SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of Harbor Warner Business Center, an industrial business park in Santa Ana. Rexford Industrial sold the asset to a private investment fund for $11.3 million. Located at 2525 S. Harbor Blvd. and 3720-3752 W. Warner Ave., Harbor Warner Business Center features 38,643 square feet of multi-tenant industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased. Mike Hefner of Voit’s Anaheim office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction. Matt Peters of Voit’s Irvine office represented Rexford in leasing the asset and acted as the local market advisor for the transaction.
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1031 Exchange Buyer Acquires Shake Shack-Occupied Property in Colorado Springs for $5.3M
by Amy Works
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — An Oregon-based 1031 exchange buyer has purchased the ground lease of a restaurant asset located at 9723 Federal Drive in Colorado Springs. An undisclosed developer sold the asset for $5.3 million. A new double-drive-thru Shake Shack occupies the asset on a 15-year absolute triple-net ground lease. The property is adjacent to a 115,000-square-foot Scheels at the intersection of Interstate 5 and Interquest Parkway. Drew Isaac, James Rassenfoss and Ian Hicks of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller in the deal.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 4475 Forrest Hill Road in Colorado Springs. A developer sold the asset to an individual/personal trust for $3.3 million. Bank of America occupies the building on a 13-year absolute triple-net ground lease. Drew Isaac and James Rassenfoss of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, while Rich Merryman, Ryan Wilmer and Bill Schofield of Marcus & Millichap’s San Francisco office represented the buyer in transaction.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the purchase of a multifamily property in Huntington Beach. A San Diego-based 1031 exchange buyer acquired the asset from a Huntington Beach-based private investor for $2.4 million, or $479,000 per unit. Located at 7872 Liberty Drive, the two-story, 3,604-square-foot building features five apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. All units feature spacious floorplans with patios or balconies. The property also offers garage parking and a laundry facility. Recent improvements include full renovations to two units, a new central water heater, updated windows, garage doors, exterior paint and landscaping. Dan Blackwell and Amanda Fielder of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
Healthpeak Properties Receives Entitlements for Additional 1.3 MSF Development at Vantage Lab Campus in San Francisco
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — Healthpeak Properties has received approval of entitlements for Phases II and III of Vantage, a purpose-built lab development in South San Francisco. The new entitlements enable Healthpeak to deliver an additional 1.3 million square feet of lab space, bringing the campus to approximately 1.7 million square feet upon full build out. The 20-acre campus offers tenants a highly amenitized, world-class campus setting with access to multiple modes of transportation, including direct access to the Rails-to-Trails pathway. The new entitlements represent double the allowable density compared to when Healthpeak originally acquired the land. The long-term nature of the entitlements offers flexibility to deliver the balance of the development in phases to align with market demand. In 2022, Healthpeak started construction on Phase I of the Vantage campus, consisting of 343,000 rentable square feet across two buildings, as well as a 40,000-square-foot amenity building with multiple dining options, conferencing space and a fitness center. Phase I is currently 52 percent leased to Astellas Pharma, which took initial occupancy of its space in December 2023.
SEATTLE — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Emerald City, a 119-unit assisted living and memory care community in Seattle. Emerald City features 99 assisted living and 20 memory care units. It was built in 2006 with renovations in 2017. The property totals 88,839 square feet on approximately 0.8 acres of land. The seller was an out-of-state private equity group with a third-party operator. The buyer was an experienced regional owner-operator looking to expand its footprint in the Seattle MSA. The price was not disclosed. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito and Jake Anderson of SLIB handled the transaction.
TORRANCE AND LONG BEACH, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the purchases of five multifamily properties in Torrance and Long Beach, totaling $17 million. The transactions fulfilled the buyer’s 1031 exchange requirement following the sale of a 3.8-acre property in Torrance. Dan Blackwell and Trey Mitchell of CBRE Multifamily SoCal represented the San Diego-based exchange buyer. The properties were sold by five different private sellers. The transactions include:
College West Partners Sells Raising Cane’s-Occupied Building in Santa Maria, California for $5.1M
by Amy Works
SANTA MARIA, CALIF. — Tustin-based College West Partners has completed the sale of a restaurant building located at 485 Betteravia Road in Santa Maria. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset for $5.1 million, or $1,608 per square foot. Alexander Moore, Sean Cox and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors represented the seller and the buyer in the deal. A Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers double drive-thru restaurant occupies the 3,172-square-foot freestanding building, which was built in 2022 on a 0.8-acre pad. The property is located within Enos Ranch, a 110-acre mixed-use development.
DENVER — John Propp Commercial Group has arranged the sale of an office building located at 15 E. Iowa Ave. in Denver. South Gate Masonic Building Association acquired the asset from 25W BKM LLC for $2.3 million. The two-story, 21,258-square-foot building features ground-floor retail space, second-story office space and a single apartment. The buyer plans to renovate and reposition the property both for its own business occupy and to retain existing retail tenants. Joshua Cohen of John Propp Commercial Group represented the seller in the deal.
Multifamily Investors in Long Beach Navigate Opportunities Amidst Market Adjustments, New Developments
by Jeff Shaw
— By Juan Huizar, President, Sage Real Estate — Nationwide, multifamily sales are declining, while interest rates are rising. Buyers are adopting a patient approach, leading to properties lingering on the market for extended periods. This, of course, is accompanied by noticeable price reductions. Buyers are anticipating further price drops, while some sellers are slowly becoming more realistic in their pricing. Long Beach has perennially attracted multifamily investors with more than 7,500 individual apartment buildings. This is mainly composed of older housing stock, which creates a fertile ground for investors and syndicators. Often regarded as the last affordable beach city, Long Beach — despite being overshadowed by other Southern California communities or grouped with Los Angeles — stands as a significant population and employment hub, ranking as the sixth-largest city in California. Existing apartment sales for properties with five or more units have plummeted by more than 65 percent. Notably, 2021 was an exceptional year due to a confluence of factors, including rising real estate values and a low cost of capital. The current decline is more a reflection of increased capital costs than a trend over the past decade, with some properties selling for less than their 2019 prices. …