AURORA, COLO. — AmCap has purchased The Gardens on Havana, a 496,561-square-foot open-air shopping center in Aurora, for $86.3 million. The center is located at 10551 E. Garden Drive. The retail center is 98.4 percent occupied. Notable tenants include Target, Sprouts Farmers Market, Kohl’s, Toys ‘R’ Us, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petco, Ulta, Noodles & Company, Chick-fil-A and Starbucks. The Gardens on Havana was purchased on behalf of one of AmCap’s institutional investors. Miller Realty was the seller.
SAN DIEGO — A partnership controlled by R&V Management has acquired 124 units at Central Park La Mesa, a 216-unit condominium community in the San Diego submarket of La Mesa. The community is located at 5636 Amaya Drive. The development was constructed in 1989 and partially renovated in 2006. Condo sales began in late 2006 before they were halted in early 2008. About 92 homes were sold during that time. The remaining 124 homes feature either one or two bedrooms. They average 865 square feet. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool, spa and barbecue areas. The partnership acquiring the units was VLD Sweetwater LP and Central Park Partners LP. The seller was JH/TMP La Mesa, an affiliate of JH Real Estate Partners.
SAN DIEGO — A privately held real estate investment firm based in Georgia has acquired the 284-unit Missions at Rancho Del Oro in Oceanside for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 4795 Frazee Road. Rancho Del Oro was built in 2001. It features a mix of one- to three-bedroom units. Community amenities include a courtyard pool, spa, barbecue areas, children’s playground, grassy picnic area, a clubhouse building, fitness center, game room, business center and a media room. The seller, a New York-based institutional owner, was represented by Kevin Mulhern, Dixie Hall, Rachel Parsons and Tyler Anderson of the CBRE Multifamily Investment Properties group.
DELANO, CALIF. – The 128-unit Jasmine Heights Apartments in the San Francisco submarket of Delano has received a $7.8-million loan. The community is located at 851 22nd Ave. The non-recourse, fixed-rate loan will finance the affordable housing community’s rehabilitation. It was funded through HUD’s Section 223(f) Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Pilot Program. The fully amortizing loan features a 35-year term. It was arranged by CBRE Group through its FHA lending platform. The sponsor was Golden Empire Affordable Housing.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – The 20-unit Kerley Drive Apartments in San Jose has sold to Kerley SKAND LLC for $4.6 million. The community is located at 1445-1455 Kerley Drive. It was built in 1959. Kerley Drive has undergone a complete exterior renovation, in addition to interior renovations to 17 of its units. The buyer was represented by Matthew Clark of Kidder Mathews. The seller was REMI Co.
UPLAND, CALIF. – An 18,500-square-foot industrial building in Upland has sold to Bluewater-Dupont LLC for $3.2 million. The building is located at 1333 W. 9th Street. It contains about 3,000 square feet of office space. The space is occupied by Cascade Drilling LP. The buyer was represented by DAUM’s Chris Migliori. The seller, Philip J. Gentile Jr. Trust, was represented by Eric Burney of the same firm.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. – Milender White Construction has leased 3,391 square feet of space at an office building in Newport Beach. The 75,333-square-foot building is located at 1401 Dove. The firm is relocating from nearby Irvine. Milender Whit was represented by Scooter Dodd of S & P Commercial. The landlord, Palm Springs Village-309 LLC, was represented by Oliver Fleener of PM Realty Group.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – An 11,750-square-foot office building in Fort Collins has sold to URDA LLC for $2.7 million. The building is located at 3702 South Timberline Road. The buyer was represented by Brian Mannlein of Cassidy Turley and Charlie Koons of Mountain ‘n Plains. The seller, CFG Real Estate LLC, was represented by Stuart Thomas of Cassidy Turley.
The Seattle-Tacoma metro area is one of the top-performing multifamily commercial real estate markets in the nation. Locally, employers are adding jobs at one of the fastest paces in the country, supporting a strong rental market in the region. In Tacoma, State Farm and other companies have energized the area’s economy and strengthened its apartment operations. In Seattle, companies like Amazon, Zillow and Julep Beauty are supporting new job growth, and many of these new job opportunities are attracting young workers who need apartments. There were 8,800 jobs were created in the metro in the beginning of the year. About 130,000 workers were added to payrolls over the past three years. The primary renter cohort of residents between the ages of 20 and 34 years old grew nearly twice as fast as the metro population in 2013, greatly increasing the need for apartments. This year, strong job growth will also support demand for area rentals as the total jobs in the metro will rise nearly 4 percent above the pre-recession high. While there are plenty of new jobs, the median household income needed to qualify for a mortgage on a median-priced home in the metro is $83,150, assuming a 20 …
FORT COLLINS, COLO. – An 11,750-square-foot office building in Fort Collins has sold to URDA LLC for $2.7 million. The building is located at 3702 South Timberline Road. The buyer was represented by Brian Mannlein of Cassidy Turley and Charlie Koons of Mountain ‘n Plains. The seller, CFG Real Estate LLC, was represented by Stuart Thomas of Cassidy Turley.