LAS VEGAS — Pollo Campero has opened its newest restaurant in Las Vegas, marking the second Las Vegas location and 75th location nationwide. The new restaurant is the second Pollo Campero for GSK 3 Investments, which is owned by franchisees Maria Enamorado and her sons, Gurpaul and Gurdev Kular. In April, GSK 3 Investments opened Nevada’s first Pollo Campero restaurant in North Las Vegas. The latest restaurant opening is part of Pollo Campero’s strategic development plan focused on strengthening its footprint in existing markets and opening new restaurants in key cities in the United States through corporately owned and franchised units. As part of its franchising agreement, GSK 3 Investments will open a third Las Vegas Pollo Campero restaurant in the near future. Pollo Campero is a chicken restaurant brand founded in 1971 in Guatemala.
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BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — World Oil Corp. and Trammell Crow Co. have unveiled plans for Bakersfield Commons, a pedestrian-orientated, master-planned mixed-use community located in Bakersfield. The 260-acre project will feature office, retail, residential, recreational and industrial space. Construction is slated to begin in 2018, with the first development pads delivered in late 2018. The fully approved entitlements for the commons include 400,000 square feet of office, 300,000 square feet of retail, 280,000 square feet of light industrial, more than 1,000 residential units and a 200-bed hospital. Slated for delivery in 2019, Phase I will feature 220,000 square feet of retail, 120,000 square feet of Class A office space, 325 resort-style residential units, a 130-key national branded hotel and 2.2 miles of walking paths.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — Warner Pacific Properties is repositioning Monrovia Landing, a retail center within Shamrock Center located at 729 E. Huntington Drive in Monrovia. After acquiring the 100,000-square-foot property in 2016, the company began a re-tenanting and repositioning program for the center. At the time of acquisition, the center consisted of a vacant Albertsons grocery store and a 6,700-square-foot O’Reilly Auto Parts. Originally built in 1973 as a Super K-Mart, Lucky Grocery Stores acquired the property in 1997. It was later sold to Albertsons. A combination T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods store (slated to open Oct. 22), ALDI (opening Dec. 7) and ULTA Beauty (scheduled to open second quarter of 2018) will anchor the redeveloped property. Several smaller shops and retailers, including My Pet Garden, will also occupy the center. Warner Pacific Properties specializes in the acquisition and repositioning of commercial buildings and developing vacant ground.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Location Matters has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 237 and 243 E. Valley Parkway in downtown Escondido. David Baker of H Street Plaza LLC sold the property to Evan Weinberg of Steven Beverages Inc. for $1.3 million. The 9,300-square-foot property features two retail units: a 7,000-square-foot CrossFit Iconic and a 2,300-square-foot vacant space. The buyer plans to repurpose the vacant space into a brewery and coffee concept by Cismontane Brewing, a microbrewery. Marc Karren of Location Matters represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Pacific Coast Commercial has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 1040 Garnet Ave. in San Diego. John & Mahin Family Trust acquired the property from John Watts for $1.2 million. The 2,600-square-foot retail property was occupied by The Ink Spot for more than 20 years. Martin Alfaro and Vince Provenzano of Pacific Coast Commercial represented the seller, while John Noble of JN Financial represented the buyer. The buyer plans to lease the property to a new tenant.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 4745 W. Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. A private investor sold the property for $1 million. Floyd Shaheen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not released.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — RCG Ventures has acquired Westland Town Center, a 326,607-square-foot retail center in Lakewood, located eight miles southwest of Denver. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Scott Tarbet of RCG Ventures represented the company internally in the transaction. Lowe’s Home Improvement, Dollar Tree and Sears anchor the property. Sears was not included in the transaction.
SAINT GEORGE, UTAH — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $33.2 million sale of Red Rock Commons, a 134,152-square-foot retail center in Saint George, a city in southwest Utah. Pete Bethea, Rob Ippolito and Glenn Rudy of NKF represented the seller, ShopCore Properties, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Pacific Castle acquired the asset. Constructed in 2011 and 2012, Red Rock Commons includes four multi-tenant buildings and two freestanding pad sites. At the time of sale, the center was fully leased to tenants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Old Navy, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty and The Gap.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Multifamily developer P.B. Bell is returning to the seniors housing industry with the development of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit community in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The property will be located within the 75-acre Aspera mixed-use development. It will feature 123 units split between independent living and assisted living, as well as 42 memory care units. Inspira Arrowhead will complement the 286-unit Velaire at Aspera, P.B. Bell’s luxury multifamily community also located within Aspera. P.B. Bell is partnering on the project with Cadence Senior Living, a Scottsdale-based seniors housing development and management company. Floor plans range in size from a 367-square-foot studio in the memory care area to a 1,076-square-foot, two-bedroom residence in the independent living area. Inspira at Arrowhead is slated for completion in January 2019 with reservations scheduled to begin in mid-2018.
LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO AND BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has completed the sales of three 7-Eleven properties in separate transactions with a combined valued of $9.1 million. In Los Angeles, a private investor acquired a two-tenant retail property for $4.4 million. Built in 1977, the 4,722-square-foot property is occupied by 7-Eleven and Launderland Laundry. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley Investment represented the seller, a private investor from Los Angeles, while Michael Irvine of Bulldog Realtors represented the buyer in the 1031 exchange. In the second transaction, a Los Angeles-based family trust purchased a single-tenant 7-Eleven located in San Diego. A private investor from Los Angeles sold the 2,403-square-foot property, which was built in 1970, for $1.9 million. Allen Park of Packo Investments represented the buyer in the deal. In the third deal, McChesney represented the seller, a private investor, in the disposition of a single-tenant 7-Eleven store and gas station located in Bakersfield. A private investor from Clovis acquired the 3,000-square-foot property for $2.8 million. Sharhan Mheni of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction.