TUCSON, ARIZ. — Friends of Pima Animal Care Center has acquired 5,060 square feet of retail space at 2661 N. 1st Ave. in Tucson from Patrick Loop for $1.2 million. Kameron Norwood and Dave Hammack of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the seller, while Paula Valencia of RE/MAX Results Commercial represented the buyer in the transaction.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Net Lease Office Properties has completed the sale of a single-tenant data center and office campus on Shea Boulevard in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on more than 38 acres, the 354,888-square-foot asset serves as a mission-critical data and operations center for CVS. Peter Bauman and Tivon Moffitt of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — JLL has arranged $52 million in refinancing for Atria Newport Beach, a seniors housing community located at 393 Hospital Road in Newport Beach. The borrower is a partnership between a national REIT and Atria Senior Living. Aaron Rosenzwieg and Dan Baker of JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing. MidCap Financial provided the floating-rate, first-mortgage loan. Built in two phases with the north building fully renovated in 2023 and the south building purpose-built and opened in 2021, the three-story buildings offer a total of 168 studio, one- and two-bedroom independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Community amenities include 24-hour support staff, all-day dining, valet and concierge services, fitness classes, car services, housekeeping, a salon and spa, yoga studio, theatre, library, game room and underground parking garage.
PLEASANT GROVE, UTAH — Dakota Pacific Real Estate, in partnership with Brasa Capital Management, has completed the sale of two Class A industrial warehouses in Pleasant Grove, between Salt Lake City and Provo. A national industrial investment firm acquired the assets for an undisclosed price. Totaling more than 427,000 square feet, the two buildings are fully leased to six diverse companies. The project development team included Big-D Construction, Mitre Peak and Zions Bank. Lucas Burbank and Ben Richardson of Newmark led the leasing efforts of the project. Burbank, Richardson and Jim Linn of Newmark handled the sales transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Evergreen Devco has acquired 12.7 acres of land at the southeast corner of 48th Street and Alameda Drive in Tempe for $13 million. The company plans to develop 48th @ Alameda, an industrial project, on the site. The acquired parcel includes two sites: Jim Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield will list the project for sale or lease.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based EZ Fit Movers LLC has purchased an industrial building located at 2548 Cactus Road in the Otay Mesa submarket of San Diego. A local development company sold the asset for $11.4 million. EZ Fit Movers entered into a build-to-suit agreement in 2021 with the seller with the intent of occupying the 44,278-square-foot building. EZ Fit Movers will occupy more than half of the office and warehouse space of the facility. Todd Holley of Voit Real Estate Services represented the buyer, while CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — A public-private partnership between Murphy’s Bowl LLC and the City of Inglewood has opened Intuit Dome, a 915,000-square-foot events arena in Inglewood that will be the home of the National Basketball Association’s LA Clippers. Former Microsoft executive Steve Ballmer owns the team. Intuit Dome is situated on a 28-acre site between Prairie Avenue and Century Boulevard and near SoFi Stadium, the new home arena for the Los Angeles Rams football team. The arena will host home games for the Clippers, as well as sporting events not involving the Clippers, family shows, concerts, conventions and corporate events. The arena opened yesterday with a concert from Grammy award winner Bruno Mars. The Clippers have been headquartered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles since 1999. The team shared the facility with the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the Clippers will be the only tenant at the Intuit Dome, according to the Los Angeles Times. The development team broke ground on the project in September 2021. Intuit Dome offers 86,000 square feet of training, medical and player spaces, as well as five basketball courts with more than 17,700 seats and 640 bathrooms. The arena also features 48,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space …
— By Erick Parulan — The Orange County industrial market, along with Los Angeles and the Inland Empire, is experiencing a general decline in leasing activity as it navigates the post-pandemic landscape. Tenant demand and leasing have significantly slowed as occupiers adopt a more cautious approach to expansion, with some occupiers deciding to downsize and consolidate their industrial footprints. Tenant occupancies continue to contract in the second quarter, with manufacturers, retailers and 3PL (third-party logistics) companies shedding unused space that may have been acquired during the pandemic frenzy, further increasing sublet availabilities. Orange County sublet availabilities surpassed 3.3 million square feet in the second quarter of 2024, raising total availabilities to 9.5 percent for the quarter. While pandemic-driven rental rates hit historic highs, they have since cooled amid softening demand. Many landlords now offer increased free rent concessions to attract new tenants. Average asking lease rates have been on the decline in Orange County over the past two quarters. They decreased by 5.2 percent from the prior quarter, reaching $1.64 per square foot in second-quarter 2024. High market rents previously deterred many occupiers, but with rents on the decline, some tenants have adopted a wait-and-see approach to see where rates …
MONROVIA, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Paragon at Old Town, an apartment community in Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles. Sequoia Equities sold the asset to SCS Development Co. for $87.2 million, or $535,276 per unit. Paragon at Old Town features 163 apartments in six floor plans with units ranging from 744 square feet to 1,247 square feet, a resident lounge, fitness center, game room, and elliptical swimming pool and spa with private cabanas, outdoor lounges and courtyards. The 6,077-square-foot ground-floor retail space offers four suites that are fully occupied by The UPS Store, eateries and a sporting goods store. Joseph Grabiec, Kevin Green and Gregory Harris of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — MDH Partners has acquired KV Buckeye 10, a two-building industrial property located at 835 and 945 N. 215th Ave. in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye, from Kentwood Ventures for $51 million. Situated on 18.8 acres, KV Buckeye 10 features 249,600 square feet of Class A industrial space spread across two buildings. Built in 2023, the asset feature 535 car parking spaces and 28-foot clear heights. Building A is 115,200 square feet and Building B is 134,400 square feet, with each building offering 12 truck-well doors and six grade-level doors. Currently KV Buckeye 10 is 60 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including the City of Buckeye; Hajoca, a privately held wholesale distributors of plumbing, heating and cooling, pool and industrial supplies; Safelite, a national automotive glass repair and replacement provider; and AVI, an international provider of communications and audio-visual technology. Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of JLL represented the seller in the deal. John Lydon, Hagen Hyatt and Kelly Royle of JLL are handling leasing for the project.