HESPERIA, CALIF. — New York-based Merit Hill Capital has acquired Bear Valley RV Park and Self Storage, a self-storage facility at 18435 Bear Valley Road in the Inland Empire city of Hesperia. The price was not disclosed. Brian Somoza of JLL Capital Markets Self Storage team represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Built in 1996 on 49.6 acres, Bear Valley RV and Self Storage features 726 units spread across a single-story structure, RV parking units, surface parking units and portable storage units. Additionally, the facility offers electronic gate access, 24-hour video surveillance, climate-controlled units and an on-site office. Right Move Storage manages the property, which is 87 percent occupied.
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Tolles Development Receives $114M in Financing for 890,000 SF Airway Commerce Center in Reno, Nevada
by Amy Works
RENO, NEV. — CBRE has arranged $114 million in financing for Airway Commerce Center in Reno on behalf of Tolles Development Co. Mike Walker and Brad Zampa of CBRE’s debt and structured finance team secured the three-year, nonrecourse loan from Barings, a Massachusetts-based global investment management firm. Eric Bennett of CBRE is handling leasing, while CBRE’s Brett Hartzell facilitated the sale. Located at 3000-3030 Airway Drive, Airway Commerce Center features four buildings offering a total of 890,000 square feet of Class A industrial space. The buildings feature high clear heights, ample car and trailer parking, 152 dock-high doors, 28 drive-in doors and multiple points of ingress/egress. Airway Commerce Center is adjacent to the Reno-Tahoe International Airport and is within five miles of the regional and national freeways, including interstates 580 and 80, McCarren Boulevard, downtown Reno and the California-Nevada border.
City of Oakland Sells Share of Athletics Coliseum to African American Sports and Entertainment Group for $105M
by Amy Works
OAKLAND, CALIF. — The City of Oakland has agreed to sell its share of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum complex to African American Sports and Entertainment Group (AASEG) for $105 million. Mayor Sheng Thao signed off on the city’s sale of the property, where the MLB’s Oakland Athletics currently play. Revenue from the sale to AASEG will be used to close part of the city’s budget deficit — $117 million this year and $175 million next year. Payments for the sale of Oakland’s 50 percent stake in the Coliseum site to AASEG will be made in installation over the next several years. AASEG is also in talks to purchase the portion of the Coliseum owned by the Athletics, which is still paying off the team’s 2019 purchase of Alameda County’s share of the site. The Athletics plan to finish the season at the Coliseum before moving to Sacramento for at least three seasons. The team’s long-term plan remains to build a stadium in Las Vegas.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Creation has completed the disposition of Midway Commerce Center, a master-planned industrial park in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. Boston-based Longpoint Realty Partners purchased the asset for $57 million. Located at the northeast corner of Germann Road and Hamilton Street, Midway Commerce Center consists of three buildings offering a total of 301,994 square feet of light industrial space on 18.3 acres. Will Strong and Molly Hunt of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. Ken McQueen, Chris McClurg and Blake Peters of Lee & Associates supported leasing efforts and will remain involved following the sale. LGE Design Build completed construction of Midway Commerce Center earlier this year.
Keystone Mortgage Arranges $25.7M Bridge Loan for Neighborhood Retail Center in Upland, California
by Amy Works
UPLAND, CALIF. — Keystone Mortgage Corp. has arranged a $25.7 million fixed-rate bridge loan to fund the repositioning of a 140,000-square-foot neighborhood retail center in Upland, approximately 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Amazon Fresh, Ross Dress for Less and Burlington are tenants at the property, which is situated on 12.3 acres. Tim Winton of Keystone’s Orange County office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a private real estate investor. One of Keystone’s correspondent life company lenders provided the 36-month, high-leverage, nonrecourse loan.
MANHATTAN BEACH AND OXNARD, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of two restaurant properties in Manhattan Beach and Oxnard, both suburbs of Los Angeles, for a total consideration of $9.7 million. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade, Matthew Greenberg, Jack Webber and Bo Henderson of CBRE represented the sellers in both the transactions. In the first deal, 800 Manhattan acquired a 2,572-square-foot building at 800 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Manhattan Beach from local private investors for $5.1 million. El Pollo Loco occupies the property and has for more than 40 years. In the second deal, a private family trust purchased a building at 110 Riverpark Blvd. in Oxnard from a private family trust for $4.6 million. McDonald’s occupies the 3,500-square-foot property, which includes a double drive thru and 27 parking spaces.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Irvine-based IRA Capital, in partnership with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has purchased 12 medical outpatient buildings totaling 600,000 square feet. The transaction includes two separate institutional sellers and features a mix of single and multi-tenant medical buildings in California, Texas, Florida and Oregon. Terms of the transaction were not released. The Class A portfolio is anchored by health systems and medical providers including UC Davis Health, Palomar Health, UCLA, CommonSpirit, Ascension, McKesson and SCA Health, which collectively occupy approximately 50 percent of the space.
SALT LAKE CITY — Stos Partners has entered the Salt Lake City market with the acquisition of an industrial complex located at 900 W. 2900/2950/3100 S in Salt Lake City for $35 million, or $118 per square foot. The name of the seller was not released. Stos Partners plans to immediately implement a capital improvement program to stabilize and re-tenant the asset. Situated on 14.5 acres, the 279,233-square-foot facility features 22-foot clear heights, 49 dock-high doors and 18 drive-in ground-level doors. Eli Priest, Jeff Heaton and Kyle Roberts of Newmark are handling leasing for the property. Alex Harrold of Mathews Real Estate represented Stos Partners in the off-market transaction.
KeyBank Funds $45.4M Financing for Camas Flats Affordable Housing Project in Oak Harbor, Washington
by Amy Works
OAK HARBOR, WASH. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided $17.9 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit equity and a $19.3 million construction loan for the construction of Camas Flats, an affordable residential property in Oak Harbor, located on an island north of Seattle. KeyBank Commercial Mortgage Group also arranged an $8.2 million Fannie Mae MTEB permanent loan for the project. Shelter Resources Inc., a Bellevue-based affordable housing developer, is the borrower. Additionally, Opportunity Council (OC) will service as the nonprofit general partner for the project, providing supportive services and case management to tenants on site. Camas Flats will consist of 10 garden-style, walk-up apartment buildings offering a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as one manager’s unit. Community amenities will include a playground, park and community building. The community will provide 81 affordable housing units for residents earning between 30 percent and 80 percent of area median income. Camas Flats will also include eight units that are specifically Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) for those experiencing homelessness and two units for veterans. For the PSH units, OC will offer full-time case management services that are focused on wellness, medical health and behavioral health …
TEMPE, ARIZ. — LBA Logistics has completed the disposition of University Logistics Center, an industrial and logistics building on nine acres in Tempe. Setna iO and Setnix, an owner/occupier, acquired the asset for $27.5 million. Located at 1345 S. 52nd St., the 112,300-square-foot facility features 3,500 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear heights, three dock-high doors, 10 drive-in load doors, three truck wells, a concrete truck court, 18 new windows, storefront entry for will call, new LED lighting for the interior space and parking areas, secured parking and trailer storage and multiple points of ingress/egress. Additionally, the property offers 494 parking spaces. The buyer plans to use the facility to expand its operations, which focuses on aftermarket aircraft parts supply and high-tech airplane parts machining and repair. Mike Haenel, Andy Markham and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Todd Hamilton of Citywide Commercial Real Estate, along with Denise Stain Chaimovitz of Entre Commercial Realty, represented the buyer in the deal.