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SAN DIEGO — BKM Capital Partners has purchased Activity Business Center, a 160,943-square-foot light industrial asset in the Miramar submarket of San Diego for $28.1 million. The five-building property is located at 9235-9265 Activity Road and 9520-9530 Padgett St. Activity Business Center is currently 92.6 percent occupied by 38 different tenants. Average unit sizes are about 3,743 square feet. BKM Capital Partners plans to rebrand the complex and implement a series of renovations including upgrades to the parking lot, exterior paint, landscaping, monument signage, lobby and the addition of a new outdoor common area. Cushman and Wakefield represented the seller, Lincoln Property Co., in this transaction. BKM represented itself.

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SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — Olympus Property has acquired the 315-unit Crossing at Daybreak in South Jordan for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 4950 W. Frogs Leap Drive. Olympus plans to rebrand the asset as Olympus at Daybreak. The Class A community features a mix of one- to three-bedroom units with an average unit size of 1,110 square feet. Community amenities include 25 parks with sport courts, pavilions, ball fields, playground equipment, and community gardens and 30 miles of walking and hiking trails throughout the community. Oquirrh Lake offers 70 acres of kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding, sailing and fishing.

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BOISE, IDAHO — City Office REIT Inc. (NYSE: CIO) has sold Washington Group Plaza, a four-building office campus situated on 24 acres in Boise. The Vancouver-based REIT sold the property to St. Luke’s, Idaho’s only nonprofit healthcare system, for $86.5 million. City Office REIT recently executed a 148,000-square-foot lease at the complex with St. Luke’s. The company operates 14 hospitals and medical centers in Idaho, four of which are in Boise. Located at 400 Broadway Ave., 701 Morrison Drive and 720 and 800 Park Blvd., Washington Group Plaza is situated within walking distance to Boise State University, Boise River the Ada County Courthouse and Idaho’s only Whole Foods Market. The recently renovated campus spans 557,510 square feet and features 1,050 structured parking spaces and 896 surface spaces. Amenities include an on-site cafeteria, fitness center and a 250-seat auditorium. “The four office buildings that comprise Washington Group Plaza were contributed to City Office as part of the initial public offering in April 2014,” says Greg Tylee, chief operating officer and president of City Office REIT. “Since that time, we have implemented substantial operational improvements and cost savings.” City Office REIT will use proceeds from the sale to repay approximately $32.1 million …

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CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — Chesnut Properties plans to build Millenia Office, a 1.4-million-square-foot, three-property office campus in the San Diego submarket of Chula Vista. The three campuses include Think Campus, which includes two buildings encompassing 324,000 square feet; Discover Campus, which includes one building encompassing 400,000 square feet; and Invent campus, a four-building, 700,000-square foot project. Each property will be expandable to accommodate a Google-style, mega-scale campus. Millenia Office has the potential to grow up to 3 million square feet to accommodate one or several large-scale office, tech, medical and/or educational tenants. The Think Campus will feature large 37,000-square-foot floorplates, prominent Highway 125 access, an above-standard parking ratio of 4.3/1,000, outdoor connectivity from every floor and tenant space, an amenity patio space connecting the two buildings, a 6,000-square-foot amenity building with a restaurant and fitness center and a large outdoor lawn area for employees. Millenia Office will be the only available mega-scale campus in San Diego, residing just 20 minutes south of the city’s downtown region. The campus is situated within the Millenia Master Plan in Eastern Chula Vista, which has major construction in multiple districts underway. The Millenia Master Plan includes up to 3,000 multifamily residences; 1.5 million square …

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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