ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged $105 million in financing for the 590-unit Barcelona Apartments in Aliso Viejo. The community is located at 23592 Windsong. The property was about 95 percent occupied at the time of closing. The loan features a 10-year term, 3.51 percent interest rate and interest-only payments for the full term. Mitch Thurston and Andy Ahlers of Berkadia originated the transaction through the firm’s Fannie Mae program.
SEATTLE — CBRE has arranged a $19.1 million loan for seniors housing investment company Capitol Seniors Housing (CSH) to acquire Maple Leaf Assisted Living & Memory Care, a 119-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Seattle. The non-recourse, floating rate loan includes a three-year term with 24 months of interest-only payments. Of the proceeds, $16.6 million will be used for the acquisition and $2.5 million are for capital improvements. Planned improvements include upgrading units and renovating common areas, with particular emphasis on the memory care areas. Upon acquisition, CSH will lease the community to Washington-based operator Milestone Retirement Communities. Aron Will, executive vice president of CBRE National Senior Housing, arranged the financing.
SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — CBRE Group Inc. has brokered the sale of Woodlands Plaza, a shopping center located at 530-660 E. Los Angeles Ave. in Simi Valley. DP Grand Simi LLC acquired the 61,373-square-foot property for $15.9 million. The center is located on four parcels totaling 6.7 acres and has traffic counts of more than 38,000 vehicles per day. The property is 81 percent occupied to a variety of tenants, including Fantastic Sam’s, Goodwill, H&R Block and Subway. Alex Kozakov, Patrick Wade and Maxx Cohen of CBRE represented the seller, B/C Sinaloa Plaza LLC, in the transaction.
CARPINTERIA, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 51,585-square-foot office building in the coastal Southern California town of Carpinteria for $10.7 million. The buyer, Steadfast Carpinteria Senior LLC, plans to build a 76-bed seniors housing community on the site. Construction will begin once all current tenants have vacated. Stephen Leider and Clarice Clarke, principals with Lee & Associates Santa Barbara, represented Steadfast in the sale. Steadfast is an affiliate of Steadfast Cos., an Irvine-based real estate investment management company that owns and/or operates a $3 billion portfolio in the U.S. and Mexico. Lee & Associates is a brokerage with office locations throughout the country.
SAN DIEGO — Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate has brokered the renewal of 3,655 square feet of restaurant space within Campus Plaza. Popeyes is the lessee at 6095 El Cajon Blvd. for $1.2 million for a 10-year term. Bill Thaxton and Stewart Keith of Flocke & Avoyer Commercial Real Estate represented the lessor, while the lessee was self-represented in the transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — American Campus Communities has broken ground on its sixth student housing facility at Arizona State University in Tempe, a $120 million live-learn facility. Upon its opening in fall 2017, the facility will house 1,594 students enrolled in the Fulton Schools of Engineering. The property will feature E-Space, a 3,500-square-foot lab outfitted with resources that cater to the needs of Fulton Schools students. The dining facility also has been designed with Fulton Schools of Engineering students in mind. The facility is approximately 14,000 square feet, includes seating for 500 students, and features four food stations and a mixture of seating types, including counter seating, booth seating and tables. A tech lounge is located on the mezzanine level along with individual seating pods with views of the landscape and main level. The new residence hall will be located in the heart of campus on East University Drive, providing residents with the option to walk or bike to class. The property features amenities such as social and recreation lounges, an Academic Success Center, a cardio fitness room and several academic study spaces.
SAN DIEGO — HFF has arranged a $96.4 million loan for Genesis at Campus Point, a vacant, four-building office complex in the UTC submarket of San Diego, which will fund the complex’s conversion into a biotech space. The 311,022-square-foot campus is located at 4224, 4242 and 4244 Campus Point Court and 10210 Campus Point Drive. The space is situated near the convergence of interstates 5 and 805 inside a life science cluster. Other notable tenants in the area include the University of California San Diego, Scripps medical campus, Illumina, Eli Lilly and Celgene. The buildings will feature multiple conference rooms, an on-site café with indoor and outdoor seating, a full-service fitness center, large balconies and a combination of covered and surface parking. HFF’s Tim Wright, Todd Sugimoto and Zack Holderman arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Phase 3 Real Estate Partners and its institutional partner. The 36-month, floating-rate loan was placed with TPG Real Estate Finance Trust. Proceeds will be used to recapitalize the mid-year acquisition and fund the immediate repositioning costs of the asset.
ALISO VIEJO, CALIF. — Berkadia has arranged $130 million in financing for the 675-unit St. Moritz Apartments. The community is located at 23411 Summerfield in Aliso Viejo, southeast of Los Angeles. The property was about 95 percent occupied at the time of closing. The loan features a 10-year term, 3.51 percent interest rate and interest-only payments for the full term. Mitch Thurston and Andy Ahlers of Berkadia originated the loan through the firm’s Fannie Mae program.
SAN DIEGO — Bartell Hotels has purchased the 211-room San Diego Airport Hilton on Harbor Island for $37.7 million. The hotel is located at 1960 Harbor Island Drive. The property is situated along San Diego’s waterfront, less than a mile from San Diego International Airport. It underwent an extensive renovation in the early 2000s when the hotel joined the Hilton Worldwide brand. Bartell plans to make an additional $5 million in upgrades. The company now owns eight properties in San Diego.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Sundt Construction Inc. recently topped out Campus Village Phase II, a 10-story student housing building at San Jose State University. When complete, the building will feature 850 beds, common study rooms, a lounge, multi-purpose room, recreation room and more. Sundt is working with architects Solomon Cordwell Buenz on the $102 million project, which is expected to be completed in mid-2016.
