SEATTLE – Swedish Health Services has leased 120,000 square feet at First Hill Medical Pavilion in Seattle. The campus is located in the First Hill submarket. Swedish Health Services will join CellNetix and Theraclone when they occupy the building later this year. The transaction was executed by CBRE’s Paul Carr, Steve Perovich and Marcus Yamamoto.
LAS VEGAS – Shred-It Corp. has leased 22,000 square feet of industrial space in Las Vegas. The facility is located at 4524 Lawrence Street in North Las Vegas. It was built in 1998 for the U.S. Corp of Engineers and the U.S. Army Reserves. The new 10-year lease was executed by Curtis Sanders of Cushman & Wakefield | Commerce.
SAN FRANCISCO — Simon Property Group has opened the 185,000-square-foot expansion of San Francisco Premium Outlets, an upscale outlet mall in San Francisco featuring retailers such as Burberry, Coach, Kate Spade New York, MaxMara, Michael Kors and Prada. With the expansion, San Francisco Premium Outlets is now the largest outlet center in California. The expansion adds 30 new stores to the development, including CH Carolina Herrera, Catimini, ECCO, Rag & Bone New York, Scotch & Soda, Ted Baker London, Tory Burch, UGG Australia and Vince. An additional 20 stores will open in the next few weeks, according to Simon. Simon’s redevelopment and expansion projects, including the addition of new anchors, were underway at 28 properties in the U.S. as of June 30. Simon’s share of the costs of all development and redevelopment projects under construction at quarter-end was approximately $2.3 billion.
DENVER — A partnership between Soma Capital Partners (SCP) and CenterSquare Investment Management has purchased the LAB, a 78,639-square-foot office building in the Denver submarket of Platte Valley, for an undisclosed sum. The newly constructed building is located at 2420 17th St. WeWork Companies, an international co-working platform, has pre-leased about 65 percent of the property. It will occupy the space by year-end. CBRE serves as the leasing agent for the second floor of the office building. Urban Legend is marketing the 3,000-square-foot, ground-floor retail space to prospective food and beverage tenants. JR Bitzer of Lee & Associates Denver represented SCP in this transaction. The seller was the building’s developer, a partnership between Brue Capital and Confluent Development.
DANVILLE, CALIF. —Eight stores are set to open at a mixed-use redevelopment of the historic Danville Hotel in downtown Danville, a project by joint developers Castle Cos. and Nearon Enterprises. Retail tenants will receive space in late August through September. New openings will include a 1,200-square-foot Papyrus; a 2,000-square-foot Heavenly Couture; a 1,100-square-foot Sole Desire Shoes; a 1,000-square-foot Look + See Luxury Optical; a 400-square-foot BoBen Designs jeweler; a 3,700-square-foot Danville Brewing Co.; a 2,800-square-foot Pizza Antica; and a 1,600-square-foot Basque Boulangerie Café. Adria Giacomelli and Gary Riele of Newmark Cornish & Carey led the leasing efforts.
LOS ANGELES — JLL has named Tony Morales as brokerage lead in the Los Angeles region. This area contains about 80 brokers across six offices. Morales’ expanded role will allow him to set the strategic direction for the Los Angeles-area brokerage business and oversee these offices. Morales, a 25-year commercial real estate veteran, will also continue in his role as JLL Los Angeles’ managing director, where he specializes in office properties. Prior to JLL, Morales worked with several high-profile companies, including Yahoo!, DIRECTV, Boston Consulting Group, Electronic Arts, William Morris Endeavor and Morrison & Foerster.
SEATTLE — Retail Properties of America Inc. has signed a lease with Corner Bakery Café to open a 4,200-square-foot restaurant at Heritage Square in the Seattle Metropolitan Statistical Area. This restaurant, set to open in spring 2016, will be the first Corner Bakery location in Washington.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — DTZ has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Jackson Square, a 114,220-square-foot retail center located in Hayward in the San Francisco Bay area. ROIC California LLC, a subsidiary of Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., acquired the center. Dan Wald, Eric Kathrein and Justin Sharp of DTZ represented the seller, Terramar Retail Centers LLC, in the transaction. Safeway, CVS/pharmacy and 24 Hour Fitness anchor the center, with a tenant roster including Starbucks Coffee, Chase Bank, Round Table Pizza and Patelco Credit Union.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Linwood Ventures’ La Costa Towne Center, a 123,000-square-foot shopping center located in Carlsbad, is undergoing a $15 million renovation and will be renamed The Beacon La Costa. Beginning in fall, changes will include a complete renovation of the anchor building, façade enhancements and upgrades to the project’s parking and common areas including new parklets and outdoor dining terraces. Equinox will occupy the 31,000-square-foot anchor space once occupied by Vons grocery store.
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Property Trust has acquired Sycamore Terrace, a 10,578-square-foot shopping center in the San Diego submarket of Vista, for an undisclosed sum. The center is located at 320 Sycamore Ave. It is anchored by Target. Other notable tenants at Sycamore Terrace include Panda Express, Sprint, Pacific Dental and the U.S. Army, among others. CBRE brokered the sale.
