WILDOMAR, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the sale of Wildomar Senior, a 284-unit seniors housing community in Wildomar, a city in Southern California’s Inland Empire. TMG represented the seller, Craig Thralls, who developed the property in 2000. The buyer was a Los Angeles-based private investment group. The fully occupied property features 176 independent living apartments and 108 assisted living units.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the $23.1 million sale of Dove Ridge Apartments in Riverside. The 96-unit community is located at 6556 Arlington Ave. near the Riverside Airport. This is the first time the asset has sold since it was developed in 1987. CBRE’s Blake Torgerson and Eric Chen represented the buyer, a local private investor. The sellers were also local private owners and the original developers of the property.
MEDFORD, ORE. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $6.1 million sale of Jackson Creek Center, an 84,610-square-foot shopping center in Medford. Albertson’s anchors the property, which was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include Oregon Internal Medicine, West Main Spirits, Ace Force One, El Arriero, Subway, UScellular and Wells Fargo. Bill Rose of IPA represented the seller, Citivest Commercial Investments, in the transaction. Adam Lewis is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Oregon.
AUBURN, WASH. — MCA Realty has acquired Auburn Business Center, a 67,205-square-foot, five-building industrial park in Auburn, for $9 million. Built in 1986, the center is currently 85 percent leased. MCA plans to implement a capital improvement program that will include new paint, asphalt, roof and monument signage. The firm acquired the business park with its $50 million Industrial Growth Fund. Jim Honan of Neil Walter Company represented MCA Realty in this transaction. The seller, a private investor, represented itself.
LOS ANGELES — GPI Cos. has received $84 million in financing for construction of Overland and Ayres, a 201-unit apartment community in West Los Angeles. Located 2455 Overland Ave., Overland and Ayres will be fully integrated with the newly constructed West End creative campus. It will feature 100 percent market-rate units, with amenities like a podium pool deck and outdoor fitness lawn. The community will also include about 6,200 square feet of commercial space. JLL secured the floating-rate construction loan through Citizens.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 98,776-square-foot office building in Thousand Oaks for $17.7 million. The firm also arranged $42 million in financing for the acquisition and speculative conversion to a life sciences campus. Located at 120 Via Merida and built in 1998, the two-story office building sits on 6.7 acres and was previously the corporate headquarters for Wellpoint Health Networks. The property’s existing infrastructure is well suited to be redeveloped for life sciences use, according to CBRE. It features 50,000-square-foot floor plates, steel frame construction, outdoor balconies, grade-high dock door and ample power supply. Gray Matter, the life sciences initiative of Graymark Capital, has engaged architect BAM Creative to develop a phased conversion plan. Upon completion, the property will feature 60 percent lab-ready space with upgraded mechanical, electrical and plumbing, and 40 percent newly built creative office space to support the lab. The property will also undergo exterior and site improvements to the power system, loading area, indoor/outdoor amenity areas, cosmetics, roof and parking lot. CBRE’s Mike Longo, Sean Sullivan and Todd Tydlaska represented the seller, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, in the sale. CBRE’s Greg Grant arranged financing on behalf of the …
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Essex Financial Group has arranged $17 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of 143 Union, a 191,564-square-foot, 10-story office property in the Union Boulevard Corridor of Lakewood. Essex worked on behalf of the buyer, Legacy Real Estate Investments, to source the five-year, fixed-rate loan that an insurance company provided. The Class A landmark building is just over 70 percent occupied.
BELL, CALIF. — NAI Capital Commercial has arranged the purchase of Atlantic Center Mini Mall, a 20,909-square-foot retail center located in Bell, just south of Los Angeles. Steven Weiss and Sam Kangavari of NAI represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer plans to redevelop the property, converting it to a single-tenant retail building. The NAI team also negotiated a new lease with a national tenant.
HUNTINGTON PARK, CALIF. — North Palisade Partners has opened its first self-storage facility, located at 2200 Nadeau St. in Huntington Park, just south of Los Angeles. The three-story, 133,000-square-foot facility sits on two acres and features more than 1,500 units. Extra Space Storage will operate the property, which is named Palisade Nadeau Storage.
LOS ANGELES — Fox Corp. has submitted plans to the City of Los Angeles to expand the historic Fox Studio Lot as part of a project known as “The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project.” The plan is expected to cost approximately $1.5 billion and generate $9 million in annual tax revenues. The Fox Studio Lot currently comprises 1.8 million square feet across 96 buildings. The FOX FUTURE Studio Lot Project would add 1.6 million square feet of new development, including nine new soundstages, as well as production facilities and a 24-story media campus office building. The media campus office is intended to receive LEED Platinum certification and will feature shared and private offices designed for film and TV production. Fox is seeking a development partner to construct a 35-story building toward the northeast section of the Fox Studio lot that will directly connect to the studio lot and the Century City subway station, but will function as independent office space. This building will also be designed with LEED Platinum certification in mind. Plans also call for upgrades to existing facilities, a historic preservation plan for key buildings, seismic retrofits of older buildings and a renovation of Fox Sports Studio A. “The Fox …
