MONUMENT, COLO. — Bethesda Senior Living Communities, a Colorado Springs-based nonprofit developer and operator, has broken ground on Bethesda Gardens Monument, a 60-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Colorado Springs suburb of Monument. The $13 million development is the first ground-up construction for Bethesda in more than 15 years, and will be the first seniors housing community in Monument, according to the developer. Bethesda expects to complete construction in fall 2017. The architect on the Colorado project is Lantz-Boggio Architects of Denver. Brinkman Construction of Fort Collins will provide construction services, and Compass Bank of Denver provided financing. With the two new projects, Bethesda now operates 18 seniors housing communities in Arizona, Indiana, Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado and Texas.
VISTA, CALIF. — Colliers International San Diego Region has arranged the sale of an auto dealership property located at 1100 E. Vista Way in Vista. AV Vista acquired the 33,000-square-foot property from Security Chevrolet Inc. for $3.8 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the property, which is situated on 4.5 acres. Kirk Allison, Vic Gausepohl, Tucker Hohenstein and Mike Erwin of Colliers represented the seller, while Bill Barnett and Doug Hogan, also of Colliers, represented the buyer in the deal.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail center located at 9199 Arrow Route in Rancho Cucamonga. A Florida-based private investor sold the property to an Ontario, Calif.-based private investor for $2 million. Built in 2005, the 17,324-square-foot center is occupied by Meineke Car Care Center, AA Smog Center and Elite One Auto Collision Center. At the time of sale, the property was 87 percent leased. Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Barrett Woods of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
DENVER — CVS Health has opened the first CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores in Colorado. The pharmacies are located in several metropolitan areas, including Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins, and are operated through a store-within-a-store format. With the addition of 39 rebranded CVS Pharmacy locations in Target stores, the company now has its first presence in the state.
LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — Sentinel Restaurant & Hospitality Group is bringing its newest restaurant, Hendrix, to Ocean Ranch Village in Laguna Niguel. Located at 32431 Street of the Golden Lantern, the restaurant will offer flavors from a variety of American cooking techniques.
ALHAMBRA, CALIF. — NAI Capital has arranged the sale of Fremont Plaza, a retail power center located at 2500-2588 W. Commonwealth Ave. in Alhambra. City of Alhambra Successor Agency sold the property to an CTF Development NV for $24.8 million. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to Toys R Us, Party City and PetSmart. The sale also includes two ground leases to El Pollo Loco and Taco Bell. Situated on 7.4 acres, the property consists of three parcels. Scott Martin of NAI Capital represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Square Mile Capital Management has originated a $30 million mezzanine loan for California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles. The borrower, an affiliate of Jamison Services, used the proceeds to refinance the existing debt on the property, provide capital to complete renovations of the ground-floor common areas and retail space, and fund leasing costs for recently signed and future tenants. The 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-use property features retail, office and showroom space. The property is currently 55 percent leased to a combination of fashion and showroom, creative office and retail tenants. The property features three interconnected 13-story buildings and includes a bank branch and 2,200 parking spaces in two garages.
FREMONT, CALIF. — A public/private partnership between the City of Fremont, TMG Partners, SARES-REGIS Group and Summerhill Homes has broken ground on Locale @ State Street in downtown Freemont. Designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning, the transit-oriented residential and retail development will feature 157 for-sale residential units and 21,000 square feet of ground-floor, street-front retail and restaurant space along Capitol Avenue. Situated within walking distance of the Fremont BART station, the development will offer 81 flats and rowhomes and 76 on-grade attached rowhomes. On-site amenities include outdoor spaces with barbecues, landscaping, seating areas, a fitness studio and bike share program.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — 2001 Danfield LLC has purchased the LSI Logic building, a 158,000-square-foot office building in Fort Collins, for $5.6 million. The building is located at 2001 Danfield Court. It previously served as a computer chip manufacturing facility for LSI Logic. The LLC plans to convert the space into a multi-tenant office building. CBRE’s Peter Kast and Ham Southworth represented the seller, LSI Corp., in this transaction.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Resource Real Estate Opportunity REIT II has purchased the 357-unit Breckenridge Apartment Homes in Portland for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 8150 S.W. Barnes Road. It was built in 1985. The REIT plans to implement a value-add strategy to improve the property’s exterior, common areas and unit interiors.