TEMPE, ARIZ. – DCT Industrial Trust has acquired a 49,956-square-foot distribution center in Tempe for $3.3 million. The freestanding center is located at 402 W. Geneva Drive within Broadway Industrial Park. It is occupied by Wayne Dalton Garage Doors (dba NationServe). DTZ’s Will Strong, Mike Haenel and Andy Markham represented both the buyer and seller, West Geneva Building LLC, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. – F21 red, the newest retail concept by Forever 21, will soon open at Tempe Marketplace. This will be the new iteration’s first store to open in Arizona. F21 red will debut inside a 13,000-square-foot space this fall. The F21 red brand will offer a larger merchandise selection and lower prices than the typical Forever 21 store. Tempe Marketplace is owned by Vestar.
The Seattle office market has been a shining example of strength and solidity. Compared to the U.S. job rate, which expanded by 2.4 percent over the past year to drop the unemployment rate to just 5.5 percent, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Statistical Area is looking good. Seattle added jobs at a rate of 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2015. It also saw employment gains in every category. The unemployment rate remained in line with the U.S. rate at 5.5 percent. Construction led all job sectors with 12.6 percent growth, followed by professional and business services at 4.2 percent. The Seattle Central Business District office market showed continued improvement as the overall vacancy rate declined by 2.8 percentage points on a year-over-year basis. Asking rents continued to climb in all submarkets with an overall increase of 4 percent, while Class A rents increased by 5.6 percent. Making tech giants feel at home is nothing new to the Seattle area. The largest lease of the past quarter was Facebook’s 274,000-square-foot deal at Dexter Station. With a planned delivery of May 2015, Dexter Station will be a 10-story, 345,992-square foot office building located in the flourishing Lower Queen Anne/Lake Union submarket. Facebook …
VENTURA, CALIF. – A 43,138-square-foot building in Thousand Oaks that is triple-net leased to Orchard Supply Hardware has sold to Oppidan Investment Company for $16.7 million. The building is located at 1934 E. Avenida de Los Arboles. Christopher Maling, David Maling and Stephen Algermissen of Colliers represented both the buyer and seller, a local private investment firm, in this transaction.
POMONA, CALIF. – Universal Shipping has leased 142,000 square feet of space at the Chino Crossroads Business Park in Pomona. The lease is valued at $9 million. The space is located at 2855 S. Reservoir Street. The third-party logistics provider is currently expanding its presence in the U.S. and abroad. The company was represented by Barry Saywitz of the Saywitz Company. The landlord, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance and Financial Service, was represented by Bill Budge of William A. Budge Inc.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. – The Siegel Group has purchased the 355-room Legacy Suites in Casa Grande for $8.3 million. The extended-stay hotel is located at 540 Cacheris Court. The Class A building was constructed in 2008. This was the firm’s first acquisition in Arizona. The seller, a large developer in Arizona, was represented by ABI Multifamily’s Rue Bax, Alon Shnitzer, Eddie Chang, John Kobierowski, and Doug Lazovick.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. – A 120,000-square-foot industrial manufacturing facility in Glendale has sold to AMERCO Real Estate Company for $5.7 million. AMERCO is a provider of real estate and development services for U-Haul. The facility is located at 6112 N. 56th Ave. AMFORM will occupy the building. It will allow the manufacturing division for U-Haul to triple in size from its present facility in Glendale. AMFORM plans to occupy building in about six months. David Wilson of Daum Phoenix represented both the buyer and the seller, American Park ‘n Swap, in this transaction.
PALM DESERT, CALIF. – Money360 has closed a $3.1 million loan for a commercial property in Palm Desert. The two-year loan was funded by institutional and accredited investors. It financed the existing debt on a multi-tenant commercial office building. The funds also provided the borrower the cash that will be used for other capital needs. The loan was secured by a first trust deed. The borrower also personally guaranteed the loan. Money360 is the first peer-to-peer lending platform for real estate loans, matching worthy commercial real estate borrowers with institutional and accredited private investors.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — The Seligman Group has received $309 million to refinance 23 of its assets throughout California. The portfolio includes more than 1.9 million square feet and 800 apartments. These assets make up the bulk of the San Francisco-based firm’s California holdings. It includes 12 commercial properties in Orange County and San Francisco, as well as 11 multifamily communities in Los Angeles. Financing was secured by Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt, Gregg Applefield, Steven Buchwald, Jamie Matheny and Eugene Shevaldin of Mission Capital Advisors. The portfolio received 23 separate loans. The refinance allowed the Seligman Group to replace its existing loans, taking advantage of favorable market conditions as the firm took additional cash out.
LOS ANGELES — CityView has sold three multifamily properties in the Los Angeles area. These include the 147-unit Venue in Woodland Hills for $38 million; the 306-unit Enclave in Paramount for $61.2 million; and the 251-unit Torrey Pines in West Covina for $53.8 million. The properties contain a total of 704 units that ultimately sold for a combined $153 million. All three properties were purchased between April 2010 and June 2012.
