MESA, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail building located at 1158 S. Crismon Road in Mesa. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $3.3 million. Walgreens occupies the 14,992-square-foot retail building, which was built in 2001, on a triple-net corporate lease with more than four years remaining. Chris Land and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
By Ryan Sarbinoff, First Vice President and Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap A growing, educated local labor force and lower rents compared to other office hubs in the region are driving office tenants to Las Vegas. The metro registered the largest drop in office vacancy among major U.S. markets over the 12-month span that ended in March, as tenants absorbed more than 2 million square feet. Much of this space was at Class B/C properties, with the subsector noting the strongest four-quarter span for demand on record. The resulting 330-basis-point reduction in overall availability during the year-long period slashed vacancy to a more than 15-year low of 12.4 percent, enhancing the sector’s outlook heading into the second quarter. The metro’s second-largest submarket by inventory, Southwest Las Vegas, exemplifies the strength of the local office sector. During the past year, the area accounted for half of the metro’s 20,000-square-foot-plus lease executions. International Gaming Technology’s sublease of a three-story building highlighted recent activity, with VisCap Media, Agilysys, DraftKings, Kiewit and Molina Healthcare all making notable commitments that dropped vacancy to 9.4 percent in March. Apart from leasing, this submarket is also the center of development. Roughly 60 percent of the space slated for completion …
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — Tishman Speyer has completed the disposition of 555 Aviation, an office building located within a creative office campus in El Segundo. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $205.5 million. Kevin Donner, Doug Harmon, Ben Lushing, David Hasbrouck, Ben Cooper and Lars Platt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Belkin International, Publicis and Fabletics fully occupy the 259,754-square-foot, low-rise property. The tenants have a weighted average lease term of approximately nine years. Tishman Speyer acquired the asset in 2015 for $45 million with the intent to convert the single-story distribution and repair facility into a creative office environment. After its sole user, Xerox, vacated the building in 2017, Tishman Speyer implemented a $44 million reinvention program that transformed the property light-filled spaces accented by large windows, a fitness center, café and multiple outdoor gathering areas.
JOHNSTOWN, COLO. — Carson Development is developing Ledge Rock Center, a 200-acre, master-planned, mixed-use community in Johnstown, approximately 25 miles southeast of Fort Collins. At full build out, Ledge Rock Center will offer more than 1 million square feet of retail space, 1,200 apartments and 200 single-family residences. Murdoch’s Ranch and Home Supply has already committed to one anchor tenant space, pre-leasing 85,000 square feet. Phase I of the retail development is slated for completion at the end of 2022 or first-quarter 2023. Michael Kendall, Daniel Miller and Cameron Flint of CBRE will handle retail leasing efforts for the development.
SAN DIEGO — Toll Brothers Apartment Living, the rental subsidiary of Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL), has broken ground on The Lindley, a 37-story multifamily property located in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood. Totaling more than 800,000 square feet, the 37-story building will feature 422 apartments and more than 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The Lindley will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as penthouse and townhouse residences. Units will feature luxury vinyl tile flooring, European-style cabinetry, quartz countertops with tile backsplashes, stainless steel appliances, energy-efficient LED lighting and smart thermostats. The penthouse and townhouse residences, situated on floors 35 to 37, will feature higher ceilings, hardwood flooring, quartz backsplashes, upgraded appliances and automatic shades. Additionally, all residences will have private balconies, with four of the townhouses featuring additional private rooftop patios. The community will also feature an above- and below-grade structured parking garage with 561 parking spaces and capacity for 222 electric vehicle charging stations. The first-floor grand lobby and mezzanine host the onsite property management, concierge, and mail and secured packaged room. Community amenities will include high-end finishes, secured keyless entry, Wi-Fi and more than 22,000 square feet of interior and exterior amenity space. …
MESA, ARIZ. — Stockbridge has purchased a single-tenant warehouse/distribution building situated on 28.6 acres at 3115 N. Higley Road in Mesa from Lexin Capital for an undisclosed price. Built in 2018, a Fortune 10 global e-commerce company fully occupies the 147,435-square-foot property. Will Strong, Kirk Kuller, Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Advisory Group represented the seller in the deal. Designed as a last-mile delivery station, the Class A tilt-up concrete building features 32-foot clear heights, ESRF sprinklers, skylights, R-38 insulation and heavy power. Additionally, the property has ample parking and a 135-foot, fully secured, 100 percent concrete truck court.
SAN DIEGO — LDG Commercial Real Estate has purchased a warehouse and distribution building in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. The San Diego-based company acquired the asset for $10.5 million in an off-market transaction. The name of the seller was not released. Located at 9840 Siempre Viva Road, Across Town Movers fully occupies the 61,500-square-foot building.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Cedar Fair LP (NYSE: FUN), an amusement and water parks owner and operator based in Sandusky, Ohio, has sold the land at California’s Great America amusement park in the Silicon Valley town of Santa Clara. Prologis (NYSE: PLD), an industrial REIT based in San Francisco, purchased the 112 acres for $310 million and executed a lease with Cedar Fair to continue operating the park. Cedar Fair plans to eventually close Great America, which was built in 1976 by Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR). The park features more than 60 rides and rollercoasters, as well as the Planet Snoopy children’s park and South Bay Shores waterpark, according to the property website. Cedar Fair will continue to operate the park for a period of up to 11 years and then will close existing park operations at the end of the lease term. After 40 years of leasing Great America, Cedar Fair purchased the land from the City of Santa Clara in 2019 per an order from the State of California. The city purchased the park from Marriott in 1985. Following company-wide park closures from the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedar Fair explored options to raise revenue within its existing portfolio. …
GLENDALE, CALIF. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of Glendale Financial Square, an office building located at 225 W. Broadway in Glendale. Two Southern California real estate investment firms taking ownership as Hacienda Associates LP acquired the asset from a partnership between three local investors (Hyun 1996-2 Family LP, Royalblue LLC and Broadway JSY LLC) for $27.5 million. Glendale Financial Square features 126,500 square feet of office space and a stable tenant base. The buyer plans to invest in upgrading the buliding’s common areas and main entry plaza. Bill Boyd, Linda Lee and Scott Unger of Kidder Mathews represented two-thirds of the seller partnership in the deal.
TEMECULA, CALIF. — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $32.9 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Varenita of Temecula. The 108-bed assisted living and memory care facility is located in Temecula, within Riverside County between Los Angeles and San Diego. The borrower and developer is Griffin Living. Brightwater Senior Living will operate the facility upon completion. The financing features a Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) structure, which allows building owners to borrow money for energy efficiency, renewable energy or other projects and make repayments via an assessment on the property tax bill. The financing arrangement then remains with the property even if it is sold, facilitating long-term investments in building performance.
