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BERKELEY, CALIF. – Meridian Property Company has acquired a 15,915-square-foot medical office building in Berkeley for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 2920 Telegraph Ave. It was built in 1971 and was vacant at the time of sale. Meridian plans to invest $2.6 million into the building. The company also plans to reduce the building’s footprint to 12,900 square feet. It will use that space to create internal, secure parking behind the ground floor, which will meet the conditional use permit requirement and allow medical use at this location. The renovation is scheduled this fall. The seller was Gambro. Dave McCarty of Lee & Associates of Oakland serves as the building’s exclusive leasing agent.

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GILBERT, ARIZ. – Saint Xavier University opened a new recruiting center in Gilbert. The center is located at 119 North Gilbert Road. It will allow the university to attract future students to its new Gilbert campus, which will open this fall. The building is still under construction, though students have begun online classes through the new university outpost.

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LOS ANGELES – American Realty Advisors has acquired Shoemaker Distribution Center, a 175,000 square-foot warehouse space in the Los Angeles submarket of Santa Fe Springs, for an undisclosed sum. The space is located at 15050-15066 Shoemaker Ave. It is fully leased to tenants like J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Altaquip LLC, Pacific Diving Academy USA Inc., Spartech Corporation and Sysonic USA. American Realty Advisors represented itself in this acquisition. The seller, an entity controlled by Lincoln Property Company, was represented by CBRE’s Barbara Emmons, Darla Longo, Rebecca Perlmutter and Laird Perkins.

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MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. – ValueRock Realty Partners has acquired Mission Viejo Garden Plaza, a 67,000-sqiare-foot office and retail property in the Orange County submarket of Mission Viejo, for $13.3 million. The center is located at the northwest corner of La Paz Road and Marguerite Parkway. The space was built in 1975 and renovated in 2009. Peter D. Beauchamp, Brian Corrigan, and Mark Sigler of Voit Real Estate Services represented both ValueRock and the unnamed seller in this transaction.

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LOS ANGELES – Jump LA has renewed its lease for 7,000 square feet of creative office space at Blackwelder in the Los Angeles submarket of Culver City. The space is located at 3123 S La Cienega Blvd. Other tenants at the campus include Hungry Man, Bandito Brothers and Gentlemen Scholar, as well as visual-effects firms like The Mill. The creative editorial boutique firm was represented by Avison Young’s Jeff Vertun. The landlord, a joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Genton Property Group, was represented by Lincoln Property Company.

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UPLAND, CALIF. – Alta Medical Center, a 24,212 square foot medical property in Upland, has sold to Elat Properties for $5.5 million. The center is located at 1113 Alta Ave. The center is currently 93 percent leased. About 34 percent of its current leases will expire in the next few years. The space was built in 1989. CBRE’s Bryan Lewitt, John Oien, and Chris Isola represented both the buyer and the seller, Alta Investment Properties LLC, in this transaction.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — GRI Investors has acquired Casas Adobes Plaza, a 91,318-square-foot shopping center in Tucson, for $46 million. The center is located at the southwest corner of Ina and Oracle roads. Casas Adobes is anchored by a new Whole Foods that opened this past August. Other notable tenants include Starbucks, Chipotle, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Jos. A. Bank, Chico’s, Sauce, Loop Jean Company and a Wildflower restaurant. GRI Investors was represented by Jan Fincham and Patrick Dempsey of Lee & Associates in Phoenix. The seller was Casas Adobes Plaza LLC.

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IRVINE, CALIF. — The Hoag Health Center – Irvine has received $41.2 million in a construction-to-permanent loan. The center will be located at the intersection of Alton Parkway and Sand Canyon Avenue, directly across from Hoag Hospital Irvine. The 150,000-square-foot medical office development contains three Class A, 50,000-square-foot ambulatory care centers with flexible floor plans. It is scheduled for completion in early 2016. The 12-year, fixed-rate loan is interest-only during the two-year construction period. The fixed rate was locked over eight months in advance of the loan closing. HFF’s Zach Koucos, Aldon Cole and Tim Wright secured the loan on behalf of Pacific Medical Buildings (PMB). The firm is also servicing the loan, which was secured through a correspondent life insurance company.

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PORTLAND, ORE. — BDC Advisors has acquired a 96,250-square-foot office building in Portland for $35.3 million. The mid-rise building is located at 2100 Southwest River Parkway in the city’s Central Business District. The Class A building is situated in the south end of CBD on the Willamette River. It sits adjacent to the southern-most part of Waterfront Park, less than a mile southeast of Downtown. The eight-story property was built in 1995. It is fully leased to two tenants. The transaction was executed by HFF. The seller was Clarion Partners. HFF also secured a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan for BDC through a regional bank.

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