PHOENIX — Realscape Asset Holdings has purchased a 51,809-square-foot office building in Phoenix for $11.7 million. The Class A building is located at 5055 E. Washington St. It was fully occupied at the time of sale. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover, Bob Buckley, Steve Lindley, Tracy Cartledge and Adam Tolson of Cushman & Wakefield represented both the buyer and the seller, Irgens Development Partners, in this transaction.
HANFORD, CALIF. — Fresno, Calif.-based developer 198/43 LLC has broken ground for a 150,000-square-foot Costco as part of the first phase of Hanford Marketplace in Hanford. Located on Lacy Boulevard, the Costco is slated to open in early November. The remainder of Hanford Marketplace’s first phase, including one to two freestanding pads and one to two multi-tenant pads, is scheduled for completion in mid-2017. The timing of the additional phases for the 450,000-square-foot, master-planned development will depend on initial lease up.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — El Pollo Loco, a chicken restaurant chain based in California, has signed a franchise development deal with new partner PLM Restaurants L.C., which will open six new restaurants by August 2019 in the Tucson area. In addition, PLM Restaurants has also completed the acquisition of two existing El Pollo Loco restaurants in the Tucson market. Franchise partners David Harper and Stephan Ralston own PLM. Harper is also president and owner of Meridian Restaurants, which owns and operates 82 Burger King restaurants. El Pollo Loco has more than 435 company-owned and franchised restaurants in Arizona, California, Nevada, Texas and Utah.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego Gas & Electric has given a Grand Energy Champion Award to Petco for the company’s San Diego headquarters. The 300,000-square-foot, pet-friendly facility was a former semi-conductor plant that expanded and relocated Petco’s support center from multiple buildings to one. More than 75 skylights and nearly 3,000 solar panels on the roof produce an 86 percent energy offset and allow the building’s lighting systems to run at only half capacity. Throughout the construction process, approximately 85 percent of all demolition materials were recycled. The building’s café uses highly efficient appliances to cook and prepare food for Petco’s partners. Outside, rain and runoff water flows through landscape elements around the building and parking lot that filter water through soil sediments. In return, water evaporates, instead of draining and polluting the ocean. The building’s energy efficiency is further accented by drought-tolerant landscaping and electric car charging stations for employee use.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Gelt has purchased the 232-unit Monterra Ridge apartment complex in Santa Clarita for $45.5 million. The community is located at 28085 Whites Canyon Road. Gelt plans to renovate the majority of the unit interiors as they become available. The units will receive vinyl plank flooring, new cabinets, stainless steel appliances, and new countertop surfaces in the kitchen and bathrooms. The leasing office and fitness center will also undergo an extensive remodel. The seller was FPA Multifamily.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has purchased a 225,362-square-foot industrial building in Colorado Springs for $28.8 million. The community is located at 125 N. Troy Hill Road. The space is net leased to FedEx Ground Packaging System for 10 years. The building is situated on 27.4 acres, directly across from the Colorado Springs Airport.
OXNARD, CALIF. — The Johnston Group has purchased a 115,000-square-foot office building in Oxnard for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 1000 Town Center, within the RiverPark community. The space is adjacent to the Collection, a new 700,000-square-foot, open-air retail center. The office building was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller was Equity Office Properties. The Johnston Group owns five other office properties in Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Greenwave Systems has signed a full-floor lease for 22,150 square feet of office space at the new 200 Spectrum Center Drive in Irvine. The space is situated within the Irvine Spectrum submarket. The global software and services company will move into the 15th floor space this fall. It will allow the company to more than double its current space at the nearby Corporate Business Center. The new lease will bring the campus to 60 percent occupancy. Other notable tenants include Mazda North America Operations, Curse Inc. and WeWork. Irvine Co. owns the building.
SONOMA, CALIF. — Strategic Storage Trust II has purchased a 340-unit self-storage facility in Sonoma for an undisclosed sum. The facility is located at 19240 Highway 12. The property contains a total of 37,800 square feet on 1.97 acres. It is about 95 percent occupied. The space was built in 1984. Strategic Storage Trust II is sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Desert Troon Cos., a Scottsdale-based real estate developer, has sold a 638,717-square-foot office portfolio within the 260-acre Perimeter Center business park in Scottsdale. The buyers, Wentworth Property Co. LLC (WPC) and Northwood Investors, purchased the Class A portfolio for $122 million. Desert Troon originally developed the five-building portfolio, which features Perimeter Gateway I, II, III and V, and Terra Verde. WPC plans to start renovations to the portfolio immediately, including upgrades to the lobbies and common areas of Perimeter Gateway I, II and V, as well as adding a cafe, tenant lounge and fitness center to Perimeter Gateway I that will be available to tenants of all four Perimeter Gateway buildings. WPC also plans to convert roughly 162,000 square feet of the portfolio into spec space, with each building having two or three spec office suites. In addition, WPC plans to build two new parking garages, with construction starting in the third quarter for an estimated 2017 completion. Tom Knoell Jr. represented Desert Troon internally in the transaction, and Jeff Wentworth, Chris Walker, Mike Beall and Sean Spellman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyers. “As one of the premier office portfolios in the state, it has …
