LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a two-property retail asset located in Los Angeles’ North Hills neighborhood. A limited liability company sold the portfolio to a partnership for $6.2 million. The asset consists of two adjacent parcels featuring 7,835 square feet of building space and 52,260 square feet of commercial-zoned land. According to Marcus & Millichap, the sales price represents a market-leading price per square foot of $798 for the existing structures and $120 per square feet for the land. Brandon Michaels, Steven Schechter and Sean Brandt of Marcus & Millichap’s Encino, Calif., office represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — CoStar Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGP) has agreed to purchase Ten-X for $190 million. The all-cash deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Irvine, Calif.-based Ten-X was launched in 2009 with the goal of providing a digital platform to complete commercial real estate transactions during the Great Recession. Since its founding, nearly $24 billion worth of commercial real estate transactions have been completed on the site. Companies such as Fannie Mae, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Blackstone, Starwood, BlackRock, Capital One, MetLife, LNR, UBS and PNC have used the website to complete transactions. CoStar hopes the acquisition will position the combined company as a major player in the distressed commercial property market that COVID-19 is expected to leave in its wake. “We believe that the volume of distressed properties coming to market will surge and that this combined platform will support the market’s recovery,” says CoStar CEO Andrew Florance regarding the acquisition. Echoing Florance’s sentiment, Ten-X CEO Steve Jacobs says, “Just like CoStar Group, we are focused on driving volume and efficiency and have devoted ourselves to addressing the massive, untapped demand for digital commercial real estate solutions. We see significant demand …
Joint Venture Acquires Land Site for 480-Unit Millenia Apartment Complex in Chula Vista, California
by Amy Works
CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — A joint venture between MetLife Investment Management, Allstate and Ryan Cos. has acquired a land site for the development of an eight-building multifamily property within Millenia, a 210-acre mixed-use community in Chula Vista’s Otay Ranch submarket. Meridian Development is developing Millenia on behalf of landowner Stratford Land. The 512,000-square-foot apartment project will feature 480 market-rate units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom flats, two-story mezzanine lofts, live-work units and three-story townhomes. The apartments will range between 616 square feet and 2,336 square feet. Additionally, the community will feature 16,000 square feet of commercial space. Community amenities will include a pool, spa, clubhouse kitchen with lounge, community co-working spaces, fitness center, leasing center, two large dog run areas, rooftop deck, bocce court, bike maintenance and storage facilities, a speakeasy, live music studio and community green areas, including gardens. The project team will include ARK Architects, Design Line Interiors, Hunsaker & Associates and GMP. Ryan Cos. will serve as general contractor for the project, which is slated to break ground this summer. Completion of the first building is scheduled for late 2021. Pre-leasing will begin in August 2021. Additionally, the completed project will be part of …
P.B. Bell Opens First Phase of $45M Copper Falls Multifamily Community in Glendale, Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — P.B. Bell has opened the first phase of Copper Falls, an apartment property located at 5151 N. 95th Ave. in Glendale. The $45 million community is the first of the company’s multiple projects in the Glendale area. Copper Falls features 240 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 726 square feet to 1,315 square feet. The open-concept apartments feature smart light switches, smart thermostats, modern kitchen layouts with granite countertops, subway tile backsplashes, stainless steel energy-efficient appliances and kitchen islands. Additionally, the units offer wood-style flooring, nine-foot ceilings, a full-size washer and dryer, and a personal patio or balcony. The first phase includes a variety of floor plans and community amenities, including a resident clubhouse designed for entertaining, a theater room with complimentary movie rentals, a 24-hour fitness center with a group exercise studio, and a swimming pool and spa. The community also features a package locker systems, valet trash, electric vehicle charging stations, a playground, dog park and pet spa.
NorthMarq Arranges $10M Refinancing for Lambert Industrial Campus in Fullerton, California
by Amy Works
FULLERTON, CALIF. — NorthMarq has arranged $10 million in refinancing for Lambert Industrial, a two-building industrial property in Fullerton. The permanent, fixed-rate loan was structured with a 10-year term on a 30-year amortization schedule. Daniel McCarthy and Michael Elmore of NorthMarq’s Newport Beach, Calif., office secured the loan for the undisclosed borrower through a national bank. Totaling 87,652 square feet, the properties are a 45,761-square-foot building at 150 Lambert and a 41,891-square-foot asset at 110 Lambert.
PHOENIX — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of the Corbins Electric corporate headquarters, an industrial property located at 4829 S. 38th St. in Phoenix. Staffield Family LLC acquired the asset from ML Commercial Properties for $7 million. The building features 52,744 square feet of industrial space. Lane Neville and Logan Crum of NAI Horizon represented the buyer, while Clint Hardison and Blake Hardison of Keyser represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Avison Young and Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) have arranged the sale of an industrial building with excess land located at 2133 and 2143 Pontius Ave. in West Los Angeles. A California-based private investor sold the property to a West Los Angeles-based private investor for $5 million. Built in 1948 on a 0.3-acre land parcel, the 6,500-square-foot building features a high-clear-span, bow truss design with sufficient loading and power, warehouse skylights and 14-foot minimum ceiling height. Patrick Barnes, Chris Maling and David Maling of Avison Young, along with John DeGrinis of Newmark Knight Frank, represented the seller, while David Kamran of Diva Real Estate Group represented the buyer in the deal. According to the brokers, the transaction was record-setting for the West Los Angeles submarket with the highest price per square foot of $590 paid for an industrial building under 10,000 square feet and $300 per square foot for the land, per CoStar records.
WILSONVILLE, ORE. — ScanlanKemperBard (SKB) has completed the disposition of Parkway Woods Business Park, a suburban industrial/office campus situated on more than 70 acres at 26600 SW Parkway Ave. in Wilsonville. Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) acquired the property from Parkway Woods Business Center LLC, a joint venture between SKB and Oaktree Capital, for an undisclosed price. The 378,300-square-foot asset is currently a mixed-use business park featuring amenities such as on-site public transportation, a lounge, fitness facility, newly renovated lobby, on-site snack shop, rotating food trucks, disc golf course, basketball court and outdoor space. Nick Kucha, James Childress, Jeff Hodson, Kevin Shannon and James Ikeguchi of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal. SKB will stay as a partner in the investment to help execute the repositioning of the property. RGA and SKB plan to reposition the three-building property’s large floor plates to meet the needs and size requirements of a variety of light industrial, manufacturing and R&D tenants. The site also includes more than 4.5 acres of developable land that could accommodate 85,000 square feet of industrial space.
JLL Arranges $26.7M Refinancing for Alcove on Arapahoe Shopping Center in Boulder, Colorado
by Amy Works
BOULDER, COLO. — JLL Capital Markets has secured $26.7 million in refinancing for Alcove on Arapahoe, a community shopping center in Boulder. The firm placed the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with Nationwide for the borrower, an existing co-investment partnership that Regency Centers manages. Built in 1957 and renovated in 2019, Alcove on Arapahoe offers 159,050 square feet of retail space. Tenants include Safeway, HomeGoods, Verizon Wireless and Flower Child. Tarik Bateh, Kristian Lichtenfels and Jennifer Swanson of JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing for the borrower.
PHOENIX AND TEMPE, ARIZ. — DAUM Commercial has arranged the acquisition of three industrial properties totaling nearly 60,000 square feet in Phoenix and Tempe. In the first deal, Crockett’s Honey, a family-owned raw honey manufacturer, acquired an 18,000-square-foot industrial building in Tempe. The asset is situated on 1.2 acres at 1060 W. Alameda Drive. Crockett’s Honey, which operates 6,500 beehives along the Colorado River in Parker, Ariz., plans to expand its bottling and distribution capabilities at the Tempe location. In the second transaction, a California-based private investor purchased a three-building business park in Phoenix for $2 million. Located at 3615-3635 S. 16th St., the 25,870-square-foot asset features five grade-level doors, a fenced lot and convenient access to multiple modes of transportation, including the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Union Pacific railroad. Carl Johnson, also of DAUM’s Phoenix office, represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. In the third transaction, a private investor acquired a manufacturing building located at 2840 E. Mohawk Lane in Phoenix for $2.2 million. The name of the seller was not released. The buyer plans to implement value-add exterior upgrades to the 16,056-square-foot property, which was recently vacated, including new paint, roof and asphalt. The building features …