SPARKS, NEV. — Shopoff Realty Investments has acquired Iron Horse Shopping Center, a 186,000-square-foot retail center located in the Reno suburb of Sparks, for an undisclosed sum. Shopoff has committed more than $1 million for improvements to the property. The retail center was 33 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Dollar General, Subway, Payless Shoes, Sizzler, Jack in the Box and El Pollo Loco. The center is anchored by a Save-Mart, which was not included in the purchase.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Telenav has relocated its office space from Sunnyvale to Santa Clara. The wireless, location-based services company has sublet 54,635 square feet from Avaya. It signed a five-year lease that will commence April 1. The new space is located at 4655 Great America Parkway. It is situated within a 318,000-square-foot, Class A office building that sits adjacent to the new Levi’s Stadium. Doug Sugimoto and Scott Dever of Cushman & Wakefield represented Avaya, a global provider of business collaboration and communications solutions.
AUBURN, WASH. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 152,155-square-foot distribution facility in Auburn for an undisclosed sum. The facility is located at 3702 C St. NE. It will be leased to FedEx Ground and will serve as one of the firm’s primary Western Washington distribution and sorting facilities. Matt Wood, Andy Miller and Todd Battison of Kidder Mathews represented both CenterPoint and the unnamed seller in this transaction.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Computer Science Corp. has signed a five-year lease for 4,948 square feet of space at Platte Airpark Center in Colorado Springs. The 137,900-square-foot, Class A office complex is located at 320-480 N. Wooten Road. The center is now 95 percent leased. CBRE’s Brad Bird, Martin Johnson and Jared May serve as the center’s leasing agents. The landlord is Fairbridge Properties.
LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between Douglas Emmett and the Qatar Investment Authority has purchased a 1.7-million-square-foot office portfolio in the Los Angeles submarket of Westwood for $1.3 billion. The portfolio contains four Class A office buildings within the Westwood Wilshire office corridor. Douglas Emmett plans to retain 20 percent to 30 percent of the joint venture equity. The remaining interest will be held by institutional partners. The JV obtained a $580 million, non-recourse, interest-only loan with a seven-year term. This acquisition will allow Douglas Emmett to control 74 percent of the Westwood Wilshire office corridor. The firm’s portfolio now contains a total of 66 office properties with 17.2 million square feet of space.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Parkmeed Properties has acquired the 314-unit Ashton Pointe apartments in Avondale for $42.5 million. The community is located at 12175 W. McDowell Road, just a mile from the Coldwater Depot Logistics Center. Notable employers in the area include Nike Golf, Ogio International, Eddie Bauer, Red Kap, Bulwark and New Era. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and seller, P. B. Bell Companies, in this transaction.
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — A California-based investment firm has purchased The Terraces of Roseville, a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville, for $39 million. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented the seller, a New York-based private investment group, in the sale. Westmont Senior Living will continue to operate the community after the sale. The Terraces of Roseville was built in 1987 and sits on a 4.1-acre parcel. The community was sold out of bankruptcy as a value-add property. The proposed repositioning includes capital investment and/or a substantial expansion on the site as well as adjacent 1.3-acre parcel. The sale price equates to approximately $197,000 per unit and a capitalization rate of 6.8 percent based on in-place operating income. Blueprint’s Christopher Hyldahl was the lead advisor on the transaction and was supported by Gideon Orion and Mike Segal.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group has purchased Riverside Healthcare Center, a 188-bed skilled nursing facility, for $12.5 million. Shep Roylance of JCH Senior Housing Group represented both the buyer and the seller, Lifehouse, in the transaction. Lifehouse will continue to operate the facility under a 15-year lease with two five-year extension options. Located in Riverside, approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles, Riverside Healthcare Center is situated on nearly four acres and features several one¬story buildings. Originally constructed in 1969, the site has grown to nearly 40,000 square feet.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Global Investors Fund has purchased a 93,254-square-foot Carlsbad industrial building for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 2765 Loker Ave. W. It is fully leased to global manufacturer Nordson Asymtek after formerly serving as the home of Ashworth Golf. The building was constructed in 1999. CBRE Global Investors represented itself in the transaction, while CBRE’s Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe and Andrew Taylor and Dennis Visser, as well as Todd Davis of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller, a privately held real estate investment advisor.
FOLSOM, FAIRFIELD AND CONCORD, CALIF. — Garaventa Properties has sold a three-building industrial portfolio to a partnership between Birtcher Anderson Realty and Merced Capital for $63.4 million. The portfolio totals 533,700 square feet. The transaction includes the 204,726-square-foot Garaventa Park in Concord; the 228,133-square-foot Fairfield Corporate Commons in Fairfield; and the 100,832-square-foot Lake Forest Business Park in Folsom. The portfolio features 18 industrial, flex and office buildings leased to more than 30 tenants. The three properties have an average occupancy rate of 85 percent. The portfolio buy represents Birtcher Anderson’s first Northern California acquisition. Steve Hermann and Robert Gilley of Cushman & Wakefield represented Garaventa in the deal.