SAN FRANCISCO — A majority of U.S. restaurants and cafés that closed their doors in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will remain closed for good, according to crowd-source review giant Yelp. In its September economic impact report, the San Francisco-based firm tallied 32,109 restaurants that were open and operating on March 1 were closed on Aug. 31. Of that total, 19,590 (61 percent) indicated they were permanently closed. Yelp tracks business closures via business owners marking their business as closed, including by changing their hours or through a COVID-19 banner on its Yelp page. The tech firm concedes that closure counts are likely an estimate as businesses not included in the report include those that remain open with curtailed hours and staffing, or because they have not yet updated their Yelp business pages to reflect closures. Yelp only counts closures that have been vetted by its User Ops team or have been updated directly by a business owner. According to Yelp’s findings, breakfast and brunch restaurants, burger joints, sandwich shops, dessert places and Mexican restaurants are among the types of restaurants with the highest rate of business closures. Restaurants that work well for delivery and takeout — such as pizza …
PHOENIX — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and its partner, CBRE U.S. Development Partners 5, a fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors, have completed Park Aldea. The 356,000-square-foot industrial development is located in Phoenix. Situated on 27 acres west of the intersection of 99th Avenue and Cardinals Way, the property features the 74,164-square-foot Building A, the 76,322-square-foot Building B, the 87,296-square-foot Building C and the 118,241-square-foot Building D. The buildings offer divisibility down to 7,280 square feet. The facilities feature ESFR sprinkler systems, clear heights ranging from 24 feet to 32 feet, building depths ranging from 140 feet to 222 feet, and truck courts that range in size from 130 feet to 180 feet. Green Worldwide, an international shipping company, has signed a lease to occupy Building C, located at 10200 W. Montebello Ave. The company plans to move to the new facility at the end of 2020. Mitchell Stravitz, Cooper Fratt and Tanner Ferrandi of CBRE Phoenix serve as leasing agents for the project. Ted Liles of Cresa represented Green Worldwide in its lease.
MORENO VALLEY, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the purchase of Moreno Corporate Center, an industrial park located in Moreno Valley. A Southern California-based private investor acquired the property from a Bay Area-based investment company for an undisclosed price. Built in 1989 on nine acres, the five-building, 139,150-square-foot Moreno Corporate Center features 17-foot clear heights and a 2.85 parking ratio. The buildings are located at 14300, 14320 and 14340 Elsworth St. and 22620 and 22640 Goldencrest Drive. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent occupied by more than 45 tenants. Alan Pekarcik and Chris Smith of Avison Young represented the buyer, while CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
TACOMA, WASH. — A local developer has completed the disposition of Westminster Towers, an apartment community in Tacoma. A private investor in a 1031 exchange acquired the asset for $28 million, or $201,439 per unit. Built in 1997, the property features 139 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with floor plans that measure up to 1,137 square feet. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool, gazebo, garage and covered space parking. Timothy Ufkes and Evan McLeod of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction
LOMPOC, CALIF. — Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners has completed the disposition of a single-story retail property located at 1600 N. H St. in Lompoc. Jinushi USA Inc., a real estate investment trust listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as Nippon Commercial Development Co., acquired the 62,500-square-foot end-cap property for an undisclosed price. The separately parceled property is situated on 5.3 acres within Mission Plaza, a shopping center with 26 tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Chase, Albertsons, Big 5, Ross Dress for Less and GNC. Judd Dunning of DWG Capital Group represented the seller, while Jeff Wiggins of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT represented the buyer in the transaction. MAG Capital Partners, led by Principals Dax Mitchell and Andrew Gi, purchased 1600 North H Street in December 2019. The property was then short-term leased to Walmart prior to the sale to Jinushi USA.
CHINO HILLS, CALIF. — Wood Investments Cos. has purchased a single-tenant retail investment property located at 4050 Chino Hills Parkway in Chino Hills. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $2.5 million. Situated within Chino Hills Parkway Center, 99 Cents Only occupies the 28,240-square-foot property, which was originally built in 1974 for Alpha Beta. Other tenants at the shopping center include 7-Eleven, Jack in the Box, AutoZone and H&R Block. Wood Investments plans to hold the asset for cash flow until the end of the 99 Cents Only lease and will either negotiate a new lease with 99 Cents Only or another essential needs or grocery tenant at market rates. The business plans will take approximately three to five years to complete. Patrick Wade, Alex Kozakov and Jake Hayutin of CBRE’s South Bay office in El Segundo, Calif., represented the seller, while Wood Investments Cos. was self-represented in the deal. Chicago-based JDI Realty is the lender in the deal.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — The specialty outdoor retailer REI Co-op has completed the disposition of its newly completed corporate campus in Bellevue’s Spring District. Facebook acquired the property for $390 million. Site developer Wright Runstad & Co. and Shorenstein Properties also purchased an undeveloped two-acre portion of the property. Facebook’s acquisition includes the 400,000-square-foot campus and approximately six acres of land. In August, REI announced its intention to sell its Bellevue campus and shift to a more distributed work model. The co-op’s future “headquarters” will span multiple satellite locations across the region, and REI will lean into remote working as a more engrained, supported and normalized model for headquarters employees. Following the sale, REI and Facebook are each donating $1 million to the Eastrail, a 42-mile trail that the co-op has been involved in bringing to life for the last four years. Once complete, the trail system will connect the diverse communities and businesses of King County’s Eastside through access to transit alternatives, employee hubs and greenspace.
DENVER — Los Angeles-based Oak Coast Properties has completed the disposition of Pembrooke on the Green Apartments, located at 10700 E. Dartmouth Ave. in southeast Denver. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $163 million. The 37-building property features 959 units in a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom units, heated swimming pools, a fitness center, soccer field, playground, dog park and two clubhouses. In 2016, Oak Coast originally purchased the community, which was built between 1974 and 1980 in different stages, and implemented a $1.9 million renovation plan as part of a value-add investment strategy. Terrance Hunt and Shane Ozment of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
FORT COLLINS, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has purchased The Vibe Apartments, a multifamily community located at the south end of Fort Collins. Milestone Development Group sold the asset for $74 million. Built in 2018 on 10 acres, The Vibe features 276 residences spread across 12 buildings. At the time of sale, the property was 93 percent occupied. Buchanan plans to implement modest operational changes to The Vibe and position it as a stabilized core asset to benefit from the positive submarket fundamentals and long-term forecasted growth of the area.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has purchased 30 acres of land in Riverside County for the development of a total of 623,109 square feet of Class A industrial distribution space. Newcastle sold the parcels for $20 million. The first project — Val Verde Logistics Center — is located on 13 acres and will include a 289,556-square-foot speculative distribution building. The second project — Harvill Avenue Logistics Center — is located on 16.9 acres and will include a 333,553-square-foot speculative distribution facility. The developer expects to break ground on both projects in October. Newport Beach, Calif.-based RM Dalton is serving as general contractor, Herdman Architecture + Design is serving as architect and Kimley-Horn as civil engineer for both projects. Bill Heim, Alex Heim and Nesha Ritchie of Lee & Associates are the exclusive leasing agents for both logistics centers.