BELLEVUE, WASH. — Pacific Coast Capital Partners has purchased Evergreen Office Park in Bellevue for $21.4 million. The two-building office park is located at 10940 & 11000 N.E. 33rd Place. Pacific Coast Capital Partners plans to make capital improvements to the park’s common areas, including new tenant amenities. Andy Miller, Joe Lynch and Dan Harden of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, SteelWave, in this transaction.
LONGMONT, COLO. — An affiliate of Pacific Acquisitions has purchased the 152,218-square-foot General Electric building in Longmont for $12.5 million. The single-tenant, office/flex facility is located at 1844 Nelson Road. General Electric fully occupies the facility, which was originally built in 1994. CBRE’s Jim Bolt represented the buyer, while the firm’s Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Geoff Baukol represented the seller, Crescent Real Estate Holdings LLC.
HONOLULU — Salem Partners has partnered with Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group to build Mana’olana Place, a hotel and multifamily property currently under development in Honolulu. The development is slated to open in early 2020. The 36-story, 743,000-square-foot tower will be located in the Ala Moana District at the intersection of Kaipolani Boulevard and Atkinson Drive. Mana`olana Place is the first approved project in the city’s new Ala Moana transit hub. The Mandarin Oriental, Honolulu hotel will consist of 125 guestrooms and suites. The tower’s upper floors will consist of 107 private homes. The property will feature a rooftop restaurant and bar with landscaped outdoor terraces and gardens. The hotel will also feature a spa with eight treatment rooms, a fitness center and an 80-foot outdoor swimming pool. Colorado-based [au]workshop is the design architect on the project, while Architects Hawaii Ltd. will serve as the executive architect. The design team also includes Dianna Wong Architects + Interior Design and Hart Howerton Landscape Architects. Salem Partners is a Los Angeles-based investment bank and wealth management firm. Mandarin Oriental operates 29 hotels and eight residences in 19 countries and territories. —Kristin Hiller
When you visit Los Angeles, the sight of the cranes looming in the sky in all directions shows a city undergoing significant revitalization and redevelopment. Not so long ago, the Downtown area of Los Angeles went “dark.” This occurred after the hustle and bustle of the normal workday was done and the streets were mostly empty, businesses closed. Fortunately, Los Angeles has seen significant construction and redevelopment over the past few years. According to the Downtown Center Business Improvement District (DCBID), the population of Downtown Los Angeles was 18,000 people in 1999. Today, the population is estimated at 63,208, with a daytime population of 500,000. The residential inventory consists of 36,964 units with 11,868 under construction and 19,054 proposed for a total of 48,832 units as of the third quarter of 2016. There are 8,163 hotel rooms with 2,765 more under construction and 3,636 proposed for a total of 14,564. Retail has 2 million square feet under construction and an additional 1.5 million square feet proposed. Major industrial activity includes the announcement of Warner Music Group relocating from Burbank to the Arts District where it will occupy 257,000 square feet at the former Ford Factory, which was constructed in 1912. …
BOISE, IDAHO — Walker & Dunlop Inc. (NYSE: WD) has structured a $29.8 million refinancing for Garden Plaza of Valley View and Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility, which work together as a 300-unit continuing care retirement community in Boise. The financing required two different lenders to fund two separate loans for one property with one existing mortgage. Fannie Mae financed the independent living and assisted living portion, and the HUD placed the debt for the skilled nursing facility. In addition, an equity recapitalization component was included in the Fannie Mae debt. Michael Vaughn and Kevin Giusti, led Walker & Dunlop’s origination team and worked with BrightSpace Senior Living, the Tennessee-based borrower, to place the debt. Walker & Dunlop structured a $9 million loan with a 35-year, fully amortizing term for Valley View Skilled Nursing Facility. The CCRC’s skilled nursing component was built in 1986 and consists of 24 private and 40 semi-private units. The loan executed with Fannie Mae for Garden Plaza of Valley View was $20.8 million with a 10-year term, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. This portion of the CCRC, containing 142 independent living and 51 assisted living units, was built adjacent to the existing skilled nursing …
BOISE, IDAHO — Two years after the Albertsons-Safeway merger that created the second-largest supermarket company in the U.S., Albertsons Cos. has built or acquired 174 locations. Since the merger, 23 new stores have been built and 151 stores were acquired. The Boise-based company has also upped its sustainability efforts. During the first quarter, the company committed to sourcing and selling only cage-free eggs for its store operations by 2025, based on available supply. The company recently announced a new Responsible Seafood Policy, which expanded the previous program beyond fresh and frozen seafood to include shelf-stable tuna (canned and vacuum-sealed), as well as sushi sold from its delis. The company plans that by 2022, 100 percent of the top 20 wild and farmed seafood products sold at stores will meet the Responsible Seafood Policy. Albertsons Companies operates stores, manufacturing plants and distribution centers across 35 states and the District of Columbia under 19 brands including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s, Acme, Tom Thumb, Randalls, United Supermarkets, Pavilions, Star Market, Haggen and Carrs.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $14.2 million sale of Best Plaza, a 65,211-square-foot shopping center in Oceanside, located 38 miles outside San Diego. The center was 35 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including CVS/pharmacy, Chase Bank and Papa John’s Pizza. Pacifica Cos. acquired the property from 1702 Oceanside Associates LTD through an online auction. Dixie Walker and Charley Simpson of Cushman & Wakefield and Ron Pepper of Retail Insite represented the seller in the transaction.
SALT LAKE CITY — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. has announced that Dillard’s will open a new store in the former Macy’s location at Layton Hills Mall in Salt Lake City. Construction on the 160,000-square-foot store is set to begin in April, with an anticipated opening for fall 2017.
LOS ANGELES — New Era has opened the doors to its permanent retail space — The New Era D-Lab — inside STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Inside the new 3,160-square-foot store is a ‘New Era by You’ customization area. Customers can design their own New Era cap by choosing from hundreds of team logos, colors and fabrics. The single-level store also features: • The Blocking Machine: Used to stretch a cap to fit a person’s head more comfortably, to reshape a cap to its original form and to clean a cap. • The Heat Seal Machine: Used to adhere a patch to the side of a cap. The New Era D-Lab is part of a multi-year agreement, brokered by AEG Global Partnerships in 2016, which named New Era as a founding partner and the exclusive headwear supplier of L.A. LIVE, the LA Kings, Microsoft Theater and The Novo by Microsoft. The store is located in the front of STAPLES Center on the corner of Chick Hearn Court and Figueroa, looking onto Microsoft Square.
SEATTLE — A joint venture between real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) and an undisclosed partner has acquired Radius, a 282-unit multifamily community in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket, for $141 million. Radius is a class-A apartment community built in 2015. Amenities include two rooftop decks, gaming room, fitness center and a private resident media room. The seller was not disclosed. Radius is located directly across the street from the world headquarters and main campus of Amazon and walking distance to over 10 million square feet of additional Amazon office space. The property is also within walking distance of employers such as Facebook, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a future 607,000-square-foot Google campus. The 50/50 joint venture invested $72 million of equity for the purchase, drawing from its recent $58 million sale of The Grove, a 331-unit community in San Jose, Calif. The partnership also secured a 10-year acquisition loan of $70 million. The financing features a fixed interest rate of 4.06 percent and interest-only payments for the first five years. “Radius is an exciting addition to our Seattle apartment portfolio,” says Shem Streeter, managing director of Kennedy Wilson Multifamily Investments. “Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood features some of …
