TUSTIN, CALIF. — CapRock Partners LLC has acquired a 110,000-square-foot, high-image industrial/R&D building in Tustin for an undisclosed sum. The building includes a second story, which features 10,000 square feet of office space. The asset is located at 14191 Myford Road. It resides within the Jamboree/5 Freeway and 261 Toll Road corridor, near Tustin Legacy and Tustin Marketplace. The building is home to one tenant, which occupies 40 percent of the space. The remaining 69,000 square feet will be converted into creative office space. CapRock will invest more than $1 million in this conversion to create a modern, open office layout. The funds will also be used for additional improvements, including collaborative outdoor work areas and outdoor entertainment amenities. Improvements are scheduled to commence this fall. The building recently underwent additional renovations, including the installation of a new façade with an expansive glass curtain wall, resurfaced entry parking lot, attractive landscaping and a seismic retrofit. The transaction was executed by Scott Read of Newmark Knight Grubb Frank. Read will also lead CapRock’s marketing efforts.
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CHINO HILLS, CALIF. — Chino Hills Professional Plaza, a 40,000-square-foot medical office facility in the Los Angeles submarket of Chino Hills, has received an $8-million loan. The plaza is located at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Chino Hills Parkway. The fixed-to-floating rate loan will be used to refinance the asset and pay off an existing CMBS note for the owner, StoneCreek Company. Financing was secured by Greg Greene and CBRE Capital Market’s Debt & Structured Finance team in Dallas. It was provided by Everbank.
LOS ANGELES – A 36,000-square-foot flex property in the Los Angeles submarket of Thousand Oaks has sold to Chase Partners, LTD for $4 million. The property is located at 2610 Conejo Spectrum. It is situated within a 100-acre, master-planned business park. The property contains 8,500 square feet of office space. The remaining square footage is dedicated to warehouse space. David Parker of Chase Partners represented his investment group in this transaction, while the receiver was represented by John Anthony and Chris Steck with Charles Dunn Company. Jerry Wang was the receiver on the property, which was in foreclosure by Bank of America.
SAN DIEGO – A 16-unit apartment building in San Diego has sold to Toremi 1994 Revocable Trust for $4 million. The community is located at 1827 Reed Ave. The two-story building contains a total of 12,069 square feet. Toremi was represented by Daniel Foley and Savvas Marinos of Colliers International. The seller, Machado Family Trust, was represented by Mark Friedman of Realty World.
LOS ANGELES — DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners has acquired the 10-unit Thornton Lofts in the Los Angeles submarket of Venice Beach for an undisclosed sum. The live-work community is located at 619 and 701 Ocean Front Walk. It was built in 2008.
REDLANDS, CALIF. – Amazon has announced it will open a fifth California fulfillment center in Redlands. The 704,115-square-foot facility will join existing California fulfillment centers in San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Patterson and Tracy. Once complete, the online retailer will have expanded its presence in California to 2 million square feet. “We are proud to be hiring for more than 2,500 full-time jobs in California that offer wages 30 percent higher than traditional retail stores and include comprehensive benefits on day one, bonuses and stock awards,” says Mike Roth, Amazon’s vice president of North America operations. “We have found great talent in the state and we’re excited to be growing quickly to serve our customers.” The new center will be used to pick, pack and ship large items, such as big-screen televisions and kayaks. The landlord, Clarion Partners, was represented by JLL’s Ruben Goodsell, Peter McWilliams, Mike McCrary and Nicole Welch. Trammell Crow Company will manage the construction.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. –Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has acquired Cornish & Carey Commercial, a commercial real estate brokerage firm in Northern California. NGKF initially established a partnership with Cornish & Carey in 2010. NGKF was acquired by BGC Partners in 2011. Cornish & Carey maintains 12 offices throughout Northern California, including Palo Alto, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Rosa and its headquarters in Santa Clara. Chuck Seufferlein, Cornish & Carey’s president and CEO, has been named president of NGKF's Western Region. Seufferlein will work closely with Barry M. Gosin, NGKF’s CEO.
NAPA, CALIF. — Lowenberg Corp. has acquired Napa Valley Crossroads, a 313,812-square-foot industrial property in Napa for an undisclosed sum. The two-building property is located at 21 and 37 Executive Way. It is situated near the intersection of highways 12 and 29, about seven miles west of I-80. Napa Valley Crossroads was built in two phases that commenced in 2005 and 2008. The facility caters to the Napa Valley wine industry. Notable tenants at the facility include Collotype Labels and Sutter Home Winery. Both leases were negotiated by Glen Dowling of Cushman & Wakefield. Dowling also represented both Lowenberg and the seller, Live Oak Equities LLC, in the sales transaction. He worked in conjunction with Chris Neeb and Matt Bracco of the same firm.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. – Presidio Cornerstone Master LLC has acquired a 28-acre parcel of land in Oceanside for $25 million. The property is located on the northwest corner of College Avenue and Old Grove Road within the master-planned community of Rancho Del Oro. The land has been approved for the development of Terraza, a 338-unit luxury apartment community. The units will range from one-bedroom, one-bath, to three-bedrooms, two-baths. Gunder Creager, David Santistevan and Ciara Layne-Trujillo of Colliers International represented both the buyer and the seller, RDO Village Investment LLC, in this transaction.
LITTLETON, COLO. — Phillips Edison-ARC Grocery Center REIT II has acquired Kipling Marketplace, a 90,124-square-foot shopping center in Littleton, for an undisclosed sum. The center is located at 5005 – 5075 South Kipling Street. Kipling Marketplace is anchored by Safeway. Other notable tenants include Sylvan Learning, Dairy Queen, Cost Cutters and H&R Block.