LIVERMORE, CALIF. – Exeter Property Group has purchased an 81,717-square-foot distribution building in Livermore for more than $6.5 million. The Class A building is located at 7701-7703 Las Positas Road. Exeter was represented by Michael Donnelly and Joe Yamin of Colliers International. The seller, Bolliboka Properties, was represented by Michael Lloyd of the same firm.
SAN DIEGO – A 24-unit apartment building in the San Diego submarket of Lemon Grove has sold to Phx CapI LLC for $2.9 million. The community is located at 1790 Dayton Drive. It was fully leased at the time of sale. Curtis Lockey of Voit Real Estate Services’ San Diego office represented both the buyer and seller, Limoncello LLC, in this transaction.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – Law firm Klein and Wilson has purchased a 7,300-square-foot office building in Newport Beach for $2.9 million. The building is located at 4770 Von Karman, within the Newport Corporate Plaza. The seller, Kearny Real Estate Company, was represented by Joe Winkelmann of Voit. The building is one of five fee-simple buildings acquired by Kearny in June 2014. Klein Wilson was represented by Steve Economos of Jones Lang LaSalle.
SAN DIEGO – The Sasa Group has acquired a 20,030-square-foot office/industrial property in San Diego for $2.4 million. The building is located at 720 Gateway Center Drive. It is 50 percent leased to Fresenius Medical Care. The buyer will occupy the other half of the building, which was constructed in 1988. Sasa was represented by Mark Lewkowitz of Colliers International. The seller, Urban League of San Diego, was represented by Bob Teglia and Brent Bohlken of Newark Grubb Knight Frank.
SAN DIEGO – A 10-unit apartment building in the San Diego submarket of Pacific Beach has sold to Plotts Real Estate LP for $2 million. The community is located at 2030 Diamond Street. Plotts Real Estate was represented by Terry Moore of ACI Apartments. It acquired the property as part of a 1031 tax deferred exchange. The unnamed seller was represented by Ron Hammett of Hammett Properties.
LOS ANGELES – Planet Fitness has leased a 28,000-square-foot facility in Downtown Los Angeles. The space is located at 437 South Broadway Street. This lease represents the largest anchor tenant to come to Broadway since Urban Outfitters, according to Kennedy Wilson, which represented the landlord, Broadway Investments Group LLC. The property was built in 1942. It is currently 39 percent occupied. The remainder of the property includes two stories of available creative office space and 3,500 square feet of additional retail space aimed at fast-casual restaurant concepts like a juice bar or coffee house. Planet Fitness was represented by Lauren Smith-Hams Dressler of Crown Retail Services. The Kennedy Wilson team included Lee Shapiro and Justin Weiss.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — A pair of Lyon Communities’ recently constructed multifamily properties in Southern California has received $166.6 million in financing. Financing was provided to The Marke at South Coast Metro, a 300-unit community in Santa Ana, and the 370-unit Palomar Station in the San Diego submarket of San Marcos. The Marke is located at 100 East MacArthur Blvd. It was built in 2014. Palomar Station is located at 1257 Armorlite Drive, about 35 miles north of San Diego, near Palomar College and the Sprinter Commuter Rail. This community was also completed last year. The communities were 63 and 55 percent occupied, respectively, at closing. Both properties received 10-year, 3.32 percent, fixed-rate loans, which were financed through Freddie Mac’s premiere lease-up program. Financing was arranged for Lyon by HFF’s Charles Halladay and Sebastian Trujillo.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Third-party logistics provider Allen Distribution has leased a total of 1.2 million square feet of distribution space in Ontario. The buildings are owned by Prologis and located within the firm’s West Inland Empire portfolio of properties. Allen Distribution signed three leases at the center. The company was represented by JLL’s Kim Meincke, Tim O’Rourke and Mike Fowler. Prologis was represented in-house by Travis Durfee.
County, a 288,348 square-foot office campus in the Orange County submarket of Foothill Ranch, for an undisclosed sum. The campus is located at 27042, 27051 and 27121 Towne Centre Drive. The three-building Campus South County was built in 1999. It was renovated last year. The renovation included the addition of a state-of-the-art conference center, a tenant lounge and a Wifi-enabled, outdoor meeting area. The campus is near the Foothill Ranch Towne Center and fronts the Foothill Transportation Corridor (SR-241). The seller, MetLife, was represented by Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Bob Smith and Blake Bokosky of CBRE’s Institutional Properties Group.
DENVER — The Preiss Company has acquired the Vista Student Housing Complex in Denver for an undisclosed sum. The 286-bed property is located at 1920 South University Blvd., directly across from the University of Denver campus. Preiss acquired the asset with a separate private investment group and its joint venture partner, Criterion Holdings, which will act as general manager. The company plans to invest an additional $500,000 to upgrade the facilities, including Internet bundled services, clubhouse and common area upgrades and enhancements to the vistas that overlook Denver’s Rocky Mountain range. Community amenities include a computer lab, business center with study rooms, clubhouse with television, outdoor television and pool table, fitness center, stand-up tanning bed, bocci ball court, outdoor fire pit and bike storage.
