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Mesa-Labworks-San-Diego-CA

SAN DIEGO — King Street Properties has released plans to redevelop a creative office building at 5825 Oberlin Drive in San Diego into a Mesa Labworks, a speculative lab and life sciences facility. Construction of Mesa Labworks’ first two spec lab suites is currently underway. Located in the Sorrento Mesa submarket, the 60,000-square-foot building will offer move-in ready spec lab solutions, with suites ranging from 8,000 square feet to 15,000 square feet. Scheduled for completion in August 2024, the new suites will deliver state-of-the-art lab infrastructure. Mike Novkov, Bill Cavanagh and Brett Ward of Cushman & Wakefield are handling leasing for the project.

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Buckeye-Commons-Buckeye-AZ

BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — Sunbelt Investment Holdings (SIHI) has broken ground on Buckeye Commons, a retail center at the southeast intersection of Interstate 10 and Verrado Way in Buckeye, a suburb west of Phoenix. Butler Design Group designed the project, with CHASSE Building Team as general contractor. Buckeye Commons will feature more than 410,000 square feet of retail space. Currently signed tenants include Over Easy, Starbucks Coffee, Jimmy John’s, The Joint Chiropractic, State Farm and DIP Nail Bar, as well as a 160,938-square-foot Costco that opened in July 2023. The first store openings at Buckeye Commons are slated for mid-2025. Greg Laing, Zach Pace and Teale Bloom of Phoenix Commercial Advisors executed the current leases, which represent approximately 60 percent of the property’s first phase of shops and pads.

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Millenia-Lot-19-Chula-Vista-CA

CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — Ryan Cos. US and Strata Equity Group have formed a joint venture to develop Millenia Lot 19, an apartment property in Chula Vista, just south of San Diego. The joint venture has received financing and started construction of the 278-unit project. Situated within the Millenia master-planned community, the 340,000-square-foot community will consist of four mid-size buildings and 1,180 square feet of commercial space. Millenia Lot 19 will feature 482 parking spaces, a resort-style pool and spa, rooftop deck with clear views of the Pacific Ocean and Mexico, pet amenities, a fitness center and resident clubhouse. The commercial space of the project will include public co-working space that will be available to the greater community. Additionally, the project will offer bike maintenance and storage facilities, community green areas, electric vehicle chargers in every resident garage, a solar program with panels on both rooftops and carports, and energy-efficient appliances. Ryan is the develop and builder and Ark Architects is the architect of record for the project. The first units of Millenia Lot 19 are slated for delivery by fourth-quarter 2025.

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Twilight-Haven-Fresno-CA

FRESNO, CALIF. — Cambridge Realty Capital Cos. has arranged a $6 million acquisition loan for Twilight Haven Senior Living in the San Joaquin Valley city of Fresno.  Twilight Haven comprises 60 independent living units, 116 assisted living beds and 50 skilled nursing beds. A California-based LLC was the borrower. A Utah-based industrial bank provided the capital. The seller was a nonprofit operator facing bankruptcy. The 25-year loan is fully amortizing.

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TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR has arranged the sale of Alamo Apartments, a multifamily building in Tucson. The Twenty Lofts on Tenth LLC acquired the asset from Euclid 35 LLC for $2 million. Located at 824 E. 10th St., the 11,189-square-foot building features 20 apartments. Allan Mendelsberg and Joey Martinez of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented both the seller and buyer in the transaction.

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Alexan-West-End-Long-Beach-CA

LONG BEACH, CALIF. — R&V Management and Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) have obtained $200 million in financing for the development of Alexan West End, a multifamily community in downtown Long Beach, approximately 20 miles south of Los Angeles. The financing package includes a $166 million construction loan from Kennedy Wilson and a $34 million mezzanine loan from an unnamed national life insurance company. Located at 600 W. Broadway, Alexan West End will feature 600 apartments spread across four seven- or eight-story buildings. The community will offer a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, averaging 767 square feet. Initial plans call for first units to be ready for occupancy by May 2026, with final completion planned for March 2027. Community amenities will include multiple club lounges equipped with gourmet kitchens; coffee lounges; an indoor and outdoor fitness center; resort-style pool and spa; sky deck with various entertainment areas; and a pet spa with a grooming station. Alexan West End will be situated on a 5.6-acre site adjacent to the Hilton Long Beach hotel and One World Trade Center. Other nearby attractions include the Los Angeles River, Port of Long Beach, Queensway Bay and Santa Cruz Park. Bill Chiles, …

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1065-Link-Anaheim-CA

— By Mike Adams, managing director, office investor services, Stream Realty Partners — The Orange County office market, like many others, is undergoing significant shifts as tenants reassess their office space needs in the wake of the ongoing transition to hybrid work models. Despite persisting challenges, recent developments suggest certain market segments are showing signs of recovery. This, naturally, sparks optimism that the worst of the downturn could be behind us. A key indicator of this positive shift is the noteworthy net absorption of 231,744 square feet, marking the first positive trend since the second quarter of 2022. Orange County’s Airport area has emerged as a leader in this office recovery, witnessing move-ins totaling 204,376 square feet. While the overall market grapples with challenges, such as a slight increase in the unemployment rate and mixed performance in office-using sector jobs, there are pockets of improvement, especially in the Class A segment. This positive absorption has contributed to a 10-basis-point decline in the total vacancy rate quarter over quarter, dropping from 18.7 percent to 18.6 percent. However, when viewed year over year, the increase from 16.4 percent highlights the enduring impact of recent economic challenges. The current vacancy rate remains notably …

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AI Jeff Salladin Predictive Analytics

The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) promises to greatly expand the property industry’s reach and abilities. Generative AI can offer suggestions, compile reports and create various types of content, ranging from video to software code. In the commercial real estate world, generative AI has the potential to harness myriad information to help owners, managers, lenders and investors assess portfolio performance, uncover operating risks and identify opportunities, among other activities, says Jeff Salladin, a managing director with Dallas-based private debt fund Revere Capital. But companies need to begin preparing for it now, he adds. “Commercial real estate can be slow to change — it wasn’t that long ago that mortgage brokers were sending us deals via overnight mail,” observes Salladin. “But whether they’re analysts or leadership teams, someone in your shop should be dipping their toe in the water and testing out AI.” Salladin also points out the need to proceed cautiously with this new technology as it evolves. Humans with expertise need to review what AI generates for the commercial real estate field. AI can narrow the focus of many tasks but cannot substitute for human reviewers or the human ability to critically apply information gleaned. AI Benefits Salladin …

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Elwood-Rising-Goodyear-AZ

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Scottsdale-based Atlas Capital Partners has completed the disposition of Elwood Rising, a speculative Class A industrial development in Goodyear, a suburb west of Phoenix. Cohen Asset Management purchased the property for $21.8 million. Delivered in January, the 120,000-square-foot building is fully leased to a global industrial field services company, which executed a long-term lease while the building was under construction. Located at 3750 S. 156th Ave., Elwood Rising features an all-concrete and secured truck court with a maximum depth of 220 feet, 3,600 square feet of office space, 32-foot clear heights and a fully air-conditioned warehouse. Kirk Kuller, Will Strong, Michael Matchett, Molly Hunt and Dean Wiley of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West represented both parties in the transaction. Pat Harlan and Kyle Westfall of JLL served as the project’s leasing team and negotiated the existing lease.

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Blueprint-Healthcare-UT

SALT LAKE CITY AND ST. GEORGE, Utah — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of two communities in Utah. The seller was a national developer/investor seeking an exit from more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities. Pennant Group acquired the assets for an undisclosed price. The communities were purchased in a sizeable portfolio transaction pre-COVID, under a value-add thesis of operator transitions to create regional groupings coupled with renovations and repositioning. Unfortunately, the cumulative impact of COVID followed by the unprecedented rise in interest rates created meaningful headwinds to the original thesis and drove a portfolio re-prioritization, rationalization and de-levering effort for the owner. Opened in 1999/2000, the Utah portfolio consisted of a 113-unit assisted living and memory care community in urban-infill Salt Lake City site and a 75-unit assisted living and memory care community in Saint George, located in the southwest corner of the state near the Nevada and Arizona borders. Alex Florea, Giancarlo Riso and Amy Sitzman led the Blueprint team.

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