SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Acento Advertising has signed a seven-year lease for 19,042 square feet at 2001 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. The new space will allow the company to expand and hire about 60 new employees. The lease is valued at $4.36 million. Acento will occupy the new space in March. The firm was represented by Roger Beck and Gelena Skya-Wasserman of Charles Dunn Company. The landlord, Douglas Emmett, represented itself in this lease transaction.
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PALO ALTO, CALIF. — KBS Realty Advisors has purchased Palo Alto Technology Center, a 259,157-square-foot office campus, for an undisclosed sum. The 10-building complex is located on Embarcadero Road at Highway 101 in Palo Alto. It was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Stanford Hospital and Clinics recently leased about 66 percent of the campus.
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — Oceanview Medical Center in San Clemente has sold to Accretive Realty Advisors for an undisclosed sum. The campus contains a 30,913-square-foot medical office building that is situated across from the San Clemente campus of Saddleback Memorial Medical Center. The center is anchored by MemorialCare Health, which houses several affiliated practice groups. Accretive Realty represented itself in this transaction, while the unnamed seller was represented by Evan Kovac, Garth Hogan, Chris Stai and Kyle Kovac of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank's Global Healthcare Services Group. Hogan, along with John Scruggs, will serve as Accretive’s exclusive leasing agents.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Acento Advertising has signed a seven-year lease for 19,042 square feet at 2001 Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. The new space will allow the company to expand and hire about 60 new employees. The lease is valued at $4.36 million. Acento will occupy the new space in March. The firm was represented by Roger Beck and Gelena Skya-Wasserman of Charles Dunn Company. The landlord, Douglas Emmett, represented itself in this lease transaction.
The Phoenix industrial market continues its convincing march toward recovery by reaching several milestones. As a more resilient sector during the recession, the industrial market was not plagued with as much bad debt and CMBS loan defaults as other sectors. Industry experts concluded the industrial sector would recover faster as favorable economic conditions such as durable goods orders and manufacturing output favored the industrial market early. The sector has posted 10 consecutive quarters of positive absorption dating back to 2010. Vacancy rates have returned to levels not seen since the third quarter of 2008. This positive direction reflects a rebound in U.S. exports, consumer spending and online purchasing, which has led to a high demand for large distribution space in which there are few options in Phoenix. Confidence in the industrial market – and in Phoenix in particular – has brought renewed interest in developing new projects. Most new construction is a combination of build-to-suit manufacturing space and several new speculative projects to meet the demand for distribution space of more than 100,000 square feet. Industrial investment sales transaction velocity remains quite strong even though it’s declined from last quarter’s significant level. However, price per square footage has increased once …
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A joint venture between Westcore Properties and a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC has purchased an 11.1-million-square-foot industrial portfolio for $600 million. The 110-building portfolio is composed of 8 million square feet in Sacramento, along with nearly 3 million square feet throughout the Midwest. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, this was California’s largest industrial acquisition in 2012. It was also the second largest industrial acquisition in the U.S. over the same period. Mark Demetre, Bill Niethammer, Matt Lofrano and Mike Zimmermanof the firm’s Sacramento office represented both the buyer and the seller, JB Properties, in this transaction.
LAS VEGAS – CityCenter has sold 427 units at Veer Towers in Las Vegas to LVT Owner, LLC for $119 million. Before the sale, 438 of Veer’s 670 total units had been held as developer inventory. Now, only 11 penthouses remain, which CityCenter intends to sell. CityCenter is a joint venture between MGM Resorts International and a subsidiary of Dubai World.
SAN FRANCISCO – A partnership between DivcoWest and affiliates of TPG Real Estate has purchased the majority of assets within Mission West Properties’ Silicon Valley portfolio. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 73-building portfolio contains 6.4 million square feet. Eastdil Secured, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch served as the partnership’s financial advisors, while Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom acted as legal advisors.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — The Sunset, a 177,949-square-foot, mixed-use development in West Hollywood, has received $78 million in financing that was used to refinance existing debt. It is located along Hollywood’s Sunset Strip near Sunset Plaza. The Sunset, which includes a 71,119-square-foot office tower and a 106,830-square-foot retail and office plaza, is 95 percent leased. Notable tenants include 19 Entertainment, Talpa Media Group, Apple, Equinox Fitness and H&M. The loan was secured by HFF’s Todd Sugimoto, Andrew Harper, Richard Plummer, Michael Ross and Michael Leggett on behalf of the sponsor, Broadreach Capital Partners. The three-year, floating-rate loan was provided by AIG Asset Management Group.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A joint venture between Westcore Properties and a fund managed by DRA Advisors LLC has purchased an 11.1-million-square-foot industrial portfolio for $600 million. The 110-building portfolio is composed of 8 million square feet in Sacramento, along with nearly 3 million square feet throughout the Midwest. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, this was California’s largest industrial acquisition in 2012. It was also the second largest industrial acquisition in the U.S. over the same period. Mark Demetre, Bill Niethammer, Matt Lofrano and Mike Zimmermanof the firm’s Sacramento office represented both the buyer and the seller, JB Properties, in this transaction.