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Regency Centers Selects Urbanspace to Operate Culver Public Market in Culver City, California

by Amy Works May 18, 2018

CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Regency Centers has selected Urbanspace to operate its Culver Public Market, a market hall located at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue in Culver City. The 26,000-square-foot hall will feature a variety of vendors, including artisans, entrepreneurs and chefs. Urbanspace connects small business owners and chefs with customers by reaching out to new communities and spaces. This is Urbanspace’s first entry into California. The company also operates Grand Central Holiday Fair and Union Square Holiday Market in New York City. Construction is slated to begin this fall with delivery in early 2020.

May 18, 2018

California Development Multifamily Student Housing Western

American Campus Communities, UC Irvine Begin Construction of 1,441-Bed Residence Hall

by Amy Works May 17, 2018

IRVINE, CALIF. — American Campus Communities and the University of California, Irvine, have broken ground on a 1,441-bed, on-campus residential building and a bike storage facility. This marks the beginning of Phase IV of the partnership’s on-campus development plan. The past three phases of development have brought a total of 5,162 units to the campus. Benchmark Contractors, a subsidiary of Morley Builders, was the general contractor for the past three phases on UCI’s campus, and is moving forward with a design-assist approach for the new large development. KTGY is the architect for the project. The development is set to open at the end of summer 2019.

May 17, 2018

Acquisitions California Industrial Western

Pacific Industrial Buys 157,204 SF Asset in California for $33M

by Amy Works May 17, 2018

COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Pacific Industrial, along with a private equity fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, has acquired a two-building industrial asset in Costa Mesa for $33 million. Located at 3030 and 3080 Airway Ave. and adjacent to John Wayne Airport, the 157,204-square-foot asset comprises one building occupied by the U.S. headquarters of RipCurl, and a second building that was recently vacated by Karma. The buyer plans to make interior and exterior upgrades to the vacant building. Trent Walker and Carl Johnson of Voit Real Estate Services represented the buyer in the off-market transaction.

May 17, 2018

California Development Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Steadfast Nears Completion of $95.5M Seniors Housing Community Near Los Angeles

by Amy Works May 17, 2018

LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — Steadfast Senior Living has started pre-leasing at Crestavilla, a 201-unit, $95.5 million independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Los Angeles suburb of Laguna Niguel. Atria Senior Living has been brought on to manage the 215,000-square-foot, three-story community. A luxury community located on 11.5 acres, rents will range from $6,600 to $15,000 per month. Santa Ana-based William Hezmalhalch Architects designed the community, which Bernards is building. Steadfast is pursuing LEED certification for Crestavilla, which would make it Atria’s 11th LEED-certified community.

May 17, 2018

Acquisitions Arizona Retail Western

SVN Desert Commercial Arranges $5.2M Sale of Shopping Center in Phoenix

by Amy Works May 17, 2018

PHOENIX — SVN Desert Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of Mountain View Plaza, a neighborhood shopping center located at 9812-9832 N. Seventh St. in Phoenix. Local restaurateurs Robert Brescia and Dino Brescia sold the property to Hawaii-based Rajan Watumull of Watumull Enterprises for $5.2 million. Situated on 2.7 acres, the property features 26,000 square feet of retail space. Justin Horwitz and Paul Borgesen of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the seller, while Brian Kocour of Kocour Cos. represented the buyer in the deal.

May 17, 2018

Acquisitions California Retail Western

Commercial Asset Group Negotiates Sale of 4,200 SF Retail Building in Los Angeles

by Amy Works May 17, 2018

LOS ANGELES — Commercial Asset Group has brokered the sale of a retail building located at 5520 San Vicente Blvd. in Los Angeles. A Burbank-based family partnership acquired the property from Wilshire Vista of Hollywood for $4.2 million. Built in the 1930s, the 4,200-square-foot, single-tenant property was renovated in 2014. Yummy.com Neighborhood Market, a chain of grocery stores with a large online/delivery presence, occupies the freestanding building. David Aschkensay of Commercial Asset Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.

May 17, 2018

California Features Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Buckingham: Encourage Talent and You’ll Cultivate Careers in Senior Care

by Katie Sloan May 17, 2018

SAN DIEGO — Marcus Buckingham has a rather simple yet effective piece of advice for seniors housing operators: stop focusing on the negative. “We have strengths and we have weaknesses. What should you spend more time on?” he asked. “Most people are way more focused on the weaknesses and identifying flaws and fixing them. It has a lot to do with fear. We should be honoring strengths.” Buckingham, a leadership and management expert, delivered the comments to more than 2,500 seniors housing executives on May 15 at the 2018 Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference & Expo held at the San Diego Convention Center. There are currently 93,300 people working in seniors housing in the U.S., according to Argentum, an inadequate number Buckingham said. Experts note there should be a one-to-one ratio of employees to residents. Compounding matters is that more exciting industries like technology and creative professions draw the younger generations away from traditional career roles, resulting in a jobs crisis. While seniors housing may not be as sexy as the tech sector, Buckingham believes a change in attitude can do wonders for employee retention. “There is a lot of turnover in the first 90 days, but people don’t measure …

May 17, 2018

Acquisitions California Loans Office Western

George Smith Partners Secures $41M Loan for Office Building Acquisition in Silicon Valley

by Amy Works May 16, 2018

LOS ALTOS, CALIF. — George Smith Partners has secured a $41 million bridge loan for the acquisition of an office property located at 5150 El Camino Real in Los Altos within Silicon Valley. The borrower was Vahe Tashkian of Dutchints Development. The borrower plans to acquire the 71,000-square-foot office property from an institutional seller for an undisclosed price. Malcolm Davies, Evan Kinne, Zachary Streit, Alexander Rossinsky and Rachael Lewis of George Smith Partners arranged the non-recourse loan, which features interest-only payments for the 24-month term and an 85 percent loan-to-cost ratio.

May 16, 2018

Acquisitions Industrial Loans Office Washington Western

CBRE Arranges Sale, Financing of Eight-Building Flex Portfolio in Redmond, Washington

by Amy Works May 16, 2018

REDMOND, WASH. — CBRE Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Redmond East Business Campus, an eight-building office and flex portfolio located near downtown Redmond. A closed-end fund managed by Kennedy Wilson acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Thomas Pehl and Lou Senini of CBRE’s Seattle office represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Brad Zampa, Mike Walker and Megan Woodring of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged $34.5 million in balance-sheet bank financing for the buyer. A national financial services company provided the seven-year, non-recourse, full-term, interest-only, floating-rate acquisition financing. Located at 6724-6565 185th Ave. NE and 18758-18640 NE 67th Court, Redmond East is a 292,100-square-foot, institutional quality property currently 98 percent leased to nine tenants.

May 16, 2018

California Development Industrial Western

Murphy Development Breaks Ground on 79,050 SF Industrial Building in San Diego

by Amy Works May 16, 2018

SAN DIEGO — Murphy Development has broken ground for the final building at its 2.1 million-square-foot Siempre Viva Business Park in San Diego’s Otay Mesa neighborhood. Located at 8500 Kerns St., the $11.9 million Building 17 will feature 79,050 square feet, 28-foot clear heights, 2,000 amps of 277/480 volt power, manufacturing sewing and water capacity, ESFR sprinklers, concrete truck courts, wide column spacing and high dock door ratios designed for distribution users. The adjacent building, Building 18, was completed in late 2016. Located at 2600 Melksee St., the 121,970-square-foot property is partially occupied by Mainfreight USA. The development team includes Gene Cipparone as architect, K&S Engineering and Lusardi Construction. Andy Irwin and Joe Anderson of JLL have been retained to market the property for lease.

May 16, 2018

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