LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A partnership between Turnbridge Equities and Waterford Property Co., along with Monument Square Investment Group, has purchased City Place Long Beach, a 14-acre, large-scale, open-air, mixed-use development in downtown Long Beach. The partnership first acquired the loan on the asset at the end of 2020 and now reached an agreement to take over ownership of the property. Originally the site was Long Beach Plaza Mall, an enclosed shopping mall that was built in 1982 and demolished in 2002 to make way for City Place. The partnership is now reinventing the property as a mixed-use development with retail, office, restaurant and entertainment spaces, as well as working to immediately stabilize the asset.
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Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $64.5M Sale of Aspen Place Multifamily Community in Flagstaff, Arizona
by Amy Works
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Village at Aspen Place, an apartment property located at 601 E. Piccadilly Drive in Flagstaff. An entity formed by Orange County, Calif.-based NNC Apartment Ventures acquired the asset from an entity formed by Kansas City, Mo.-based VanTrust Real Estate for $64.5 million. David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Advisory Group in Phoenix represented the seller in the deal. Completed in 2015, Village at Aspen Place feature 222 units in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include ground-floor retail space, an attached parking garage and elevator service to each floor.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $22.5M Sale of Smart & Final Grocery Store Location in Westlake Village, California
by Amy Works
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an asset occupied by a Smart & Final grocery store in Westlake Village, a suburb of Los Angeles. The triple-net-leased asset sold for $22.5 million, or $448 per square foot. The property totals 50,242 square feet with Smart & Final as the main tenant. However, 12,500 square feet is subleased to Dollar Tree on a 10-year, triple-net lease, with Smart & Final responsible for all aspects of the lease. Lior Regenstreif of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Riverside Villas LLC, in the transaction.
LA VERNE, CALIF. — California-based Forward One has purchased a retail property located at 1479 Foothill Blvd. in La Verne, a suburb of Los Angeles. New Jersey-based Arctrust, a private REIT, sold the asset for $7.7 million in an off-market transaction. CVS/pharmacy anchors the 26,500-square-foot building, which is situated on 1.6 acres. Anton Qiu of Anchor Pacific Capital represented the buyer, while David Kern of The Mansour Group represented the seller in the deal.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $4.5 million sale of a newly constructed, 1,839-square-foot retail building at 5865 E. Spring St. that is triple-net leased to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Long Beach. Adam Friedlander of JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Pacific West Property Group Inc. An undisclosed private investor acquired the property in an all-cash transaction as part of a 1031 exchange. Alan Wong of DAAG Developments acted as the buyer’s consultant. Situated 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf was constructed in 2020 and features a drive-thru along with an outdoor patio that can accommodate up to 90 customers.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. — Google has announced plans to invest $7 billion in offices and data centers across the U.S. this year, creating 10,000 new full-time jobs across 19 states. The investment will include over $1 billion in the state of California; office expansions in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City and Washington, D.C.; and data center expansions in Nebraska, South Carolina, Virginia, Nevada and Texas. Further details on planned investments across the U.S. are below: South In the Southern U.S., Google will increase its investment in an existing South Carolina data center and its existing office campuses in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.; establish a new cloud engineering site in Durham, N.C.; open its first U.S. Google Operations Center in Southaven, Miss.; open a new office in Reston, Va.; and expand its data center in Virginia’s Loudon County. Midwest Earlier this year, Google established its first Minnesota office in Rochester and its new data centers in New Albany, Ohio, and Papillion, Neb., became operational. The company plans to expand its data center footprint in Nebraska over the course of 2021 and will begin further improvements at its Detroit, Chicago and Ann Arbor, Mich., offices. Texas Google’s new data center in Midlothian, …
Challenges abound for seniors housing: occupancies at historic lows, widespread outbreaks in 2020, steeply increased operating expenses all contribute to the industry difficulties Matt Pipitone, Seniors Housing Platform manager, M&T Realty Capital Corp., outlines when discussing the seniors housing outlook for 2021. When discussing this year and what needs to happen for the industry to recover, Pipitone explains, “The focus will be on the occupancy rebound. How much pent-up demand is there? We expect there to be some improvement in the near-term occupancies as they start climbing back towards more stabilized levels. However, it remains to be seen how quickly things will ramp back up. Each market will be different.” How have occupancy pressures impacted rents and incentives? How will newer projects continue to lease up? Pipitone knows there are many questions, but says “Overall, we hope to see things gradually improve throughout the rest of 2021. We still have a lot of confidence in our clients. They’re resilient, passionate about their residents (and residents’ families and staff) and they’ll persevere.” Watch as Pipitone discusses Fannie, Freddie, refinancing, bank involvement, lasting impacts from the pandemic and much more. This article is posted as part of REBusinessOnline’s Finance Insight series. Click here to …
Talon Private Capital Buys Leasehold of 601,081 SF Microsoft-Occupied Office Campus in Bellevue, Washington
by Amy Works
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Talon Private Capital, along with an undisclosed institutional real estate manager, has acquired the leasehold interest in Advanta Edge Campus, an office park located in the Interstate 90 Corridor of Bellevue. Microsoft Corp. fully occupies the 601,081-square-foot campus through September 2023. Designed by CollinsWoerman, Advanta Edge Campus has undergone $174.5 million in capital improvements since its development in 2018 by Schnitzer West. Microsoft has funded more than $120 million of out-of-pocket capital to enhance the building’s electrical and mechanical infrastructures, telecommunications backbone, interior finishes and build-out to a level well beyond typical Class A office standards. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Rob Hannan, Ken White, Michael Moll, Rachel Hones, Tim O’Keefe and Joe Lynch of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The acquisition price was not released.
PHOENIX — A joint venture between Las Vegas-based LaPour Partners and Texas-based NewcrestImage has completed AC Hotel Phoenix Downtown, a 13-story hotel located at 414 N. 5th St. in downtown Phoenix. Situated within the Arizona Center development, the hotel features 199 guest rooms; a lobby lounge offering tapas, crafted cocktails, a large outdoor patio with fireplaces and water features; and a penthouse fitness center with multiple hydration stations. The development team included Layton Construction, Los Angeles-based Axis GFA Architecture & Design and Dallas-based Design Duncan Miller Ullman. This is the first joint venture between NewcrestImage and LaPour Partners, and LaPour’s second AC Hotel in Phoenix, joining the firm’s existing 160-room AC Hotel by Marriott on Camelback Road.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Buchanan Street Partners has purchased E405 Euclid Shops, a showroom retail center located at 18225 to 18349 Euclid St. in Fountain Valley. A Southern California-based family trust sold the asset for $24 million. Situated on 4.9 acres, the property features 91,517 square feet of flexible showroom and retail space. Current tenants include Sherwin-Williams, Guitar Center and Cort Furniture. Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther and Rich Walter of SRS National Net Lease Group represented the buyer and seller in the deal.