LOS ANGELES — Fogo de Chao has signed a 15-year lease for 7,414 square feet in Downtown Los Angeles. The Brazilian steakhouse will be located at 800 S. Figueroa Street in the city’s Financial District. It will be situated across the street from the FIGat7th open-air shopping mall. The lease is valued at $6.2 million. The space was previously occupied by Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion. It is currently undergoing tenant improvements. Fogo de Chao is hoping to open in the fourth quarter of this year, in time for the holiday season. The restaurant was represented by Sierra Commercial Real Estate. The landlord, 800 Fig Verona Corp., was represented by Derrick Moore of Avison Young.
LOS GATOS, CALIF. – A 12,800-square-foot retail property in Los Gatos has sold to a limited liability company for $6.1 million. The property is located at 102 South Santa Cruz Ave. It was built in 1974. Notable tenants at the property include 101 Broadway and The Spa. The LLC was represented by Anh Stovall, J.J. Taughinbaugh and Yuri Sergunin of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office.
SAN DIEGO – A 9,945-square-foot retail property in San Diego has sold to Howard Park of 1999 Park Family Trust for $2.7 million. The property is located at 7763-67 Balboa Ave. The space was originally built for Color Tile, which occupied the property for more than 20 years. The new owner, which also owns T-Shirt Mart and several related retail stores, will upgrade the property. The trust plans to occupy about 60 percent of the space.
GLENDALE, CALIF. – CNL Healthcare Properties has acquired the Lee Hughes Medical Building, a 76,758-square-foot medical office building in Glendale, for $29.9 million. The Class A building is located on the campus of the 500-bed Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Lee Hughes is connected to the main hospital through a sky bridge. The building is currently 97 percent occupied by a range of tenants, including an ambulatory surgery center leased by Adventist Health. Lee Hughes Medical Building is the only on-campus medical office building not owned by the hospital. Cypress West Realty Management Inc. will provide on-site leasing and asset management services.
LOS ANGELES — Shoe Palace has opened four new stores within the Los Angeles area. The new stores include a 4,460-square-foot store at 7721-7725 Melrose Ave., which was leased from 499 Canon LLC; a 4,945-square-foot space at 214 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica, leased from Schrober Investments; a 14,800-square-foot store at 6351-6353 Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park that was purchased from Fine Discounts; and a new store on Van Nuys Boulevard in Panorama City that is currently in escrow. It is scheduled to open by the end of the year. The combined sales and lease transactions for all four properties total more than $8 million. Shoe Palace is owned and operated by the Mersho family. The retailer was represented by Irwin Hyman and Jesse Paster of NAI Capital’s Encino office.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Company has purchased Michelson Marketplace, a 32,560-square-foot shopping center within the Irvine Business Center. Though the final selling price was not disclosed, the publicly listed asking price was $13 million. The marketplace is located at 2222 and 2272 Michelson Drive. It is 90 percent occupied. Lincoln plans to renovate the 29-year-old shopping center. Lincoln Property represented itself in this transaction, while the private seller was represented by Michelle Schierberl, Donald Ellis, Jereme Snyder and Mark Joens of Colliers.
SAN DIEGO – A 33,715-square-foot office and industrial building in San Diego has sold to Ingold Family Investments for $5 million. The building is located at 7740 Kenamar Court within the Centerpointe Court in the Miramar submarket. It is situated near Interstates 805 and 15. The space is fully leased to California Comfort Systems, USA, a mechanical and plumbing contractor. Ingold was represented by Lee & Associates. The seller, Providence II Centerpointe, was represented by Dan Vittone and Alan Pekarcik of Avison Young’s Irvine office.
We are seeing several trends emerge in the Los Angeles multifamily development sector as we move into the second half of 2014. These trends are influenced by several factors, including job growth, local economy and public infrastructure. The unemployment rate in Los Angeles County has continued to tick downward with true job growth across all sectors, which, in return, has had a direct influence on multifamily project starts. Job growth has been exponential in certain markets, including West Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles and Tri-Cities (Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena), creating natural household formations to accommodate the swell of rental demand. Job growth, along with the creation of a comprehensive public transportation system, will continue to drive multifamily development and construction in a way the City of Los Angeles has never seen before. The construction pipeline has swelled to 14,500 rental units, including 12,200 market-rate units. At the end of the first quarter, nearly 29,000 rentals were planned in the county, which is roughly 50 percent higher than the number of units on the drawing board one year ago. With the subway expansion, areas of town that were once deemed undesirable by developers and residents are now being sought after in …
LOS ANGELES – The 88-unit Azusa Apartments in Los Angeles has received $30.1 million in financing. The affordable housing community is located in the San Gabriel Valley. The debt financing included an FHA Section 221(d)(4) mortgage of $16.5 million provided by RED Mortgage Capital; $12.1 million of 9 percent Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity; and $1.5 million invested by sponsor Community HousingWorks, utilizing resources from NeighborWorks America.
LOS ANGELES – A 39-unit apartment complex in Studio City has sold to Raintree Partners for $9.5 million. The community is located at 4250 Coldwater Canyon Ave. It was fully occupied at the time of sale. Jim Fisher and Mike Smith of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura represented both the buyer and unnamed seller.