DENVER – A 2,900-square-foot retail space in Denver that is triple-net leased to 7-Eleven has sold to a private investor for $1.8 million. The space is located at 450 Federal Blvd. It was built in 2012. The seller, a private investor from Texas, was represented by Jonathan Selznick and Jeff Hauber of Hanley Investment Group.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Lo-Lo’s Chicken & Waffles has opened a 5,400-square-foot location in Scottsdale. The space is located at 3133 N. Scottsdale Road. The new location was built by LGE Design Build. An additional location is set to open at 366 N. Gilbert Road in Gilbert this December.
Multifamily remains the most desirable asset class in Orange County due to a steady increase in apartment rental demand, strong sector fundamentals and the county’s emergence as a Southern California leader in the economic recovery. These factors have become a catalyst for a surge in multifamily asset construction. Apartment rental demand continues to grow in Orange County due to the high barriers to entry in the housing market and recent memories of the Great Recession. Median home values, which now exceed $580,000, place home ownership out of reach for many households. Orange County’s population also grew 4.31 percent from 2010 through 2014, according to Census data. This growth pattern is predicted to hold through 2019, with an expected increase in population of 5.17 percent, or an average of 32,478 residents annually. Orange County’s emergence as a leader in Southern California’s economic recovery is evidenced by superior employment rates in comparison to competing markets. Orange County experienced a high unemployment rate of 10.2 percent in January 2012. That rate has now declined 4.89 percent, as of May 2014. Orange County’s employment figures have increased investor confidence in the region, especially when compared to the national average of 6.3 percent, California’s 7.8 …
PALO ALTO, CALIF. — Bloomingdale’s has opened a 125,000 square-foot store at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. The three-level store contains 68 designer shops, more than 100 new brands. The new store will anchor the northeast side of the mall as part of a multi-phase renovation of the shopping center.
LOS ANGELES – A 39-unit apartment building in Studio City has sold to Raintree Partners for $9.5 million. The community is located at 4250 Coldwater Canyon Ave. It is fully occupied. Jim Fisher and Mike Smith of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura represented both the buyer and private seller in this transaction.
LOS ANGELES – A 28-unit apartment complex in Los Angeles has sold to Trion Properties for $6.8 million. The community is located at 4620 South Slauson Ave. It was built in 1988. Robert Narchi of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and private seller in this transaction.
SALT LAKE CITY – The 9,234-square-foot Metro Place office building in Salt Lake City has sold to a local social security disability law firm for an undisclosed sum. The building is located at 243 East 400 South. The law firm plans to occupy the space. The seller, ACRES Metro LLC, was represented by Mark Jensen, of Newmark Grubb ACRES.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. – A 41-unit apartment building in Lakewood has sold to a 1031 Exchange buyer for $4 million. The community is located at 375 S. Depew Street, near the Belmar Shopping Center. The buyer was represented by Jeff Johnson of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors’ Johnson Ritter Team. The unnamed seller was represented by Josh Newell of the firm’s Newell Team.
DENVER — IMT Capital has acquired the 338-unit Alta Alameda Station in Denver for an undisclosed sum. The LEED-Gold-certified community is located at 275 S. Cherokee Street in the Baker neighborhood. The Baker neighborhood, just west of South Broadway, hasn’t received any new housing development in 10 years, according to Alta Alameda’s seller, Wood Partners. Alta Alameda was completed this past July. It is currently more than 90 percent occupied. The community sits across the street from the Alameda Light Rail station, which provides access to Downtown Denver and the Denver Tech Center. The site was previously home to a canning facility that provided rations during World War II, a Coors bottling plant and the Denver Studio complex. IMT Capital purchased this community with its affiliate, IMT Residential. Wood Partners is currently building three other luxury apartment communities in the Denver metro area, including Alta City House next to Union Station, Alta Harvest Station in Broomfield and Alta Cherry Hills in Englewood.
SAN DIEGO – McDonald Property Group and an entity owned by First Industrial Realty Trust have announced plans to develop La Pacifica II, a 237,275-square-foot industrial park in Oceanside. The $26-million project will be the first speculative industrial construction to occur in North San Diego since 2008, according to the developers. The three-building project will be located on a 15.8-acre site within the master-planned Ocean Ranch business park. It will be situated off Interstate 5 and Oceanside Boulevard. Ocean Ranch is also home to Coca Cola, Taylor Made and Genentech, among others. US Foods and FedEx will soon occupy space within the immediate area as well. The new project will feature three light warehouse manufacturing buildings that contain 108,413 square feet, 63,262 square feet and 65,600 square feet. This will be the first development project for McDonald Property Group, a company formed by Bruce McDonald in 2013. First Industrial Financing Partnership acquired the fully improved and entitled site from La Pacifica 2-Ocean Ranch LLC, an entity owned by Cruzan Monroe Investments, this past September for $9.6 million. La Pacifica 2-Ocean Ranch was represented by Aric Stark and Dennis Visser of Cassidy Turley in the sales transaction. The land was sourced …