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.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — JLL has brokered the sale of La Paz Plaza, a retail and medical office campus located in Mission Viejo in South Orange County. Combined Investments acquired the property from Newport Beach, Calif.-based Flinn West for $32.3 million. At the time of sale, the 51,766-square-foot property was 96 percent occupied. Matt Berres and G. Ryan Smith of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller.
SAN JACINTO, CALIF. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors has arranged the $6.9 million sale of a 17,272-square-foot building leased to Rite Aid in San Jacinto. John Archibald and Guillermo Olaiz of CBC Advisors arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, and Ernie Farhat of Sanjo Investments represented the buyer. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The single-tenant, net-leased pad anchors Mountain View Plaza, which is home to 7-Eleven, Denny’s and Panda Express.
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.