SAN FRANCISCO — Westfield has made plans to pull out of San Francisco and surrender the San Francisco Centre mall to the property’s lender, reports CNN. The decision follows the closure of stores including Banana Republic and Nordstrom. A spokesperson for Westfield previously attributed the closure of the latter to “unsafe conditions for customers, retailers and employees.” According to SFGATE, Westfield and its partner, Brookfield Properties, have ceased loan payments on the mall. In a statement provided to the publication, Westfield noted that it has operated San Francisco Centre for more than 20 years and that it has “made the difficult decision to begin the process to transfer management of the shopping center to our lender,” citing “declines in sales, occupancy and foot traffic.” The company also stated that the property’s debt “is nonrecourse and this action has no impact on the rest of [Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s] debt.”
TUCSON, ARIZ. — A joint venture between Core Spaces, Up Campus Properties and Harrison Street has acquired a development site near the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. The site will be home to a 648-bed student housing community dubbed Hub Tucson V. TSB Capital Advisors acted as financial advisor to the joint venture in the acquisition. Set for delivery in fall 2025, the community will offer 161 units in a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, four-, five- and six-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include a luxury rooftop deck with a swimming pool and grilling area; hot tub; fitness and business centers; exterior terraces; study rooms; and private parking.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — CapRock Partners has purchased a 22.1-acre parcel within the World Logistics Center master-planned development in Moreno Valley. The company plans to develop CapRock Global Logistics, a 500,000-square-foot, LEED-certified industrial warehouse on the site. The development will accommodate a wide range of uses, including e-commerce, manufacturing and distribution. At completion, the property will feature 36-foot clear height, 65 dock-high doors and up to 10,000 square feet of two-story office space. The property will offer 88 trailer parking stalls, 339 auto parking stalls, a truck court depth of 185 feet and a secured concrete yard. Stefan Pastor and Brad Yates at Stream Realty Partners represented CapRock in the sale. Mark Repstad at Southland Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller.
MESA, ARIZ. — Silver Creek Development has started construction on Sossaman Business Campus, an eight-building industrial complex in Mesa. The 330,000-square-foot asset will be built on a 26-acre site at the intersection of Sossaman and Elliot roads, across from Google’s $800 million data center campus. The development will include eight free-standing speculative industrial buildings ranging from 24,000 square feet to 60,000 square feet. They will feature 28-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, 1600 to 2500 amps of power, and grade-level and dock-high loading doors for each building. A groundbreaking ceremony will take place June 20, with delivery scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. Arco Mountain West, the Arizona arm of Arco Construction Co., is serving as general contractor, while ADW Architects designed the project. Mark and Luke Krison of CBRE will handle the marketing and leasing efforts.
SANTA CLARA, CALILF. — Newmark has arranged the sale of San Tomas Business Centre in Santa Clara. The nine-building property is located at 2060-2101, 2110, 2116 and 2118 Walsh Ave. It comprises office and light industrial/warehousing space. Corporate offices for Nvidia, Google, Apple, Amazon and Samsung are nearby. Newmark’s Steven Golubchik, Edmund Najera, Jonathan Schaefler and Darren Hollak arranged the transaction.
A rapidly evolving connectivity frontier is shaping the future of cell tower lease sales and encouraging many commercial property owners who rent space to tower companies to sell their leases at values at the top of the market. Telecom carriers have considerably slowed their buildouts for 5G networks and are already preparing for 6G mobile networks, expected to roll out around 2024. Brokers are seeking to amend and renegotiate old cell tower leases in the face of predicted wireless infrastructure obsolescence and connectivity innovations, which may negate some physical infrastructure needs entirely. The key to maximizing sale proceeds in this landscape is to secure landlord-friendly terms and ensure clarity in a new lease or renewal. Among other elements, building owners must insist on strong insurance indemnities and well-defined subordination, non-disturbance and attornment (SDNA) in the amended agreements. But no landlord demand may be more important to future value than denying the tenant a right of first refusal to purchase the lease, says David Moore, CEO and principal of NAI Global Wireless, a Redlands, California-based national wireless real estate brokerage that represents landlords. Cell tower leases in which tenants don’t have right of first refusal are more appealing to buyers, a …
TEMPE, ARIZ. — University Partners has acquired Canvas Tempe, an 826-bed student housing community located near the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. A joint venture between Toll Brothers and Harrison Street sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2021, the community offers a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a rooftop oasis, jumbotron, e-sports lounge, sauna room, spray tan facility and innovation lab. Tim Bradley, Shawn Sweeney and Steve Hovanec of TSB Capital Advisors arranged financing for the acquisition on behalf of University Partners. TSB Realty brokered the transaction. “Canvas marks our third acquisition in recent years in the Tempe market and is an excellent complement to our growing portfolio,” says Troy Manson, principal of University Partners.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Citivas Capital Group has provided a senior construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Upon completion, the space, which will include retail and office space, will feature floor-to-ceiling windows and a 4,000-square-foot outdoor roof terrace. Blatteis & Schnur was the borrower. Jorge Adler of Citivas arranged the financing.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — PSRS has arranged a $13.2 million refinancing for a 47,000-square-foot life sciences property in Carlsbad. A growing start-up occupies the property. The undisclosed permanent lender was able to fund the loan prior to the tenant taking occupancy. The loan’s interest rate is fixed for seven years and amortized over a 30-year schedule. Pasha Johnson, Trevan Swierczewski and Daniel de Leon of PSRS arranged the refinancing.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. — NAI Capital Commercial has arranged three leases totaling 6,049 square feet for Total by Verizon, a wireless phone service provider formerly called Total Wireless. Tina LaMonica and Patrick Ortiz of NAI represented the landlords in the leasing negotiations. In Los Angeles, Total by Verizon will open a 2,234-square-foot store within a space formerly occupied by AT&T and a 2,000-square-foot store at Martin Luther King Jr. Shopping Center. Additionally, the tenant will occupy a 1,815-square-foot space in Inglewood, roughly 12 miles outside Los Angeles.