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LAS VEGAS — UnCommons Matter Real Estate Group has broken ground on Phase II of its $400 million, 40-acre mixed-use community in southwest Las Vegas. The second phase will feature a conference center, two office buildings and an additional parking garage with nearly 750 stalls. Construction is slated for completion by summer 2023. Components of Phase II include The Assembly, a 5,000-square-foot conference center offering indoor and outdoor space accommodating meetings for 10 to 250 people; and two four-story office buildings totaling 180,000 square feet with 20,000-square-foot to 25,000-square-foot floor plates available for lease. The buildings will have connected patio balconies enabling tenants to enhance their spaces with floors that are up to 45,000 square feet. Phase II will bring UnCommons to more than 335,000 square feet of office space. Upon full build-out, the property will offer five office buildings and four parking garages.

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CARLSBAD, VISTA AND SAN MARCOS, CALIF. — BentallGreenOak has acquired a 614,020-square-foot industrial portfolio consisting of seven manufacturing and distribution buildings in the northern suburbs of San Diego. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. The portfolio includes: Vista Distribution Center, a three-building property at 1205, 1211-1215 and 1225 Park Center Drive in Vista 2710 Progress St. in Vista 1880 Diamond St. and 120 Mata Way in San Marcos 2281 Las Palmas Drive in Carlsbad At the time of sale, the portfolio was 100 percent leased. Jeffrey Cole, Aric Starck, Jeff Chiate, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Drew Dodds of Cushman & Wakefield’s Southern California Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.

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MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Rancho Belago, a 94-unit assisted living and memory care in the Inland Empire city of Moreno Valley. Totaling 125 beds, the community was built in 2014, totals approximately 98,700 square feet and is situated on approximately 7.3 acres of land. The seller was a local developer based in greater Los Angeles area. The buyer is a group based on the West Coast that was looking to expand its presence within California. The buyer plans to optimize operations, with a renewed focus on optimizing staffing and increasing occupancy. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction. The price was not disclosed.

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BOULDER, COLO. — Boulder-based Tepuy Properties has purchased a multi-suite office building located at 3050 Broadway St. in Boulder. Attache International Marketing sold the asset for $2.6 million. Built in 1981, the 7,094-square-foot property is currently 100 percent vacant. Tepuy plans to update the property with interior renovations and rooftop patio updates. Eric Rutherford with WK Real Estate represented the buyer, while Chris Jensen of Vista Commercial Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.

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NEW YORK CITY — Affiliates of private equity giant Blackstone (NYSE: BX) have agreed to acquire PS Business Parks (NYSE: PSB), a Glendale, Calif.-based commercial owner-operator primarily focused on industrial assets, for $7.6 billion. The deal is scheduled to close in the third quarter. Under the terms of the agreement, New York City-based Blackstone will purchase all outstanding shares of PSB’s common stock for $187.50 per share, which represents a premium of approximately 15 percent over the weighted average share price over the last 60 days. Blackstone plans to take the company private as part of the acquisition. Public Storage (NYSE: PSA), which is also based in Glendale, currently owns about 26 percent of PSB’s common stock, and the self-storage REIT’s executives and shareholders have voted in favor of the sale to Blackstone. The transaction will also include the acquisition of Public Storage’s limited partner equity interests in PSB’s operating partnership at the same per-share price of $187.50. As of March 30, 2022, PSB owned and operated 96 commercial properties across the country, primarily in California, South Florida, Texas and Northern Virginia. Those assets span approximately 27 million square feet and are occupied by nearly 5,000 tenants. Though mainly comprised …

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CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON — CA Industrial, the dedicated industrial and logistics arm of CA Ventures, has unveiled plans for five new developments totaling $272 million in project costs for properties across the West Coast. The company plans to develop more than 670,000 square feet of industrial space across the markets, marking its entrance into California and Washington. CA Industrial will finance these development costs in part with capital from Centris Industrial, the external REIT for CA Industrial. The five California and Washington developments include: The repositioning and stabilization of a 58,991-square-foot building situated on nine acres at 1551 Atlantic St. in Union City, Calif. The project is in partnership with DWS. A partnership between CA Industrial, Four Stones Real Estate and American Realty Advisors will develop a 175,500-square-foot speculative facility in Watsonville, Calif. CA Industrial has partnered with a global asset manager to develop a 202,400-square-foot speculative facility in Richmond, Calif. Realterm and CA Industrial will develop a 132,300-square-foot Class A warehouse in La Puente, Calif. In partnership with Transwestern, the company will develop a 97,000-square-foot Class A warehouse on 20 acres in Covington, Wash.

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MOUNT SHASTA, CALIF. — One Shasta LLC has purchased a 266-acre property in Mount Shasta. Crystal Geyser Water Co. sold the asset for $7.1 million. The property comprises industrial, low-intensity agriculture and residentially zoned land in Siskiyou County, Calif. Additionally, the acquisition includes a 144,900-square-foot industrial building at 210 Ski Village Drive. The building offers dock-high access and proximity to Interstate 5. John Troughton and Adam Elomari of Kennedy Wilson Brokerage represented the buyer in the deal.

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ARVADA, COLO. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of The Kipling Meadows, a 120-unit independent living community in the first-ring Denver suburb of Arvada. Built in 2008 with a renovation in 2018, Kipling Meadows averaged 86 percent occupancy in the three months prior to sale. “With the community recently recovering occupancy back to 90 percent in just the latest month, the Evans Senior Investments team was able to showcase the potential upside for a new ownership group by forecasting a 6 percent rental rate increase,” says Hank Fuller, senior associate with ESI. ESI represented the seller, an institutional private equity group, in the transaction. The buyer was regional operator looking to expand in Colorado. The price was not disclosed.

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COMMERCE CITY, COLO. — Blue West Capital has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail property in Commerce City, approximately six miles northeast of downtown Denver. Brandon Gayeski and Robert Edwards of Blue West Capital represented the seller, a Colorado-based partnership. The buyer was a 1031 exchange investor based in Colorado. The 2,340-square-foot property features a drive-thru and was constructed in 2020. Located at 4860 East 60th Ave., Starbucks Coffee occupies the property on a long-term lease.

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LAS VEGAS — RealComm Advisors has brokered the sale of a 34,982-square-foot industrial building located at 7090 W. Arby Ave. in Las Vegas. 7090 Arby LLC purchased the asset for $7.3 million. Greg Pancirov and Paul Hoyt of RealComm Advisors represented the seller, Palo Alto Properties, in the transaction.

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