WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Lane Partners has purchased Station Plaza, a 49,542-square-foot office building in Walnut Creek, for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 3100 Oak Road. It is part of the 2.4 million-square-foot Contra Costa Transit Village. Station Plaza is 94.2 percent leased to 16 tenants that span financial, healthcare, legal, consulting and government sectors. Contra Costa Transit Village encompasses office, residential and commercial space with 6,000 employees, 2,700 residential units and two hotels. NKF’s Forrest Gherlone, Mike Zylstra, Grant Lammersen, Tim Walling and Steve Golubchik represented the seller, Thomas Properties, in this transaction.
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LOS ANGELES — CBRE has arranged the $8.2 million sale of a 12,715-square-foot retail property leased to CVS/pharmacy in Los Angeles. Alex Kozakov and Patrick Wade of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Paragon Commercial Group. Millenium Investment LLC acquired the asset. The property is located three miles from downtown Los Angeles.
Inland Real Estate Facilitates $95M Sale of 360-Unit Multifamily Community in Metro Denver
by Katie Sloan
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Inc. has facilitated the sale of 8000 Uptown Apartments, a 360-unit multifamily community located in Broomfield, 18 miles northwest of Denver. The property sold for $95 million, according to BizWest. Matthew Tice and Brett Smith of Inland Real Estate facilitated the transaction. The buyer was an unspecified affiliate of Inland. The seller was not disclosed. Constructed in 2015, the property consists of 19 buildings with 160 one-bedroom, 170 two-bedroom and 30 three-bedroom units. The Wolff Company developed the community on a 14-acre site as part of the transit-oriented, master-planned Arista community, according to the Broomfield Patch. The greater Arista community totals 2,000 acres, including $400 million of residential, commercial, retail, hospitality and mixed-use real estate. Each unit features at least 9-foot ceilings, stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, a washer and dryer, and a private balcony or patio. Community amenities include a clubhouse with coffee and beer on tap, fitness center, business center, playground, resident lounge and a resort-style heated swimming pool. “8000 Uptown Apartments’ prime location places residents just three miles from the Interlocken Technology business park, where many major employers such as Ball Aerospace, Nexus, Vail Resorts and Oracle have their headquarters,” says Tice of Inland. …
LOS ANGELES — Office rents across the United States and Canada are getting a big lift from the influence of tech job creation, according to CBRE. All of the submarkets tracked in the brokerage giant’s annual Tech-30 report have experienced rental growth over the past two years. In 13 of those submarkets, asking rental rates have grown by more than 10 percent in the two years tracked between second-quarter 2015 and second-quarter 2017. On the list of 30 submarkets, office rent growth was led by Orange County, Calif. (23.3 percent), Nashville (21.2 percent), Atlanta (17.6 percent), Charlotte (16.9 percent) and Silicon Valley (16.8 percent). According to CBRE’s Tech-30 report, the willingness of tech companies to pay a premium for office space in the hottest tech submarkets is starting to spill over into neighboring submarkets, as available space in tech “hotspots” is dwindling. Adjacent submarkets and traditional downtowns with skylines — rather than the brick-and-beam buildings tech companies have demonstrated a preference for — are primed to benefit, according to the report. “If tech companies that are used to paying a premium for space in the top tech submarkets are forced to move to adjacent submarkets in order to expand, we …
LOS ANGELES — George Smith Partners has arranged $50 million in construction and renovation financing for a redevelopment project near Los Angeles International Airport. The 258,000-square-foot, 13-story office tower will be converted into a 129-key Hyatt House and a 272-key Hyatt Place Hotel in Los Angeles. The asset is situated on West Century Boulevard, one block away from LAX. The redeveloped Hyatt House and Hyatt Place Hotel will feature a mid-century-inspired urban design and rooms with 11.5-foot ceiling heights. Amenities include a rooftop bar, pool, and restaurant with unobstructed views from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean, a variety of dining options and a fitness center. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019. Financing was arranged on behalf of 5959 LLC, an affiliate of California Real Estate Regional Center LLC.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Berdan Holdings has purchased a 109,807-square-foot FedEx shipping facility in Carlsbad for $24.5 million. The facility is located at 2495 Faraday Ave. The property was built in 1999. It is fully leased to FedEx on a net lease basis. Property features include 32-foot clear height, 10,900 square feet of office space, nine dock and nine grade-level doors. Ron Jacobson of SD Realty Partners represented Berdan Holdings, while Aric Starck of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the seller, Leonard Living Trust, in this transaction.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. has announced plans to break ground on Lincoln Logistics 40, a 901,700-square-foot spec industrial development in Goodyear, in December. The development will be the area’s first speculative industrial project to offer a 40’ clear ceiling heights. The project will be situated along Interstate 10 at Bullard Avenue on 50 acres within the Airport Gateway at Goodyear business park. Lincoln Logistics 40 will feature 169 dock and grade-level doors, 185 trailer storage stalls, up to 660 parking stalls, fiber optic data and energy-efficient clearstory windows in lieu of skylights. Completion is slated for mid-2018. Layton Construction will build the project. The architect is Butler Design Group. CBRE’s Pat Feeney, Dan Calihan and Rusty Kennedy represented the land seller, EJM Development Co. The firm’s John Werstler and Cooper Fratt represented Lincoln Property in the land purchase. Werstler, Kennedy and Fratt serve as the Lincoln Logistics 40 exclusive leasing team.
PLEASANTON, CALIF. — Stoneridge Creek is preparing to open its 151-unit expansion at the seniors housing community in the Bay Area city of Pleasanton. The expansion includes 12 single-story homes, 56 garden homes and 83 apartments, as well as new amenities and common areas. Stoneridge Creek opened in 2013 on a 50-acre campus and currently houses more than 450 seniors. The CreekView health center is located adjacent to Stoneridge Creek, offering long-term care services.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — HFF has arranged the $5.1 million sale of MainStreet at FlatIron, a 93,657-square-foot retail and office center in Broomfield. Jules Sherwood of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller, and procured the buyer, a private investment group based in Boulder. MainStreet at FlatIron includes two multi-tenant buildings with 59,224 square feet of office space and 34,433 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 56.3 percent leased to tenants 10 tenants including Jason’s Deli and CorePower Yoga.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — A joint venture that includes SteelWave has acquired a 24-acre site that previously served as a Los Angeles Times printing plant in Costa Mesa for $65 million. The site is located at 1350 South Coast Drive. The 50-foot-tall steel frame building on the property was used by the Los Angeles Times and three of its community newspapers as a printing plant, distribution facility and office until it closed in 2010. The facility is known as The Press. Redevelopment plans include more than three acres of outdoor amenities, as well as a 20,000-square-foot raised patio. SteelWave plans to re-brand the space as the Hive. Rick Kaplan and Rob Lambert of Cushman Wakefield represented the sellers, Tribune Real Estate Holdings, a subsidiary of Tribune Media Co., and Kearny Real Estate. Kearny Real Estate has worked with the City of Costa Mesa to re-entitle and redevelop the property over the past two years.