LOS ANGELES — BridgeCore has provided a $2.1 million loan for a nine-unit apartment building located in Los Angeles’ Mar Vista neighborhood. The loan features a 6.5 percent pay-rate during the entire loan term, with the remaining interest accruing to loan pay-off without compounding interest. The 18-month term, including one six-month extension option with interest and capital improvement reserves, provides the undisclosed borrower with time and capital to renovate and lease the three vacant units at market rate, retrofit the building and position the property for an eventual exit with conventional financing.
SURPRISE, ARIZ. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a net-leased office building located at 12129 W. Bell Road in Surprise. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $2 million. RISE Services Inc. occupies the 8,936-square-foot building, which was built in 2003. Chris Lund and Mark Ruble of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the deal.
CHULA VISTA AND MISSION VALLEY, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of a five-property office and industrial portfolio in Chula Vista and Mission Valley. Protea Properties acquired the portfolio from Carleton Management for $47 million. Totaling 231,878 square feet, the portfolio includes a 48,828-square-foot, fully leased industrial/showroom building at 630 Bay Blvd. in Chula Vista; a 32,601-square-foot, fully leased multi-tenant office property at 660 Bay Blvd. in Chula Vista; a 99,584-square-foot, fully occupied office/industrial building at 780-784 Bay Blvd. in Chula Vista; a 30,046-square-foot, single-tenant property at 830 Bay Blvd. in Chula Vista; and a 20,819-square-foot, multi-tenant office building located at 5920 Friars Road in Mission Valley. Tenants at the portfolio include Cox Communications, National University, Fresenius Medical, Bayfront Charter School and West Marine. Randy LaChance Sr. of Voit’s San Diego office represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented.
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — A joint venture between Colorado-based McWhinney and Los Angeles-based Prism Places has purchased Foothills, a retail property located on 63 acres at 215 Foothills Parkway in midtown Fort Collins. Totaling 662,000 square feet, the property includes a 128,000-square-foot Macy’s department store and originally opened as Foothills Fashion Mall in 1973. The acquisition includes all of the mall’s assets and buildings with the exception of the parking structure and surface parking fields, which the Foothills Metro District owns, and the Foothills Activity Center, which the City of Fort Collins owns. Prism will take over as the mall’s property manager. McWhinney already owns and operates the adjacent 405-unit Cycle Apartments property.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sentinel Real Estate Corp. has completed the disposition of The Paragon at Kierland in Scottsdale to San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises for an undisclosed price. CBRE’s Tyler Anderson, Sean Cunningham, Asher Gunter and Matt Pesch represented the seller in the deal. Built in 2000, The Paragon at Kierland features 276 apartments, a lagoon-style swimming pool with private cabanas, an outdoor kitchen area with TV and fire pit, a fitness center and a resident clubhouse.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Parkview Towers, an apartment community located at 3655 S. Pearl St. and 3659 S. Pennsylvania St. in Englewood. The property sold for $15.7 million, or $181,034 per unit. Built in 1972, the community features two six-story towers offering a total of 87 apartments. Robert Lawson of Pinnacle represented the undisclosed seller, while Jim Knowlton of Pinnacle represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Stonesteam Properties has completed the disposition of a four-building industrial campus located on 6.4 acres at 12885 S. Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas. Vegas Ranch LLC acquired the asset for $4.7 million. Star Nursery will utilize the property to service its nine retail locations in Nevada. The asset includes a 12,500-square-foot warehouse, one storage warehouse and two additional buildings totaling 3,200 square feet. The site offers quick access to Interstate 15 via Saint Rose Parkway or Starr Interchange. James Griffis, Tyler Ecklund and Britney Arredondo of CBRE represented the seller in the deal.
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — Mesa West Capital has provided Longfellow Real Estate Partners with a $178 million first mortgage loan to recapitalize costs associated with its recent acquisition and fund the planned repositioning of the San Mateo Bay Center office campus in San Mateo. A portion of the proceeds from the five-year, floating-rate loan will be used to convert the 235,911-square-foot conventional office property into a life sciences and laboratory facility. Developed in 1984, San Mateo Bay Center features two seven-story office towers located at 901 and 951 Mariner’s Island Blvd. Campus amenities include showers, a fitness center, café and outdoor patio space. The campus is located in the mid-peninsula Foster City/San Mateo life sciences market with an inventory of nearly 2 million square feet of life sciences space, anchored by the 1.4 million-square-foot world headquarters campus for Gilead Sciences. Ramsey Daya of Newmark Knight Frank arranged the financing. Mark Osher of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP represented Mesa West Capital in the deal.
PHOENIX — ABI Multifamily has arranged the sale of Parkwood Apartments, a multifamily property in Phoenix. The asset sold for $69.2 million, or $201,30 per unit. The names of the seller and buyer were not released. Built in 2001, Parkwood Apartments consists of 23 residential buildings offering a total of 344 units in a mix of 48 one-bed/one-bath, 48 two-bed/one-bath, 144 two-bed/two-bath and 104 three-bed/two-bath units. All apartments include washers/dryers, air conditioning/heating, vaulted ceilings, private patios, additional storage and fully equipped kitchens. Community amenities include a rental office, fitness center, pool/spa, playground, barbecue grills, picnic area, gated entry and residential parking. Alon Shnitzer, Rue Bax, Eddie Chang and Doug Lazovick of ABI Multifamily’s Phoenix-based Institutional Apartment Group represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
DENVER — Virginia-based Willow Creek Partners has purchased The Croft Apartment Homes, a mid-rise property located at 7200 E. Evans Ave. in Denver. This is the company’s first acquisition in the region. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released. Adam Randall and John Westby-Gibson of Newmark’s Multifamily Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance group arranged $21.8 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. The Croft Apartment Homes features 138 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Built in 1974, the building’s renovated units offer new appliances, granite countertops, air conditioning, ample storage, in-unit washers/dryers and private outdoor space. Community amenities include a business center, clubhouse, courtyard, fitness center, indoor pool and game room.