SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail center located at 1030 E. Los Angeles Ave. in Simi Valley. A local private investor sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $6.2 million at a 5.6 percent capitalization rate. James DeBuiser and Gary Cohen Marcus & Millichap’s Cohen | DeBuiser Team represented the seller in the deal. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased.
LOS ANGELES — California Landmark Group (CLG) has completed the final phase of G8, a mixed-use development in Los Angeles’ Marina del Rey neighborhood. The $120 million project includes 228 apartments and 25,000 square feet of creative office space. Situated in the Marina Arts District, G8 offers a mix of single, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 550 square feet to 1,500 square feet, with 23 units earmarked as affordable and 68 designated as co-living suites. The community features 18,000 square feet of exterior common areas, including a public pocket park, swimming pool, spas and an 8,000-square-foot rooftop deck with outdoor grills and lounge seating. G8 also offers more than 10,000 square feet of shared indoor workspaces, a private movie theater, game room, fitness center and a yoga/stretching studio. Additionally, the project includes street-level creative office space designed as a colorful arrangement of cargo shipping containers. With this development, CLG has delivered nine mixed-use projects, totaling nearly 1 million square feet of residential and commercial space, to the Marina del Rey neighborhood.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Tower Capital has secured $56 million in construction financing for Village at Pioneer, a multifamily development in Peoria. Located at the southwest corner of 83rd and Olive avenues, the property will feature 332 for-rent residences averaging 950 square feet. Units will offer premium countertops, stainless steel appliances, 10-foot ceilings, walk-in closets, smart-home technologies and private yards. Community amenities will include detached garages with storage units, a workout facility, resort-style pool and spa, dog park and gated entrance. Completion is slated for 2022. Village at Pioneer Park is a single-family, build-to-rent asset, which is positioned between multifamily and single-family asset classes to provide multifamily amenities with a single-family-style home.
EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — EAH Housing, an affordable housing nonprofit, has opened Estrella Vista, an apartment community located at 3706 San Pablo Ave. in Emeryville. Situated less than one mile from the Oakland MacArthur BART station, the transit-oriented property features 87 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts, ranging in size from 569 square feet to 1,572 square feet. Rents at the affordable housing property range from $590 to $2,002 per month, with income requirements at 20 percent to 60 percent of area median income. Designed by KTGY Architecture + Planning and built by J.H. Fitzmaurice General Contractors, Estrella Vista features four main outdoor areas: a large central courtyard with playground, zen garden, “adult overlook” and outdoor sky deck. Additionally, the property offers a community room, computer learning center, fitness center and on-site laundry facilities. Financing for the community was provided by City of Emeryville, City of Oakland, County of Alameda, Oakland Housing Authority, Housing Authority of the County of Alameda, California Community Reinvestment Corp., California Department of Housing and Community Development, California Municipal Finance Authority, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, Federal Home Loan Bank and Wells Fargo Bank.
BEAVERTON, ORE. — Smartcap, a Seattle-based real estate investment firm, has purchased The Cortez Building, a warehouse and office property located at 701 SW 158th Ave. in Beaverton, a suburb eight miles west of Portland. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $12.2 million. Nike Inc. occupies the 73,200-square-foot flex property through April 2025. The apparel company has leased the building since its delivery in 1994. Keith Young of Kidder Mathews and Denis Mehigan of The Mehigan Co. represented the buyer in the transaction.
SEATTLE — Columbia Pacific Advisors Bridge Lending, a lending platform of Columbia Pacific Advisors, has provided a $14.5 million loan for Cubix Othello, a modular micro-housing development in Seattle. NexGen Housing Partners, as the borrower, will use the funds to refinance existing construction debt and fund completion of the multifamily property located at 7339 43rd Ave. in South Seattle. Overlooking Othello Park, the six-story building will feature 85 apartments in a mix of studio and one-bedroom layouts. To date, NexGen has completed five modular micro-housing properties in Seattle totaling 232 units.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Silicon Valley-based Nome Ventures has purchased Pacific Gateway, an office tower located at 19191 S. Vermont Ave. in Torrance within the South Bay submarket of Los Angeles County. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $55.5 million. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2019, the 10-story tower features 237,145 square feet of Class A office space. The $6 million renovation included an upgraded lobby, new corridors, a new tenant amenity center and exterior improvements. At the time of sale, the building was nearly 84 percent occupied. Current tenants include Optum Care (formerly DaVita Medical Group), Kumon, Farmers Insurance Federal Credit Union and Olgetree Deakins. Kevin Shannon, Bill Bloodgood, Ken White, Scott Schumacher and Aly Chelf of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. Greg Grant of CBRE Capital Markets in Los Angeles, along with Mike Longo, Todd Tydlaska and Sean Sullivan of CBRE, arranged $39.3 million in financing for the buyer.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Risi Cos. has purchased 9.5 acres of land at 290 La Canada Blvd. in Avondale for $1.3 million, or $136,842 per acre. Earlier this month, Risi received approval to rezone the land from commercial to high-density residential, enabling the company to develop the Crystal Cove apartment community on the site. Crystal Cove will feature 238 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Additionally, the gated community will offer a clubhouse, swimming pool, 109 garages and additional covered parking for Avondale residents. Larry Kush of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the sellers, Robert Delacour and Dianna Costa, while Zack Mishkin of Orion Investment Real Estate represented the buyer in the land sale transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an USA Hostels hospitality property located at 711 Post St. in downtown San Francisco. A private investor acquired the asset for $19 million. Built in 1907, the five-story building features 123 rooms including 48 units with private bathrooms, a large common area, dining area, self-service commercial kitchen and yoga studio. Jag Patel of Marcus & Millichap’s Oakland office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
GRESHAM, ORE. — A joint venture between Trion Properties and AMC Investments has purchased Hood Apartments, a newly constructed multifamily community in Gresham. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $12 million. Located at 1833 SE Sixth St. on 2.8 acres, Hood Apartments features 64 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. The asset was vacant upon sale. Continental Partners sourced an acquisition loan for the transaction. Jordan Carter, Tyler Linn, Clay Newton and John DeJager of Kidder Mathews represented the buyers in the transaction.
