MADERA, CALIF. — Nunes California Properties LLC has completed the disposition of a retail building located at 2300 W. Cleveland Ave. in Madera. NIKI Madera LLC acquired the 4,400-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Nick Frechou of Retail California, a division of Pearson Realty, represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
CUPERTINO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Sand Hill Property Company and its capital partner has received $120 million in financing for a pair of office buildings within the Main Street Cupertino mixed-use project in Silicon Valley. The buildings contain a total of 260,000 square feet. Main Street Cupertino will include a mix of office, retail, hotel and loft apartments. The office component was completed earlier this year. The retail component is scheduled for completion by the end of 2016, though seven retailers are already open for business. Stores include Dog, Lyfe Kitchen, TD Ameritrade, Eureka! Burger and Philz Coffee. The hotel is franchised to be a Marriott Residence Inn, and the loft apartments are set to open in 2017. Main Street Cupertino will also contain a one-acre town square and a half-acre park. The loan features a variable, LIBOR-based rate. John Nelson and Erik Franks of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing. HSBC Bank USA, National Association provided the capital.
LEHI, UTAH — Thanksgiving Holdings has received a $52.6 million loan for two office buildings in Lehi. The buildings are known as Thanksgiving Park V and Thanksgiving Park VI. They contain a total of 291,040 square feet. Fred Dockweiler and Mike Keach of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the non-recourse, first-mortgage loan for the five-story, Class A office buildings through a correspondent life-company relationship. The loan was used to refinance two existing KeyBank construction loans
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — CBRE Group has completed a 19,000-square-foot lease for Co-Opportunity Natural Foods, a Santa Monica-based boutique grocery store, at Access Culver City in Culver City. Known as The Co-op, Co-Opportunity Natural Foods has sold natural, organic and local foods to the Santa Monica area since 1974. The new location, which is slated to open in early 2017, will be the company’s second store. Located at 8770 Washington Blvd., Access Culver City is a transit-oriented urban mixed-use project featuring 31,240 square feet of retail and restaurant space below 115 apartments.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Vernon Square, a retail property located at 515 E. Vernon Ave. in Los Angeles. A limited liability company acquired the 7,840-square-foot asset from a private investor for $2.4 million. Built in 1988, the property features a stable tenant mix of local retailers. Chris Martin of Marcus & Millichap’s West Los Angeles office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
MADERA, CALIF. — Retail California, a division of Pearson Realty, has arranged the lease of 3,300 square feet of retail space at 422 S. Gateway Drive in Madera. Francisco and Valderama leased the space from 2004 Knox Family Revocable Trust for an undisclosed sum. Nick Frechou of Retail California represented the tenant and landlord in the transaction.
NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES — NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc. (NYSE: NSAM), Colony Capital Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in an all-stock merger to create a diversified global equity REIT with a total capitalization of $17 billion. NorthStar Asset Management Group (NSAM), which is currently publicly traded but not a REIT, will elect to be treated as a REIT beginning in 2017. Additionally, NRF and Colony, through a series of transactions, will merge with and into NSAM. The company, to be named Colony NorthStar Inc., will have $58 billion of assets under management, placing it in the top quartile of the REIT sector overall. Upon completion of the transaction NSAM shareholders will own approximately 32.85 percent, Colony shareholders will own approximately 33.25 percent and NRF shareholders will own approximately 33.90 percent of the combined company. “We are incredibly excited to merge with Colony to create a global real estate leader well positioned for long-term growth,” says David Hamamoto, executive chairman of NSAM and chairman of NRF. “This strategic combination is the next logical step for NSAM and NRF, creating substantial value for shareholders and …
PHOENIX — Bridge Investment Group has purchased the 856-unit Saratoga Ridge apartment complex in Phoenix for $75.5 million. The community is located at 1450 E. Bell Road in the Deer Valley submarket. It was built in 1984 and is currently 95 percent occupied. Jim Crews and Brett Polachek of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, the Variable Annuity of Life Insurance Company (AIG Asset Management LLC), in this transaction.
PHOENIX – The 312-unit Arboretum at South Mountain apartment complex in Phoenix has sold to an unnamed buyer for $45.5 million. The community is located at 15251 S. 50th St. in Ahwatukee Foothills, an urban village adjacent to South Mountain Park in Phoenix. Arboretum at South Mountain is situated near Interstate 10, U.S. Route 60, Loop 101 and the upcoming Loop 202 expansion. Notable employers in the area include Intel, Verizon Wireless, Honeywell, Avnet and Insight. Steve Gebing of Institutional Property Advisors and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap’s National Multi Housing Group represented the unnamed seller and procured the buyer.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Olen Properties Corp. has acquired Main & Redhill Business Center, a 203,946-square-foot, low-rise office campus in Irvine, for $44.8 million. The 15-building campus is situated on 17 acres adjacent to the Interstate 405/State Route 55 Freeway interchange in Orange County’s airport area submarket. It is 97 percent leased. HFF’s Ryan Gallagher, Mike McCann, Tim Geiman and Derreck Barker represented the seller, a global real estate investment management firm, in this transaction.