CHERRY VALLEY, CALIF. — Shopoff Realty Investments and Artemis Real Estate Partners have completed the disposition of the I-10 Logistics Center to a Brookfield Asset Management real estate fund. Situated in the Inland Empire East, the newly completed 1.8 million-square-foot logistics center is located at 36500 Cherry Valley Blvd. in Cherry Valley. Spanning 115 acres, I-10 Logistics Center (also known as Cherry Valley Logistics Center) includes two high-cube logistics/warehouse buildings that have been designed for LEED Silver certification. Building I features 814,822 square feet and Building II features 1 million square feet of space. The buildings offer 40-foot clear heights, 665 employee parking spots, 585 trailer parking spots and 296 dock-high doors. Brookfield Properties leased the building to a global e-commerce retailer with plans to employ nearly 1,000 employees at the logistics center. Barbara Perrier, Eloy Covarrubias, Joe Werdein and Darla Longo of CBRE represented Shopoff Realty Investments and Brookfield Properties in the transaction. The price was not disclosed.
AVILA BEACH, PISMO BEACH AND PASO ROBLES, CALIF. — An affiliate of KSL Capital has purchased the Martin Resorts Collection of five independent boutique hotels located along California’s Central Coast, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Totaling 346 rooms, the collection includes the 54-suite oceanfront Avila Lighthouse Suites in Avila Beach; the 70-suite oceanfront Pismo Lighthouse Suites and 100-room oceanfront Shore Cliff Hotel in Pismo Beach; and 89-room Paso Robles Inn and the 24-room The Piccolo in Paso Robles. KSL will invest in improvements across the collection, providing a greater suite of amenities and more ways to engage with the local communities. KSL Resort will manage each of the hotels.
MESA, ARIZ. — A joint venture between PCCP and The Dinerstein Cos. has unveiled plans to develop Atlas Mesa, a Class A multifamily community in Mesa. The partnership plans to break ground on the property in late July, with initial occupancy slated for first-quarter 2025 and final completion scheduled for late 2025. Located at the northwest corner of East Baseline Road and South Sunview, Atlas Mesa will feature 394 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, ranging from 562 square feet to 1,394 square feet. Situated on 9.8 acres, the 400,000-square-foot community will consist of four four-story buildings served by elevators and a leasing and amenity building. Community amenities will include an outdoor pool with spa, clubhouse and coworking space. Additionally, the property features smaller outdoor amenity spaces throughout the community.
ROSEVILLE, CALIF. — LRE & Cos. and American Hospitality Services have unveiled full plans for Roseville Junction, a new mixed-use development in Roseville. The property will feature two hotels, three restaurants, an entertainment and sports complex and an outdoor gathering space. Roseville Junction will be built on an 11-acre site that is 20 miles northeast of Sacramento. The site is adjacent to Highway 65 near Interstate 80, and is located nearby many of the area’s vineyards and wineries, as well as new retail and shopping amenities such as the Roseville Galleria. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. The family- and pet-friendly outdoor gathering space will be called Social Connection and will offer guests a variety of food and beverage options, including craft brewery Fieldwork Brewing Co. The restaurants leases are currently under negotiation. The project’s entertainment and sports complex, The Electric Pickle, will include a bocce ball court and 10 pickleball courts. The Electric Pickle will also offer food options such as wood-fired pizzas, tacos, burgers and more. Guests will be able to place food and beverage orders through an app and have their food delivered by “food ambassadors” moving throughout the property. The two five-story, select-service hotels will be …
By Willy Walker, CEO of Walker & Dunlop Fed’s Recent Mistakes In a recent Walker Webcast, “Most Insightful Hour in CRE with Dr. Peter Linneman” part of our ongoing webinar series, renowned economist Dr. Linneman and I discussed his views on monetary policy, inflation and what the economic and commercial real estate landscape looks like for 2023. Throughout the past year, the Federal Reserve has been raising the federal funds rate faster than we have ever seen. This, of course, has led to a drastic increase in the cost of borrowing, the likes of which haven’t been seen in decades. In just one year, the effective federal funds rate has increased from 0.08 percent in February 2022, all the way to a target range of 4.5 to 4.75 percent in February 2023. This has led many to believe that the Fed has considerably overshot where rates should be since the market wasn’t given ample time to react to each rate hike. This rapid increase in interest rates has reduced lending activity in terms of new loans, leading to a sharp decline in demand for real estate, as well as major price corrections. Additionally, the rapid rise in borrowing costs has …
PHOENIX — Phoenix-based Wentworth Property Co., in a joint venture with an institutional equity investor, has completed the disposition of a portfolio of 18 self-storage properties across Arizona, Texas, Colorado, Utah and Idaho. A New York-based investment management company acquired the portfolio for $266.2 million. In total, the portfolio includes 9,600 storage units and 1.3 million square feet of rentable space. Six properties are in the greater Phoenix area, four facilities are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, two assets are in El Paso, Texas, three properties are in Salt Lake City, two properties are in Denver and one asset is in Boise, Idaho. John Smeck and Alix Hanna of Colliers Arizona, along with Grant Frankel, Adam Licari, John Caraviello and Lucas Blumenfeld of Eastdil Secured’s New York City office, arranged $160 million in non-recourse, fixed-rate financing for the buyer. Tom Gustafson of Colliers’ National Self Storage team in Cleveland, Ohio, procured the buyer for the off-market transaction.
ST. GEORGE, UTAH — Utah Tech University is set to break ground on the 564-bed third phase of its Campus View Suites residence hall project in St. George. Set to open in fall 2024, the final phase of the development will span 164,600 square feet. Shared amenities will include a fitness room; multipurpose room; laundry facilities, common kitchens and living rooms on each floor; indoor bike storage; game room; grocery store stocked with fresh fruit, vegetables and dairy; private and shared study rooms; and housing staff offices. The 352-bed first phase of development was delivered in fall 2016. The second phase of the project was completed in fall 2021 and offers 534 beds. The development team for Phase III includes DFCM, Layton Construction and Method Studio.
BEAVERTON, ORE. — Hyperion Realty Capital, formerly Portal Investment Management, has acquired Beaverton Town Square, a shopping center located at 11635-11763 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Highway in Beaverton. A private family sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Totaling 103,000 square feet, Beaverton Town Square consists of multiple buildings on nearly 12 acres. Trader Joe’s anchors the retail center. Kevin Adatto and Sean Tufts of CPX handled the transaction.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — Manhattan West Real Estate has purchased Talbert-Mount Washington Industrial Park, a multi-tenant industrial park in Fountain Valley. DDK Investments Ltd. sold the asset for $16.5 million. Situated on 2.9 acres, the park includes a 28,754-square-foot building at 18071 Mt. Washington St. and a 31,000-square-foot building at 11190-11240 Talbert Ave. Six tenants, including OC Art & Home, Harwood Galleria, The Drawer Shop and RADCO, fully occupy the property. Both two-story buildings feature outdoor storage yards, 18-foot to 23-foot clear heights, fire protection, oversized ground-level doors and HVAC. Additionally, the property offers 113 parking spaces. Joseph Harmon and Charles Johnson of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer, while Devin Ray and Mike Barreiro of DAUM represented the seller in the deal.
AMERICAN CANYON, CALIF. — Intersection has acquired 5555 Broadway Street, an industrial property in the Napa County city of American Canyon. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. The 89,000-square-foot building is a temperature-controlled warehouse with a night-air cooling, which is ideal for beverage storage and distribution. Situated on seven acres, the building features five grade-level doors, eight dock-high doors including four with levelers, 18-foot to 23-foot warehouse clearance and 9,000 square feet of office space. The property also includes three acres for additional outdoor storage space. At the time of sale, the building was 98 percent occupied. Intersection plans to bring the property to market-rate rent values and implement capital improvements to the asset. Kris Hagar and Tyler Epting of Newmark represented the buyer in the transaction.