DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of The Mercury Café in downtown Denver. An owner-operator acquired the property from the undisclosed seller for $2.1 million. Located at 2195 California St., the property features 9,870 square feet of restaurant space. Jason McClanahan and Dallas Sandberg of the Johnson Ritter team of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
VERNON, CALIF. — Alere Property Group has purchased an industrial warehouse building located at 4433 Pacific Blvd. in Vernon. Alere Property Group acquired the asset from a private investor for an undisclosed price in an off-market transaction. Built in 2005, the 33,400-square-foot property features contemporary design and includes 8,800 square feet of mezzanine office space, clear heights ranging from 28 feet to 30 feet, five dock-high doors and a secured fenced yard. DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Regent Properties has acquired a portfolio of four office buildings in downtown San Diego for $420 million. The acquisition marks Regent’s first investment via its Regent Opportunity Fund V. The high-rise properties include 1 Columbia Place, 701 B Street, 2 Columbia Place and 707 Broadway. Totaling 1.5 million square feet, the buildings represent approximately 16 percent of all Class A and B office inventory in downtown San Diego, according to Regent. The transaction, which equates to $281 per square foot, also includes a parking garage. Privately owned real estate investment adviser Emmes was the seller, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. “With this investment, Regent is continuing its push to acquire high-quality office projects across the Sunbelt,” says Eric Fleiss, CEO of Regent. “We are seeking to purchase over $2 billion of assets over the next 24 months.” Prior to the sale, the seller extensively renovated the portfolio’s common areas, including upgrading the lobbies and outdoor amenities. Regent plans to augment these renovations with additional “hospitality-oriented improvements,” such as new fitness centers, conference centers, eateries and community gathering places like outdoor terraces and wine lounges. “To successfully attract and retain tenants today, we need to give them …
By Nico Vilgiate, Executive Vice President, Colliers Greater Los Angeles has one of the largest office development pipelines in the nation, which includes new construction and some sizeable adaptive reuse projects. There is currently more than 6 million square feet in this pipeline with nearly 2.7 million square feet scheduled to deliver this year. This will increase overall vacancy throughout 2021. The most significant developments are occurring in Downtown and West Los Angeles, which contain more than 55 percent of all new office construction. One of the most prominent projects is One Westside, a shopping mall conversion that will contain 584,000 square feet of creative office space in West Los Angeles. Google will be moving into the building upon completion. The greater Los Angeles overall vacancy rate of 18.3 percent is 50 basis points higher than the previous peak in 2013 when it reached 17.8 percent. Sublease availability has increased over the past four quarters due to the work-from-home mandate. However, there has been an increase in the overall average asking rate in the past few quarters. The rate has increased by 4.4 percent year-over-year to about $3.54 per square foot, per month. Asking rate rental growth during this period was strongest …
LOS ANGELES — Rescore Property, as developer, and Nadel Architecture + Planning, as architect, have completed construction of The Rise, a seven-story, mixed-use project located at 1331 N. Cahuegna Blvd. in Hollywood. The 561,600-square-foot property features 369 apartments, 13 live/work units and 2,570 square feet of creative office space. Consisting of five buildings linked by pedestrian bridges, The Rise offers 341,600 square feet of residential space on six levels and more than 220,000 square feet of parking space on two levels, with space for 567 cars and 410 bicycles. The project offers a mix of ADA-adaptable micro-units, studios and one- and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a rooftop deck, inner open courtyard, outdoor gym, pool, barbecue grills, fire pits, dog runs with a dog wash unit and outdoor seating with TVs. Additional amenities include a clubhouse with fireplace and pool table, fitness center, lounges, conference rooms, electric-vehicle charging stations and a video screen in the main lobby that displays transit options and status. The Rise also offers a 2,000-square-foot penthouse unit on the seventh floor that can be leased for special events. The penthouse is adjacent to a party room and rooftop deck.
AURORA, COLO. — Consolidated Investment Group has started construction of Building 5 and Building 6 at Eastpark 70, a currently four-building, 900,000-square-foot industrial park in northeast Aurora. Building 5 will feature 158,900 square feet, divisible to 40,000 square feet, and Building 6 will offer 77,100 square feet, divisible to 30,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, dock-high and drive-in loading, trailer parking and office space available to suit. Eastpark 70 is zoned M-1 industrial with approval for outside storage. Completion for Building 5 is slated for January 2022, with delivery of Building 6 scheduled soon thereafter. Todd Witty and Doug Viseur of CBRE are handling leasing for the buildings. Current tenants at Eastpark 70 include UPS, Wayfair and Benjamin Moore.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cleveland, Ohio-based Woodside Health has purchased Arrowhead Executive Center, a multi-tenant office complex located at 17235 N. 75th Ave. in Glendale. Holualoa Cos. sold the asset for $18.2 million. Steve Lindley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Bill Cook and Perry Gabuzzi of Plaza Cos. provided market leasing advisory. Situated on 11.9 acres, Arrowhead Executive Center features eight single-story buildings offering a total of 99,062 square feet of office space. The campus was constructed in 2000.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Vancouver, Canada-based Nicola Wealth Real Estate has acquired a mixed-use property located in downtown Tempe from Wexford Developments for $16.7 million. Located at 425 S. Mill Ave., the 22,209-square-foot building features three levels of office space above ground-floor retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased to multiple tenants. The property is near the Valley Metro Light Rail station and the new Tempe Streetcar, which is scheduled to open this year. Steve Lindley, Eric Wichterman and Mike Coover of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.
OLYMPIA, WASH. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Capitol Crossing, an apartment community located at 1112 Chestnut St. SE in Olympia. The property traded for $14.4 million, or $184,615 per unit. The names of the buyer and seller were not released. Built in 1988 and partially renovated, Capitol Crossing features 78 studio, one- and two-bedroom units. At the time of sale, the community was 95 percent occupied. Steven Chattin, Mitchell Belcher, Jay Timpani and Chad Blenz of Berkadia represented the seller in the deal.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Waterford Property Co., in partnership with the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), has purchased Residences at Westgate and The Hudson in Pasadena for $335.1 million. The partnership acquired the 513 units to provide housing affordability as part of an innovative workforce housing finance program created in 2020 by CSCDA. Residence at Westgate, located at 31 S. DeLacey Ave., was purchased for $237 million, and The Hudson, located at 678 E. Walnut St., was acquired for $98.1 million. Joseph Smolen, Geoff Boler and Lee Redmond of Eastdil Secured represented both parties in the Residences at Westgate transaction. Blake Rogers, Hunter Combs, Alexandra Caniglia and Javier Rivera of Walker & Dunlop represented both parties for The Hudson’s sale. The Residences at Westgate, which was developed in 2015, features 340 apartments and 20,521 square feet of retail space. The Hudson, which was built in 2018, offers 173 apartments and 11,409 square feet of retail space. At the time of acquisition, both communities were approximately 96 percent occupied. Since January, Waterford and CSCDA have acquired six multifamily communities in Southern California, totaling 2,022 units of housing and more than $1 billion of acquisition value as part of the essential housing …
