RIALTO, CALIF. — Keeco LLC has signed a 10-year lease for a 677,225-square-foot industrial facility in Rialto. The facility is located at 1420 N. Tamarind Ave., within the 2.6-million-square-foot ProLogis Park Rialto I-210 Distribution Center. Keeco pre-leased this facility before construction began this past November. The facility is expected to be complete this June. The industrial park is centrally located near Interstates 10, 15 and 210. Notable nearby tenants include Target, Solo Cup, UnderArmour, Black & Decker and OHL Logistics. The new space will allow Keeco to consolidate its 250,000-square-foot distribution center in Ontario, which will relocate to the new Rialto property upon its completion. The home textile supplier also operates a 445,000-square-foot distribution center in Hayward, about 20 minutes from the Port of Oakland. The new industrial space in Rialto will leave Keeco with a total of 1.1 million square feet in distribution operations throughout California. Keeco was represented by Michael Chavez and Craig Hagglund of Lee & Associates. The landlord, ProLogis, was represented by Paul Earnhart of the same firm. The value of the lease was not divulged.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX. – TKG Group has acquired a 74,215-square-foot retail building in Albuquerque for $6.3 million. The space is located at 1100 West Main Street. TKG was represented by Joel Ledbetter of Hall and Hall. The seller, SW Juan Tabo LLC, was represented by Craig Spinks of Kidder Mathews.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. – A 260,000-square-foot industrial building in the Riverside submarket of Moreno Valley has sold to Westcore Properties for $17 million. The building is located at 17101 Heacock Street. It is situated on the March Air Reserve Base and sits adjacent to an Amazon Fulfillment Center. The facility was built in 2006. DHL Express holds a master lease on the property, though it is subleased to tenants like Amro Fabricating Corp. and Ross Dress for Less. The seller, a joint venture between Marhub LLC and Global Port Ramp Services, was represented by HFF’s Anthony Brent, Ryan Martin and Jeremy Womack.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. – The 44-unit Ocean Plaza Apartments in Long Beach has sold to Joda Investments for $6.2 million. The community is located at 633 E. 1st Street in Downtown’s East Village Arts District. It was built in 1956. Robert Stepp of Stepp Commercial represented both the buyer and seller, Luna Bear Investments, in this transaction.
FONTANA, CALIF. – A 7,194 square-foot retail center in Fontana has sold to a private Riverside investor for $2.6 million. The center is located at 17218 Foothill Blvd. It is shadow-anchored by Brunswick Foothill Bowling Center. The property, which was built in 2008, is situated across from a Walmart-anchored shopping center. The buyer was represented by Janet Valentin of VRE Commercial. The seller, a private, Los Angeles-based trust, was represented by Brad Umansky, Frank Vora and Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners.
SAN DIEGO – An 18-unit apartment community in the San Diego submarket of Fallbrook has sold to the Wood Family Trust for $2 million. The community is located at 1133 Old Stage Road. It was built in 1987. The trust was represented by Peter Scepanovic and Corey McHenry of Colliers International. The seller, Lucy Nannizzi Living Trust, was represented by CBRE’s Merrick Matricardi.
SEATTLE – Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest (PRCN) has added two new members to its team. Paul Aigner will serve as vice president of development and Eve Jakoboski will act as corporate human resources director. Aigner has more than 30 years of experience in real estate design, construction and development within seniors living and healthcare industries. Jakoboski has 19 years of human resources and executive management experience. She spent the majority of that time in the hospitality and healthcare sectors. PRCN is a not-for-profit, faith-based organization with more than 50 years of experience.
The multifamily market in Los Angeles continues to be a hot property sector as the economy improves and jobs are added throughout the region. I believe we’ll hear much of the same buzz about the market in 2015 that we’ve heard for the past few years. This includes statements like vacancy rates are very low and demand outweighs supply. This results in rising rents, strong demand for multifamily investment property, climbing prices climbing and cap rates that continue to compress. Los Angeles County ended the third quarter of 2014 with a vacancy rate of just 3.2 percent. Asking rents continued to increase, with third-quarter rents coming in at an average rate of $1,521 per month. This is up 0.9 percent from the second quarter of this year, according to Reis. On the investment side, properties are trading at sub-4 percent cap rates. There were 80 apartment sales totaling $693 million in the third quarter, with an average per-unit price of $300,000. Some of LA’s hottest multifamily submarkets include the Westside, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, Echo Park, Silverlake and Downtown LA. The most in-demand and promising submarket for multifamily is likely Playa Vista, however. Google recently announced it purchased 12 …
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. – Carrillo Plaza, an 18,743-square-foot shopping center in downtown Santa Barbara, has sold to New Group-Santa Barbara LLC for $12.2 million. The center is located at 210 W. Carrillo Blvd. It is anchored by Starbucks. The property was completely renovated over the past four years. The seller, Carrillo Holdings LLC, was represented by Bill Bauman and Kyle Miller of Savills Studley.
LOS ANGELES – Rexford Industrial has acquired a 101,000-square-foot industrial property in the Los Angeles submarket of Santa Fe Springs for $12.2 million. The single-tenant building is located at 12907 Imperial Highway. It is fully leased through 2019 via an absolute net-lease arrangement. This is the third asset of a three-property portfolio Rexford has recently acquired. The initial two assets closed this past December.