BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Bass Pro Shops has unveiled plans to open a 100,000-square-foot location at Bakersfield Gateway, a planned retail development in Bakersfield. Upon completion, the project, developed by Woodmont Co., will feature 800,000-square-feet of retail and will include a central gathering area for lifestyle events and programming. The new Bass Pro Shops will be the retailer’s fifth location in California. A construction timeline was not released.
HONOLULU — Sears has opened a new store dedicated to appliances and mattresses in Honolulu. The unique retail concept focuses on two of Sears’s strongest categories, appliances and mattresses. The new store builds on the success of the first Sears Appliances & Mattresses store located in Pharr, Texas, which has been open since June 2017, as well as the Sears Appliances store, which opened in Ft. Collins, Colo., in 2016. Located at Ala Moana Center, the 16,200-square-foot Sears Appliances & Mattresses store showcases major appliance brands in a bright, spacious setting with interactive displays.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Preylock Real Estate Holdings has obtained $195 million in acquisition financing for a seven-property office portfolio in Silicon Valley. The 626,000-square-foot office and R&D campus is located at 2770-2800, 2880 and 2890 Scott Blvd.; 2220, 2300 and 2330 Central Parkway; and 2001 Walsh Ave. All seven buildings are triple-net leased to Nvidia and Huawei. Four of the buildings serve as the U.S. headquarters for Huawei, a multinational telecommunications equipment company that is currently the world’s third-largest smartphone producer. The remaining three buildings are leased to Nvidia, inventor of the graphic processing unit and PC gaming, computer graphics and artificial intelligence innovator. The seven-year, floating-rate loan features an initial five-year term followed by two one-year extension options and full-term, interest-only payments. Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan.
SEATTLE — Kennedy Wilson (KW) has purchased four multifamily properties in the Pacific Northwest. The portfolio contains a total of 996 units. Prices were not disclosed. The transaction includes the 210-unit Latitude in Happy Valley, Ore., and the 264-unit Heatherwood in Gresham, Ore. It also includes two multifamily assets in the greater Seattle and Portland areas containing a total of 522 units. KW purchased the assets through a 1031 exchange. The firm recently sold the 615-unit Summer House in Alameda, Calif., for $231 million and Gardner House, a 75,600-square-foot office building in Dublin, Ireland, for $73 million. The sales are expected to generate a profit of $130 million for KW.
RENO, NEV. — The Wolff Company has started construction on Revel Rancharrah, a 146-unit independent living community within Reno’s Rancharrah master-planned community. The development is scheduled for completion in 2018. The four-story property will be Wolff’s fifth seniors housing community. Wolff plans to invest $300 million to $400 million annually in new independent living development, in addition to seeking acquisition opportunities.
SEATTLE — Greenbridge Investment Partners has completed the renovation of Georgetown Squared (G2), a five-story office building in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. The building is located at 5601 Sixth Ave. South. G2 is currently 76 percent occupied. Notable tenants include Iridio Studios, Builders Capital, Andersen Construction, Archbright, Darigold, Girl Scouts of Western Washington, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Netfortris. The American Lung Association will soon move into G2. G2 was originally built as a showroom for the adjacent Seattle Design Center. The renovations include new floor-to-ceiling windows, bringing natural light and panoramic views of the Seattle skyline and Mt. Rainier into the building. It also includes a new exterior monument sign, refreshed concrete and tile flooring, new and refurbished elevators, and atrium seating. Tenant amenities include a gym, contemporary conference center, on-site parking and new restaurant concepts that will open in 2018.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Welbrook Senior Living has completed construction of Welbrook Santa Monica, a 50-unit memory care facility in Santa Monica. The units are all single-occupancy studios. Welbrook partnered with Urban Green Investments, a San Francisco-based real estate investment and development company, on the project.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Bayview Development Group, a privately held commercial real estate development and investment firm based in Northern California, has received a $288.8 million construction loan to develop MIRO in downtown San Jose. The project will include a pair of 28-story luxury apartment towers housing more than 600 residences and 20,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. Situated in one of the top markets in the Silicon Valley, MIRO will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, including 16 penthouses. The project will also include more than 50,000 square feet of amenities, such as a rooftop pool, concierge services, fitness center, spa facilities, pet facilities, fire pits and rooftop lounges. Bayview Development expects to deliver MIRO in 2020 at 167 E. Santa Clara St., within walking distance of the future downtown San Jose BART station. In addition to Bayview, the design team includes architect Steinberg and general contractor Suffolk. Charles Halladay, Brandon Roth and Jason Carlos of HFF arranged the five-year, interest-only loan through Broad Street Real Estate Credit Partners III, a debt fund managed by the Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division. The fund provides senior and mezzanine lending and preferred equity, according to Forbes. “There was a …
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $55.7 million sale of The Triangle, a 204,523-square-foot restaurant and retail center in Costa Mesa. Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher, Kirk Brummer, Megan Wood, Preston Fetrow, Matt Burson and John Read of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership led by Greenlaw Partners. A Los Angeles-based family office syndicate acquired the asset. At the time of sale, The Triangle was 94 percent leased to tenants including Yard House, 24 Hour Fitness, Tavern & Bowl, Triangle Cinemas and TIME Nightclub.
SEATTLE — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Prexy Apartments, a 70-bed student housing community located near the University of Washington in Seattle’s University District. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Shared amenities include a rooftop lounge and smartphone application-controlled thermostats, locks and lighting. Dylan Simon, Jerrid Anderson and Dorothy Jackman of Colliers International represented the seller, Daly Partners, in the disposition of the property to Ordos Udon LLC.
