VISALIA, CALIF. – Laurel Court at Quail Park, a 40-unit memory care community in Visalia, has received a $9.4-million refinance. The facility is located at 5050 W. Tulare Ave. It is operated by Living Care Lifestyles. The cash-out refinance was arranged by Stuart Oswald of NorthMarq Capital’s Seattle regional office through the firm’s correspondent relationship with a life insurance company.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – A 15,200-square-foot retail property in Long Beach that is net leased to Walgreens has sold to a private West Covina investor for $6.4 million. The building is located at 2627 Pacific Ave. It includes a 24-hour drive-thru. Walgreens has less than 10 years remaining on the initial term. The 1031 exchange buyer was represented by Nick Peukpiboon and Lara Rudolph of Daum Commercial Real Estate Services. The seller, a private investor from Huntington Beach, was represented by Edward B. Hanley, Kevin T. Fryman and Eric P. Wohl of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors.
DALY CITY, CALIF. – Blue Line Pizza has opened a 2,978-square-foot pizzeria at Westlake Shopping Center in Daly City. The new outpost is located at 511 Westlake Center. This is the pizza chain’s fifth Bay Area location. The restaurant was represented by Ross White of SRS Real Estate Partners’ San Francisco office. The landlord was not named.
SAN FRANCISCO — Oyster Development Corp. and Tricon Capital have broken ground on Rockwell, a 260-unit condominium development in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. The twin, 13-story towers will be located at 1634-1690 Pine Street. The development will include a 4,000-square-foot, ground-floor retail component and one level of below-grade parking for 201 cars. The first tower is scheduled for completion in July 2016. Sales will commence next April. JLL’s John Manning and Alex Witt secured $143.5 million in construction financing for the project. It was provided by National Real Estate Advisors.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. — StarPoint Properties has purchased the 259-unit Lafayette Parc Apartments in West Covina for $51.7 million. The community is located at 624 South Glendora Ave. Lafayette Parc was built in 1964. It is currently 97 percent occupied. Community amenities include seven pools, a fitness center, tennis and basketball courts, on-site laundry, barbecues and a picnic area. The renovation will focus on many common-area upgrades. The community will receive a new leasing office, an upgrade and expansion of the main pool, including cabanas and a new barbecue/lounge area, a new spa, a new fitness center to overlook the pool, a sand volleyball court, resurfacing of the existing basketball and tennis courts, and the installation of a soccer field, dog park and theatre. Lafayette Parc’s seller was not named.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Scuderia Development has acquired a 600,000-square-foot industrial property in Riverside for $43.5 million. The Class A property is located at 14600 Innovation Drive, within the Meridian Business Park. Scuderia plans to utilize the space as a warehouse and distribution facility for its aluminum products. The property includes 4,160 square feet of office space. Other notable tenants at Meridian Business Park include Sysco Corp., Yucaipa Company (Fresh & Easy), Kia Motors and McLane Foodservice. Newcastle Partners completed the property in late 2013. Phil Lombardo and Chuck Belden of Cushman & Wakefield represented both the buyer and Newcastle in this transaction.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Kilroy Realty Corporation has acquired a 261,000-square-foot office property in Sunnyvale for $98 million. The four-building complex is located in the Moffett Park district. Kilroy has been extremely active in the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area regions, as of late. The office development specialist recently leased a 587,000-square-foot, three-building Sunnyvale campus to LinkedIn. It is also building a 340,000-square-foot space in San Francisco’s South of Market (SOMA) district that has been leased to Salesforce. Divco, the Moffett Park seller, was represented by Dan Ball of Gibson Dunn. Kilroy was represented by Pete Roth of Allen Matkins in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – A 33-unit apartment building in Los Angeles has sold to Unison Investment Company for $8.1 million. The community is located at 1154 Bellevue Ave. in the Echo Park neighborhood. It was built in 2008. Unison Investment was represented by John Chu of New Life Properties. The seller, Bellevue Development Ventures, was represented by Michel Hibbert of Charles Dunn Company.
SYLMAR, CALIF. – The 81-unit Vista Ridge Apartment Homes in Sylmar has sold to a private owner/operator for $14.2 million. The community is located at 13500 Foothill Blvd. in the San Fernando Valley submarket. It was built in 1987. The seller, Benedict Canyon Equities, was represented by Ronald Harris, Rick Raymundo, Paul Darrow and Michael DiSimone of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. – A triple-net ground lease for a 7-Eleven at Oceanside Plaza has sold to a private investor from Northern California for $2.1 million. The space is located at 2003 Mission Ave. in Oceanside. The property is currently under construction. It will eventually include the 2,400-square-foot convenience store and a gas station. The property used to house a Union 76 gas station. The buyer was represented by Jay Patel of Cushman Wakefield. The seller, a private investor from Agoura Hills, was represented by Jonathan Selznick of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors.
