SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Virtú Investments has purchased The Eleven Hundred Apartments, a 565-unit apartment community in Sacramento, for a reported $44 million. The garden-style community is located at 1100 Howe Ave., within the city’s Arden Arcade neighborhood. The property was built in 1962. It was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mark Leary and Kyle Suryan of ARA Pacific represented both the buyer and seller, Acacia Capital, in this transaction.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. – University Square Plaza in San Luis Obispo has received seven new tenants. The new tenants include Rite Aid, Lassen’s Natural Food & Vitamin, Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen, Domino’s Pizza, The Pita Pit, Supercuts and a 5,000-square-foot microbrewery/restaurant that has yet to be named. University Square Plaza is located on the corner of Santa Rosa Road and Foothill Boulevard. It is currently undergoing a remodel that should be complete this spring or summer. Clarice Clarke and Steve Leider of Lee & Associates – Central Coast handle the center’s leasing efforts.
LOS ANGELES – UrbanBlox has acquired a 51,055-square-foot office building in Downtown Los Angeles’ Jewelry District for $8.5 million. The building is located at 718 S. Hill Street. The firm plans to redevelop the building into creative office space with ground-floor retail. This is UrbanBlox’s 12th acquisition in the past 15 months. The firm has been purchasing creative, mixed-use and multifamily properties in the LA River, Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood and Silver Lake areas. UrbanBlox was represented by JLL’s Mike Condon Jr. The seller was BRC Advisors.
SAN DIEGO – United Trust Fund (UTF) has acquired and leased back a 27,340-square-foot office building in San Diego. The office building is fully leased to a large construction company that holds a 15-year net lease at the property. UTF also owns the company’s regional headquarters in Arizona, Chicago and Massachusetts. The property’s address and price were not disclosed.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. – Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que and Wokcano will soon open at Westfield MainPlace in Santa Ana. Lucille’s will occupy a 10,000-square-foot space, while Wokcano will absorb 5,000 square feet. The restaurants are slated to open late this summer or early fall. Westfield MainPlace is currently undergoing a massive renovation. Panini Café, Dog Haus and Blaze Pizza have all recently opened at the center.
The San Diego multi-housing market is poised for significant growth in 2015. The third quarter of last year recorded 4.5 percent annual rent growth countywide, the highest rent growth numbers seen in more than a decade, according to CBRE Econometric Advisors (CBRE EA). Vacancy, meanthile, remained at 2.7 percent, the lowest level seen since 2007. Countywide average rents are at $1,548, an 8 percent premium over the 2008 peak levels. CBRE EA found that UTC/La Jolla remains the top rental market in the county, with overall rents averaging $1,958. UTC also witnessed the second-highest rent growth in the county last year, at 7.3 percent. UTC/La Jolla solidifies its position as the county’s top rental market due to strong resident demographics, planned infrastructure improvements and the trolley addition, Westfield’s expansion, and the presence of several major employers, as well as the University of San Diego and the biotech cluster of Torrey Pines. Downtown has emerged as San Diego’s hottest development market, with Class A projects now commanding rents of $2,652, or $2.98 per square foot. There were 929 units in four projects added last year, bringing the total inventory in Downtown to 4,840 units in 23 buildings (100-plus+ units, market-rate only). …
CARSON, CALIF. – AMPAM Parks Mechanical has purchased a 50,100-square-foot industrial building in Carson for $5.8 million. The facility is located at 17036 S Avalon Blvd. It served as the former headquarters of National Emblem. AMPAM plans to occupy the new facility later this year. The company was represented by Bart Pucci of Studley. National Emblem was represented by Greg Gill and Sean Lieppman of Lee & Associates – Long Beach.
LOS ANGELES – Trojan Fig Partners LLC has purchased 901 Bar & Grill, a popular restaurant near the USC campus in Los Angeles, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction included two buildings and three tenants: 901 Bar & Grill, Carl’s Jr. and El Pollo Loco, located at 2902, 2912 and 2904 South Figueroa Street, respectively. The seller, Figueroa Retail LLC, was represented by CBRE’s Chris Caras and Michael Shustak.
IRVINE, CALIF. – A 21,463-square-foot industrial building in Irvine has sold to RH Matthews LLC for $3.8 million. The building is located at 17752 Fitch Street. Jim deRegt, Jim Snyder and Pat Lacey of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach represented both the buyer and seller, MDG Real Estate, in this transaction.
BERKELEY, CALIF. – The 32-unit Courtyard Terrace Apartments in El Sobrante has sold to a limited liability company for $3.7 million. The community is located at 4200 Appian Way, just north of Berkeley. It was built in 1960 and renovated in 2010. The LLC was represented by Jon Holmquist of Marcus & Millichap’s San Francisco office. The seller, also an LLC, was represented by Vincent Schwab and Jon Holmquist of the same firm.
