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LOS ANGELES — HFF has arranged a $42.7 million loan for Boulevard Investment Group to refinance Samaritan Medical Tower, a 146,354-square-foot medical office building in Downtown Los Angeles. The tower is located at 1127 Wilshire Blvd. The building is situated directly across the street from Good Samaritan Hospital, a 408-bed academic medical center affiliated with both USC’s and UCLA’s schools of medicine. Samaritan Medical Tower was originally built in 1964. It was extensively renovated in 2000 and 2014. The 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan features interest-only payments throughout the entire term. HFF’s Marc Schillinger worked on behalf of the borrower.

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EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Montana Avenue Capital has purchased a 119,484-square-foot office building in El Segundo for $33.5 million. The building is located at 1700 Walnut Ave. It is currently 99 percent leased to tenants like Fuhu and iSupply. CBRE’s Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Mike Moore represented the seller, USAA Real Estate.

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TORRANCE, CALIF. — Totex Manufacturing has purchased a 71,496-square-foot industrial facility in Torrance for $9.8 million. The space is located at 3040-3050 Lomita Blvd. The battery pack and charger manufacturer plans to occupy the space by January 2016. It was formerly occupied by General Motors. Todd Taugner, Frank Schulz, David Prior and Patricia Wisman of the Klabin Company represented Totex. Colliers International represented the seller, Lomita Partners.

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SPOKANE, WASH. — Goodale & Barbieri and Dakota Pacific have purchased the RLH office building in Spokane for an undisclosed sum. The building contains 100,000 square feet of office space and a 252-car parking garage. It is situated on the north bank of the Spokane River in downtown Spokane. Notable tenants at the building include Red Lion Hotels Corp., HomeStreet Bank, TransCanada Corp., Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance, Wipfli LLP and Farmers Insurance.

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LOS ANGELES — Securitas Security Services USA has renewed its lease for 72,610 square feet at Westlake Spectrum in the Los Angeles submarket of Westlake Village. The new 12-year lease is valued at more than $25 million. CBRE’s Michael Slater and Tom Dwyer represented the landlords, Barker Pacific Group and Rockwood Capital. Richard Bright and Ryan Bright of the same firm represented Securitas.

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SAN RAMON, CALIF. — San Ramon-based Vitality Bowls, a superfood café, is set to open three new locations in Colorado and California. New restaurants include a 1,400-square-foot location at Cherry Creek Shopping Center in Denver, Colo.; a 1,100-square-foot location at 19700 Vallco Parkway in Cupertino, Calif.; and a 796-square-foot location at 20668 Rustic Dr. in Castro Valley, Calif. These openings come as part of a plan to open 100 locations by the end of 2016.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — The third annual InterFace On-Campus Housing conference began yesterday in Tempe at the Tempe Mission Palms hotel, near Arizona State University (ASU). Wednesday, more than 60 attendees toured four on-campus properties at ASU that American Campus Communities (ACC) developed or re-developed in a public-private partnership with the university. Vista Del Sol, which opened in 2008, features more than 1,800 beds and was developed by ACC, while Hassayampa Academic Village, which opened in 2006 and was developed by Machado and Silvetti + GouldEvans LLC, features more than 1,900 beds. Representatives from ACC and ASU, as well as construction firm Hardison Downey Construction, were on-hand to talk about the projects and answer questions. Thursday began with a breakfast and speed networking session, as well as the keynote speech by generational expert Michael Wood of 747 Group. Wood spoke about the upcoming Gen Z, what its members’ interests are, what they expect of authority and what they may prefer in housing after entering higher education. Sessions and panels continue today at the Tempe Mission Palms.

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CHATSWORTH, CALIF. — Dan Selleck of Selleck Development Group has acquired a 55,000-square-foot building in Chatsworth that served as the Tamrac company’s headquarters building and primary manufacturing facility. It was listed at $6.5 million. The space is located at 9420 Jordan Ave. It contains 27,000 square feet of R&D space and a two-story office totaling 28,000 square feet. Tamrac is a camera case manufacturer. Bart Pucci and Scott Katcher of Savills Studley’s downtown Los Angeles office represented the sellers.

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LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a Chase Bank located at 31575 Canyon Estates Drive in Lake Elsinore. It sold for $4.4 million, at a capitalization rate of 4.29 percent. Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while CBRE’s Don LeBuhn the buyer, a San Francisco-based private investor.

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PHOENIX — BKM Capital Partners has purchased the Koll Cotton Center, a 225,435-square-foot industrial business park in Phoenix, for $26 million. The seven-building center is located one mile south of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. It was 77 percent occupied at the time of sale. JLL’s Mark Detmer and Bo Mills represented the seller, Clarion Partners.

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