REDLANDS, CALIF. — Capital Funding Group has arranged a bridge-to-HUD acquisition financing deal with Braswell’s Colonial Care, a skilled nursing facility in Redlands. At 243 beds, Braswell’s Colonial Care is one of the largest skilled nursing facilities in the state. Braswell’s Colonial Care offers rehabilitation, memory care, assisted living, independent retirement, post-acute rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term care and hospice care. In addition, the facility has a 32-bed sub-acute area for patients requiring complex care or rehabilitation. Erik Howard of Capital Funding LLC, a subsidiary of CFG Community Bank, originated the transaction. Capital Funding served as agent/senior lender in the deal, which totaled $13.9 million.
NAPA, CALIF. – Vynapse, dba Pack n’ Ship Direct, has agreed to lease a 226,000-square-foot wine warehousing facility development within the Greenwood Business Park project in Napa. The Class A space will be located at 1325 Airport Blvd. It represents Phase I of the business park. Greenwood Business Park is being built in two phases by Devcon Construction. Phase II is expected to start construction later this summer. Vynapse will occupy the new building in the next few months. The landlord, New York Life Real Estate Investors, was represented by DTZ’s Brooks Pedder, Tony Binswanger and Trevor Buck. Pedder and Scott Bertrand also represented Vynapse.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Three new restaurants are scheduled to open this summer at Ocean Avenue South, a $350-million, mixed-use residential development located on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica. Joan’s on Third will open this month; Herringbone, featuring celebrity chef Brian Malarkey, will open in July; and eLOVate, featuring celebrity chef Roberto Martin, will open in August. Zachary Card and Casey Jahn of CBRE leased the space for the owner, Related California.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – Joda Investments has purchased a 16-unit apartment building in Long Beach for $3.2 million. The community is located at 1175 2nd Street. Joda plans to completely renovate the property, which was built in 1964. It will also make significant improvements to the units, including new hardwood floors and stainless steel appliances. Robert Stepp and Michael Toveg of Stepp Commercial represented both the buyer and private seller in this transaction. Stepp also worked with the buyer to obtain a 2.88 percent, fixed-rate, five-year permanent loan of $2.3 million for the property.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Equus Capital Partners has acquired an 80,878-square-foot office/R&D building in Santa Clara for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 3003 Bunker Hill Lane. It was built in 1980. The fully leased property was renovated in 2014. Jasper Technologies occupies 90 percent of the space. The acquisition was made on behalf of BPG Investment Partnership IX L.P., a discretionary fund managed by Equus. The sellers were TMG Partners and Alcion Ventures.
ALAMEDA, CALIF. – A 4,500-square-foot industrial building in Alameda has sold to Ming Zhi Investment LLC for $3.1 million. The building is located at 580 South Alameda Street. It is situated within the Los Angeles Arts District. The LLC was represented by Heger Industrial’s Thomas Williams and William Morrison. The seller, Urth Alameda Development, was represented by CBRE’s Brandon Burns.
With all the recent froth in the multifamily markets, knowledgeable observers are expressing concern regarding all of the cranes that are sprouting around Seattle. To assess the apartment market, we have compiled data recently published in the “March 2015 Apartment Development Report” by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors. The Seattle Metro area is in the midst of an apartment development boom, with an estimated 17,400 units under construction, 12,000 units to be completed and ready for occupancy in 2015 and 11,000 units to be delivered in 2016. There is an additional 25,000 additional units in various stages of planning for delivery over the next five years. This new construction is in response to low vacancy rates (3.5 percent in the Seattle MSA, excluding vacancies for properties in initial lease-up), job expansion and related in-migration to the area. These trends have resulted in rising rents for new projects, up more than 7.4 percent in the region in the past 12 months (skewed by rents in newly opened projects). The new units under construction or proposed are heavily weighted to the close-in neighborhoods surrounding the Seattle CBD (Belltown, Downtown Seattle, South Lake Union) and close-in neighborhoods north of Lake Union (Ballard, Greenlake/Wallingford, …
LOS ANGELES — Watt Plaza, a 903,000-square-foot office complex in Los Angeles, has received a $220 million refinance. The complex includes twin 23-story office towers and a 10-story parking structure. Watt Plaza is located at 1875 Century Park East. It was built in 1982. The complex was the first building in the Los Angeles submarket of Century City to receive LEED-Platinum certification. The complex has undergone $42 million worth of renovations since 2003. It is occupied by a mix of legal, accounting and financial services firms. Convenient services at the plaza include a Chase Bank, Starbucks and FedEx store. The 15-year, fixed-rate loan was provided to the Watt Companies by Prudential Mortgage Capital Company. This is the commercial mortgage lending business of Prudential Financial Inc.
RENO, NEV. — CBRE Global Investors has purchased a 707,010-square-foot warehouse and distribution space in the Reno submarket of McCarran for an undisclosed sum. The facility is located at 3200 USA Parkway, within the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. The property was developed last year on a built-to-suit basis. It is currently occupied by an American e-commerce company selling clothing, toys and home products for mothers and children.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — A joint venture between the Muller Company and GreenOak Real Estate has purchased Del Amo Financial Center, a 367,000-square-foot complex in Torrance, for $62.5 million. The complex is located on the corner of Hawthorne Boulevard and Carson Street. Del Amo Financial Center contains a 12-story office tower and a five-story tower, in addition to four circular pavilions. The complex was originally built in 1966 and remodeled in 1998. The JV plans to convert the property into a mixed-use facility that contains office, medical and retail space. The new iteration will also include a 42,000-square-foot health club and 10,000-square-foot restaurant. The complex will be rebranded as Del Amo Crossing once the conversion is complete. The first phase will include the conversion of the five-story tower into a state-of-the-art medical facility that will be designed for large medical groups. It will also modernize the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, as well as the common areas and lobby space of the 12-story tower. The portion of the property facing Hawthorne Boulevard may also be repositioned to accommodate for additional retail users. Parking will be re-designed and enhanced to improve access and circulation patterns throughout the entire project. Chris Sinfield and …