SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF. — Gelt Ventures has completed the disposition of South Pasadena Storage, a self-storage facility located at 919 Mission St. in South Pasadena. An institutional buyer acquired the 677-unit asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 1986 on 1.8 acres, the six-building property includes 642 indoor storage units, 34 outdoor rental spaces and a live/work unit, as well as a site office. ExtraSpace Storage provides third-party management of the property. Adam Schlosser, Chico Le Claire and Keith Phillips of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented.
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GARDENA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Harbor Associates and Evergen Equity has purchased an industrial portfolio in Gardena from a local investor for $55 million in an off-market transaction. Gardena is in the South Bay area of greater Los Angeles. Located at 690-760 W. 190th St., the portfolio consists of four adjacent buildings ranging in size from 17,000 square feet to 45,000 square feet. The 7.5-acre site is located within the 34 million-square-foot Gardena/Harbor industrial submarket and is immediately next to the I-405/I-110 interchange. Eric Cox, Barbara Perrier and Darla Longo of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
Community HousingWorks Opens 58-Unit Portola Senior Apartments in Lake Forest, California
by Amy Works
LAKE FOREST, CALIF. — Community HousingWorks (CHW) has opened Portola Senior Apartments, an affordable housing community in Lake Forest. CHW’s first community in Orange County, Portola Senior Apartments is built as a standalone, four-story building with ground-floor retail space. The property features 58 one-bedroom apartments (including one designated for an onsite property manager) for singles or couples age 62 years and older who are living on 50 percent of the area median income (AMI) or less (approximately $50,000 per year). Over 750 people applied to live in Portola within three months of opening the interest list and the apartments were 100 percent occupied in less than 30 days after opening. Rent is $1,264 per month (after a utility allowance) and the waiting list currently has more than 1,000 applicants. Funding sources for Portola Senior Apartments included Pacific Western Bank as the construction and permanent financing lender; Red Stone Equity Partners as the tax credit equity investor; SunRanch Capital Partners LLC as the soft lender; and tax-exempt bonds issued by California Municipal Finance Authority, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee. The development team included general contractor Sunrise Pacific Construction Inc.; architectural firm AVRP Studios; civil …
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 2900 Francis Avenue, a multifamily property located in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood. An undisclosed seller sold the asset to a private investor for $2.2 million, or $225,000 per unit. Jason Tuvia and Joshua Yeager of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and secured the buyer in the transaction. Built in 1922, the value-add property features 10 one-bedroom/one-bath apartments that are subject to Los Angeles’ rent control laws.
LOS ANGELES — Gaw Capital USA and DJM have completed the three-year, $100 million renovation and rebranding of Hollywood & Highland to open Ovation Hollywood, located footsteps from the TCL Chinese Theatre and Hollywood Walk of Fame. The re-imagined, 475,000-square-foot property now features a variety of restaurants, entertainment venues and retailers. Current tenants include Café de Leche, Tacos Neza, a Kylie Cosmetics by Kylie Jenner pop-up shop, The Win-Dow and BOPOMOFO, with more retailers and restaurants on the way. Additionally, Ovation Hollywood’s fourth floor has been converted for entertainment and offers comedy club Kookaburrra Lounge and a soon-to-be-announced entertainment concept new to Los Angeles. The makeover included the demolition of the controversial Babylonian-themed archway and oversized elephant statues, which made way for new public art space, an open courtyard and landscaping.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Granite Capital Group (GCG) has purchased The Boulders Apartments in the Bay Area city of Walnut Creek from an undisclosed seller for $58 million. The company used proceeds from the sale of its Enclave Belle Creek apartments in Denver to fund the acquisition using a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Built in 1972, The Boulders features 164 renovated studio, one- and two-bedroom units with in-unit washers/dryers, vinyl plank floors and kitchens with new cabinets, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. GCG assumed a $41.2 million Fannie Mae loan fixed at 4.42 percent with all interest-only payments to acquire the asset. An additional $2.3 million in partnership interest is being offered to accredited investors with the funds used to further upgrade the property and for operating reserves. The Northern California team of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $2.6M Sale of Apartment Building in Los Angeles’ Pico Union Submarket
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an apartment building located at 1807 S. New Hampshire Ave. in the Pico Union submarket of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $2.6 million, or $647,500 per unit. Jason Tuvia of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released. Built in 2021, the property features four four-bedroom/four-bath apartments that are not subject to Los Angeles’ rent control laws.
Matthews Negotiates $34M Sale of Strawflower Village Shopping Center in Half Moon Bay, California
by Amy Works
HALF MOON BAY, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of Strawflower Village Shopping Center, located at 50 Cabrillo Highway N. in Half Moon Bay, approximately 30 miles south of San Francisco. SJ Amoroso Properties Co. acquired the asset from HMB Musich LLC for $34 million. Marko Buljan of Matthews represented the seller, while Tim Gilmartin of The Gilmartin Group represented the buyer in the transaction. At the time of sale, Strawflower Village was 96 percent leased and anchored by a 33,000-square-foot Safeway. Situated on a 7.2-acre lot, the property features 78,940 gross leasable area and 29 total tenants, including T-Mobile, Chase Bank and US Bank.
PCCP Provides $42M Refinancing for 610,025 SF Industrial Building in Lathrop, California
by Amy Works
LATHROP, CALIF. — PCCP has provided a $42 million senior loan to a joint venture between Phelan Development and LaSalle Investment Management. The transaction will refinance debt on an industrial building in the San Joaquin Valley city of Lathrop. Situated on 26.3 acres at 18755 Business Park Court, the 610,025-square-foot, cross-dock distribution building was built in December 2021. The facility features 36-foot clear height, excess trailer parking (130 stalls), truck court depths of 175 feet to 180 feet and finished office space. The property is currently 50 percent leased to a third-party logistics company. The asset is part of Lathrop Gateway, a 10-building, 175-acre site that the borrower is building across three phases, with the first two phases already complete.
FULLERTON AND BUENA PARK, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sales of two multifamily communities in northern Orange County to two separate buyers. Dan Blackwell and Amanda Fielder of CBRE represented the buyers in both transactions. In the first deal, an undisclosed Los Angeles-based buyer acquired a 16-unit multifamily property, located at 1801 and 1809 E. Wilshire Ave. in Fullerton. The $4.2 million price equates to $262,500 per unit. The Orange County-based seller was exchanging into a Delaware Statutory Trust in the off-market transaction. Constructed in 1958, the 10,032-square-foot community features two two-story buildings, garage parking, a pool and laundry facility. Recent improvements include renovations to certain units, as well as new exterior paint and landscaping. In the second transaction, an Orange County-based exchange buyer purchased an eight-unit multifamily property at 7012 and 7024 El Dorado Drive in Buena Park. An Orange County-based private investor sold the asset for $3.4 million, or $426,719 per unit. Built in 1960, the property features two fourplexes encompassing 6,874 square feet and features a mix of two-bedroom/one-bath and two-bedroom/two-bath units.