PHOENIX – ViaWest Group has acquired a 72,129-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix for $3 million. The building is located at 77 N. 45th Ave. The building, known as Riverside Industrial, is situated just south of a full diamond interchange at the I-10 freeway, with immediate access to 43rd and 51st avenues. It is fully leased. Will Strong, Mike Haenel, Andy Markham and Phil Haenel of DTZ will continue leasing the property. The group also represented the seller, Cordia Capital Management, in this transaction.
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The Colorado Springs industrial real estate market continues to rebound with a decrease in vacancy to 8.1 percent, an increase in the average asking rate to $6.19 per square foot (NNN) and a net positive absorption of 199,101 square feet. Along with these improvements, there has been a healthy number of owner/user acquisitions in the industrial market that has created a more competitive market for both tenants and owner/user buyers over the past year. Colorado Springs will also soon benefit from Sierra Nevada Corporation’s recent decision to construct its new $88-million hangar facility at the Colorado Springs Airport, a development that will significantly aid the city’s struggling southeast submarket. Designed as a 90,000-square-foot facility, construction is slated to begin in early 2016. The company estimates it will create about 2,100 new jobs. The city will further benefit from the formation of a new 225,200-square-foot FedEx distribution facility currently scheduled to open in 2016 These new developments reflect the abundance of opportunities and land options near the airport in the southeast submarkets, with available sites ranging from small sites of less than an acre to sites larger than 50 acres. The southeast area also offers a wide range of office/warehouse flex …
LOS ANGELES – A local private investor has purchased a 31,242-square-foot building in Los Angeles that is net leased to Stock Building Supply Holdings for $15.7 million. The building is located at 3860 Grand View Blvd. Stock Building Supply had occupied the building for more than 20 years before deciding to sell the property in late 2014. The lease was restructured into a 15-year term after the building was purchased. This space is the builder’s West Coast flagship property. Stock Building Supply was represented by Chris Sands of Sands Investment Group.
SEATTLE – A three-building portfolio of light manufacturing, flex and distribution space has sold to Industrial Property Trust Inc. for $11.2 million. The portfolio contains a total of 138,296 square feet throughout the Seattle/Puget Sound region. It includes buildings I, III and V in the West Valley Distribution Center, located at 72nd Ave. South. Buildings I and V are fully leased. West Valley III is a vacant flex facility. The seller, a partnership between ScanlanKemperBard Companies and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, was represented by HFF’s Nicholas Kucha and James Childress. The transaction was co-brokered by Wilma Warshak of Washington Real Estate Advisors.
BUENA PARK, CALIF. – Tesla Motors has signed a seven-year lease for 23,000 square feet of space in Buena Park. The dealership is located at 6692 Auto Center Drive, within the Buena Park Auto Center. The space was previously occupied by Premier Chevrolet and General Motors. It served as a temporary location while the company’s five-acre dealership was being developed within the auto center. Jodi V. Meade of Avison Young represented both Tesla and the landlord, RST Associates, in this transaction.
LIVERMORE, CALIF. – Tri Valley Learning Corporation (TVLC) has acquired an 80,000-square-foot office building in Livermore for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 3090 Independence Drive. TVLC operates charter schools in Livermore, Stockton and San Diego. This acquisition has been in the works for several years. The Class A building will house high school students from the K-8 campus, as well as international students. The land between the two campuses will be used for a sports field. TVLC was represented by John Hone of Colliers International.
PHOENIX – Palm Plaza, a 25,000-square-foot office building in Phoenix, has sold to MDR Enterprises for $2 million. The building is located at 141 E. Palm Lane in the Midtown submarket. The property is 85 percent occupied. MDR Enterprises was represented by John Oliver of Century 21 AZ Foothills. The seller, Lee Center, was represented by Justin Horwitz and Jonathan Levy of Sperry Van Ness, and by Paul Christ of Encom Properties. Both parties were completing 1031 exchange transactions.
SAN DIEGO — Drawbridge Realty has purchased Spectrum Corporate Center Campus, a 182,870-square-foot office campus in San Diego, for $61 million. The campus is located at 9388 Lightwave Ave. in the Kearny Mesa submarket. The three-building campus is triple-net leased to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The sellers, Real Estate Capital Partners and IVG Institutional Funds, were represented by Michael Roberts and Brunson Howard of Cushman & Wakefield.
LAS VEGAS — LogistiCenter Cheyenne, a 381,804-square-foot distribution facility, has broken ground in Las Vegas. The new facility will be located at 4025 East Cheyenne Ave. It is two miles east of Interstate 15, and within a one-day drive of Los Angeles, Phoenix and Utah. LogistiCenter Cheyenne is scheduled for completion this October. It is being developed by Dermody Properties, which has developed more than 4 million square feet in this market since its first Las Vegas facility was built in 1974. The facility is being built by United Construction Company. Hillwood Investment Properties is the strategic financial partner on the project. It is being marketed by Susan Borst and Dan Doherty of Colliers International Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — Infinity Realty Advisors has purchased the combined Grandview and Sunwood apartments in Las Vegas for an undisclosed sum. The complex is located at 4255 W. Viking Road. The complex contains a total of 708 units. It is the largest apartment deal in Las Vegas so far this year, according to Infinity Realty. The complexes were built in 1981 and 1985. The occupancy rate is currently 96 percent. The properties were formerly supervised by two separate management companies. They will be renamed the Viridian and Topaz apartments. The assets will be managed by Sunrise Management. Infinity Realty Advisors was formed jointly by Asia Pacific Company and Jiangxi Hengmao Real Estate Development Co. Asia Pacific manages several properties in Las Vegas.