MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the $7.2 million sale of a 24,240-square-foot Henry’s Marketplace, located at 27765 Santa Margarita Parkway in Mission Viejo. The single-tenant property is the anchor tenant at Trabuco Hills Shopping Center. Faris Lee’s Dennis Vaccaro and Richard Walter’s represented the Orange County, Calif.-based seller, Trabuco Hills O5 LLC, in the transaction, and Vaccaro and the brokerage firm’s Chris Tramontano represented the buyer, Burbank, Calif.-based DAP LLC.
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PORTLAND, ORE. — Grubb & Ellis has represented Subaru of America in its 10-year lease of 413,700 square feet at a build-to-suit distribution center located within Multi-Employer Property Trust and Trammell Crow Co.’s 114-acre Rivergate Corporate Center III at 14510 N. Lombard St. in Portland. MEPT will enter into a ground lease with the Port of Portland to develop Subaru’s auto-parts distribution facility on 19.3 acres, and TCC will design and build it. Grubb & Ellis’ Brad Fletcher represented Subaru in the transaction, and Capacity Commercial Group’s Dave Ellis and John Fettig represented MEPT Rivergate IV LLC. The lease for the build-to-suit distribution center, which includes training and office space, is expected to commence in October 2011.
LOVELAND, COLO. — Sponsored by Griffin Capital Corp., the GC Net Lease REIT has purchased the 169,816-square-foot Quad/Graphics printing facility, located approximately 45 miles north of Denver on 15 acres of land in Loveland, for $11.85 million. Under a long-term, triple-net arrangement, the property is 100 percent leased to and occupied by World Color (USA) LLC, the subsidiary of the world’s second-largest printing company, Quad/Graphics.
DENVER — DePaul Real Estate Investment Group has arranged $19.15 million for the refinance of University Park Shopping Center, a Class A, transit-oriented, urban retail property located at the northwest corner of Colorado Boulevard and Evans Avenue in Denver. Approximately 96 percent occupied at the time of closing, the shopping center is anchored by Office Depot, Ultimate Electronics and Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers. DePaul’s Paul DeCrescentis and Jarod Pate arranged the approximately 70 percent loan-to-value financing with a 30-year amortization and a 10-year term fixed rate of 5.83 percent.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated Coxreels’ $5.5 million purchase of an 116,900-square-foot industrial building located at 5865 South Ash Ave. in Tempe. The site will serve as the new headquarters for the nearly 90-year-old family-owned and operated manufacturer of heavy-duty industrial grade hose and cable reels. Cushman & Wakefield’s Mark Detmer and Bo Mills represented the buyer in the transaction; the seller, a W.P. Carey-controlled entity, was self-represented.
REDDING, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.6 million sale of the 32,600-square-foot Redding Physicians Center, a medical office property located adjacent to Shasta Regional Medical Center Hospital at 1441 Liberty Street in downtown Redding. The buyer, Redding Rancheria, plans to open a clinic at the location, which features a state-of-the-art surgery center, a pharmacy and 15 physician suites. Marcus & Millichap’s Russ Moroz represented the seller, a limited liability company of local physicians and surgeons, in the transaction.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. — Watt Commercial Properties has committed more than $6 million for a complete renovation of the 150,000-square-foot Alicia Towne Plaza located at 24391-24491 Alicia Parkway in Mission Viejo. The phased redevelopment will include converting an existing Mervyns building into a smaller anchor space for L.A. Fitness and updating the façade treatment for the remainder of the south Orange County neighborhood center. Pursuant to the 15-year lease agreement with the privately owned health club chain facilitated by Wilson Commercial Real Estate, Watt Commercial will update the two-level, 83,857-square-foot former department store. L.A. Fitness will primarily occupy the lower floor when it opens in May. Architects Orange is bringing new life to Alicia Towne Plaza’s façade structure, and S.D. Deacon is serving as general contractor for the redevelopment project. All 22 retailers, including Dollar Tree, Subway and Wells Fargo, will remain open during construction.
SEATTLE — McQuaid Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $2.05 million sale of a 24-unit multifamily property located at 3515 SW Ocean View Drive in southwest Seattle. Built in 1979 and managed by one of five owners, the building was sold, for the first time ever, to David Katt, a local investor working a tax-deferred exchange. Michael McQuaid represented the seller group in the all-cash transaction.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Omni American LLC has brokered the $1.8 million acquisition of a 14,800-square-foot retail building, located at 8160 W. Union Hills in Glendale. Omni’s Matt Schrauth represented the buyer, PV Union Hills LLC, in the transaction, and Dan Schaefer and Eric Schaefer of Schaefer + Associates LLC represented the seller, East West Bank.
LAS VEGAS — The PENTA Building Group has completed work on the 13,000-square-foot PBR Rock Bar & Grill, located inside Planet Hollywood’s Miracle Mile shops on Las Vegas Blvd. The general contractor completed the project in 6 weeks. Serving fare categorized as “modern comfort food,” the new facility features a 30-foot bull that busts through the exterior façade, approximately 100 televisions, a custom patio with fire pits overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, a DJ booth, a concert stage and a mechanical bull.