PHOENIX — Mark Spitz, a New York-based multifamily owner and investor, has acquired the 96-unit Los Compadres Apartments in Phoenix for $4.5 million. The community is located at 3518 W. Dunlap Ave. Carrick Sears of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the Canadian seller, Pat Stojak, in this transaction. The seller purchased the asset in 2013.
LOS ANGELES — Paradigm Talent Agency has leased 83,000 square feet of office space in Beverly Hills. The space is located at 8942 Wilshire Blvd. within the Wilshire La Peer Building. Paradigm will use the entire building for its headquarters, with plans to move in during spring 2018. The company plans to make capital renovations to the property. The agency is consolidating three locations into one space. NKF’s Michael Moll, CBRE’s Jeff Pion and BCRS’s Willa McNamarra Fields represented the talent agency, while LA Realty Partner’s Peter Best, Lisa St. John and Rick Buckley represented the building owners, Ocean West and Walton Street, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Weidner Apartment Homes has purchased The Lofts at Rio Salado, a 466-unit multifamily community located at 1033 N. Parkside Drive in Tempe, for $75.5 million. The Kirkland, Wash.-based apartment investor acquired the asset from an unnamed wealth and asset management services firm. The Lofts at Rio Salado is situated adjacent to the Center Parkway/Washington Street metro station and the 3.2 million-square-foot, mixed-use Grand at Papago Park Center. Arizona State University is within walking distance and downtown Phoenix is within 10 miles radius of The Lofts. Community amenities include two swimming pools with cabanas, an onsite recycling program, business center, clubhouse, fitness center, spas and conference room. Units range from studio to three-bedroom floor plans and command rents from $999 to $1,460 per month, according to Apartments.com. The Lofts is considered a value-add investment for Weidner, according to Steve Gebing, senior managing director of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap. Gebing and colleague Cliff David represented the seller and procured Weidner in the transaction. “Asking rents for newly constructed core assets in the Tempe submarket are substantially higher than the in-place rents at The Lofts at Rio Salado,” says Gebing. “This rent differential, coupled …
LOS ANGELES — C.W. Driver Cos. has completed construction of Fountainview at Gonda West, a luxury continuing care retirement community in Los Angeles’ Playa Vista neighborhood. The 460,000-square-foot property features 199 units that incorporate independent living and assisted living with healthcare services. Development costs were estimated at $120 million. Gensler designed the project for Jewish Home for the Aging, while The Los Angeles Jewish home will be the sponsor. The property is already fully pre-leased and includes a 257-space underground parking garage. C.W. Driver is a builder serving California since 1919. The company has already built several seniors housing campuses in the Los Angeles area for Jewish Home for the Aging.
HOLLADAY, UTAH — Mountain West Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of Van Winkle Shopping Center, a 168,494-square-foot retail center located in Holladay, 11 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. VASA Fitness anchors the property. Chris Monson of Mountain West represented the seller, Glen Kitto. Ben Brown, also of Mountain West, represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $22.2 million sale of Michaels Plaza, a 62,952-square-foot retail center located adjacent to the 1.2 million-square-foot Galleria at Tyler Mall in the Inland Empire community of Riverside. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Michaels, David’s Bridal, Lamps Plus, Armed Forces, The Flame Broiler, GameStop and Miracle Ear. Ed Hanley, Bill Asher and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment represented the seller, an affiliate of The Krausz Companies Inc., in the transaction. Jefferson Kim of jKim Group Inc. represented the buyer, a private investor from Fullerton.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — Landmark Properties has announced $2 billion worth of student housing project starts and deliveries. The developer delivered close to 5,000 beds this fall, including a student housing project called Stonefire at Berkeley near the University of California, Berkeley, in Northern California. In addition to its fall deliveries, the company has begun working on 11 new developments totaling more than 8,000 beds. These projects included the Standard at Flagstaff near Northern Arizona University and the Mark at Tucson near the University of Arizona. Landmark is also slated to break ground on another 12 projects totaling close to 9,000 beds in 2018.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — As part of its nationwide expansion, Massage Heights has signed three franchise agreements during the first half of 2017. The therapeutic massage and facial services provider will to expand the brand to the Los Angeles submarket of Woodland Hills, in addition to Houston and Boerne, Texas. Massage Heights also opened six new locations this year, including one in Fort Collins, Colo. The brand is on track to open 10 locations in 2017, with a goal of having 300 locations open by the end of 2020. Massage Heights is a family-owned, membership-based therapeutic services franchise company that provides massage and facial services.
LAS VEGAS — A partnership between Witkoff and New Valley LLC has purchased the former Fountainbleau resort on the Las Vegas Strip for $600 million. The property is located at 2755 Las Vegas Blvd. S. The 63-story resort never fully saw the light of day after construction ceased on the $2.9 billion, 3,900-room property in 2009 in the midst of the Great Recession. It was purchased by Carl Icahn’s firm, Icahn NV Gaming Acquisition LLC, in 2010 for $150 million when the asset was in bankruptcy. The property is situated across from Circus Circus, near Encore and SLS Las Vegas. It sits in front of the Westgate Las Vegas, as well as the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is in the midst of a $1.4 billion expansion and renovation. The asset was acquired at a substantial discount to replacement cost, according to Witkoff. The company spent four months conducting due diligence on the resort and Las Vegas market prior to the acquisition. “Las Vegas is one of the strongest lodging markets in the country given its highly favorable dynamics,” says Steve Witkoff, Chairman and CEO of Witkoff. “2755 Las Vegas Boulevard South is one of the best physical assets in …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has completed rehabilitation of two affordable apartment complexes in San Jose. The rehabilitations occurred at the 144-unit Monte Vista Gardens and 81-unit Courtyard Plaza Apartments. The properties are situated a few blocks from each other. They will maintain below-market-rate rents for another 55 years. Monte Vista Gardens received $5.5 million in rehab efforts, including new kitchens, bathrooms, flooring, computer lab, media center and community kitchen. Courtyard Plaza received a $25 million rehabilitation, including new bathtubs, appliances, vanities, siding, windows, doors, and a remodeled community room and manager’s office.