The Las Vegas office market continues to recover and stabilize, capping off 2014 with the 12th consecutive quarter of positive net absorption. Initially slow to recover following the recession, the area’s rebound has recently quickened. The market has an unemployment rate of 7.1 percent, with 2014 being the first year since 2008 to see a rate below 8 percent. Office-related jobs represented 20 percent of the workforce, second only to hospitality, proving the office market is an important part of the area’s growth and vitality. Class A office space along the I-215 Beltway currently shows strong activity. Las Vegas is home to two suburbs that historically were among the fastest-growing communities in the nation: Green Valley in the southeast and Summerlin in the west. Initially built as a means to connect the populations of these communities, the Beltway now extends around the city, connecting to I-15 in the northern valley. Notable recent developments along the Beltway include Krausz Companies’ and WGH Partners’ Gramercy, a mixed-use office, retail and multifamily project in the southwest that added 175,000 square feet of Class A office space in the third quarter of 2014, and The Howard Hughes Corporation’s Downtown Summerlin, a mixed-use project that …
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – The 121-unit Whispering Palms apartments in Palm Springs has sold to Latitude 33 LLC for $6.8 million. The community is located at 449 E. Arenas Road. The buyer was represented by Milburn Stevens of Lee & Associates Palm Desert. The seller, Metropolitan Management Company and City Center Real Estate, was also represented by Stevens.
LOS ANGELES – A 143,000-square-foot office park in the Los Angeles submarket of Northridge has sold to a local developer for $6.1 million. The building is located at 8350–8454 Reseda Blvd. It is currently occupied by three tenants in six buildings. The buyer, Harridge Capital Group, was represented by Lynwood Fields of Madison Partners. The seller, Lehr Properties, was represented by David Young and Chad Gahr of NAI Capital.
SAN DIEGO – A 9,157-square-foot retail portfolio in the San Diego submarket of Pacific Beach has sold to Dayani Partners for $4.6 million. The property is located at 1036-1038, 1757-1765 and 1775 Garnet. It includes five bungalows adjacent to the PB Fish Shop and an additional parcel several blocks to the west. Kipp Gstettenbauer and Ryan King represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. – Admiral Capital Group has sold a 74,276-square-foot office property in Santa Clara for an undisclosed sum. The buyer was not named. The building is located at 4500 Great America Parkway. It was built in 1983. Admiral’s joint venture partner in this transaction was South Bay Development Company.
PHOENIX – A 61,729-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix has sold to MLCY Investment for $3.1 million. The property is located at 3000 E. Chambers Street. It was built in 1987. The space was previously occupied by Fluoresco. The seller, WE Valoroso Holding Corporation, was represented by DTZ’s Paul Boyle, Rick Danis and Pete Klees. The firm’s Andy Cloud represented the buyer.
HONOLULU, HAWAII — The Howard Hughes Corporation has received a $350 million syndicated loan for two condo development projects in Honolulu. The condos, called Waiea and Anaha, will be situated within Ward Village. Ward Village is a 60-acre, urban master-planned community located between the city’s downtown and Waikiki. The community will feature more than 4,000 high-rise residences and more than one million square feet of retail space. The retail will be surrounded by outdoor public gathering places and pedestrian-friendly streets. Ward Village will be anchored by a four-acre public park that will serve as a multipurpose gathering space. The two condo developments offer views of the Pacific Ocean and Diamond Head. Amenities including fitness centers, swimming pools, a library, children’s play areas and dog parks. The projects will also feature about 24,000 square feet of retail space and 989 parking spaces. The A-note will be spread between five lenders, including Wells Fargo, Ullico, Washington Capital Management, First Hawaiian Bank and American Savings Bank. The note is part of a larger $600 million construction loan, which was secured by JLL for the Howard Hughes Corporation in late 2014. Financing was provided by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies. The JLL team was …
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation and MG Properties Group have purchased the 768-unit Madison Park Apartments in Anaheim for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 2235 W. Broadway. This is the largest single property by number of units to be purchased in Southern California since 2013, according to the buyers. Madison Park is situated in West Anaheim near the I-5 freeway, between Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm. The buyers plan to make improvements to the community’s common areas and interiors. Common-area amenities include two swimming pools, sports courts, a large fitness center and group exercise room, clubhouse, movie theater, banquet room and a business center. Madison Park was purchased from a private multifamily investment firm that was represented by Institutional Property Advisors’ Greg Harris and Kevin Green. The buyers represented themselves in this transaction. The acquisition was financed with a 10-year, fixed-rate mortgage from Fannie Mae that was arranged by Brian Eisendrath at CBRE.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Hines and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. have purchased Tri-City Corporate Centre, a 17-building, mixed-use office complex in San Bernardino, for an undisclosed sum. The property is located near the intersection of the I-10 and I-215 freeways. Tri-City Corporate Centre contains more than one million square feet of space on 153 acres. The master-planned business park offers a range of building styles, including mid-rise, low-rise, flex and eight Class A office towers. This was the largest office sale by square footage in recorded history for the Inland Empire, according to CBRE, which represented the sellers. Construction began on the center in 1986 and continued through 2008. It is currently 61 percent occupied. Notable tenants include Northrop Grumman, Art Institute of California, Wells Fargo, CalPERS, Health Net, Fidelity Title, Parsons Brinckerhoff, TASC and Chicago Title. Tri-City contains notable buildings like One Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt Plaza, Brier Corporate Center, One, Two and Three Parkside, Lakeside Tower, North River Place, One and Two Carnegie Plaza, Northcourt Plaza, and Carnegie Business Center I and II. The campus is entitled to add more than 300,000 square feet of development on four parcels of land. It also …
GLENDALE, ARIZ. – Brookwood Commerce Centre, a 209,182-square-foot office building in Glendale, has sold to United Realty MTA for $9.9 million. The mid-rise center is located at 4425 W. Olive Ave. It was built in 1974. Brookwood was 79 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller, 4425 West Olive Holdings, was represented by DTZ’s Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover.