SAN GABRIEL, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Las Tunas Plaza, a neighborhood shopping center in San Gabriel, an eastern suburb of Los Angeles. The property traded for $10 million, or $572 per square foot. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Situated on 1.3 acres at 805-841 W. Las Tunas Drive, Las Tunas Plaza offers 17,473 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 90 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including 7-Eleven, Golden Deli and Bopomofo Café. Joseph Lising, Mitchell Neff and Maureen Gitto of Cushman & Wakefield’s Southern California Retail and Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.
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Creation, Clarion Partners Acquire 100 Acres in Phoenix for $250M Park Algodon Industrial Campus
by Jeff Shaw
PHOENIX — A joint venture between locally based developer Creation and New York City-based investment firm Clarion Partners has acquired nearly 100 acres in Phoenix. Located on the northwest corner of the Loop 101 and Indian School Road, the site will be used to develop a $250 million industrial project known as Park Algodon. Park Algodon is a speculative industrial development that totals approximately 1.3 million square feet across 86 acres. The project will be built in two phases, with construction on the first phase slated to begin by the end of the year. The first phase comprises four buildings totaling 670,000 square feet. The second phase will include one 556,000-square-foot building. LGE Design Build is leading the construction, which is scheduled for completion in late 2025. Creation and Clarion Partners acquired the land from the John F. Long family in an off-market transaction. Greg Vogel and Max Xander of Land Advisors represented both parties in the deal. “This acquisition marks our first joint venture with Clarion Partners. We’re honored to work alongside them on this significant project, addressing a key gap in the West Phoenix industrial market,” says Grant Kingdon, principal of Creation’s Mountain West region. “Park Algodon serves as a catalyst to attract new …
— By Daniel A. Kapic, Vice President, Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap — Reno continues to be one of the nation’s fastest-growing smaller markets, underpinning tenant demand in the office sector. While remote and hybrid work have impacted office use in the metro, market-wide vacancies have kept in decent shape. Entering July 2023, Reno’s 15.1 percent vacancy rate was below the pre-2017 average. Rapid household growth has backstopped space needs, with law, financial and health service providers executing expansions to capture share in a growing market. The local household count increased 2.2 percent year over year in September, which was the second fastest among metros with fewer than 600,000 households. South Reno is spearheading this growth with 14 consecutive quarters of positive apartment net absorption through June 2023, drawing consumer-facing office tenants to the highly developed Meadowood neighborhood. The Reno VA Medical Center — which serves patients as far as Alturas, Calif. — recently announced its relocation to the area, which should also elevate long-term needs for nearby medical office space. While household growth has shored up space demand, Reno’s office market is still recalibrating to a 20-year-high supply injection. Overall inventory expanded 2 percent in the first half of …
DURANGO, COLO. — TWG has started the development of Residences at Durango, a $35 million affordable multifamily community at 21382 US 160 W. in Durango, a small city in southwestern Colorado. Partners on the project include the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, R4 Capital, Colorado Division of Housing, the City of Durango, Project Moxie and RCH Jones. Residences at Durango is an adaptive reuse of a former hotel, which will be converted into 72 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. The new construction will add two three-story buildings, with two- and three-bedroom options, adding an additional 48 apartments. Each unit is restricted to families with incomes ranging from 30 to 60 percent of the area median income or less. Community amenities will include a business center, exercise facility, central laundry facility, playground, picnic area and common area Wi-Fi. Construction is slated for completion by early 2025.
ENCINITAS, CALIF. — West Village has completed the disposition of Rancho Santa Fe Plaza, a shopping center located at 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Road in Encinitas, a northern suburb of San Diego. Corona del Mar-based Space Investment Partners acquired the asset for $26 million. Harvest Ranch Market anchors the 60,492-square-foot retail center. The new owners are planning major enhancements and aesthetic improvements to the property. Mike Moser of Retail Insite represented the seller in the deal.
BOTHELL, WASH. — A public-private partnership between the University of Washington (UW) Bothell, Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street has completed the development of Phase I of its on-campus Residential Village project. The initial phase of the project included the delivery of two new buildings: Summit Hall and Terrace Dining Pavilion. Summit Hall offers 380 beds of housing for first-year students in double-occupancy units, alongside 14,000 square feet of office space on the ground level for university enrollment services. The 15,000-square-foot dining pavilion seats 485 students and offers multiple dining options for students, as well as faculty and staff. Phase II of the development is currently under construction and will include a 300,000-square-foot residence hall offering 1,055 beds for undergraduate and graduate students. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2024. The development team includes Mahlum Architects and Andersen Construction. Capstone Management Partners will provide operations and management services for the facilities in conjunction with UW Bothell’s residential life team. Bothell is a suburb north of Seattle.
Harbor Associates, F&F Capital Buy Industrial Portfolio in Carlsbad, California for $21.2M
by Amy Works
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — A joint venture between Harbor Associates and F&F Capital Group has acquired two industrial buildings at 5801 and 5807 Van Allen Way in Carlsbad, approximately 30 miles north of San Diego. An undisclosed seller sold the portfolio for $21.2 million, or $208 per square foot. Situated within Carlsbad Research Center, the 102,360-square-foot portfolio features passive solar cooling with operable windows, two dock-high doors, three grade-level doors and street frontage along Faraday Avenue. The sale included a leaseback with the seller at 5807 Van Allen Way. The buyers will market 5801 Van Allen Way to traditional industrial and life science users. Dennis Visser and Matt Pourcho of CBRE advised the seller in the deal.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a ground lease at SWC Loop 101 and Northern Avenue in Glendale. A limited liability company sold the asset to a limited liability company for $2.3 million. The asset includes a 3,200-square-foot Slim Chickens location, which has an absolute triple-net ground lease with 20 years remaining. Nick Christifulli, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has entered the California market with the acquisition of South Coast Collection (SoCo), a lifestyle retail center focused on home furnishing and design in the Orange County city of Costa Mesa. CRC purchased SoCo with funds from Continental Realty Opportunistic Retail Fund I, a closed-end fund for which $261 million has been raised since 2021. Constructed in 2007 on 20 acres, SoCo features 292,000 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased to 60 tenants. Current tenants include COCO Republic, Design Within Reach, Roche Bobois, Pirch, Paul Mitchell the School, Brown Jordan, Natuzzi Italia, Room & Board, Arc Food and Libations, Butcher’s House, Greenleaf Kitchen & Cocktails, Moulin, Paragon and Portola Coffee. SoCo also features The OC Mix, a 15,000-square-foot shopping and dining space with more than 20 sit-down restaurants, coffee shops and quick-service restaurants, as well as a fine cheese retailer and an art gallery. Christopher Hoffman, Mark Damiani of Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Terms of the transaction were not released.
Transwestern Brokers $15M Sale of Summerhill Place Apartments in Union City, California
by Amy Works
UNION CITY, CALIF. — Transwestern Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of Summerhill Place Apartments, a multifamily property in Union City, located between Oakland and San Jose. An undisclosed seller sold the asset to Interstate Equities Corp. for $15 million, or $250,000 per unit. Located at 3900 Horner St., Summerhill Place was built in 1986 and originally acquired by the seller in 1993. The property features 60 one- and two-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include ample parking, onsite laundry and a pool. Shivu Srinivasan of Transwestern handled the transaction.