $5.1 million. The assisted living community consists of 55 units (113 beds) within 30,832 square feet on a 0.75-acre lot. New ownership plans to convert a portion of the existing units to memory care.

July 2, 2015

California Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Sunrise Opens New Community in San Francisco Area

by Nellie Day July 2, 2015

BURLINGAME, CALIF. — Sunrise Senior Living opened its newest community — Sunrise of Burlingame near San Francisco — on June 29, marking the 40th community in California for the owner/operator. The new four-story, 65,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care community on Trousdale Drive contains about 80 units, with a resident capacity of 97. Sunrise expects to open a new community in Dublin, Ohio, in August and Sunrise at Palos Verdes in the Los Angeles area next year.

July 2, 2015

California Office Western

Illusion LLC Renews Office Space in Downtown Los Angeles

by Nellie Day July 2, 2015

LOS ANGELES – Illusion LLC has renewed its lease for 6,987 square feet of office space in Downtown Los Angeles. The space is located at 617 West Seventh Street. Illusion LLC is a records storage facility. The building is owned by the Swig Company.

July 2, 2015

California Retail Western

Foremost Companies Acquires Two Retail Centers for $23M

by Nellie Day July 1, 2015

DIAMOND BAR, CALIF. — Foremost Companies has acquired two adjacent shopping centers in Diamond Bar totaling more than 120,000 square feet of leasable commercial space for $23 million. The Ranch Center and Oak Tree Plaza cover 10.4 acres of property with a tenant roster including restaurants, medical offices, a bowling alley and retail. Foremost acquired The Ranch Center in an off-market acquisition from Preferred Bank, which foreclosed on the center in October 2014. Foremost acquired and consolidated the interest of a long-term ground-lease tenant at Oak Tree Plaza while restructuring a new lease with the anchor tenant. Preferred Bank provided acquisition financing, and Stonewood Properties will act as property manager for both centers.

July 1, 2015

California Retail Western

Buchanan Street Buys Rowland Plaza in San Francisco Bay Area for $25M

by Nellie Day July 1, 2015

NOVATO, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has acquired Rowland Plaza, a 143,444-square-foot office project in Novato for $24.9 million. The two-building development is located at 75 and 88 Rowland Way. The plaza is 73 percent occupied. The tenant mix includes public accounting, technology, healthcare, professional services, and governmental and social services firms. Buchanan plans to make improvements to the plaza’s common areas and landscaping. This will include a complete lobby renovation, with redesigned landscaping to increase the curb appeal of the project. Renovations are scheduled to be complete by mid-2016. This is Buchanan Street’s second acquisition in the San Francisco Bay area this quarter. Buchanan Street represented itself in this transaction, while Grant Lammersen and George Eckard from Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Barker Pacific Group and Rockwood Capital.

July 1, 2015

California Retail Western

The Village at Westfield Topanga to Open in Los Angeles

by Nellie Day July 1, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The Village at Westfield Topanga, an over 1 million-square-foot addition to the power shopping center Westfield Topanga, is set to open mid-September in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills. The center will include retailers new to the Los Angeles area including Fabletics, an athletic apparel brand co-founded by actress Kate Hudson, DAVIDsTEA, Rain and ConfeXion, a champion bakery on Food Network’s television show “Cupcake Wars.” The Crate & Barrel store at The Village is already open, and will remain so throughout construction.

July 1, 2015

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