LONG BEACH, CALIF. — An unnamed buyer has purchased the 127-unit Patio Garden Apartments in Long Beach for $35.3 million. The community is located at 4874 E. Los Coyotes Diagonal in the Long Beach Traffic Circle neighborhood. Patio Garden is less than two miles from California State University, Long Beach. It was built in 1958. Greg Harris, Ron Harris, Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec, Paul Darrow and Michael DiSimone represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.
DEER VALLEY, ARIZ. — Griffin Opportunities has purchased 22 acres of industrial land for an undisclosed sum. The parcel is situated on the southeast corner of 23rd Avenue and West Alameda Road in Deer Valley, just north of Phoenix. The land was previously part of a 40-acre nursery. Griffin plans to hold the property for future real estate development. Robert Lundstedt, Trevor McKendry and Chris Rogers of Daum Phoenix represented both the buyer and seller, Arizona Wholesale Nursery of Phoenix, in this transaction.
SEASIDE, ORE. — An unnamed buyer has acquired the 18-room Inn at the Shore hotel for $3.1 million. The hotel is located at 2275 S. Prom in Seaside, approximately 80 miles northwest of metro Portland. Joseph Kennedy of Crystal Investment Property, a member of Hotel Brokers International, represented the unnamed seller in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Carey Watermark Investors 2 has acquired the 372-room San Diego Marriott La Jolla for an undisclosed sum. The hotel is located at 4240 La Jolla Village Drive. The 14-story building includes 24,000 square feet of meeting and event space, three food and beverage outlets, 467-space parking garage, outdoor pool, sundeck, fitness center and business center. The hotel has undergone a total of $21 million worth of capital improvements since 2011, including a $17 million comprehensive renovation in 2013.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Majestic Realty Co. has broken ground on a 239,400-square-foot, build-to-suit warehouse and manufacturing/production facility in Ontario. The site, which was the former home of the Sunkist factory, is located at 752 Campus Ave. Melmarc will occupy the property. The screen printing package company will consolidate its multiple Orange County operations and headquarters into this single facility. The building is scheduled for completion and occupancy in early 2017.
LAKEWOOD AND CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Corona Del Mar-based Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of two 7-Eleven stores located in California. The properties include a 1,481-square-foot 7-Eleven located in Culver City, as well as a 4,690-square-foot, two-tenant strip center occupied by 7-Eleven in Lakewood. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley represented the buyer and seller, both undisclosed private investors, in the sale of the Culver City property for $2.7 million. McChesney represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor, and Dave Hunsaker and Chuck Noble of Lee & Associates represented the sellers, Orange, Calif.-based private investors, in the sale of the Lakewood strip center for $3.4 million.
WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — JCH Seniors Housing Group has brokered the $1 million sale of Heatherwood Alzheimer’s Assisted Living, a 32-bed memory care community in Walnut Creek, located approximately 25 miles northeast of San Francisco. Next Level Skilled Nursing purchased the community from Alzheimer Program Development Corp. Heatherwood was built in 1964 and has undergone numerous renovations since that time. Shep Roylance and Chris Harmon of JCH facilitated the transaction.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — Aessense is consolidating, expanding and relocating its headquarters and R&D facility to Sunnyvale. The 16,260-square-foot, single-story building is located at 1281 Reamwood Drive. The Class A flex property has been fully renovated. It is situated near Highway 237 and the Lawrence Expressway. The developer of aeroponic plant growth systems and products is currently located at 1400 Terra Bella Ave. in Mountain View and 1220 Alderwood Drive in Sunnyvale. The company has nearly tripled its size. It will occupy the new space in October. AEssense is a Pan-Pacific company with a significant manufacturing facility in Shanghai. Scott Kinder of Savills Studley represented AEssense, while Greg Davies, Steve Horton, Alan Guterman and Kelly Yoder of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, WTA Reamwood LLC, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Douglas Emmett and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has purchased a 365,000-square-foot office property in the West Los Angeles submarket of Brentwood for $225 million. The Class A office building is located at 12100 Wilshire Blvd. The property will be 77 percent leased after a few impending vacancies. The space was acquired using a new secured, non-recourse, $90 million, interest-only loan that matures in July 2019. The loan bears interest at a floating rate of LIBOR plus 1.55 percent.
LOS ANGELES — Rockwood Capital has acquired Playa Jefferson, an 11-acre creative office campus in the Playa Vista submarket of Los Angeles, for a reported $165 million. The campus is located at 12777 W. Jefferson Blvd. Playa Jefferson contains four buildings that total 200,000 square feet. A fifth building containing 55,000 square feet is slated for construction later this year. The campus serves as the Los Angeles headquarters for Facebook. It is also home to Arup engineering firm, Omnicom advertising agency and R/GA Regus flexible workspace provider. The seller, Vantage Property Investors, transformed the ‘70s-era property into its current creative iteration. The campus is 93 percent leased.
