LAKE FOREST, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Lake Forest Center, a shopping center located at 20761 Lake Forest Drive in Lake Forest. A California-based private family trust sold the asset to a Maryland-based private investor for $5.7 million, or $330 per square foot. The multi-tenant property features 17,244 square feet of retail space. Orbell Ovaness, Ara Rostamian and Peter Xiao of Marcus & Millichap’s Los Angeles office represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
CORONA, CALIF. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a multi-purpose warehouse located at 2620 Palisades Drive in West Corona. Crown Associates acquired the property from L&CD Developments for an undisclosed price. Totaling 63,302 square feet, the building features 13,924 square feet of high-finish, two-story office space, 600 square feet of shop office space, 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, 153 parking spaces, a private fenced yard and LED warehouse lighting. Built in 2017 on 3.6 acres, the warehouse site is zoned for both distribution and manufacturing. Clyde Stauff and Jace Gan of Colliers represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Colorado Christian University has purchased 333 S Allison Parkway, an office and medical building in Lakewood. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $5 million. Colorado Christian University plans to use the three-story, 35,741-square-foot building for its main offices and future site of its nursing school. Built in 1987, the property was formerly known as KeyBank Plaza. Garrett Neustrom and Jules Sherwood of Kenai Capital Advisors represented the seller, while Bob Pipkin and Jeff LaForte of Fuller Real Estate represented the buyer in the deal.
TACOMA, WASH. — San Diego-based MG Properties Group has purchased Village on Main Apartments, a multifamily property located at 5020 Main St. on the Point Ruston Waterfront in Tacoma. Point Ruston Building 7 LLC, a company owned by Loren McBride Cohen, sold the asset for $85.5 million. Village on Main features 200 apartments and access to a mix of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues in the Point Ruston Waterfront mixed-use community. Chris Ross, David Young, Corey Marx, Jordan Louie and Michael Lyford of JLL represented the seller. Charles Halladay, Rick Salinas and Jake Wisness of JLL Capital Markets arranged financing for the buyer.
DENVER — An affiliate of Crescent Real Estate has acquired a two-building, 119,977-square-foot office and retail property, located at 200-250 Columbine St. in Denver, for $82.7 million. PCCP provided a $56.5 million senior loan for the acquisition of the asset. Western Development Co. sold the property. John Jugl of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. Constructed in 2015, the property features 89,195 square feet of office space and 30,782 square feet of retail space. The eight-story building at 200 Columbine St. features all the office space and 9,856 square feet of restaurant and retail space, as well as a two-story subterranean parking garage. The adjacent seven-story building at 250 Columbine St. features the remaining 20,926 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The building also includes 71 residential condominium units that were not part of the acquisition. The office and retail components of the property were fully occupied at the time of sale.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — PointOne Holdings has partnered with Stillwater Capital to develop Spring Ranch Apartments, a multifamily community located in Colorado Springs. Totaling 330 units, Spring Ranch will feature a three-acre quad located between the main two buildings that will feature a pool, outdoor kitchens and fire pits, walking gardens and views of the Rocky Mountains. The property will also offer a fitness center and co-working facilities for residents. The joint venture recently closed on the site acquisition and financing for the project. Construction is slated to begin in the near future, with the first units scheduled for delivery in spring 2023.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Taiwan-based Skyline Group International has acquired Glen Bell Way, a Class A office and R&D campus located in downtown Orange County’s Irvine Spectrum. The 273,180-square-foot campus includes: 1 Glen Bell Way, a five-story office building; 3 Glen Bell Way, a one-and-two story R&D and office headquarter building; and 5 Glen Bell Way, a four-level, 911-stall parking structure. The campus is 100 percent triple-net-leased to Yum! Brands and Ford Motor Co. There are 91,457 square feet of remaining entitlements associated with the campus that can be utilized for potential future expansion/office intensification for 3 Glen Bell Way. Kevin Shannon, Paul Jones, Ken White, Brunson Howard and Brandon White of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The acquisition price was not released.
BERTHOUD, COLO. — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 1111 Mountain Ave. in Berthoud, a small town near Fort Collins. 1111 Mountain Ave LLC sold the asset to 655 South Boulder LLC for $3.1 million. 7-Eleven occupies the 4,067-square-foot building on a triple-net-lease basis. Paul Cattin and Samuel Cohen of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the seller, while Robert Edwards of Blue West Capital represented the buyer in the deal.
By Terrison Quinn, Managing Principal, SRS Real Estate Partners Despite a recent uptick in vacancy from 4.07 percent to 4.5 percent and a softening of rents from $32.99 to $32.55 per square foot, Orange County remains Southern California’s tightest retail market. And retail investors remain bullish for good reasons. Theaters, gyms and other uses shuttered by the pandemic have reopened to greater-than-expected customer demand. In fact, several health club chains have reported they are back to pre-COVID membership numbers. A multitude of entertainment groups and theaters are also communicating positive messages about demand and expressing an interest in expanding. Theater operators have generally said their limitation is more related to content than demand. The reopening success is even more obvious in categories like grocery stores and drive-thru restaurants. This is apparent in nearly every Orange County city as parking lots are visibly impacted and cars continue to spill out of fast food drive-thru lanes. Most notably, Amazon Fresh is aggressively opening new stores, while fast feeders like Raising Cane’s, Chick-fil-A and Starbucks can’t seem to open new stores fast enough. Sit-down restaurants have also experienced a resurgence in demand with many national and regional groups setting record same-store sales. Clearly, …
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Grosvenor Americas has acquired Orchard-Trimble, an office and R&D campus located at Orchard Parkway and West Trimble Road in North San Jose’s Golden Triangle. The acquisition price and name of the seller were not released. Toshiba America Electronic Components, the U.S. storage and semiconductor division of Toshiba Corp., occupies the 218,645-square-foot property, which features R&D lab space. The campus is near San Jose International Airport and provides access to downtown San Jose via the VTA Light Rail.
