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LOS ANGELES — Construction is now complete on Phase II of Playa Del Oro, a 260-unit addition to the existing 405-unit residential and mixed-use complex in Los Angeles. The community is located at the corner of Manchester Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard in the Westchester district. The original structure was built in 2009. The new addition is a concrete, podium-style structure with 235 units above the podium slab, along with 25 units situated at street level, which also contains 5,000 square feet of retail space. Phase II also adds a variety of lifestyle amenities to the complex, including a lounge, fitness on demand, a video game lounge and resident café. It also received a new landscaped courtyard with water features and outdoor living areas. Decron Properties developed the property, which Bernards build and Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh designed.

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LOS ANGELES — Ivanhoé Cambridge and its partner Callahan Capital Properties have acquired a full interest in the PacMutual office property in Downtown Los Angeles for $200 million. The property is located at 523 W. 6th St. The three buildings contain a total of 464,000 square feet. They are interconnected. PacMutual is situated near the 7th Street retail corridor, L.A. LIVE entertainment complex, Staples Center arena, Broadway Theater District, South Park neighborhood, and mixed-use developments like the Bloc and Wilshire Grand.

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IRVINE, CALIF. — The Quintana office campus, a 421,935-square-foot office campus in Irvine, has received $100 million in financing. The floating-rate debt package will finance the acquisition, redevelopment and re-tenanting of the Class A property, which Hines purchased in August. The four-building Quintana campus is situated at the intersection of Main Street and Von Karman Avenue in the Irvine Business Complex. One of the buildings is fully leased to StrataCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox Corporation. The remaining three are vacant. Quintana represents the largest block of contiguous office space currently available for a large user in Orange County. It is also the only remaining big block in the airport area, according to New York Life Real Estate Investors, which originated the funds on behalf of institutional investors. HFF’s Kevin MacKenzie worked on behalf of Hines. The floating rate debt package has a total available term of five years.

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LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles has debuted its new $110 million Life Sciences building. Construction on the 100,000-square-foot project began in June 2013. The new Life Sciences building houses faculty and research staff from the biology, chemistry and biochemistry, health and human sciences, civil engineering, and environmental science departments under the Seaver College of Science and Engineering. It provides modernized laboratories and collaborative research space. The three-story facility contains 35 teaching labs, 40 faculty and staff offices, nine informal student study spaces, a green roof and outdoor laboratory, three conference rooms and a 273-seat auditorium with an adjoining 1,800-square-foot terrace. C.W. Driver constructed the new building, which CO Architects designed.

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SAN DIEGO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $30 million refinance of Carmel Mountain Ranch Town Center, a 172,272-square-foot retail property located in San Diego. Michael Dobbins of NorthMarq secured the fully amortizing, 25-year term loan through a life insurance company. Tenants at the center include Trader Joe’s, Ralph’s, Chico’s, Rite Aid, Bank of America and McDonald’s.

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PHOENIX — Triumph Properties Group is set to open a new Safeway location and start renovations on Moon Valley Shopping Center in Phoenix. Safeway recently signed a 20-year lease with Triumph Properties, and is investing several million dollars into the renovation and expansion of the entire store façade and interior of its new space. Ownership is also set to renovate the entire center, and to offer two new 5,000-square-foot pads for lease.

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SEATTLE — Seattle-based Colliers International has arranged the sale of three Washington retail properties for $59.6 million. Transactions include the sale of Surprise Lake Square, a 134,795-square-foot shopping center located in Milton, to Tourmaline Capital for $19.5 Million; the sale of Everett Village Center, a 120,912-square-foot retail center located in Everett, to Stockbridge Capital Group for $22.5 million; and the sale of Coal Creek Marketplace, a 55,875-square-foot retail center located in Newcastle, to RPAI for $17.6 million.

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LAGUNA NIGUEL, CALIF. — New York Life Real Estate Investors (NYL REI) has originated a $35 million mortgage loan for The Center at Rancho Niguel, located at 28281 Crown Valley Parkway in Laguna Niguel. The loan has a 20-year term with an opportunity to borrow additional proceeds in the first 10 years of the loan. The borrower was Buie Stoddard Group, an institutional investor. Tenants at the 120,000-square-foot retail property include Wells Fargo, Ralphs Fresh Fare, Jamba Juice, Loehmann’s Shoes, Thomasville Furniture, NY’s Upper Crust Pizza, El Pollo Loco and Precision Fitness.

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CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Evergreen Industrial Properties has purchased a 96,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chandler for an undisclosed sum. The facility is located at the nexus of the I-10 Maricopa and the Loop 202 San Tan freeways. It was built in 1978. Evergreen plans to reposition the building with a new spec office, lights in the warehouse and additional loading doors. Matt McDougall of Lee & Associates represented Evergreen. Jones Lang LaSalle represented the seller, Schneider-Chandler.

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COVINA, CALIF. — Sares Regis Multifamily Value-Add Fund II L.P. has purchased the 216-unit Vista Pointe apartment community in Covina for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 1400 and 1420 1/2 North Grand Ave. It was 95 percent occupied at time of sale. The seller was an out-of-state party. Margie Molloy, Adrienne Barr and Robin D. Ossenbeck of Berkadia executed the transaction.

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