CARSON, CALIF. — Watson Land Co. has leased a 200,892-square-foot industrial property, located at 800 East 230th St. in Carson, to Pacer Distribution Services in a 5-year deal worth $6.2 million. Situated on 11 acres within Watson Industrial Center, the property features 30 dock-high positions, a 29-foot ceiling clearance and two truck yards. Grubb & Ellis’ Steve Sprenger represented Pacer in the transaction, and Watson Land was represented in-house by Lance Ryan and Mike Bodlovich.
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MESA, ARIZONA — Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial has completed the $4.4 million sale of the 222,457-square-foot Pecos Commerce Center, a multi-tenant office/warehouse property located at 7931 E. Pecos Rd. in Mesa. The commercial real estate services provider’s Bob Buckley, Steve Lindley and Tracy Cartledge represented both the buyer and the seller — Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Wilson Property Services and Keybank (aka OREO Corp.), respectively — in the transaction.
The Los Angeles creative office market sector was certainly not immune to the timid economy, which continued during the third quarter. The limited number of creative companies experiencing growth through this period was limited and representative of the economy as a whole. However, the creative product type — the preferred space sought by the production, post-production, advertising/marketing and even technology sectors — was also surprisingly supply constrained. Due in large part to the lack of new construction or large-scale conversion of old industrial buildings into creative office, tenants entering the marketplace with hopes of finding numerous attractive options and generous business terms in a more tenant-favored climate instead found limited product to meet their needs from a functional and/or aesthetic standpoint. Although buoyed by a market that was experiencing meek demand, many businesses that view their office space as much in terms of the environment it creates for the attraction and retention of creative talent were prevented from realizing the true benefits of a tenant-favored market due to a lack of supply. Those that made moves during the end of 2009 and earlier this year absorbed much of the attractive, ready-for-occupancy space at more aggressive pricing from landlords looking to …
DENVER — NBS Real Estate Capital LLC has completed a $4.13 million preferred-equity investment in 1899 Wynkoop, a 162,000-square-foot Class A office building in lower downtown Denver. The Portland, Ore.-based investment firm partnered with the Nichols Partnership, the original developer of the property.
LAS VEGAS — CB Richard Ellis’ Bob Miller represented JMF Properties LLC in its $2 million sale of an approximately 2,375-square-foot restaurant building, located at 2512 E. Sunset Road in Las Vegas. Genevieve Las Vegas Properties LLC purchased the former Taco Bell location.
DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has handled a nearly $1.5 million sales transaction involving a 12-unit apartment building, located at 701 28th Street in Denver. Built in 1960, converted from apartments to condominiums in 2007 and renovated again in 2010, the Mulberry Flats property is situated near downtown just blocks from Five Points Plaza in the Curtis Park neighborhood. Pinnacle’s Joe Hornstein represented the seller in the transaction, and the brokerage firm’s Kevin Calame and Matt Lewallen represented the buyer.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $20.25 million in first-mortgage financing for the 252-unit River Oaks Apartments, located at 3891 San Ramon Drive in Oceanside. The multifamily financing was based on a 10-year term with a 30-year amortization schedule and was arranged for the borrower by NorthMarq’s Michael Elmore through its seller-servicer relationship with Freddie Mac. This was the first broken condo loan by Freddie Mac in their CME loan format, according to Elmore.
CANNON BEACH, ORE. — Sonnenblick-Eichner Co. has arranged $20.5 million in first-mortgage financing for the 97-room Surfsand Resort, located at 148 West Gower in Cannon Beach. To be used to pay off an existing renovation and redevelopment loan previously placed by Sonnenblick-Eichner, the new 5-year, LIBOR-based, non-recourse loan was financed by a private debt fund. The full-service resort underwent a $13.2 million renovation and redevelopment in 2008. Situated 90 minutes from Portland and approximately 3 hours from Seattle by car, Surfsand Resort offers a restaurant with a lounge and bar, a spa, a fitness center, an indoor pool and 3,600 square feet of meeting space.
PHOENIX — Buchanan Street Partners has sold the 176,800-square-foot Catalina Terraces, a Class A office building located in Phoenix, to Santa Fe, N.M.-based Rosemont Realty for $20.75 million. Jim Fijan’s CB Richard Ellis brokerage team executed the sale of the three-story, multi-tenant property to the national commercial property acquisition and asset management company.
LOS ANGELES — Watt Commercial Properties has completed a $14 million redevelopment of Palo Woods Shopping Center, encompassing the entire nine-acre property in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles. Watt converted the existing 77,000-square-foot Kmart building into two separate retail spaces, which will be occupied Ross Dress for Less and LA Fitness. Wilson Commercial Real Estate represented the developer in the respective 29,105-square-foot and 44,000-square-foot lease deals. Watt is also developing two new retail pads to front Sepulveda Boulevard.