The San Diego office market continues in the direction of a slow, but steady recovery as we move into 2013. With virtually no new construction of office inventory delivered in 2012, and no projects in the immediate pipeline, the overall occupancy in the county for all office product has risen to about 85 percent. The majority of the leasing activity and positive net absorption has occurred in the Class A market, particularly in the Central San Diego suburban markets. About 85 percent of the absorption over the past three years has been in the Central San Diego office markets, including UTC, Sorrento Mesa, Kearny Mesa and Del Mar Heights. Overall, the Central San Diego office market vacancy sits at 9 percent. As a result, building owners of Class A buildings in these select markets have been able to lower concession packages and hold tight on rents when compared to the previous few years. Lease rates have also stabilized and are poised to increase as the supply tightens for quality space. Class A asking rates had an overall average of $2.58 per square foot (full-service gross) at the end of 2012. This was unchanged from the previous two quarters while Class …
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SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A pair of Class A office buildings in San Jose that are fully occupied by the Echelon Corporation has received $14 million in refinancing. The buildings are located at 550 Meridian Ave. and serve as the firm’s headquarters. Financing was secured by Paul Schroeder of Cohen Financial’s San Francisco office on behalf of a local commercial real estate developer. The fixed-rate, long-term, non-recourse financing was provided by Sun Life Financial.
PORTLAND, ORE. – A trio of self-storage facilities throughout the Pacific Northwest has received $9.3 million in refinancing. They include South Medford Self Storage in Medford, Ore.; Iron Gate Storage in Beaverton, Ore.; and Iron Gate Mega Storage in Vancouver, Wash. The storage facilities contain a total of 160,000 square feet. Financing was secured by Peter Norrie of Cohen Financial’s Portland office. It was provided by a Midwestern life insurance company.
SAN DIEGO — 1Mission, a mixed-use residential and retail property in the San Diego submarket of Mission Hills, has sold to Paragon Acquisitions, LLC for $8.6 million. It is located at 4033 Goldfinch Street. The 20,111-square-foot property was developed by CLB Partners. The buyer was represented in-house by Dan Berkus. The seller, Paseo de Mission Hills, LLC, was represented by Michael Burton of Cassidy Turley and Linville Martin of Perry Commercial Real Estate.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – A pair of Class A office buildings in San Jose that are fully occupied by the Echelon Corporation has received $14 million in refinancing. The buildings are located at 550 Meridian Ave. and serve as the firm’s headquarters. Financing was secured by Paul Schroeder of Cohen Financial’s San Francisco office on behalf of a local commercial real estate developer. The fixed-rate, long-term, non-recourse financing was provided by Sun Life Financial.
PORTLAND, ORE. – A trio of self-storage facilities throughout the Pacific Northwest has received $9.3 million in refinancing. They include South Medford Self Storage in Medford, Ore.; Iron Gate Storage in Beaverton, Ore.; and Iron Gate Mega Storage in Vancouver, Wash. The storage facilities contain a total of 160,000 square feet. Financing was secured by Peter Norrie of Cohen Financial’s Portland office. It was provided by a Midwestern life insurance company.
SAN DIEGO — 1Mission, a mixed-use residential and retail property in the San Diego submarket of Mission Hills, has sold to Paragon Acquisitions, LLC for $8.6 million. It is located at 4033 Goldfinch Street. The 20,111-square-foot property was developed by CLB Partners. The buyer was represented in-house by Dan Berkus. The seller, Paseo de Mission Hills, LLC, was represented by Michael Burton of Cassidy Turley and Linville Martin of Perry Commercial Real Estate.
OXNARD, VENTURA, CALIF. — Kaiser Permanente has purchased two Class A buildings in Central California that it currently occupies for $15.2 million. The buildings are located at 2200 East Gonzales in Oxnard and 888 South Hill in Ventura. Each building contains 31,235 square feet and is fully occupied by Kaiser. The seller, Wilmington Trust, which worked on behalf of a privately held trust, was represented by CBRE’s Bryan Lewitt, Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher and Chris Isola.
LOS ANGELES – A 48-unit apartment complex in Valley Village has sold to a local apartment owner/operator for $15.2 million. The community is located at 11925 Kling Street just southwest of North Hollywood. The complex was originally built in 2012 as for-sale condos. Matt Ziegler of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino office represented both the buyer and the seller, which was also a local apartment owner/operator.
SAN DIEGO – The 31-unit Grove Meadow Apartments in Imperial Beach has sold to Charles Kreutzkamp for $3.5 million. The community is located at 1445 Grove Ave. in southern San Diego. It was fully leased at the time of sale. Kreutzcamp was represented by Eric Comer, Jim Neil and Merrick Matricardi of CBRE San Diego. The seller, Song 1985 Trust, was represented by Andrew Parashos of Torrey Pines Property Management.