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TACOMA, WASH. — McBride Capital has secured $19 million in bridge financing for the purchase of The Tacoma Rhodes Center, an office complex in Tacoma. The two-building property features 160,000 leasable square feet and a 538-stall parking garage. The three-year, non-recourse, floating-rate debt facility includes future funding for tenant improvements, leasing commissions and capital expenditures. Danny Natsch of McBride Capital placed the loan on behalf of an undisclosed buyer with a national bridge lender.

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SAN DIEGO — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Environmental Plaza, an industrial campus located at 4171-4206 Sorrento Valley Blvd. in San Diego’s Sorrento Valley submarket. Hill Properties, a local real estate firm, acquired the asset from a private family for $15.3 million. Totaling 91,669 square feet, Environmental Plaza features seven buildings that offer suites ranging from 1,000 square feet to 4,200 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 87 percent leased to 37 tenants. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson and Bill Dolan of CBRE represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — San Diego-based B2 Holdings has purchased a 10-acre property located at 1800 and 1818 E. Baseline Road in Tempe. A Florida-based seller sold the asset for $14.4 million. The property is located less than half-a-mile from US Route 60 and in proximity to Dobson Ranch and Arizona State University. At the time of sale, Target and US Bank leased portions of the site. Joseph Compagno of CBRE’s Net Lease Property Group in Phoenix represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.

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TEMPE, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) has completed the disposition of Grand2, an office building located at 1033 W. Roosevelt Way in Tempe. Apex Capital Investments Corp. acquired the property for a reported $187.5 million. Developed in late 2019 by LPC Desert West and Goldman Sachs MBD Real Estate, the nine-story building features 358,000 square feet of Class AA office space. Grand2 offers a 13,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor lobby and amenity lounge with a television viewing area, collaborative spaces, conference facilities and an on-site fitness facility with Peloton and Mirror equipment. Additionally, the building features a 13,000-square-foot rooftop deck with shaded seating and subterranean and structured parking. The development team included DAVIS as architect and Whiting-Turner as general contractor. San Francisco-based food delivery app DoorDash has occupied the property with a full-building, long-term commitment since its completion. CJ Osbrink, Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Brunson Howard, Paul Jones and Rick Stumm of Newmark represented LPC, while Apex Capital was self-represented in the sale. Grand2 is part of the 1.8 million square feet slated for development by LPC at The Grand at Papago Park Center, which is master planned for 3.2 million square feet of office, multifamily, hotel, retail and restaurant space within …

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SAN FRANCISCO — On Tuesday, Dec. 1, San Francisco-based Airbnb filed an updated S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO) filing on Dec. 9. The home-rental platform, along with some shareholders, plans to offer 51.9 million shares at $44 to $50 in its IPO, creating a valuation of up to $35 billion, an $4 billion increase from its private valuation of $31 billion. The 13-year-old company has experienced growth since its founding with gross booking value (GBV) topping $38 billion in 2019, representing a 29 percent growth from $29.4 billion in 2018. However, during the first nine months of 2020, Airbnb was impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic with GBV falling to $18 billion, down 39 percent year over year, and $2.5 billion in revenue, down 32 percent year over year. Through the combination of consolidating its workforce and a surge in rentals, the company has begun to see a 1 percent uptick in bookings between second- and third-quarter 2020, resulting $1.3 billion in third-quarter revenue, down 18 percent from the same period in 2019. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group, Allen & Co., Bank of America Corp., Barclays Plc and Citigroup …

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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Westcore has purchased approximately 45 acres of land at Thomas and Citrus roads near Interstate 10 and Loop 303 in Goodyear. First Industrial sold the land parcel for $11.2 million. Westcore plans to break ground immediately to construct a 721,156-square-foot, build-to-suit distribution facility for a national third-party logistics company. The completed cross-dock building will feature 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and secure site trailer storage capacity. Completion is slated for June 2021. The project team includes Merit Partners, Butler Design Group, Hunter Engineering and Stevens-Leinweber Construction. Completion is slated for June 2021.

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SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Port Royale, an apartment property in Sierra Vista, southeast of Tucson near the Mexico border. Element Property Co. acquired the asset from Bascom Arizona Ventures for $30 million, or $119,048 per unit. Built in 2004 on 13 acres, the 18-building community features 252 apartments and is in close proximity to Arizona State Route 90, University of Arizona South, Cochise College and Kartchner Caverns. Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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SYLMAR, CALIF. — Positive Investments Inc. has purchased Mountain View Manor, an affordable apartment building located at 12960 Dronfield Ave. in Sylmar, from 21 Alpha Group for $29.4 million. Built in 1964, the 178,000-square-foot property comprises six residential buildings offering a total of 200 apartments, two common areas and two swimming pools. The property was recently rehabilitated under the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. Shaya Braverman and Brendan Brown of Partners CRE, a Compass real estate brokerage, represented the buyer and seller in the deal.

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SAN FRANCISCO, PALO ALTO AND LOS GATOS, CALIF. — Oxford Capital Group LLC has acquired five boutique hotels in San Francisco and Silicon Valley from Greystone Hotels for an undisclosed price. The company plans to reposition many of the assets. The properties include King George Hotel, Hotel Griffon and The Inn at Union Square in San Francisco, as well as Creekside Inn in Palo Alto and Hotel Los Gatos in Los Gatos. Dating back to 1914, the 53-room King George Hotel includes a lobby bar and 1,150 square feet of meeting space. Hotel Griffon, which opened in 1906, includes 62 rooms as well as 308 square feet of meeting space and Perry’s restaurant. The Inn at Union Square, which features 30 rooms, opened in 1980 and includes Chloe Gallery. Creekside Inn dates back to 1955. It features 136 rooms, 1,400 square feet of meeting space, CIBO restaurant, Driftwood Deli and a Metro PCS store. Opened in 2002, the 72-room Hotel Los Gatos features 2,000 square feet of meeting space, Dio Deka restaurant and a Verde Touch holistic massage center. “We have been value-oriented investors in the lodging sector for nearly 30 years,” says John Rutledge, founder, chairman and CEO of …

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    The recent webinar “What Will Denver Multifamily Activity Look Like in 2021?“, hosted by Western Real Estate Business, brought together industry leaders to discuss how the area’s apartment sector can continue to operate successfully. What can investors and developers expect in 2021? Tune in to this two-part presentation for an in-depth discussion of investor insights, followed by an analysis from developers. See below for a list of some important topics covered, including rent collection, occupancy levels, investment activity, cap rates and much more. Panel One: Investment Managing uncertainty in acquisitions ​Work-from-home considerations Valuations and how they have been impacted Tenants and collections Interest rates and debt markets Cap rates Panel Two: Development Rising costs for building ​Rent relief and delinquency Asset returns and equity Leverage, capital stacks and acquisitions Impact of COVID-19 protocols on leasing, renewals and evictions 2021 multifamily revenue predictions Development Panel: Craig Stack, Colliers International (moderator) Bobby Khorshidi, Archway Capital Phillip Gause, Marcus & Millichap David Moghaven, Trion Properties Jason Wine, Avanti Enrique Huerta of Clear Capital Investment Panel: Mike McKenzie, Dwight Capital (moderator); Lane Cutter, Legacy Partners Cory Palmeiro, MPC. Christopher Gillies, LMC – A Lennar Company Emilie Baratta, Turnbuckle Development Doug Elenowitz, Trailbreak Partners Webinar sponsors: Archway …

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