BRISBANE, CALIF. — Meridian has completed the disposition of a multi-tenant office building located at 1000 Marina Blvd. in Brisbane, just south of San Francisco. Phase 3 Real Estate Partners acquired the property for $39.5 million in an off-market transaction. Built in 1983, the six-story building features 104,000 square feet of office space. CBRE’s Northern California Capital Markets team represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Vanbarton Group has acquired an office building located at 6725 Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Hollywood submarket. Crown Realty & Development sold the property for $37.7 million. The five-story multi-tenant property features 73,835 square feet of office space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased by 15 tenants. Additionally, the transaction included an adjacent three-level parking structure. Kevin Shannon, Rob Hannan, Ken White, Michael Moll of NKF Capital Markets, along with John Tronson of Avison Young and Kreg Groat of Crown Realty & Development, represented the seller in the sale.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Spectrum Retirement Communities has opened The Enclave at Chandler Senior Living, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The three-story, 165,000-square-foot community features a total of 90 independent living units, 45 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The property will also offer Spectrum’s Residence Club, which offers a transitional step between assisted living and memory care. Spectrum now owns and operates seven seniors housing communities in the Phoenix metro. The developer is based in Denver.
RICHMOND, CALIF. – NorthMarq Capital has arranged $8.5 million in refinancing for Richmond City Center, a shopping center located at 1100-1350 MacDonald Ave. in Richmond. Walgreens, FoodCo and Payless Shoe Source are tenants at the 73,892-square-foot property. Joe Giordani of NorthMarq Capital’s Los Angeles office secured the refinancing, which was structured with an 18-month term on a 30-year amortization schedule.
LOS ANGELES — Primestor Development is breaking ground today for Jordan Downs Plaza, a shopping center located within the Jordan Downs project in the Watts area of Los Angeles. As part of the Jordan Downs revitalization project, the shopping center will bring 115,000 square feet of retail space to the area. Situated on 9.5 acres, the open-air project will include a full-service supermarket, fitness center and a variety of local and national retailers. Jordan Downs Plaza is a public/private partnership, and the project would not be possible without a financial investment of the federal government through its New Market Tax Credit Program and the conveyance of property by ground lease from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Financing for the project is provided by Federal Realty Investment Trust, Genesis LA, Chase, California Statewide Communities Development Corp. and Los Angeles Development Fund.
SAN FRANCISCO — NKF Capital Markets has brokered the sale of an office building located at 939 Ellis St. in the Van Ness Corridor of San Francisco. A joint venture between Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Advisors and San Francisco-based Long Market Property Partners sold the property to The Seavest Investment Group for $49 million. The seven-story building features 87,190 square feet of rentable office space, 53 parking stalls and a 4,460-square-foot patio roof deck with views of downtown San Francisco. Kyle Kovac, Michael Taquino, Daniel Cressman and Mandy Lee of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, while the buyer, assisted by Meridian, was self-represented in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Tempe City Center, an office building located at 1400-1470 E. Southern Ave. in Tempe. Tempe CC Hui LLC purchased the 162,640-square-foot property from Tempe City Center Limited Partnership for an undisclosed price. At the time of acquisition, the property was more than 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including National Bank of Arizona, Fresensius Medical Care and regional law firm Carpenter, Hazelwood, Delgado & Bolen. Chris Toci and Chad Littell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. The members of the acquisition group, who are principally from Hong Kong and Honolulu, were introduced to the asset by Brandon Holdings Inc., the investment’s sponsor, and IX Advisors, an investment advisory based in Seattle.
SAN FRANCISCO — Frontier Group has purchased 570 Market Street, a retail and office building located in downtown San Francisco. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $14.5 million. Built in 1922, the two-story building is occupied by a variety of retail and office tenants, including Daiso Japan, Creative Marketing Concepts, ABC Cleaners, Lucky Nails, Mercury Maintenance and Jack’s Shoe Repair. Frank Chiu of Starboard Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $3.5 million sale of a single-tenant building triple-net-leased to Starbucks Coffee in Los Angeles. The newly constructed building is located less than one mile from the University of Southern California (USC) campus. Bill Asher, Jeremy McChesney and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group arranged the transaction on behalf of both the seller, an undisclosed private developer, and the buyer, a Los Angeles-based private investor. Starbucks has 19 years remaining on its lease.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — G.H. Palmer, a Southern California-based commercial real estate developer, has closed on $158.8 million in financing for Colony Townhomes, multifamily property located at 17621 Pauline Court in Santa Clarita. The property features 752 apartments in a mix of two- and three-bedroom layouts with personal garages. On-site community amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool and spa, and a picnic area. Gary Tenzer of George Smith Partners (GSP) arranged the financing for borrower. The new loan replaces a HUD loan, previously arranged by GSP, with a remaining term of 23 years and pre-payment penalties in place. The interest-only, non-recourse loan is fixed at a rate of 4.29 percent for a 10-year term. The loan represents 65 percent to value.
