LOS ANGELES — Worldwide Facilities has renewed its headquarters space in downtown Los Angeles. The firm leases 23,389 square feet at Ernst & Young Plaza. The space is located at 725 S. Figueroa St. Worldwide Facilities will remodel and modernize the space. JLL’s Darren Eades, Tony Morales and Maureen Hawley represented Worldwide Facilities, while the landlord, Brookfield Office Properties, was represented in-house by James Malone.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. (NYSE: SHO) has sold Fairmont Newport Beach, a 444-room hotel in the Southern California city of Newport Beach, for $125 million. Although the buyer was not disclosed, Marriott has added the hotel to its website as The Duke Hotel Newport Beach. Meanwhile, Visit Newport Beach, a nonprofit organization that promotes the city’s tourism, has also begun referring to the hotel as The Duke. The hotel property features 22,000 square feet of indoor function space, a bamboo garden, 10,000 square feet of outdoor function space, water features and an outdoor fire pit. Sunstone cited low revenue per available room (RevPAR) as the reason for the sale. The hotel earned a RevPAR that was 25 percent below the company’s average, according to Robert Springer, Sunstone’s chief investment officer. Per the company’s third-quarter report, the RevPAR for the hotel was $136.42 compared to a company average of $174.44. The sales price equates to a 5.2 percent capitalization rate and results in $44 million of gains for Sunstone. “The sale, which is consistent with our capital allocation strategy, monetizes an asset at an attractive valuation, increases our portfolio quality, RevPAR and near-term growth prospects, and reduces …
SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — United American Properties and World Premier Investments have received a $92 million loan to refinance debt on Grand Plaza, a retail power center in San Macros. Anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market, the 356,796-square-foot property is 94 percent leased to a variety of tenants such as Orchard Supply Hardware, Bed Bath and Beyond, Ross Dress for Less, Marshalls, Boudin Bakery, Lane Bryant, Party City, Broken Yolk Café, Starbucks Coffee, Ulta Beauty and Nordstrom Rack. John Chun, Sebastian Trujillo and AJ Manas of HFF arranged the 25-year, fixed-rate loan with J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Trammell Crow Company (TCC) has commenced construction on Columbia Business Park, a 1.4 million-square-foot spec industrial development in Riverside. The three-building project will be situated within the Hunter Park industrial corridor. The project will be constructed in phases to maximize flexibility. The first phase will include a 1 million-square-foot distribution center and the design of a 371,229-square-foot distribution center. The second phase will include the development of the adjacent seven-acre parcel, which could provide additional parking, trailer storage or accommodate a planned 86,853-square-foot building. Operating Engineers Pension Trust is developing the business park. Washington Capital Management served as Operating Engineers’ advisor.
HEMET, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Ramona Plaza, a shopping center located in Hemet. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $11.1 million, or $108 per square foot. Grocery Outlet, Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Subway and Little Caesars Pizza occupy the 102,801-square-foot property. Matt LoPiccolo, Matt Hardy and Mike James of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a retail center located at 404-426 N. Euclid Ave. in downtown Ontario. The City of Ontario acquired the 64,000-square-foot property from a private investor for $3.2 million. Secoya Market, Papa John’s Pizza and Wells Fargo occupy the property, which was built in the 1960s. Frank Vora, Mike Lin and Pablo Velasco of Progressive Real Estate represented the seller, while Paul Galmarini, also of Progressive Real Estate, represented the buyer in the transaction.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Stos Partners has acquired a two-tenant retail property located at 610-612 Mission Ave. in Oceanside. A private owner sold the property for $1.4 million. The buyer plans to implement capital upgrades to the building and market the property as retail and/or office space. Peter Curry of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Land and Houses has acquired the 284-unit Yard Apartment Tower in Portland for $126.7 million. The community is located at 22 N.E. 2nd Ave. in a former industrial neighborhood on Portland’s east side. The 21-story tower is part of the Portland Development Commission’s Burnside Bridgehead Master Plan, an effort to revitalize entrepreneurial development in Portland. Yard was completed in 2016. It was sold pre-stabilization at 50 percent occupancy. Land and Houses is a subsidiary of a Bangkok-based investment firm. This is its first investment in Portland. Philip Saglimbeni and Elizabeth Davis of Institutional Property Advisors represented the buyer. Davis also represented the seller, Block 67 LLC, with assistance from Pete Shelton and Kim Grant.
LOS ANGELES — Encino Corporate Plaza, a 126,275-square-foot office complex in the Los Angeles submarket of Encino, has sold to an undisclosed investor through receivership for $35.5 million. The center is located at 16661 Ventura Blvd. Encino Corporate Center was built in 1968 and fully renovated in 1988. It is currently 76 percent leased, housing a mix of medical and professional services tenants. Trigild will remain on board as property manager. HFF’s Andrew Harper and Evan Kovac brokered the sale.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Mesa West Capital has originated a $35.7 million first mortgage loan for the refinancing and repositioning of Rossmoor Shopping Center in Walnut Creek. A joint venture between Citivest Commercial and Tallen Capital Partners was the borrower. The borrower acquired the property in 2012 and is implementing a city-approved redevelopment plan for the 108,000-square-foot property. In addition to upgrading the exterior façade, expanding the inline space and adding new retail pads, the plan also includes adding an additional 27,000 square feet of net rentable area to the existing property. Steve Fried and Seth Hall of Mesa West Capital originated the five-year, non-recourse, floating-rate loan for the borrower.