GOLD RIVER, CALIF. — Inspire Communities has named David L. Gold as its new CEO. The manufactured housing community owner is located in Gold River, just west of Sacramento. Gold has more than 30 years of institutional experience owning, financing and investing in domestic and international commercial real estate, with a focus on low- and middle-income housing. He co-founded Rockland Capital Partners in 2011, and was a managing director at Los Angeles-based real estate private equity firm Paladin Realty Partners for more than a decade. The firm’s former CEO, Matt Follett, will remain as a board member of Inspire Communities. His focus will be limited to acquiring manufactured housing communities in Washington, Oregon and California. Private investment firm American Infrastructure MLP Funds also recently announced it will invest in Inspire’s infrastructure-related operating businesses that are profitable and can expand quickly with additional capital.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — A 128-room Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Tempe has sold for $11 million. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The hotel is located at 1520 W. Baseline Road. It was built in 1997. The hotel sits six miles from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and 20 miles from Scottsdale Airport. Jon Grantham and James Meng of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and procured the buyer.
PHOENIX — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $8 million sale of Rancho Encanto, a 70,859-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Phoenix. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Weingarten Nostat Inc., in the transaction. Massco Investments LLC acquired the property, which was 75.3 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Smart & Final, UFC Gym/LA Boxing, Springleaf Financial, Tandy Leather, Little Caesar’s Pizza and Southwest Title.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Brixmor Property Group is set to open a new LA Fitness anchor and begin renovations at Glendale Galleria, a shopping center in Glendale. LA Fitness will occupy 36,894 square feet formerly occupied by Food City, and will open in the fourth quarter of 2016. Renovations at the center will include a contemporary façade, new signage and lighting, parking lot improvements and decorative landscaping.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Carmenita Corporate Plaza, a 68,779-square-foot office building in Cerritos, has sold to a private exchange buyer for an undisclosed sum. The plaza is located at 13340 183rd St. It is fully leased to Infinity Property & Casualty Corporation. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones and Blake Bokosky represented the seller, an affiliate of Cohen Asset Management.
LOS ANGELES — Partners Capital Property has provided a $3.4 million bridge loan for the acquisition of a 245,000-square-foot industrial facility in downtown Los Angeles’ Arts District. The two-building property is situated on four acres. Bobby Khorshidi of Partners Capital Finance arranged the deal. It allowed the borrower to acquire the property. The site was under a long-term escrow.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — A new industrial park that will be situated adjacent to Ontario International Airport has received a $16 million construction loan. The funds will finance the development’s ground-up construction. The borrower was Mission Grove Partners. The loan was provided by Partners Capital Solutions.
CORONA DEL MAR, CALIF. — Corona Del Mar-based Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of two retail centers totaling nearly 250,000 square feet for $13 million. Properties included Blaine International, a 130,448-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located in Blaine, Washington; and Cedar South Shopping Center, a 118,319-square-foot shopping center located in Cedar City, Utah. A Texas-based investment company acquired the properties from Phillips Edison. Eric Wohl, Edward Hanley and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller and buyer in the sale of Blaine International. Eric Wohl represented the buyer in the purchase of Cedar South Shopping Center.
SAN RAFAEL, CALIF. — Reliant Management Group LLC has purchased Northgate Care Center, a 52-bed skilled nursing facility in San Rafael near San Francisco, from Meridian Foresight Management for $4.5 million. The sale price translates to about $87,000 per bed. Reliant, an owner/operator based in Baton Rouge, La., that was already operating the facility, made the acquisition as part of a lease-purchase agreement. A group of Los Angeles investors looking to expand their California skilled nursing portfolio owns Reliant. Meridian is looking to divest the majority of its skilled nursing portfolio. Shep Roylance of JCH Consulting Group brokered the transaction, representing both the buyer and seller.
SEATTLE — Living Care Lifestyles, an operator with 10 communities in Hawaii, California, Oregon, Texas and Washington, plans to open a new memory care community in Seattle in early 2017. Quail Park of West Seattle will feature 45 units, all memory care, in a 20,000-square-foot, three-story facility situated on a half-acre site. According to the operator, the community will be the first memory-care-only facility in West Seattle. Morningside Development Group is developing the property, which John Lape Architecture designed.