SANTA ANA, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Lowe and Centennial have opened Paloma, a multifamily property in the Orange County city of Santa Ana. The development brings 309 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments to MainPlace, a shopping center that is being redeveloped into a mixed-use asset. Apartments feature stylish kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and fixtures, as well as in-unit washers and dryers. The five-story community offers two private courtyards; a rooftop deck; central pool and spa; open-air kitchen with screened area; two-story fitness center and yoga room; business center with private offices; and multiple co-working spaces. Additional amenities include a dog run, dog spa, concierge package service, bike repair, bike storage and designated resident parking. Centennial owns MainPlace, which a three-story super-regional shopping center in Santa Ana that is being transformed into a mixed-use environment. Current retail tenants include Macy’s, JCPenney, H&M, Bath & Body Works, Victoria’s Secret, California Pizza Kitchen, Boudin SF, 24 Hour Fitness, T-Mobile, Candeeland, LensCrafters, Picture Show Theater and Round One Bowling & Amusement.
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Greystone Provides $15.1M in Financing for University Village Apartment Property in Hayward, California
by Amy Works
HAYWARD, CALIF. — Greystone has provided a $15.1 million Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting & Servicing (DUS) loan to refinance a multifamily community in the Bay Area city of Hayward. Tim Thompson of Greystone originated the financing for the borrower, WSB University Village LLC. Constructed in 1964, University Village features 68 one- and two-bedroom apartments, on-site parking, laundry facilities and a fitness center. The nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan features a 10-year term with five years of interest-only payments. In addition to refinancing, the loan proceeds will enable the borrower to continue with ongoing property maintenance.
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group has acquired a single-tenant, Class A industrial property situated on 3.5 acres in central Phoenix. Buckeye RRV LLC sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 1450 E. Buckeye Road, the building features 39,360 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Core & Main (formerly HD Supply), a specialized distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products and related services. The property features cross-dock access, truck-well and grade-level loading, more than 4,600 square feet of office space, drive-around ingress and egress, outside storage yard and heavy power. Paul Boyle of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
— By Nellie Day — Jon Pharris, co-founder and president of Newport Beach, Calif.-based CapRock Partners, is in delivery mode. The firm recently debuted Palomino Ranch Business Park and Saddle Ranch South, two new LEED Silver-certified industrial building complexes in Norco, Calif. Palomino Ranch is a three-phased, 2-million-square-foot industrial development, while Saddle Ranch South is a 374,000-square-foot three-building industrial park. Next up is Central Point III, a component of CapRock’s 5-million-square-foot, master-planned Central Point industrial development in Visalia. WREB recently sat down with Pharris to discuss these new projects, the types of tenants/users CapRock is now targeting and why location is more important than ever. WREB: Why was Norco the right choice for both the Saddle Ranch South and Palomino Ranch developments? Pharris: Norco is an important location for logistics and distribution due to its position near the convergence of Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange counties, in addition to its seamless transportation connectivity, robust infrastructure, proximity to major ports and airports, favorable business environment and skilled workforce. These factors collectivelycontribute to the city’s efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and competitiveness for facility operations, attracting businesses seeking to optimize their supply chains and expand their market reach. Norco is highly desired by Orange County, …
PHOENIX — Milhaus and Banyan Residential are developing Alanna, an apartment community located at 48th and Washington streets in Phoenix. Spread across four residential buildings, Alanna will feature 320 apartments with quartz countertops, luxury vinyl tile flooring and tile tub/shower surrounds. The property will offer 10,000 square feet of amenity space, including a fitness center, yoga studio, social lounge, golf simulator and saltwater pool. McShane Construction Co. will provide design-assist construction services for the project, which Todd & Associates designed. Before construction began, McShane performed site work, which included using deep dynamic compaction and imported fill prior to mass grading, as well as installing a vapor/methane mitigation system for site remediation.
SPANISH FORK, UTAH — Colmena Group has completed the sale of a distribution center, located at 3065 N. 200 E. in Spanish Fork, to Caspian Investments for an undisclosed price. Young Living Essential Oils fully occupies the 280,800-square-foot, Class A facility. The property features 56-foot column spacing, 36-foot clear heights, cross-dock loading, a high level of security, a fenced truck court, 35 dock-high doors, four corner storefronts and skylights. Bryce Blanchard of Newmark represented the seller, while Skyler Peterson of Newmark represented the buyer in the transaction.
DENVER — MG Properties has purchased 4400 Syracuse Apartments, a multifamily community in Denver. Morgan Group and LaSalle Investment Management sold the property for an undisclosed price. Situated in the Denver Tech Center/Southeast Business Corridor, 4400 Syracuse Apartments features 316 units with modern finishes, functional floor plans and best-in-class amenity spaces. Jordan Robbins and Alex Possick of JLL Capital Markets represented the sellers in the deal. Charles Halladay, Rick Salinas, Brandon Smith and Annie Rice of JLL Capital Markets arranged an undisclosed amount of Freddie Mac financing for the transaction.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Calabasas-based NewMark Merrill Cos. has completed the development of Rialto Village, a 96,011-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center at the corner of Riverside Avenue and San Bernardino Boulevard in Rialto. Rialto Village is 100 percent leased. Current tenants include Sprouts Farmers Market, Burlington, In-N-Out Burger and Quick Quack Car Wash. Other tenants slated to open in the coming months include Ulta Beauty, Five Below, Mochinut, Red Phoenix Nail Salon, West Coast Dental, Coffee Bean, Cold Stone Creamery, Nekter Juice Bar, Sharetea, The Joint Chiropractor, AhiPoki Bowl, Every Table, Arrowhead Credit Union and Mattress Firm. Greg Giacopuzzi and Darren Bovard of NewMark Merrill, along with Brian McDonald, Walter Pagel and Hannah Curran of CBRE, secured the leases and are overseeing leasing at the center.
SAN DIEGO — ViaWest Group has completed the sale of an industrial distribution building in the Kearny Mesa submarket of San Diego to Southern California-based Burke Real Estate Group. Terms of the transaction were not released. Situated at 7440 Convoy Court, the property features 53,978 square feet of Class A industrial space. At the time of sale, the asset was fully leased Genuine Parts Co. (NYSE: GPC) and Hajoca Corp. Michael Kendall, Gian Bruno, Kenny Patricia, Louay Alsadek, Maddie Mawby, Eric Parra, Evan McDonald and Tucker Hohenstein of Colliers handled the transaction for both the buyer and seller.
Today’s accelerating technology transformation is altering how the commercial real estate industry executes transactions and manages assets. “The amount of information that a multifamily borrower needs to submit and disclose has become more demanding over time,” says William (Bill) Hyman, a Lument senior managing director who oversees the firm’s strategic business technology transformation and conventional loan production. “That has made due diligence more complex and data intensive, and we wanted to create a more secure and expedient way to tackle that process.” Seeing this need, Lument responded by creating a suite of proprietary technology tools. Across the industry, the advent of online, friendlier multifamily loan application and servicing processes has not only eliminated the transfer of sensitive information through email by moving the processes to secure portals, but it has also streamlined common paper-based, time-consuming and burdensome tasks. That has translated into much speedier decisions about loans and responses to questions and requests. LeapOnline Beginnings Lument is a commercial real estate finance solutions provider based in New York that specializes in Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration and balance sheet lending. The company’s digital transformation began in 2017. At the time, the company saw the opportunity to better …