SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — SLR and NHR Turnstone LLC have acquired the 64,949-square-foot Turnstone Office Park in Scottsdale for $10 million. The four-building complex is located at 17767 to 17797 N. Perimeter Drive in the Scottsdale North/Airpark submarket. The park is situated within the Perimeter Center. NGKF’s Erik Marsh and Nicole Iglehart represented both the buyer and the seller, Turnstone Office Park LP, in this transaction.
PHOENIX — Scientific Technologies Corp. has leased 26,174 square feet of office space at a warehouse and distribution site that is being converted into an office building. The space is located at 411 S. 1st St. in Phoenix. The site was formerly occupied by Phoenix Packaging Products. The property is being converted to creative office space as part of an adaptive reuse project. Jim Sadler and Darius Green of Keyser represented Scientific Technologies Corp., while CBRE’s Corey Hawley and Jimmy Cornish represented the landlord, 1st Buchanan LLC, in this transaction.
TACOMA, WASH. — Sprague Pest Solutions has acquired TMC Pest Management of Bakersfield, Calif., expanding the fifth-generation company into California and giving it the ability to serve commercial clients from Washington state to Southern California. TMC will operate under the Sprague Pest Solutions brand immediately. Founded in 1992 by Jeff McCaa, TMC Pest Management offers pest management services to commercial-industrial clients. The company specializes in protecting food processing, distribution and transportation outlets. Sprague has a long history providing the food processing and agriculture industries with pest management and food safety programs.
LOS ANGELES — Manchester Capital Management has purchased the Fine Arts Building, a 115,902-square-foot creative office building in downtown Los Angeles, for $43 million. The historic building is located at 811 W. 7th St. The Fine Arts Building was built in 1927 and renovated in 2016. It is 87.5 percent leased to tenants like WeWork, Pfeiffer Partners Architects, LTK Consulting Services, Hypothesis and SWA. NGKF’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Laura Stumm and Gibran Begum represented the buyer and seller, Sorgente Group of America, in this transaction.
MILL VALLEY, CALIF. — Mill Valley-based Four Corners Property Trust Inc. has acquired 16 properties occupied by Bob Evans Restaurants as part of a $35.1 million sale-leaseback transaction. The transaction was completed simultaneously with Golden Gate Capital’s acquisition of Bob Evans Restaurants from Bob Evans Farms Inc. The properties are occupied under a single triple-net master lease with a 20-year initial term. They are primarily based in the Midwest and Northeast.
SEATTLE — PSRS has provided a $57 million loan for a 285,186-square-foot office building in the South Lake Union area of downtown Seattle. The building was constructed in 1929 and renovated in 1965. The asset has a mix of tenants, including a local newspaper as the anchor. The space also includes a data storage business. The 10-year, interest-only, cash-out loan was financed through a leading CMBS lender. The borrower is a large data center and office investor. PSRS’ Michael Thorp and Ryan Frankman secured the financing. The planned use of the capital was not disclosed.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — A private, locally based commercial real estate entity has acquired the 109,841-square-foot Mariner Court office building in Torrance for $24 million. The Class B building is located at 3625 Del Amo Blvd. Mariner Court is situated near the 405, 91 and 110 freeways, and near to Los Angeles International Airport. Derek Caldwell of Institutional Property Advisors represented the buyer, while the firm’s Michael Lawrence and David Black represented the seller, an Orange County-based private commercial real estate company.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged the sale of Scottsdale Towne Square, a 162,259-square-foot shopping center located in Arizona. The property was 95.7 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Natural Grocers, Ra Sushi and First Watch. Bob Young, Glenn Smigiel, Steve Brabant and Rick Abraham of CBRE represented the seller, Holualoa Scottsdale Retail LLC. Woodbury Corp. acquired the property. The sale price was not disclosed.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — A joint venture between Douglas Emmett and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has purchased two office buildings in Santa Monica for $352.8 million. The assets include a 206,000-square-foot building at 1299 Ocean Ave. and an 87,000-square-foot office building at 429 Santa Monica Blvd. The same consolidated joint venture also acquired 12100 and 233 Wilshire Blvd. in 2016. A portion of the purchase price was provided by a $142 million secured, non-recourse, interest-only loan to the joint venture that matures in July 2019 and bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.55 percent. Douglas Emmett provided 20 percent of the equity capital and manages the joint venture.
SAN DIEGO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $61.2 million refinancing for a San Diego-based multifamily portfolio owned by a local private family office. The portfolio contains three communities and a total of 488 units. The properties are located in San Diego, Poway and La Mesa. The transaction was structured with a 12-year, interest-only term. Gardiner Champlin and Marty Meagher of NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrowers through Fannie Mae’s Green Rewards program.