GLEN ELLYN, ILL. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB), a Glen Ellyn-based broker, has arranged the sales of two seniors housing communities in the Rocky Mountains states. The facilities total 130 units and were built in 1996 and 1999. The properties are 32,897 and 32,904 square feet, and are situated on approximately 1.81 and 4.03 acres of land. The buyer is a large, regional owner-operator based out of California with over 30 communities nationwide. The new owner will invest money in capital improvements and continuing the strong operational performance. The seller and price were not disclosed. Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Brad Goodsell and Matthew Alley of SLIB handled the transaction.
DENVER — Asset Living has been selected to manage St. Paul Collection, a 165-unit apartment building in Denver’s Cherry Creek North neighborhood. St. Paul Collection offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a pool with hot tubs and day beds, a lounge, fitness center, sun terrace, bike storage and a coffee bar.
— By Sean Fulp, Vice Chair & Head of Office Capital Markets, U.S. Southwest, Colliers — Office sales, leasing and development activity are at historic lows for Los Angeles County. With interest rates rapidly increasing, few active developments, and office vacancy and availability at an all-time high, the office market is in discovery mode. One of the major trends in development is creative, state-of-the-art studio/office campuses. These developments have broken ground in West Hollywood, Burbank, Santa Monica and Culver City. Developers in this space have the mindset of “if you build it, they will come.” Office sales activity is down more than 50 percent in the past year due to a high interest rate environment and a divide between buyer and seller pricing expectations. As loans become due, landlords will have decisions to make, and distress will occur in the market. Office availability is at an all-time high in Los Angeles at nearly 30 percent — likely the new norm going forward. Companies have figured out that employees like to have the flexibility of where and even when they work. With that said, companies are downsizing their office space by 25 percent to 50 percent and, in some cases, by …
LAS VEGAS; LOS ANGELES; AND PORTLAND, ORE. — BKM Capital Partners has purchased 10 properties in four recent transactions valued at more than $280 million. The deals involve more than 1.1 million square feet of light industrial space across 35 buildings in Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Portland. The bulk of the activity occurred in Las Vegas, where BKM significantly expanded its holdings through two off-market transactions involving eight properties totaling nearly 830,000 square feet. The 22 small-bay industrial buildings consist of 321 units and are located near the Las Vegas Strip and McCarran Airport in Clark County’s Southwest submarket.
SOUTH SALT LAKE, UTAH — MedProperties Realty Advisors has purchased a 51,591-square-foot medical office building in South Salt Lake, just south of Salt Lake City. The property is 97 percent leased to high-quality tenants that primarily specialize in treating kidney disease. The Class A asset is known as Wasatch Renal Center. The buyer was attracted to the property due to the tenant base and physical quality of the building. The tenants are affiliated with Fresenius Medical Care, a worldwide leader in the treatment of renal disease and in kidney disease research.
PHOENIX — Food for the Hungry has leased nearly 30,000 square feet of office space at Renaissance Square in downtown Phoenix. The new lease will allow the international humanitarian organization to consolidate its three downtown Phoenix locations into a single global corporate headquarters. Food for the Hungry’s new lease will relocate about 130 corporate headquarters employees to 2 N. Central Ave., one of two Class A, high-rise office buildings at the 985,000-square-foot Renaissance Square. The remaining 99 percent of the organization’s staff works in their country of origin. Jami Savage-Gray and Ryan Bartos from the Phoenix office of JLL represented Food for the Hungry in the negotiations. Jerry Roberts and Pat Boyle of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership between Oaktree and Cypress Office Properties.
GARDENA, CALIF. — Ingredients distributor Vivion has leased 49,545 square feet at 15500 S. Main Street, Building B in Gardena. Located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County, the property will be used as Vivion’s regional distribution hub. A subsidiary of Operio Group, Vivion is an ingredients distributor that specializes in products for application in the solid dose, pharmaceutical, nutritional, food and beverage, cosmetics, personal care, agricultural and industrial markets. The company’s Gardena distribution hub will be 30,000 square feet larger than its current facility in Vernon. Vivion expects to occupy its new space in June 2023. Grant Huff of Transwestern represented Vivion in the transaction.
DENVER — A local family medicine practice has acquired an 8,360-square-foot office building in Denver for $2 million. The practice plans to convert most of the building for its medical practice. The property is located at 1634 Downing St. The two-story building is only a few blocks from SCL Saint Joseph Hospital. An immigration law firm currently occupies the space. Cory Gross and Erik Enstad of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group has arranged the $50.5 million sale of The Landing Apartments, a 156-unit community in Ontario, 37 miles east of Los Angeles. Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen, and Bryan LaBar represented the seller, an Orange County-based family. A Los Angeles-based investor acquired the asset at less than a 4.5 percent cap rate. The Landing Apartments offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as amenities such as in-unit washers and dryers, a pool with a spa, a tennis court, carport parking and a community lake.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — CBRE has brokered the $27.7 million sale of Meadows Village Center, a 67,336-square-foot retail center located in Temecula. Barons Market anchors the center, which was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo, Palomar Health, Subway, Crumbl Cookies, The UPS Store and Pacific Dental. The property also features a CVS/pharmacy, which was not included in the sale. Jimmy Slusher, Philip Voorhees and James Tyrrell of CBRE represented the seller, funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group LLC, in the transaction. RA Centers acquired the property in a 1031 exchange.