REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. – A 12-unit apartment complex in Redwood City has sold to a private investor in a 1031 exchange for $3.3 million. The community is located at 1550-1570 Ebener Street. The property was recently renovated and offered significant upside in potential rent income. Robert Johnston and Mitchell Zurich of Marcus & Millichap’s Palo Alto office represented both the buyer and seller, a private investor, in this transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO – Blue Line Pizza recently opened its fifth San Francisco Bay Area restaurant at the Westlake Shopping Center. The center is located at 511 Westlake Center, just south of San Francisco. The restaurant will occupy 2,978 square feet. The center is anchored by Trader Joe’s, Safeway, Walgreens, Home Depot and Cost Plus World Market. Blue Line Pizza also has restaurants in Burlingame, Campbell, Mountain View and San Carlos. The restaurant was represented by Ross White of SRS Real Estate Partners.
SAN DIEGO – The new 317-room Pendry San Diego has received $95 million in construction financing. The Montage-branded hotel will be located on 5th and J streets in Downtown San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter. The hotel will be situated three blocks from the San Diego Convention Center. Pendry San Diego will mark the launch of the new Pendry hotel brand. The development site originally housed a condemned cigar store and parking lot. It was initially considered by another developer as the site for a new Marriott Renaissance hotel. Interest waned during the recession, however, and an eminent domain issue emerged with the site’s former cigar shop owner, according to Malcolm Davies of George Smith Partners, which arranged the construction loan. The Pendry San Diego will be a 12-story hotel with several restaurants and bars, an outdoor pool, spa, grill, fitness area, ballroom and various meeting rooms. It is scheduled for completion in summer 2016. Davies also notes the development partners were seeking financing that would provide 70 percent of the proceeds necessary for the construction of this luxury hotel. The non-recourse financing features a 36-month term. The capital stack includes both debt and equity. The structure allows the loan to subordinate …
SEATTLE – NorthEdge, a 212,000-square-foot office property in the North Lake Union submarket of Seattle, has received $56.4 million in construction financing. The Class A development will be located on the southeast corner of North 34th Street and Woodlawn Avenue. NorthEdge will be situated in the Fremont neighborhood. Notable employers in this area include Google, Adobe and Tableau Software. The four-story office development will include 208,000 square feet of office space, 4,000 square feet of retail and a two-level, 314-space subterranean parking garage. In an effort to attract the burgeoning tech crowd of Seattle, the project will feature exposed concrete, open ceilings, and full-height glass windows overlooking Lake Union and the Downtown Seattle skyline. The project is being developed by Touchstone Corporation and AIG Global Investment Group. The three-year construction loan was arranged by HFF’s Bruce Ganong and Brandon Roth. It was provided by Bank of the Ozarks.
LOS ANGELES – American Realty Advisors has acquired The Millennium Del Rey, a 196-unit apartment community in the Los Angeles submarket of Marina Del Rey, for an undisclosed sum. The community is located at 5550 Grosvenor Blvd. The Millennium Del Rey is situated in the Silicon Beach region of Los Angeles, which consists of Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Marina Del Rey, Venice and Santa Monica. The area is also set to receive the Runway, a 221,000-square-foot, mixed-use development, by the end of the year. Runway will be anchored by Whole Foods, Cinemark Theatres, and CVS. It will also include Veggie Grill, Panini Café and Sol Cocina. The Millennium’s community amenities include a fitness center, resort-style pool, barbeque courtyards, a dog area, a business center, surfboard storage and a bicycle maintenance room. The community has been built to LEED-Gold standards. Residents are also able to opt for a technology package that includes built-in Apple TVs that provide easy access to iTunes, iCloud, the Apple Store, Netflix and Hulu. The Monarc Tree System is another optional feature that allows residents to control lighting, thermostat settings, built-in speakers and entertainment options from anywhere in the world. Construction on The Millennium was just …
TEMPE, ARIZ. – DCT Industrial Trust has purchased a three-property industrial portfolio in Tempe for $26.4 million. The portfolio contains a total of 355,371 square feet. The transaction includes Roosevelt Center at 2405 and 2415 S. Roosevelt Street; Parkland Center at 7245 and 7307 South Harl Ave.; and Wilson Center at 2636 South Wilson Street. Roosevelt Center and Wilson Center contain three high-quality warehouse/manufacturing buildings totaling 292,605 square feet within the Broadway Industrial Park. Parkland Center contains two multi-tenant industrial buildings totaling 62,766 square feet in the south Tempe submarket. The portfolio was 98 percent leased at the time of sale. DCT plans to hold the portfolio and continue its lease-up efforts. Bob Buckley, Tracy Cartledge and Steve Lindley of Cassidy Turley’s Capital Markets Group represented both the buyer and seller, a Chicago-based global investment manager, in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – GPI Cos. has acquired a 12,000-square-foot restaurant space in the Los Angeles submarket of Brentwood. The property traded close to the list price of $25 million, according to CBRE, which represented GPI. The Class A space is located at 11770 San Vincente Blvd. The building is situated on a 20,022-square-foot lot with 29 parking spaces. It is fully leased to First Republic Bank, Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Chase Bank (ATM), Gaucho Grill, Subway, Pizzicotto and Radco Realty. The space previously operated as Mezzaluna, an Italian restaurant that became famous for its link to the O.J. Simpson murder trial. It was the last restaurant Nicole Brown Simpson was seen dining at before she lost her life in June 1994. GPI was represented by CBRE’s Tim Kuruzar and Ken McLeod. The seller was a family trust that had owned the property for more than 40 years.
SHERIDAN, COLO. – Oxford-Santa Fe Business Park, a 190,000-square-foot industrial property in Sheridan, has received $10.5 million in acquisition financing. The park is located at 1800 & 1880 W. Oxford Ave. and 4111-4251 S. Natches Court. Oxford-Santa Fe was built between 1983 and 1985. It is currently 96 percent leased, with 44 tenants. Financing was arranged by Steve Bye and Conor McCahill of NorthMarq Capital’s Denver regional office.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. – Snell & Wilmer law firm has renewed its lease for 53,000 square feet at Plaza Tower in Costa Mesa. The Class A property is located at 600 Anton Blvd. It sits adjacent to South Coast Plaza and the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Snell & Wilmer was represented by CBRE’s Kevin Bender and Steve Bay. The landlord was represented by Rick Kaplan, Robert Lambert and Matt Moore of Cushman & Wakefield.
PHOENIX – Gateway Office Center, a 31,557-square-foot office complex in Phoenix, has sold to Garnett Capital Corporate for $3 million. The center is located at 4130 E. Van Buren Ave., within the Phoenix Gateway Center Office Park. It was built in 1987. The property is fully leased. The seller, Brentwood Gateway Center, was represented by Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Gordon Raguse of Cassidy Turley.