IRVINE, CALIF. – FNIS Holdings has acquired a 9,900-square-foot office building in Irvine for $3.4 million. The building is located at 8855 Research Drive. FNIS was represented by Blake Garrett of Cushman and Wakefield. The seller, Research Property LLC, was represented by Bob Rieden of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach.
SAN DIEGO – Charter Industrial Supply has acquired a 23,608-square-foot industrial building in the San Diego submarket of Kearny Mesa. The price was not disclosed. The building is located at 7832 Ostrow Street. The new space will allow Charter Industrial to expand within San Diego. The company will store and distribute more than 30,000 products, including fasteners, chemicals and aerosols, at the new facility. The seller was the Vander Linde Family Trust. Charter Industrial was represented by Nick Price of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office.
LOS ANGELES — American Realty Capital Global Trust (ARC Global Trust) has purchased the 226,441-square-foot Quest Diagnostics building in the Los Angeles submarket of Santa Clarita for $96 million. The lab and office facility is located at 27027 Tourney Road. The property sits adjacent to Interstate 5, about 40 miles north of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Quest Diagnostics is the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing and is one of the largest biomedical companies in the U.S. Quest occupies the entire building. The seller, Clarion Partners, was represented by HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Mike McCann, Andrew Harper and Nick Foster.
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood Park Land Company has announced plans to develop a new sports and entertainment district in the Los Angeles submarket of Inglewood. The development is named the “City of Champions Revitalization Project.” The new development “builds on the momentum of the original 238-acre, mixed-use project currently under construction at Hollywood Park after years of community engagement and the approval of entitlements by the Inglewood City Council in 2009,” according to a statement from the land company. Hollywood Park Land Co. is a joint venture between Stockbridge Capital Group and the Kroenke Group (TKG). Stockbridge purchased the original 238-acre Hollywood Park site in 2005. The Kroenke Group purchased an adjacent 60-acre parcel in 2013. The two then joined forces through the Hollywood Park Land Co. venture in 2014 to develop the project. The 298-acre project will include a stadium of up to 80,000 seats and a performance venue of up to 6,000 seats. It will also reconfigure the previously approved Hollywood Park plan that called for up to 890,000 square feet of retail, 780,000 square feet of office space, 2,500 new residential units, a 300-room hotel, and 25 acres of public parks, playgrounds, open space, and pedestrian and …
The Orange County office market continues to experience steady growth as it moves into 2015, with three straight years of positive net absorption under its belt. The county’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.4 percent over the past 12 months, while the job growth rate has averaged 1.8 percent over the same period. The overall signs for the office market are very positive as we head into the growth phase of this real estate cycle. Orange County’s office market has experienced almost 1.7 million square feet of net absorption in the past 12 months, according to CoStar. This net absorption has been spread out evenly over Class A and B properties. The current vacancy rate of 11.4 percent has steadily declined on an average of 1 percent per year for the past four years. Based on current absorption trends, the office vacancy could dip below 10 percent in 2016, which may usher in significant speculative development. The majority of the tenant activity is home grown, with limited growth from companies outside of Orange County. Net absorption is mainly due to recent larger space transactions. These occupiers include Pacific Investment Management absorbing 380,000 square feet, Belkin International (128,000 square feet), Yokohama …
TEMECULA, CALIF. – A 24,000-square-foot industrial building in Temecula has sold to Anderson Living Trust for $2.8 million. The building is located at 41973 Remington, within the Legacy Corporate Center. The space was built in 2006. It is triple-net leased to Daltile, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries. The company manufactures, distributes and markets ceramic tile and natural stone products. The trust was represented by Joe Brady of Colliers International. The seller was Legacy Corporate Center.
SAN DIEGO – A 15,488-square-foot industrial building in the Miramar submarket of San Diego has sold to Empire Electrical Supply for $2.6 million. The building is located at 7150 Carroll Road. Empire will use the building for the storage and distribution of electrical supplies. It will also contain office space for contracting work. The seller, Charter Industrial Supply, was represented by Nick Price of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office. The transaction was an owner-user exchange.
TUSTIN, CALIF. – A 16,986-square-foot industrial building in Tustin has sold to Subaru Research and Development for $3.3 million. The building is located at 14282 Chambers Road. Subaru was represented by CBRE. The seller, Shabani Investments LLC, was represented by Matt Durkin of Lee & Associates – Newport Beach.
PORTLAND, ORE. – Gaw Capital Partners has acquired the Yeon Building, a 126,885-square-foot creative office building in Portland, for an undisclosed sum. The historic building is located at 522 SW Fifth Ave. It was originally built in 1911 and renovated in 2011. The Yeon Building contains 114,113 square feet of office, 11,332 square feet of retail space and 1,440 square feet of amenity space. It is 85.6 percent leased to tenants in the technology, entertainment/gaming, legal, nonprofit, engineering, counseling, music, financial and real estate industries. The seller, an affiliate of Jonathan Rose Companies, was represented by HFF’s Nick Kucha and Michael Leggett.
WEST COVINA, CALIF. – South Hills Plaza, a 120,589-square-foot community shopping center in West Covina, has sold to LT Global for $20.6 million. The center is located at the corner of Azusa Avenue and East Aroma Drive. Notable tenants include Marukai Market, 24 Hour Fitness, Taco Bell, Subway, USPS and Charter Communication. CBRE’s Philip D. Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Megan Read, Matt Burson, Brad Rable and John Read represented both the buyer and seller, a Los Angeles-based partnership, in this transaction.