LOS ANGELES — Fred Sands, the man behind California’s second largest real estate and financial services company, has partnered with Pepperdine University in Malibu to establish the Fred Sands Institute of Real Estate within the Graziadio School of Business and Management. The Sands Institute will include Master’s degree and certification programs, the Fred Sands Chair in real estate, the Fred Sands Fellows Program and Sands real estate conferences. According to a release issued by the school, the “Sands Institute will engage students and real estate professionals at both practical and policy levels. Conferences will explore real estate development trends and best practices, acquisitions, the brokerage business, financing opportunities, and other timely industry topics.” Sands is the former chairman of Fred Sands Realtors, which, along with its franchised operations, employed 4,000 people and generated $9.4 billion in annual volume. The debt-free company was sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. Today, Sands is the chair and sole owner of Vintage Real Estate LLC, which acquires and revitalizes regional malls across the nation. He also chairs Vintage Fund Management LLC, which invests in growth companies and has historically generated returns that would place it in the top quartile of comparable private equity firms. …
CHATSWORTH, CALIF. – The California Resources Corporation (CRC) has relocated its headquarters to Chatsworth. The independent oil and gas exploration and production company will occupy 42,051 square feet at 9200 Oakdale Ave. The 10-story, Class A office building is situated within the West Valley Corporate Center, just west of Burbank. CRC will be relocating part of its Los Angeles office to the new facility in the earlier part of this year. Its other office is located at the Occidental Center in Westwood. CRC was represented by Steve Walbridge, David Gordon, Ian Zilla, and Jesse Danzig of Savills Studley in this seven-year lease transaction. The landlord, Omninet West Valley LP, was represented by JLL’s Michael Danielpour, Jim Lindvall and Dan Sanchez.
SANTA MARIA, CALIF. – The 128-unit Carmen Apartments in Santa Maria has sold to an unnamed buyer for $15.6 million. The community is located at 201 Carmen Lane. It was built in 1976. Santa Maria is about 30 miles south of San Luis Obispo and about 70 miles north of Santa Barbara. The buyer was represented by Jeff Louks and Matt Ziegler of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office. Ziegler also represented the unnamed seller.
SAN DIEGO – Poway Valley Center, a 25,754-square-foot retail shopping center in the San Diego submarket of Poway, has sold to Capstone Advisors for $6.2 million. The center is located at the corner of Poway and Community roads. Capstone plans to make capital improvements to the storefronts, landscaping and parking lot, among other things. John Jennings and Rob Ippolito of Cushman and Wakefield represented both Capstone and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – Business management and accounting firm Wasserman Grossman & Sloan LLP has renewed at One Westwood in the Los Angeles submarket of Westwood. The building is located at 10990 Wilshire Blvd. The firm initially subleased the building’s entire eighth floor in 2010. Its new five-year lease will take Wasserman through 2020. The lease is valued at $2.8 million. The firm was represented by Mitchell Stokes of Madison Partners. The landlord, Douglas Emmett, was represented in-house by Rob Zaas.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – Cherryman Industries has leased 17,223 square feet at Campus 2100 in El Segundo. The three-building campus is the former home of Rhythm & Hues Studios. The furniture manufacturing company signed a 10-year lease at the property. It will serve as the firm’s corporate headquarters. Cherryman was represented by Wes Honeycutt and Matt Moore of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank. Tom Sheets and Chris Sinfield of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords, Rockwood Capital, LLC (Rockwood) and Marshall Property & Development, in this transaction.
VISALIA, CALIF. – Stihl Inc. has acquired a 139,655-square-foot industrial building in Visalia for nearly $6 million. The building is located at 9810 Ferguson Ave. It was built in 2008. Stihl, a chainsaw manufacturing company, will occupy 67 percent of the building. It will share the space with Sorma USA LLC, a produce packaging company that occupies 45,967 square feet. Stihl was represented by Craig “Cap” Caprioffi of Fortune Associates. Westcore Properties was represented by Doug Burr of Burr Commercial.
SAN DIEGO – The 16-unit Helix Manor Townhomes in the San Diego submarket of La Mesa has sold to Munther and Jawan Jarjes Gorial for $2.8 million. The community is located at 4261 Lowell Street. The buyers were represented by Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International’s Multifamily Advisory Group. The seller, Victor M. Garcia, was represented by Lucila Garcia of Re/Max United.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – Wpromote has leased 34,492 square feet at Campus 2100 in El Segundo. The three-building campus is the former home of Rhythm & Hues Studios. The online advertising firm signed a 7.5-year lease at the property. It is relocating its headquarters from another nearby office building where it occupied 21,335 square feet. Wpromote was represented by JLL’s Steve Solomon and Eric Adams. Tom Sheets and Chris Sinfield of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords, Rockwood Capital, LLC (Rockwood) and Marshall Property & Development, in this transaction.
SUN VALLEY, CALIF. – A 168,000-square-foot manufacturing building in the Los Angeles submarket of Sun Valley has sold to Prologis for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 9545 San Fernando Road and 9500 El Dorado Ave. It is fully leased to Sugar Foods Corporation. The multi-national food manufacturer has occupied the building for the past 30 years. The property is less than a mile from the 5 and 118 freeway interchange, and less than six miles from Burbank International Airport. CBRE’s Darla Longo, Barbara Emmons, Rebecca Perlmutter Finkel, Greg Geraci and David Harding represented both the buyer and private seller in this transaction.