LOS ANGELES — Shamina Investments has received an $11.2 million loan to acquire and renovate the 53-room Claremont Hotel Westwood in Los Angeles. The hotel is located at 1044 Tiverton Ave. in Westwood Village. The Claremont Hotel was built in 1939. The hotel will re-open the hotel in February 2018 as the Palihotel Westwood under the Paligroup hotel flag. Paligroup currently manages and operates four daily and extended-stay boutique properties in the Los Angeles area. The five-year, non-recourse loan was priced at a spread over the 30-day LIBOR. It includes structure for reserves to cover renovation costs, debt service and operating deficits prior to stabilization, according to Thorofare’s Felix Gutnikov, who originated the financing. The New York City office of Mission Capital Advisors LLC arranged the loan. The seller was a local family.
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Welbrook Senior Living expects to complete construction of 50-bed skilled nursing facility in Las Cruces, just north of El Paso, Texas, by the end of June. The property, which has not yet been named, will largely focus on short-stay rehabilitation. Partners on the funding, design and construction of the property include National Healthcare Development Inc., Northstar Commercial Partners, Lantz-Boggio Architects and Catamount Constructors. California-based Welbrook has 11 communities opened or under construction in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois and Arizona. Its properties span the continuum of care.
LOS ANGELES — Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has purchased a 15-property self-storage portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The facilities are situated throughout California, Arizona, Colorado and Minnesota. The Trojan Self Storage Portfolio contains a total of 1.4 million square feet and 19,000 units. CBRE’s Nicholas Walker and his team represented both the buyer and seller, Trojan Storage, in this transaction.
REDMOND, WASH. — Emerald Communities, a nonprofit seniors housing operator, has announced plans to add a new neighborhood named The Courtyard to its Emerald Heights continuing care retirement community in the Seattle suburb of Redmond. The Courtyard will feature a three-level, 69,998-square-foot building atop a 34,107-square-foot parking structure. It will add 42 new units to the community, surrounding a pedestrian plaza that connects to the property’s existing nature trail. Construction of The Courtyard is expected to begin in mid-2018. Emerald Heights, which sits on 38 acres in the Education Hill neighborhood of Redmond, was most recently expanded in 2014.
SAN DIEGO — Coldwell Banker Commercial SC (CBC-SC ) has completed its expansion into a 4,000-square-foot space at the newly revamped Executive Square Plaza in the University Towne Center (UTC) area of San Diego. CBC-SC’s president, Brandon Sudweeks, says this expansion is part of the firm’s larger strategy within the San Diego region. The firm has grown from three agents just a few years ago to more than 30 agents in three offices. CBC-SC plans to add a few more agents to its newly expanded UTC office.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Dog Haus, a Pasadena-based gourmet hot dog, sausage and burger concept, has signed a development agreement with American Development Partners. The agreement includes the construction of over 300 new Dog Haus franchise locations in 12 states over the next seven years. The new locations will be built on land primarily purchased for built-to-suit and standalone Dog Haus Biergarten concepts, and will be operated by franchisees with multi-unit and multi-brand experience. The deal has a projected real estate, construction and design investment value of over $500 million. Dog Haus currently has 21 stores open in five states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Utah), which will now grow to 19 states across the country with stores set to open in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee and Wyoming. American Development Partners’ primary role will be to aid in the development of new locations, and facilitate the acquisition of land and oversee construction of this deal’s new franchise locations.
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — Integral Senior Living (ISL), a seniors housing operator, has been chosen to manage The Oak Cottage of Santa Barbara, a memory care community in Santa Barbara. This will be the California-based operator’s first community in Santa Barbara.
SOLANA BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $33.3 million sale of BeackWalk, a 54,973-square-foot shopping center located in Solana Beach. Tenants at the center include California Pizza Kitchen, Alfonso’s of La Jolla, Rubio’s Coastal Grill and Banfield Pet Hospital. John Read, Philip Voorhees, Jimmy Slusher and Kirk Brummer of CBRE represented the buyer, a fund manager based in Chicago. The same team from CBRE, alongside Reg Kobzi of CBRE’s San Diego office, represented the seller, a partnership managed by The Muller Company.
VISTA, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 140-unit Las Palmas apartments in the San Diego submarket of Vista for $20.9 million. The community is located at 300 W. Los Angeles Drive. Las Palmas has floor plans ranging from one- to three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, community lounge and covered parking. Chris Zorbas of IPA represented the buyer. JLL’s Darcy Miramontes and Kip Malo represented the sellers, FPA Multifamily and PCCP, in this transaction.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — A high-net-worth 1031 exchange buyer has purchased a 64,165-square-foot creative office and industrial property in Carlsbad. The asset is located at 5858 Dryden Place. The space was 98 percent leased to 44 tenants. It includes a high-end creative office portion that serves as executive suites and a warehouse space currently occupied by the International Floral Trade Center. CBRE’s Matt Pourcho, Gary Stache and Anthony DeLorenzo represented the seller, Sunroad Enterprises, in this transaction.