WALNUT CREEK, CALIF. — Asia Pacific Capital Co. has arranged the purchase of Olympia Place, a retail center in Walnut Creek. Kimco Realty Corp. sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer. Terms of the transaction were not released. Olympia Place features 114,000 square feet of rentable space. Current tenants include Century Theatres, Planet Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and Fleming’s Steak House. At the time of acquisition, the property was about 90 percent occupied. Tina Yeung and Roger Li of Asia Pacific Capital Co. represented the buyer, while JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Apple Hospitality REIT has purchased Springhill Suites by Marriott Las Vegas Convention Center, located at 2989 Paradise Road in Las Vegas, for approximately $75 million, or $251,000 per key. The name of the seller was not released. Opened in October 2009, the hotel features 299 rooms, more than 10,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor meeting space, a rooftop pool with views of the Las Vegas Strip, and a seven-story parking garage and surface lot with a combined total of 244 spaces. The surface lot is zoned and master planned for future development of additional hotel rooms. With this acquisition, the Apple Hospitality hotel portfolio includes 225 hotels with 29,900 guest rooms spread across 38 states.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a 1.73-acre parcel of vacant land at the northwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Etiwanda Avenue in the Inland Empire city of Rancho Cucamonga. A Los Angeles County-based private investor sold the asset to a Los Angeles County-based private investor for $3 million. The land is zoned multi-use and is situated less than half a mile from Interstate 5. The buyer also owns the vacant land immediately adjacent and north of the property and is in the initial stages of planning and developing a mixed-use project that will encompass the multiple parcels. Neither a timeline nor specific details have been released. Chris Lindholm and Paul Galmarini of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — Carolwood Equities LP, a real estate private equity firm based in Beverly Hills, Calif., has purchased Aon Center, a 62-story office tower in downtown Los Angeles. The 1.1 million-square-foot skyscraper is located at 707 Wilshire Blvd. in the city’s Financial District. The $153.3 million sale of Aon Center represents the largest office sale in fourth-quarter 2023 in the Western United States, according to Newmark. The deal is also the largest purchase in downtown Los Angeles last year but sold for 45 percent less than its last purchase price, according to the Los Angeles Business Journal. The media outlet reports that the seller, San Francisco-based Shorenstein Properties, had previously purchased the tower in 2014 for $269 million. Private investors Daniel Abrams and Adam Tischer are part of the new ownership group alongside Carolwood Equities. Tischer, vice president of Colliers’ Los Angeles office, was also part of the brokerage team for the buyer that also included Sean Fulp, vice chair of Colliers. “The ownership group’s acquisition of the iconic Aon Center exemplifies the flow of private capital into Los Angeles, seizing the opportunity created by market dislocation,” says Fulp. “With a new low basis and a well-capitalized owner, Aon Center …
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Raymond Arjmand of RA Centers has acquired Palm Valley Pavilions West, a power retail center in Goodyear, and named Vestar as the manager for the 232,573-square-foot property. Palm Valley Pavilions West is 99 percent occupied by national tenants, including Best Buy, Total Wine & More, Barnes & Noble, Ulta Beauty and Ross Dress for Less. Vestar operates a total of 63 open-air shopping centers across the Western United States totaling more than 30 million square feet. Vestar oversees Desert Ridge Marketplace, Tempe Marketplace and Scottsdale Promenade in the Phoenix metro area. Michael Hackett and Ryan Schubert of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and facilitated the sale. Terms of the transaction were not released.
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.
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.
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.