LA QUINTA, CALIF. – Komar Desert Center, a 77,466-square-foot neighborhood retail center in La Quinta, has sold to an affiliate of Capital Square Realty Advisors for an undisclosed sum. The center is located at 79705-79845 Highway 111. It is 95 percent leased to tenants like Starbucks, BevMo!, Burgers and Beer, Toda Moda, Souplantation, Panda Express and Mimi’s Café. It is shadow anchored by Costco. The seller, AEW Capital Management, was represented by HFF’s Ryan Gallagher and CJ Osbrink.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. – A 16-unit apartment building in Santa Monica has sold to Unison Investment Company for $6 million. The community is located at 1901 6th Street. It was built in 1969. Unison was represented by John Chu of New Life Properties. The seller, 1626 North Fuller LLC, was represented by Kimberly Roberts Stepp of Charles Dunn Company.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Updike Distribution Logistics has leased 96,100 square feet of warehouse/distribution space in the Sacramento Valley. The space is located at 2160 Hanson Way in the submarket of Woodland. The third-party logistics provider will utilize the facility for the supply and distribution of Arizona Iced Tea products. The landlord is Sycamore Hanson & Northland Hanson. It was represented by DTZ’s Ken Reiff and Michael Harris.
MESA, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Domain Acquisitions and BH Equities has acquired the 472-unit Midtown on Main Apartments in Mesa for $35 million. The Class B community is located at 2121 West Main Street. Midtown is situated southeast of the Loop 101 and 202 interchange, and west of Dobson Road. It is located directly on the Metro Light Rail line that connects Mesa to Tempe, Sky Harbor International Airport and Metro Phoenix. Common-area amenities include a 10,000-square-foot recreation facility with indoor basketball and racquetball courts, three swimming pools, sand volleyball court, covered children’s play area and gas barbecue facilities. The seller was Bay Club Partners. The transaction was executed by Cindy and Brad Cooke of the Colliers Cooke Team.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – ASML US has leased 92,842 square feet of creative office space at THE Campus in San Jose. The property is located at 399 Trimble Road. This building is also occupied by Verizon Corporate Services. ASML US was represented by Jeff Ramirez of Newmark Cornish & Carey. Bixby Land Company was represented by CBRE’s Christian Marent, Rob Shannon and Vincent Scott.
RENO, NEV. – Moldman Systems has leased 35,100 square feet of distribution space at Reno Aircenter. The space is located at 4649 Aircenter Circle in Reno. Moldman is a low-pressure injection molding machine developer and distributor. The landlord, IndCor Properties, was represented by J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen, Michael Nevis and Steve Kucera of The NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group.
SPARKS, NEV. – The Villagio Apartments, a 40-unit multifamily property in Sparks, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $2.8 million. The community is located at 1850-1852 Merchant Street. It was built in 1979 and is fully occupied. The seller, a limited liability company, was represented by Kenneth N. Blomsterberg and Ryan Rife of Marcus & Millichap’s Reno office.
GLENDALE, CALIF. – LA Fitness and Buffalo Wild Wings have announced plans to open at Glendale Marketplace this year. The retail center is located at 106 South Brand Blvd. in the Los Angeles Tri-City submarket of Glendale. LA Fitness and Buffalo Wild Wings are both in expansion mode. They will be joined by AT&T, which also plans to open at the 153,000-square-foot marketplace this year. The center is owned by Cypress Equities.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Sares Regis has acquired the 158-unit Pine@Sixth apartment community in Long Beach for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 595 Pine Ave. As its name suggests, Pine@Sixth is situated at the corner of Sixth Street and Pine Avenue in the North Pine district. It was built in 1986. The community also includes 8,661 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property’s previous owner, UDR, originally acquired the asset with the intention of converting it into condos before the recession hit. Pine@Sixth will undergo a significant capital improvement program to improve its mechanical systems, as well as update the exterior and façades. The courtyard space will also be converted into an “entertainment and social space [that] will include a fire pit, water feature, landscaping improvements and expanded outdoor kitchen space,” according to Sares Regis. The leasing center will also be relocated, the fitness facility will be refurbished and one of the community’s laundry facilities will be converted into a dog-wash station. This is the ninth apartment community purchased by Sares Regis Multifamily Fund I. The fund deployed $114 million for a total capitalization of more than $329 million. The fund acquired properties in Seattle, Denver, …
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Newport Asset Management Group has purchased McFadden Center, a 184,737-square-foot retail and office complex in Santa Ana, for $30.7 million. The center is located at 1714 East McFadden Ave. The center features 11 buildings occupied by 57 tenants. The buildings include two retail pads, one retail-in-line building with 18 suites and eight business park buildings with a total of 79 suites. McFadden Center is currently 98 percent occupied. Newport plans to renovate the center as part of its long-term hold strategy. The firm was represented by Ryan Swanson and Kurt Bruggeman of Lee & Associates Irvine. “McFadden Center was an attractive purchase because it offers excellent cash flow and diversified income stream from industrial, office and retail tenants alike in a central OC location,” Swanson says. The seller, Olen Properties, was represented by HFF’s Mike McCann, Ryan Gallagher and Dan Curtis.