NAPA, CALIF. — Mani Brothers Real Estate Group has purchased the Embassy Suites by Hilton Napa Valley, located at 1075 California Blvd. in Napa, for an undisclosed price. The seller was RLJ Lodging Trust. The buyer plans to convert the 205-room hotel into a Curio Collection property, complete with a refurbishment and overall renovation of the existing property. Upgrades will include a redesign of all guest rooms and restaurant spaces, addition of a full-service space, new pools and a 54-room expansion. Situated on more than eight acres, the property features over 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space, including a rose garden, chef’s garden, fire pits, mill pond with resident swans and year-round pool.
VISALIA, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has brokered the sale of The Shops at Visalia Pavilion, located at 3833, 3837, 3927 and 4015 W. Caldwell Ave. in Visalia. Toor Capital purchased the four-building property for $8.7 million. At the time of sale, the 33,000-square-foot asset was 95 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Starbucks Coffee, T-Mobile and Papa Murphy’s Pizza. Peter Beauchamp, Darren Tappen and Jenette Bennett of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, a New York-based private equity firm, in the deal.
REDDING, CALIF. — Loeffler Self-Storage Group has arranged the sale of All-Preferred Mini-Storage, a self-storage facility located in Redding. The Raudman Family sold the property to a local investor for $4.5 million, or $57.62 per square foot. Situated on 3.9 acres, the 78,095-square-foot facility features 530 storage units and a cellular antenna. The property comprises 13 single-story buildings with asphalt drive aisles, plus a manager’s office and residence. Bobby Loeffler and Tyler Skelly of Loeffler Self-Storage Group represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
NORTH LAS VEGAS — Northcap Multifamily has facilitated the sale of La Esperanza Apartments, a multifamily property located at 900-1208 E. Carey Ave. in North Las Vegas. Tayla Family Trust & Miklos Steuer Trs sold the asset for $4.5 million, or $62,500 per unit. Built in 1962, the property features 72 apartment units. The buyer plans to renovate the property. Devin Lee, Robin Willett, Jared Roberts and Jason Dittenber of Northcap Multifamily represented the seller and buyer in the off-market deal.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Orion Investment Real Estate has arranged the purchase of a nine-acre land parcel located within the Price Corridor of Chandler. Houston-based Kaplan Cos. acquired the property from Price Revocable Trust and Circle R Investments for $4.4 million. The buyer plans to develop The District at Chandler, 340-unit multifamily project on the site. Larry Kush of Orion represented the buyer in the deal.
Denver’s office market has been riding a wave of expansion, entering its ninth straight year of growth, with net absorption totaling 186,826 square feet in the first quarter of 2018. While vacancy ticked up — ending at 15.9 percent, up from 15.1 percent in the prior quarter and from 14.6 percent one year ago — it is expected to fall over the next several quarters as tenants continue to absorb space in both new and existing buildings. The Denver office market’s impressive expansion has lasted 33 consecutive quarters, resulting in a total of 9.7 million square feet of absorption, 7.4 million square feet of new deliveries and a 409-basis-point plunge in vacancy. The majority of the 9.7 million square feet absorbed between the first quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2018 occurred in three key submarkets. This included the Southeast Suburban (SES), Downtown and Northwest (NW) markets, which recorded 3.3 million, 2.9 million and 1.3 million square feet of absorption, respectively. The Downtown market ended the quarter with absorption of 214,317 square feet, and Class A median asking rates were up 39.5 percent from year-end 2009 to $39.76 per square foot. Asking rates in some of the newest …
LAUGHLIN, NEV. — Golden Entertainment Inc. (NASDAQ: GDEN), an owner-operator of casino resorts, has agreed to acquire two properties in Nevada for more than $168 million. Golden will acquire Edgewater Hotel & Casino Resort and Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino Resort, both of which are located about 100 miles south of Las Vegas in Laughlin. The seller is Marnell Gaming LLC, which is also based in Nevada. The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of 2019. Combined, Edgewater Hotel & Casino Resort and Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino Resort feature more than 1,400 slot machines, 40 table games and 2,150 hotel rooms. The casino resorts also offer 11 restaurants and dedicated entertainment venues, including the 12,000-seat Laughlin Event Center. The properties are situated adjacent to Aquarius Casino Resort, an asset owned by Golden Entertainment that features 1,200 slot machines, 30-plus game tables and roughly 2,000 hotel rooms. “Over the past several years, Marnell Gaming has taken their expertise and created a significant hotel, casino and entertainment presence in Laughlin,” says Blake Sartini, chairman and CEO of Golden Entertainment. “We are excited to solidify our presence in this growing and attractive game market.” The exact sales price has …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $70.8 million Fannie Mae DUS loan to refinance a newly constructed multifamily property located at 251 Brandon St. in San Jose. Simon Herrmann, Todd Vitzthum and Cody Field of Greystone’s Northern California Advisory team secured the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The loan carries a fixed rate for 10 years, eight years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization period. The multifamily property features 271 apartments, an outdoor entertaining space, business resources and event spaces.
DEL MAR, CALIF. — LPC West has acquired Polo Plaza, a mixed-use property located at 3702 and 3790 Via De La Valle in Del Mar, approximately 20 miles north of San Diego. An undisclosed local seller sold the property for $27.5 million. At the time of sale, the two-building 57,253-square-foot property was 92 percent occupied. Ben Tashakorian and Bradley Peters of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while LPC West represented itself in the transaction. LPC West plans to renovate the Mediterranean-style office and retail property to include a new paint scheme, monument sign, exterior lighting, furniture and landscaping, as well as complete parking lot upgrades. The renovated property will feature small ExecuOffices and on-site amenities, including a café offering coffee, breakfast and lunch.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Realty Advisory Group has arranged the sale of an industrial property, located at 9601-9603 John St. in Santa Fe Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $24.8 million. Situated in the Mid Counties submarket, the 181,070-square-foot property features 22-foot to 28-foot ceilings, 16 dock-high positions and future divisibility. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Windsor Fashions. John Repstad and Mark Repstad of Realty Advisory Group represented the buyer and the undisclosed seller in the transaction.