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Dekel Capital Arranges $25.4M Loan for 106-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Tucson

by Nellie Day January 17, 2017

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Dekel Capital, a Los Angeles-based real estate merchant bank, has arranged $25.4 million in financing for the development of Sage Tucson, an assisted living and memory care project in the Casas Adobes submarket of Tucson. The deal was capitalized with a $17 million construction loan arranged through Dekel’s advisory practice and $8.4 million joint-venture equity funded by the firm’s proprietary equity fund, Dekel Strategic Investors (DSI). The property will include 86 assisted living units and 20 memory care units in a two-story structure located on 9.6 acres. Construction began in late 2016 for completion in early 2018. This is the third investment Dekel has made with the borrower, Willis Development.

January 17, 2017

California Industrial Western

Crow Holdings Industrial Buys 120,000 SF Industrial Facility in Long Beach

by Nellie Day January 17, 2017

LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Crow Holdings Industrial has purchased a 120,000-square-foot industrial building in the Long Beach submarket of Rancho Dominguez. The purchase price was not disclosed. The facility is located at 3025 E. Victoria St., approximately seven miles from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. Frank Schulz, Todd Taugner and David Prior of Klabin Co. and Rick Putnam and Bret Hardy of Colliers International represented both the buyer and seller, TA Associates Realty, in this transaction.

January 17, 2017

California Retail Western

IKEA to Relocate LA-Area Store in February

by Nellie Day January 17, 2017

BURBANK, CALIF. — IKEA’s relocated Los Angeles-area store within Burbank will open on Feb. 8, replacing the existing IKEA Burbank that will close permanently on Feb. 4. The 456,000-square-foot new store will include 1,700 parking spaces on 22 acres west of San Fernando Boulevard and south of Providencia Avenue. The closing store was 242,000 square feet and opened on 6.4 acres in 1990, the first IKEA store in California. IKEA will install a solar array atop the new store, as well as six electric vehicle charging stations. IKEA was founded in Sweden in 1943. There are currently more than 390 IKEA stores in 48 countries, including 43 in the U.S.

January 17, 2017

California Civic Top Stories Western

Los Angeles County MTA to Begin Construction on $1.4B Subway Extension

by Katie Sloan January 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced plans to construct a second, 2.6-mile extension of the city’s Purple Line subway through Beverly Hills and Century City. The contract value of the recently announced extension, titled Westside Purple Line Extension Section 2, is anticipated to be approximately $1.4 billion. The project will include two new underground stations at the intersections of Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive, and Constellation Boulevard and Avenue of the Stars, a hub of office buildings frequented by an estimated 358,000 workers, according to reports by the Los Angeles Daily News. Construction is currently underway on Section 1 of the Purple Line extension, which will add stations at the intersections of Wilshire Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, and Fairfax Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard. At completion, the Purple Line is expected to extend nine miles west of the current terminus at Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue, adding a total of seven new stations. The total development is expected to cost $6.3 billion. A full map of the development can be found here. A contract for the second phase of the development will be awarded by the end of the month. Civil and building construction …

January 17, 2017

California Industrial Market Reports Western Western Market Reports

Inland Empire: The Industrial Sector’s Well-Rounded Evolution

by Camren Skelton January 17, 2017

People are aware of the Inland Empire’s rapidly growing market and the fulfillment center trend that’s sweeping Southern California. Amazon, Walmart and many others continue to be pioneers in logistics and door-to-door fulfillment, but the side of the market people are missing is the smaller, more locally sourced user, the groups that service these large international companies. It’s a common theme that when the big guys grow into space there’s normally a contingent of smaller users behind them ready to take down the small- to mid-sized product. This trend has never been more true than it has over the past 12 months. As million-square-foot buildings continue to be leased out by these massive conglomerates, the smaller product has been flying off the shelves. There was a concern in early 2016 that this size range was going to be overbuilt, but due to 8.5 million square feet worth of gross absorption through the first three quarters in the 100,000- to 300,000-square-foot size range, that idea has become a misconception. We’re now sitting with a deficiency of product driving lease rates and sales numbers higher than ever. Lease rates in this size range have jumped about 8 percent over the past year …

January 17, 2017

California Retail Western

Lee & Associates Arranges $73.4M Sale of Campus Marketplace in Metro San Diego

by Nellie Day January 16, 2017

SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the $73.4 million sale of Campus Marketplace, a 144,148-square-foot shopping center located roughly 35 miles outside San Diego in San Marcos. Tenants at the center include Ralph’s Grocery, CVS/pharmacy, Starbucks Coffee, Subway, Bank of America, UPS Store and Unleashed by Petco. Jan Fincham and Patrick Dempsey of Lee & Associates brokered the deal on behalf of the buyer, IVT San Marcos Campus LLC, and the sellers, Campus CMH LLC, 36 CMH and Campus BRB LLC. IVT San Marcos Campus LLC is an entity controlled by InvenTrust.

January 16, 2017

Multifamily Oregon Student Housing Western

EdR Acquires 1,016-Bed Student Housing Community Near Oregon State University

by Nellie Day January 16, 2017

CORVALLIS, ORE. — EdR has acquired The Retreat at Corvallis, a 1,016-bed community located near the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis. Built in 2015, the property offers a mix of one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units in both traditional apartment configurations and cottages. Community amenities include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, cardio room, weight room, yoga studio, bike storage, complimentary coffee bar, indoor golf simulator, game room, computer lab, tanning and green space. The community is 95 percent occupied for the current school year.

January 16, 2017

California Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Sale of 233-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Laguna Hills

by Nellie Day January 16, 2017

LAGUNA HILLS, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Wellington, a 233-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Los Angeles suburb of Laguna Hills. The luxury community is located next to a master-planned, age-restricted community with over 14,000 residents. The buyer, which was not disclosed, has brought in San Diego-based Senior Resources Group to manage the property. David Rothschild, Mary Christian and Allen McMurty of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Senior Housing Investment Advisory represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

January 16, 2017

Arizona Industrial Western

Manna Distribution Services Leases Industrial Space in Phoenix

by Nellie Day January 16, 2017

PHOENIX — Manna Distribution Services has leased 37,000 square feet of industrial space at Phoenix Star Commerce Park in Phoenix. The space is located at 2110 S. 7th Ave. The national delivery company’s Phoenix location will join other U.S. outposts, including Portland, Ore., Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans and St. Louis, Mo. Keri Davies and Jon Rosenberg of Levrose Commercial Real Estate and Paramount represented the tenant, while Lee & Associates represented the landlord.

January 16, 2017

California Retail Western

California-Based Restaurant Group Plans To Double International Locations

by Nellie Day January 16, 2017

GLENDALE, CALIF. — DineEquity Inc., a full-service restaurant group that includes the IHOP and Applebee’s brands, has signed four new multi-unit development agreements in the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Latin America. The agreements are part of the company’s plan to double its number of international locations over the next five years. Since the beginning of 2014, 80 new international restaurants have opened. In addition, during that same time frame, DineEquity nearly tripled the international development pipeline to more than 200 restaurants. DineEquity plans to spread the IHOP to Thailand and India and extend the Applebee’s brand in the Middle East to six locations in Bahrain and Oman by 2023. The company has also planned five new Applebee’s locations in Panama by 2021. Based in Glendale, Calif., DineEquity owns, operates and/or franchises more than 3,700 restaurants in all 50 U.S. states and 17 countries.

January 16, 2017

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