CORCORAN, CALIF. — Retail California has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 1100 Whitley Ave. in Corcoran. HD Corcoran LLC purchased the 4,800-square-foot property from Reedley Community Hospital for an undisclosed price. John Lee of Retail California brokered the transaction.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Douglas Emmett Inc. (NYSE: DEI) has acquired the Beverly Hills Financial Center, a 146,300-square-foot, Class A office property located at 9401 Wilshire Blvd. in Beverly Hills. Located at the corner of Wilshire and Canon Drive in Beverly Hills’ Golden Triangle, the property was initially constructed in 1972 and renovated in 1999. The building is home to tenants including Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP, Citibank, Bank of the West, Momentum Talent Agency and Mozaic LLC. As part of the transaction, Douglas Emmett received an acquisition loan with a principal balance of approximately $32.3 million and a 4.55 percent interest rate, which matures on June 1, 2038. The provider was undisclosed. To fund the remainder of the purchase price, Douglas Emmett used cash and issued approximately 2.6 million units in its operating partnership to the undisclosed seller at an equivalent price of $40.60 per common share. Paul Hastings LLP represented the seller, a partnership between Cando Partners and Wilshire-Canon Properties LLC, in the transaction. The company’s portfolio now consists of 71 office properties totaling approximately 18.4 million square feet, along with 10 apartment communities. The company is also developing residential buildings in Los Angeles and Honolulu. Douglas Emmett’s stock price closed on Wednesday, …
LAS VEGAS — LivCor has purchased a two-property multifamily portfolio in Las Vegas for $115 million. The portfolio includes the 350-unit Broadstone Talavera and the 324-unit Broadstone Flamingo West. Broadstone Talavera features a fitness center, two pools and a spa. It is situated near restaurants and retail outlets, and is less than eight miles from the Las Vegas Strip. Broadstone Flamingo West features a fitness center, two pools and a dog park area. It is situated near some of the largest employers in the area, and less than seven miles from the Strip. JLL’s Capital Markets team executed the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership between AEW Capital Management and Alliance Residential Co. AEW worked on behalf of one of its separate account clients.
DENVER — NexMetro Communities and Trez Capital have partnered to develop five of NexMetro’s Avilla Homes communities in a deal worth more than $100 million. The communities will debut in 2018 in Denver, Phoenix and Dallas. NexMetro Communities is a developer of luxury leased housing communities, while Trez Capital is a private non-bank lender. NexMetro, which currently has more than 2,600 units either built, under construction or under contract, has already closed on two of the initial five Class A projects with Trez. This endeavor was inspired by the National Multifamily Housing Council’s announcement that about 4 million new apartments will be needed by 2030 to keep up with demand.
DENVER — Griffis Residential has acquired The Huron, a new 296-unit apartment community in downtown Denver, for $100 million. The Class A+ community is located at 2975 Huron St. The Huron is situated just blocks from Coors Field in the Union Station North neighborhood. The property is also a few blocks from Union Station and a recently announced mixed-use development, which will include a Rockies Hall of Fame, outdoor public gathering area, hotel and office space. The Huron was built in 2016. Property amenities include a lounge with a tech bar, three theater screening rooms, a fitness center, controlled access and concierge service. Terrance Hunt, Shane Ozment, Jeff Hawks, Doug Andrews and Chris Cowan represented the seller, Edwards Cos., in this transaction.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — J.H. Snyder Company has obtained $68 million in bridge financing for a Class A office building in North Hollywood in the NoHo Arts District. The 179,000-square-foot property is located at 5250 Lankershim Plaza. The asset has been fully occupied for nearly 10 years, though the majority of the tenants are expected to roll over in the next several years. The transaction includes an adjacent six-story, 723-space parking garage. J.H. Snyder developed the property in 2009. Seth Grossman, Steve Edelstein and Jackie Tran of Meridian Capital Group executed the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — KASHL Corp. has purchased the 178-unit Radisson Hotel San Diego-Rancho Bernardo in the San Diego submarket of Rancho Bernardo for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 11520 W. Bernardo Court. The Radisson opened in 1989. It features about 4,000 square feet of meeting space, an outdoor pool in an interior courtyard, and C3 Restaurant and Bar. RAR Hospitality will manage the hotel. KASHL represented itself in the transaction, while CBRE Hotels represented the seller, an affiliate of Pinnacle Hotels USA Inc.
SEATTLE — Takenaka Corp. has purchased Tilt49, a 290,573-square-foot office building in Seattle, for $268.5 million. The Class A building is located at 1812 Boren Ave. in the Denny Triangle area of the city. Tilt49 is triple-net leased to Amazon through 2033. The newly constructed project includes 1,646 square feet of retail leased to Mighty-O Donuts. NKF represented the seller, a joint venture between Principal Real Estate Investors and Touchstone. The firm’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Rob Hannan, Tim O’Keefe and Michael Moll executed the transaction. The 11-story creative office property is nearby more than 100 restaurants, 3,000 hotel rooms, 28,000 urban residential units and public transit. The Denny Triangle submarket has experienced a 51 percent increase in average asking lease rates over the past three years, according to NKF. Tilt49 sold for $924 per square foot. This is approximately about $40 per square foot more than the recently sold Midtown 21 office property, which is situated adjacent to Tilt49 and also leased to Amazon. “The buyer [was sourced] via an ad hoc Asia/Pacific roadshow to four countries,” Shannon says. “As a result, we identified a strong buyer and achieved record-setting pricing for a Seattle office property. Takenaka is a …
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — CA Senior Living LLC, the seniors housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has started construction of Atria Englewood, a 130-unit seniors housing community in the Denver suburb of Englewood. Atria Senior Living will operate the seven-story community, which will offer a mix of assisted living and memory care apartments. The property is scheduled to open in summer 2019. When complete, Atria Englewood will offer a total of 106 assisted living apartments, with floor plans ranging from 380 to 1,200 square feet. The remaining 24 apartments will be for memory care. Atria Englewood represents CA Senior Living’s plans to build infill, mid-rise seniors housing near major metros.
RENTON, WASH. — KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group has arranged $49.1 million in financing for the 359-unit Regency Woods Apartment Homes in Renton. The community is located at 1650 Eagle Ridge Drive South. Regency Woods was built between 1967 and 1969. It was renovated in 2010. The seven-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule. It was used to refinance existing debt. Fred Dockweiler of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the loan.