NORTH BEND, ORE. — Red Oak Capital Holdings has provided $4.5 million in financing for Eagle Crest Village Apartments in North Bend. The loan will be used to retire the existing debt and complete renovations on the garden apartment community. The three-building property features 60 studio units, 37 one-bedroom apartments and a freestanding single-family home. Written under Red Oak’s Opportunistic Bridge Loan Program, the debt carries an 11 percent interest rate, three-year term and represents 53.4 percent of the property’s stabilized value. Dave Christensen, Hermann Wendorff and Jesus Martinez of Red Oak originated and underwrote the loan. The undisclosed sponsor acquired the vacant former residential care facility in 2021 and is nearly finished converting the asset into 100 percent multifamily. At full stabilization, the sponsor intends to exit the Red Oak loan via a conventional refinance and manage the community in the long term.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 5740 S. College Ave. in Fort Collins. A Midwest-based real estate development and investment company sold the asset to a local Colorado-based investor for $1.9 million. Star Buds, a cannabis dispensary, occupies the 4,861-square-foot property on a long-term, triple-net lease with rental increases every five years. The lease is guaranteed by Medicine Man Technologies, a publicly traded company that does business as Schwazze. The company is a vertically integrated cannabis company with approximately 35 dispensaries, six grow facilities and two manufacturing plants. Zach Wright and Brandon Wright of The Boulder Group represented the seller in the transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims have arranged $473 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the ground-up development of The James, a luxury rental, 350-bed seniors housing community in Irvine. The transaction is the largest tax-exempt senior living financing of the year and the largest nonprofit, single-site senior living bond issue in history, according to JLL. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team worked on behalf of Harbert South Bay Partners, LAMB Properties, P3 Foundation and Momentum Senior Living to secure the 35-year financing with HJ Sims hired as sole underwriter of the bonds. The financing consisted of $442.1 million of publicly offered tax-exempt senior series 2024A bonds, $12.9 million in taxable senior series 2024B bonds, and $18 million in subordinate tax-exempt series 2024c and 2024d bonds. JLL also handled the land sale to the partnership on behalf of the seller. The groundbreaking for The James — the first new senior living community in the Irvine market in 28 years — will take place later this month and the target date for completion is June 2027. The community will offer 210 independent living units, 110 assisted living units and 30 memory care units with a mix of …
IRVINE, CALIF. — Tishman Speyer and Mitsui Fudosan America (MFA) have started construction on the 380,000-square-foot first phase of Bake Freeway Business Park in Irvine. When fully completed, Bake Freeway will encompass 600,000 square feet of Class A industrial space with direct access to Interstate 5 and greater Orange County, Calif. The first phase will feature a 176,337-square-foot building with 186 parking stalls on 9.5 acres at 15700 Bake Parkway, and a 202,831-square-foot building with 287 parking stalls on 10 acres at 15800 Bake Parkway. The buildings will each feature 36-foot clear warehouse space, 25 dock-high doors and two ground-level doors. KPRS is serving as general contractor on the initial phase, which is slated for completion in third-quarter 2025. The joint venture acquired the fully entitled, 31.9-acre development site in December 2023. At full build-out, the park will offer four buildings ranging in size from 73,000 square feet to 203,000 square feet. To help finance the first two buildings of Bake Freeway, Tishman Speyer and MFA secured an $84.7 million construction loan from JPMorgan Chase.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Space Investment Partners has completed an $11 million renovation of The Ranch at Newport Bay, a 60,000-square-foot, grocer-anchored mixed-use retail property in Costa Mesa. The asset is located at 2651-2675 Irvine Ave. With the addition of Verde, a restaurant and bar concept, The Ranch is fully occupied. Verde, which opened in November, occupies two spaces in the neighborhood center encompassing 5,000 square feet. Created by Koire Rogers and Anthony Laborin, Verde features a highly developed beverage program in its lower-level Verde Bar and ingredient-driven seasonal California cuisine in its upper level restaurant. Additional tenants include Nike Training Studio (4,100 square feet), XPT Studio (900 square feet), Del Mar Wellness (1,350 square feet), Coffee Dose (1,300 square feet) and Tiny Tooth Pediatric Dentistry (2,091 square feet). Irvine Ranch Market, as the anchor tenant, occupies 17,500 square feet at the center.
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Sterling Plaza Apartments, a multifamily property in Laguna Beach. Located at 2607 Solana Way, Sterling Plaza features 12 one- and two-bedroom apartments, including a two-bedroom penthouse. The three-story, 9,823-square-foot property was built in 1962 and 1963. The property offers 14 parking spaces (11 carports plus three open spaces), an onsite laundry facility and the units are individually metered for electricity. Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill of CBRE represented the San Francisco Bay Area-based seller and the Los Angeles County-based buyer in the deal.
MESA, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of AMR Mesa – 222 E Main, a flex building in Mesa. A Spokane, Wash.-based limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $5 million. Located at 222 E. Main St., the 22,722-square-foot building is used as flex/office space and is an AMR tenant under a nine-year lease with annual CPI adjusted rent escalations. The property was renovated in 2023. Brandon Kramer and Maxwell Rist of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal. Ryan Sarbinoff of Marcus & Millichap assisted in the closing, and Rob Cronenberg of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. provided up-to-date financing quotes.
Some commercial real estate developers work primarily with architects and engineers to establish a project’s scope and expected cost, leaving the selection of a general contractor or project manager until they are nearly ready to break ground. And by following this traditional approach, they may be leaving money on the table. A better practice is to engage contractors during project planning, industry experts advise. That’s because experienced contractors can provide practical insight into pricing and availability of materials and labor, informing critical planning decisions. Those same builders can be a sounding board for site civil engineers mapping out site preparation, utility installation, access and sequencing for the various tradespeople working on a project. “Involving a general contractor early is particularly beneficial for large-scale or phased construction projects,” says Daniel Hines, a principal in Bohler’s Charlotte office. “It enables us to approach the design more strategically, reduce costs and deliver more accurate timelines.” “The overall goal of getting a general contractor and an engineer working together is to maintain your schedule and your budget,” agrees Jeff Mitchell, director in the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Duffey Southeast Construction Inc. “Engineers are the experts at designing projects, but ultimately it is the …
PASADENA, CALIF. — Pasadena, Calif.-based ExchangeRight has purchased 13 net-leased properties as a sale-leaseback transaction with Tractor Supply. Totaling more than 425,000 square feet, the properties are in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas. With this acquisition, ExchangeRight has expanded its portfolio of assets net leased to Tractor Supply to more than 100 properties as of Oct. 31, 2024.
PANORAMA CITY AND HAWTHORNE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $13.5 million in refinancing for two multifamily properties in Panorama City and Hawthorne. Michael Derk of MMCC secured the agency financings on behalf of a private client. MMCC secured a 10-year, $7 million loan with full-term interest-only payments at 5.67 percent and a loan-to-value ratio of 50 percent for Canyon Crest Apartments. Located at 7833 Ventura Canyon Ave. in Panorama City, Canyon Crest features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, a spa, swimming pool, fitness center, parking garages, a dog park and picnic area. MMCC arranged a 10-year, $6.5 million loan with full-term interest-only payments at a rate of 5.9 percent and a loan-to-value ratio of 65 percent for Hawthorne Chateau Apartments. Located at 3505 W. 139th St. in Hawthorne, the property offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments, laundry facilities, a fitness center and an underground gated parking garage.