GRESHAM, ORE. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and Principal Real Estate Investors (PREI) has completed Glisan Corporate Park, a 504,528-square-foot spec industrial facility in Gresham. The project sits on a 28.5-acre site at 23440 to 23800 N.E. Glisan St., roughly 16 miles east of downtown Portland. The three buildings are available for sale or lease. They range from 139,727 square feet to 200,701 square feet and feature 30- to 32-foot clear heights, ample auto parking and trailer storage. Cara Nolan and Stuart Skaug of CBRE Portland are the exclusive listing agents for the facility.
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SAN DIEGO — Pacific Coast Commercial has arranged a 2,459-square-foot lease for retail space located at 2155 Kettner Blvd. in San Diego. F45 Training plans to open a Kloiber Fit, a high-end fitness center, at the space, which is located at AV8, a 129-unit apartment complex. Erik Anderson of Pacific Coast Commercial represented the tenant, while Alex Drecksel and Pasquale Loele of Flocke & Avoyer represented the landlord, CVCM Kettner 106 LLC, in the transaction. The lease is valued at $1.3 million.
PIXLEY, CALIF. — Retail California has negotiated the sale of a retail building located at 339 N. Park Drive in Pixley. FD Partners sold the property to Dr. Donald Studt for an undisclosed price. The property features 8,320 square feet of retail space. Lewis Smith and John Lee of Retail California and Calvin Short of Matthews Retail Advisors arranged the transaction.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Soft Surroundings, a lifestyle brand committed to providing clothing, accessories, beauty and home goods to women, has plans to open 16 locations in 2018, including entering the California market. The St. Louis-based company is opening locations in Santa Rosa, Mission Viejo, Rancho Cucamonga and Walnut Creek, Calif., as well as Marlton, N.J., Columbia, Md., Orlando and Harrisburg, Pa. Additional markets will be announced in the near future. The new locations will feature the merchandise found in Soft Surroundings’ catalogs and website, in addition to some store-exclusive items.
SEATTLE — HFF has arranged $114.7 million in development financing for 620 Terry, a 243-unit high-rise seniors housing community in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood. HCP Inc. provided the capital to the developer, Columbia Pacific Advisors. The community will feature 194 independent living units, 21 assisted living units and 28 memory care units. The 24-story property is scheduled for completion in 2019. Ankrom Moisian designed the property, which is situated within a five-block radius of three major area hospital systems: Harborview Medical Center, Swedish Medical Center/First Hill and Virginia Mason Medical Center. It is less than one mile from an array of lifestyle and entertainment amenities in downtown Seattle. The HFF team representing the borrower included David Fasano, Sarah Anderson, Casey Davidson, Ryan Maconachy and Chad Lavender.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine-based REIT HCP (NYSE: HCP) and Louisville-based operator Atria Senior Living have agreed to transfer operations of 24 HCP-owned seniors housing properties to Atria. Brookdale Senior Living currently operates the properties. The transitions will begin this month and are expected to be completed by September, as the required regulatory approvals are obtained.
DAVIS AND FULLERTON, CALIF. — Campus Advantage has been awarded management of two student housing communities in California.bThe properties include College Square, a 448-bed community located within walking distance of the University of California, Davis; and University Village, a 305-bed community located near California State University, Fullerton. Both properties are garden-style. College Square offers shared amenities including three swimming pools, a fitness center, grilling and picnic area, 24-hour laundry facilities, study lounge and business center. Shared amenities at University Village include onsite food service, a swimming pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, bicycle storage, package lockers, Wi-Fi hotspots throughout common areas and a recreational room with billiards, foosball, a big screen TV and lounge areas. Renovations are planned for common areas and units, and Catalyst is set to perform full rebrands at both properties.
Bellwether Enterprise Closes $15.5M Refinancing for Two Industrial Buildings in Metro Los Angeles
by Nellie Day
REDONDO BEACH AND HAWTHORNE, CALIF. — Bellwether Enterprise has closed $15.5 million in refinance loans for two industrial properties in metro Los Angeles. The refinancing included a 10-year, $10.3 million loan for the Northrop Grumman industrial building in Redondo Beach and an 11-year, $5.2 million loan for the Van Ness Commerce Center in Hawthorne. Shelley Magoffin and Max Sauerman of Bellwether Enterprise arranged the loans, which both featured fixed interest rates in the upper 3 percent range and life insurance company lenders. The 112,000 square-foot Northrop Grumman industrial building is occupied by a single tenant that has more than five years remaining on its lease. Van Ness Commerce Center features 63,000 square feet of warehouse space with a 24-foot minimum clear height. The building was 100 percent leased to two tenants when the financing was arranged, and both tenants had near-term rollover risk.
Capital One Provides $11.3M HUD Refinancing for Assisted Living Community in New Mexico
by Nellie Day
CLOVIS, N.M. — Capital One has provided a $11.3 million HUD refinancing for Wheatfields Senior Living Community, a 101-bed assisted living facility in Clovis, near the Texas border. Wheatfields opened in 2008 as five detached independent living cottages. The assisted living building was added in 2011. The transaction allows the borrower to replace bank debt with long-term financing and recoup capital expenditures on the property. Joshua Rosen of Capital One originated the fixed-rate loan, which has a term of 35 years.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Union Investment Real Estate GmbH has acquired The Porter, a 294-room boutique hotel in downtown Portland, for $148.8 million. The 16-story hotel is located at 1355 SW 2nd Ave. in the city’s Central Business District. The asset is part of the Curio Collection by Hilton brand. Syracuse, N.Y.-based Widewaters Hotels is the hotel’s developer, vendor and operator. Union Investment purchased the property from Widewaters via its open-ended real estate fund Unilmmo: Global. “The Porter is the ideal addition to our U.S. portfolio, which is set to grow at a similar pace going forward as in recent years,” says Andreas Löcher, head of investment management hospitality at Union Investment. The Porter, which opened this past January, features an upmarket restaurant on the ground floor, a coffee bar and a grab-and-go market, as well as a rooftop restaurant and lounge. The hotel also provides about 1,200 square feet of conference space, in addition to a heated indoor pool and a fitness center, which offers individual meditation and yoga rooms. Portland is Union Investment’s sixth targeted hotel location in the U.S. and its second on the West Coast. The Hamburg, Germany-based real estate investment manager acquired the Hilton Garden Inn …