HONOLULU — Kalākaua Gardens, an independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing and memory care community in Hawaii’s capital, is slated to open its doors in early 2016. Although the operator, Avalon Health Care Group, doesn’t specifically identify the property as a continuing care retirement community, it notes that Kalākaua Gardens will be the only community on the island offering all levels of care on one site. The luxury community will comprise 17 stories in Honolulu’s vibrant Ala Moana commercial district.
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PHOENIX — Lancaster Pollard has provided a $9.5 million FHA loan for the refinancing of Sunshine Village, a 49-unit memory care community in Phoenix. The cottage-style community consists of seven single-story buildings. It was constructed in 1999 and renovated in 2013. The nonrecourse loan carries a 35-year term and fixed interest rate. The refinancing provides Sunshine Village with debt service savings as well as over $335,000 in funds for capital improvements. Jason Dopoulos led the transaction for Lancaster Pollard.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Watumull Properties Corp. has purchased a 205,303-square-foot manufacturing facility in Portland for $7.5 million. The property is located at 3901 SE Naef Road in the Milwaukie suburb. The seller was Blount International Inc., an outdoor equipment manufacturer. Steven Klein, Peter Stalick and Jeff Kiersey of Kidder Mathews represented Watumull. The Kidder Mathews team will also handle leasing at the facility.
PHOENIX — The ASU Foundation of Tempe has purchased a 51,145-square-foot flex industrial warehouse in Phoenix for $3.2 million. The warehouse is located at 4525 E. McDowell Road. The foundation plans to upgrade and rehabilitate the property. Rich Sica of Daum Phoenix represented both the buyer and seller, AMK Properties, in this transaction.
BERKELEY, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $47 in non-recourse financing for The New Californian, a mixed-use development in Berkeley. The property contains 148 apartment units and 15,700 square feet of retail space. The New Californian is located at 1988 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, about three blocks from UC Berkeley. The project was originally developed in 2010 by Hudson McDonald, the borrower. John Nelson, Michael Walker and Erik Franks of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan.
LAS VEGAS AND PHOENIX — The ConAm Group has purchased two multifamily assets in Las Vegas and Phoenix. The acquisitions include the 200-unit Silver Shadow in Las Vegas, and The Greens, a 324-unit community in the Phoenix submarket of Chandler. The Las Vegas property sold for $22.6 million. The Phoenix purchase price was not disclosed. Glenn Dulaine at Realty Executives of Nevada represented ConAm and the seller, Bridge Investment Group Partners, in the Las Vegas transaction. ConAm plans to implement a series of interior and exterior upgrades to that property.
LOS ANGELES – Ready Capital has provided a $6.1 million loan for a 16,000-square-foot office property in Los Angeles. The property is located at 515 Shatto Place in the Koreatown neighborhood. The funds will be used to acquire, renovate and stabilize the property, which will be converted to creative office space. The loan features a two-year term with a one-year extension option. It also comes with a funding facility that can provide future capital expenses, tenant improvement and leasing commissions, with an advance of up to 75 percent loan-to-cost. The borrower was not named.
SAN DIEGO — Newkirk Family Trust II has acquired Ten on Columbia, a 10-unit apartment building in the San Diego submarket of Little Italy, for $5.5 million. The community is located at 2104 Columbia St. The loft-style property debuted this past October. It achieved full occupancy by December. Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International’s Multi-Family Advisory Group represented both the buyer and seller, BAIA Vista LLC, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES — BH Properties has donated $500,000 to the USC Price School of Public Policy in Los Angeles. The donation will help fund the school’s new Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development degree. The gift will also help recruit real estate faculty, provide professional development opportunities for students to gain real-world experience in the industry and fund scholarships for the program’s most exceptional young students. This is the first gift pledged in support of the Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development program. The Price School launched one of the nation’s first graduate degrees in real estate development with the establishment of the Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development program in 1986. USC’s Bachelor of Science in Real Estate Development launched this past fall. It is expected to accept up to 250 students per year.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Zephyr has sold The Block, a 60,000-square-foot mixed-use site currently under development on Broadway in San Diego, to Vancouver, Canada-based Bosa Development. The final price was $33 million, according to The San Diego Union Tribune. Zephyr acquired the property in 2014 and received approvals to transform it into a mixed-use development. The incomplete re-development includes a 41-floor tower and 21-floor tower housing 498 residential units, a boutique hotel and retail space. Zoning of the site allows for development of up to 720,000 square feet. Currently, the property consists of 1950s-era retail, parking and office space. Bosa plans to demolish the existing structures and develop the mixed-use retail and residential community on the site. Joseph Wong Design Associates is the architect for The Block, which is estimated to cost at least $250 million.