COMMERCE, CALIF. — Chameleon Beverage Companyhas leased 134,400 square feet of industrial space in Commerce. The company will utilize the space at 6444 26th Street for its corporate headquarters. Chameleon was represented by Corey Spoundand Zac Sakowski of Jones Lang LaSalle Los Angelesin this transaction.
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LOS ANGELES – The Metropolitan Community Church of Los Angeles (MCCLA) has purchased a new building at 4607 and 4609 Prospect Ave. in the Los Angeles submarket of Los Feliz. This $1.63-million, 18,900-square-foot acquisition will allow the church to expand three-fold. It includes a 350-seat sanctuary, small theater, chapel, banquet hall with a commercial kitchen, offices, classrooms and conference rooms. MCCLA, which was founded in 1968, will be relocating from nearby 4953 Franklin Ave. It plans to undertake extensive improvements at the property. MCCLA was represented by Dennis Herzig of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura. The seller, Mount Hollywood Congregational Church (United Church of Christ), was represented by Carl Whidden. It currently leases space at the facility and will continue to hold services on-site for the next three years.
DENVER – The 170-unit Columbine Towers has sold to Agin Family Investments for $8.75 million. This Section 8 apartment community was fully occupied at the time of sale. JB Hochman of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented both the buyer and the seller in this transaction.
DENVER – The Bascom Company has purchased the Hyland Park Centre Apartments in Denver for an undisclosed sum. The company plans to execute a $5-million renovation at the property, which is located at 1800 West 85th Ave. Bascom was represented by Tim Shunta of Unique Properties. The property was purchased from the Colorado Finance and Housing Authority.
LOS ANGELES – The 24-unit Eagle Rock Apartments in Los Angeles has sold to a private investor for $2.4 million. The property was built in 1987 at 1502 El Paso Drive. Tony Azzi of Marcus & Millichap’s West Los Angeles office represented both the buyer and the seller, another private investor, in this transaction.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. – A 19,841-square-foot, built-to-suit office and industrial building in Glendale has sold to an entity formed by Ron Kaufman of The Ron Kaufman Companies for $4.29 million. The facility is located at 7103 W. Augusta Drive within the Northern Gateway Commerce Park. Boart Longyear has agreed to occupy the facility for at least 10 years. Cassidy Turley represented the buyer, the tenant and the seller, ViaWest Group, which developed the center.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Hager Pacific Properties has purchased a 28.27-acre industrial site in Torrance for an undisclosed sum. It is located at 19500 Mariner Ave. The company plans to renovate the site and offer about 45,000 square feet of buildings for lease. Hager purchased the property from Dow Chemical Company, which used the site as a manufacturing and terminal distribution center. The sale was managed by Ashley Dillard of CB Richard Ellis in Chicago.
SAN FRANCISCO – Johnson Capital has arranged a preferred equity investment of slightly less than $1 millionfor a 50-unit apartment complex in the San Francisco peninsula area. The complex is owned by a partnership controlled by a Palo Alto, Calif.-based real estate investment company. The complex’s new investor is an institutional opportunity fund. The investment term is intended to be three years or less. The funds will be utilized to recapitalize partnership interests. The investment was arranged by Thomas Bracken of Johnson Capital’s Palo Alto office.
As all of us in the retail market know, the past few years have been downright tough. It’s safe to say that we all felt a slight shift in mid-2011 where it seemed that we may — just may — have stabilized. With Tivioli’s success, Sportsman’s Warehouse re-entering the market and Hobby Lobby taking the plunge into Las Vegas, it seems we may have overcome the black “X” looming over our market. Our asking rent numbers are hovering around $1.50 per square foot, and retailers like Nima Accessories, Firestone Tires, Children’s Place, Winco and Dollar General are taking advantage of these rents and expanding valley wide. More than half of the leases completed in the past year were local retailers either relocating or expanding. The retail vacancy rate valley wide is about 11 percent, up from the fourth quarter of 2010. The Southwest submarket shows the lowest vacancy rate, about 9 percent, with the West Central submarket at the highest, about 15 percent. The market absorbed more than 119,000 square feet of retail product throughout the year. Two new Winco stores add 195,000 square feet to our retail inventory, and to the net absorption for 2012. Retail sales also picked …
The apartment market in the Greater Salt Lake area continues to be strong and vibrant. The past two quarters of 2011 demonstrated an upward pressure on rents. Overall occupancy is at 94.9 percent, up from 93 percent in 2010. Vacancy presently hovers around 5 percent and appears as though it will remain so, which is evidence of a tight rental market. These signs enable managers/owners to increase rental rates and drop concession offerings with exception to newly constructed projects during their initial lease up. Apartment development also remains robust in the downtown Salt Lake market where the City Creek project, being developed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will be adding more than 1,000 new units. These units will be a part of a significant redevelopment of several downtown city blocks that will add new office and retail product in addition to multifamily. With this kind of unit increase in the immediate downtown market, nearby small and large projects will soon be able to raise rents as the new units will command the highest rates. The total amount of new units expected to come onto the market in the next year is approximately 1,900, with the …