LAS VEGAS – Angelo, Gordon & Co. and Interwest have received $103 million in financing for a seven-property multifamily portfolio in Las Vegas. The portfolio contains 2,149 age-restricted units, including Destinations at Valley View and Destinations at Pebble. The properties are all at least 90 percent occupied. The floating-rate financing was arranged by Jackson Cloak of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s Orange County office. The funds were secured through Berkadia’s Freddie Mac and Proprietary Bridge Lending Programs, as well as BBVA Compass.
GLENDALE, CALIF. – CNL Healthcare Properties has acquired the Lee Hughes Medical Building, a 76,758-square-foot medical office building in Glendale, for $29.9 million. The Class A building is located on the campus of the 500-bed Glendale Adventist Medical Center. Lee Hughes is connected to the main hospital through a sky bridge. The building is currently 97 percent occupied by a range of tenants, including an ambulatory surgery center leased by Adventist Health. Lee Hughes Medical Building is the only on-campus medical office building not owned by the hospital. Cypress West Realty Management Inc. will provide on-site leasing and asset management services.
SALT LAKE CITY – Gelt Inc. has purchased the 247-unit Murray Ridge Apartments in Salt Lake City for $25.5 million. The 22-building community is located at 4120 South 500 East. Murray Ridge was developed in two phases in 1973 and 1977. On-site amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, barbeque areas, business center and swimming pool. The community is situated near Interstate 15. It is within five miles of all major Salt Lake City interstates. Murray Ridge sits just one mile from the Meadowbrook UTA Trax Station and the Murray North Trax Station.
LAS VEGAS – A 4,320-square-foot building in Las Vegas that is leased to Krispy Kreme donuts has sold to Richmond-Southpoint 10 LLC for $3 million. The building is located at 9791 S. Eastern Ave. The LLC was represented by Jeff Berg and Mica Berg of Sun Commercial Real Estate. The seller, BSWC Properties LLC, was represented by Cathy Jones, Paul Miachika, Jessica Cegavske, Roy Fritz and Cash Jordan of the same firm.
LOS ANGELES — Shoe Palace has opened four new stores within the Los Angeles area. The new stores include a 4,460-square-foot store at 7721-7725 Melrose Ave., which was leased from 499 Canon LLC; a 4,945-square-foot space at 214 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica, leased from Schrober Investments; a 14,800-square-foot store at 6351-6353 Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park that was purchased from Fine Discounts; and a new store on Van Nuys Boulevard in Panorama City that is currently in escrow. It is scheduled to open by the end of the year. The combined sales and lease transactions for all four properties total more than $8 million. Shoe Palace is owned and operated by the Mersho family. The retailer was represented by Irwin Hyman and Jesse Paster of NAI Capital’s Encino office.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Company has purchased Michelson Marketplace, a 32,560-square-foot shopping center within the Irvine Business Center. Though the final selling price was not disclosed, the publicly listed asking price was $13 million. The marketplace is located at 2222 and 2272 Michelson Drive. It is 90 percent occupied. Lincoln plans to renovate the 29-year-old shopping center. Lincoln Property represented itself in this transaction, while the private seller was represented by Michelle Schierberl, Donald Ellis, Jereme Snyder and Mark Joens of Colliers.
LAS VEGAS – A 1,040-unit self-storage facility in Las Vegas has sold to Strategic Storage Growth Trust (SSGT) for $6.1 million. The facility is located at 4349 South Jones Blvd. The site is 55 percent occupied. The 92,000-square-foot property is located about nine miles from SSGT’s recent acquisition on Russell Road. It will be re-branded under the SmartStop Self Storage trade name.
SAN DIEGO – A 33,715-square-foot office and industrial building in San Diego has sold to Ingold Family Investments for $5 million. The building is located at 7740 Kenamar Court within the Centerpointe Court in the Miramar submarket. It is situated near Interstates 805 and 15. The space is fully leased to California Comfort Systems, USA, a mechanical and plumbing contractor. Ingold was represented by Lee & Associates. The seller, Providence II Centerpointe, was represented by Dan Vittone and Alan Pekarcik of Avison Young’s Irvine office.
PHOENIX – A 20,040-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix has sold to Air Services International for $2.3 million. The building is located at 1025 E. Salter Drive within Turner Spectrum Ridge. The seller, Turner Real Estate Investments, was represented by Eric Bell and Mike Ciosek of Voit Real Estate Services’ Phoenix office.
We are seeing several trends emerge in the Los Angeles multifamily development sector as we move into the second half of 2014. These trends are influenced by several factors, including job growth, local economy and public infrastructure. The unemployment rate in Los Angeles County has continued to tick downward with true job growth across all sectors, which, in return, has had a direct influence on multifamily project starts. Job growth has been exponential in certain markets, including West Los Angeles, Downtown Los Angeles and Tri-Cities (Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena), creating natural household formations to accommodate the swell of rental demand. Job growth, along with the creation of a comprehensive public transportation system, will continue to drive multifamily development and construction in a way the City of Los Angeles has never seen before. The construction pipeline has swelled to 14,500 rental units, including 12,200 market-rate units. At the end of the first quarter, nearly 29,000 rentals were planned in the county, which is roughly 50 percent higher than the number of units on the drawing board one year ago. With the subway expansion, areas of town that were once deemed undesirable by developers and residents are now being sought after in …