SAN DIEGO — Senior Community Centers, in partnership with HomeAid San Diego, are converting a 60-year-old building at 1525 Fourth Ave. in downtown San Diego into Gary and Mary West Senior Wellness Center. The two-story, 17,000-square-foot facility will feature a main lobby, a living room area, an activity room, an enrichment center, a Cyber Café, a kitchen and dining room area and the Center for Healthy Aging. Smith Consulting Architects designed the project, which is being constructed by Ledcor Construction. Completion for the LEED-Gold project is slated for early 2010.
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WILMINGTON, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Cos. has been awarded the design-build contract for a $19.9 million parking facility that will be located on the Los Angeles Harbor College campus in Wilmington. The 1,000-stall parking structure is scheduled for completion in spring 2011. The structure features metal canopies, brick veneers and painted concrete that integrates with the architecture of other campus buildings. Additionally, the project features green elements including a vegetated bioswale to treat run-off water, fly ash in the poured-in-place concrete and drought-tolerant landscaping.
BELLFLOWER, CALIF. — Kevin Fryman and Eric Wohl of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the disposition of Alondra Plaza, a 9,171-square-foot retail strip center in Bellflower. Located at 9345-9361 Alondra Blvd., the property sold for $1.97 million, which represents a 7.37 percent cap rate. The property, which was built in 1979, was 100 percent occupied at the time of acquisition. Current tenants include Advance America and Domino’s Pizza.
FEDERAL WAY, WASH. — Brandon Grishman of Marcus & Millichap represented a private investor in the acquisition of Seatac Village, a 22-unit apartment property located at 1808 S. 311th Pl. in Federal Way. The property sold for $1.58 million. The community offers one- and two-bedroom units featuring wood-burning fireplaces, garbage disposals and storage space. Grishman also represented the undisclosed seller.
SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Side Yard LLC has purchased a 93,228-square-foot industrial warehouse/showroom building, which is located at 26455 Ruether Ave. in Santa Clarita, for $9.87 million. The property received a renovation in 2005 and was converted into a retail furniture showroom/warehouse from an industrial manufacturing facility. The buyer plans to lease the property back to an undisclosed company. Chris Jackson and Todd Lorber of NAI Capital’s Santa Clarita office represented the buyer; Gary Cohen of Cohen Commercial Real Estate Group Inc. represented the seller, a private family trust, in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — Francisco Gutierrez Mercado has acquired two industrial condominiums totaling 23,482 square feet at Britannia Crossings, a 150,000-square-foot industrial park in the Otay Mesa submarket of San Diego. The condos are located at 7577 Airway Rd., Suites G and H. Britannia Crossings LLC sold the property for $2.3 million. Rollin Sutton and Eduardo Colon Marin of Rollin A. Sutton Real Estate represented the buyer; Charles Adolphe and Bryan Teel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. The buyer plans to use building for distribution center.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Denver-based ProLogis has leased 215,000 square feet of distribution space to Golden State Container, an international provider of packaging and storage solutions. The tenant will occupy space at ProLogis Park Ontario Airport, a newly constructed 369,000-square-foot facility in Ontario. The value of the transaction was not disclosed.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Justin Bautista of NAI BT Commercial represented both undisclosed parties in the sale and acquisition of a 23-unit multifamily property, which is located at 2090 Radio Ave. in the Willow Glen area of San Jose. The property features two studios, 17 one-bedroom/one-bath apartments, two two-bedroom/one-bath units and two two-bedroom/one-bath townhomes. Built in the mid-1960s, the complex also features a swimming pool.
PHOENIX — St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance has purchased an industrial building, which is located at 3131 W. Thomas Rd. in Phoenix. The 20,400-square-foot facility sold for $1.93 million. John Filli, Jeff Hays and Chad Neppl of NAI Horizon represented the buyer; Paul Boyle of Grubb & Ellis represented the seller, R&H Investments, in the transaction.
SEATTLE — Emerald Bay Equity has developed Sweetbrier, a mixed-use development located in the Upper Queen Anne area of Seattle. Located at 8 W. Crocket St., the 54,000-square-foot project features 12,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 45 apartments and 82 underground parking stalls. Designed by Seattle-based Tiscareno Associates, the project is slated to achieve LEED certification. Other project partners include DCI Engineers, PACLAND, Veach Consulting Engineers and BrN Engineering. Charter Construction served as general contractor for the project.