BOULDER, COLO. — Avison Young has brokered the sales of two flex office assets — 7077 Winchester Circle and 5735 Arapahoe Avenue in Boulder. Different private investors acquired the buildings in separate transactions for a combined total of $7.9 million. At the time of sale, five tenants fully occupied the 26,418-square-foot property on Arapahoe Avenue, while a single tenant leased 84.4 percent of the 22,473-square-foot property on Winchester Circle. Jaimee Keene, Rick Egitto and Taylor Doyle of Avison Young’s Capital Markets Group in Denver represented the seller in the transactions.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Despite shelter-in-place mandates and temporary closures due to COVID-19, Westfield US has opened 42 stores and restaurants this year at Westfield Valley Fair, a 2.2 million-square-foot Bay Area shopping and lifestyle destination located at 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd. in Santa Clara. Twenty-two of the new tenants have opened since March, with 15 new retail and restaurant leases signed and foot traffic increasing more than 10 percent week-over-week since the center reopened in for retail operations in June. New tenants and milestones include: The completion of an expanded Luxury Collection that now features more than 45 retailers, including Bvlgari, Golden Goose, Gucci, Jimmy Choo, Montblanc, Tiffany & Co. and Versace. Additionally, Christian Louboutin and Panerai have signed leases to join the collection in the near future. The openings of a flagship Apple store, Lucid Studio from Lucid Motors, Peloton, AESOP, Zadig & Voltaire, Sandro, Maje and Anne Fontaine. New tenants for The Digital District including Tempo and Brik + Clik, Capital One Café, Polestar, Reiss and Dr. Martens. A revitalized Restaurant Collection with expanded outdoor dining options and new restaurants, including the first Northern California location of King’s Fish House, Shake Shack, Silicon Valley’s first Salt & …
San Diego City Council Approves $1.4B Transformation of Tailgate Park Outside Padres Stadium
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council has unanimously approved an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Padres Development Team to negotiate terms for the previously announced acquisition and redevelopment of Tailgate Park into East Village Quarter. The site is located outside Petco Park, which Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres call home. The Padres Development Team, including the San Diego Padres, Tishman Speyer and Ascendant Capital Partners, was selected during a public request for proposals process. The development team’s vision for East Village Quarter includes residential space, 50,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail, 236,000 square feet of public spaces, 1.4 million square feet of office space targeted to technology and biotechnology companies, and 1,600 parking spaces. According to media reports, the development will cost $1.4 billion. “We are excited to take another step forward to revitalize Tailgate Park and further transform the Ballpark District and downtown San Diego,” says Erik Greupner, president of business operations for the San Diego Padres. “We look forward to finalizing a deal with the City of San Diego that will result in the creation of a vibrant, inclusive, mixed-use district in East Village.”
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Eagle Crest, a multifamily property located near the Arrowhead Ranch master-planned community in Glendale. A private family trust sold the asset to S2 Capital for $55 million, or $134,804 per unit. Constructed in 1987 on 16 acres, Eagle Crest features 408 apartments. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of IPA, along with Marty Cohan of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal. Ryan Sarbinoff served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Arizona.
Beacon Realty Acquires Jefferson Square Retail Center in Southern California for Repositioning
by Amy Works
LA QUINTA, CALIF. — San Diego-based Beacon Realty Advisors, in partnership with Charlotte-based Carolina Capital Real Estate Partners, has acquired Jefferson Square, a partially built, open-air retail center in La Quinta. Regency Centers, the original developer, sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at Fred Waring Drive and Jefferson Street, Jefferson Center is situated on approximately 10 acres. CVS/pharmacy currently anchors the property. Beacon plans to pursue a grocery, home improvement or medical tenant to occupy the existing vacant 14,000-square-foot box space. The Jefferson Center site features a fully constructed infrastructure with only half of the land fully developed.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — Cohen Asset Management (CAM) has purchased a newly constructed logistics building located at 15100 S. San Pedro St. in Rancho Dominguez. Terms of the transaction were not released. A large credit tenant occupies the 112,075-square-foot building on a long-term lease. The building offers close proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in Los Angeles’ South Bay industrial submarket.
Progressive Real Estate Partners Brokers $1.5M Sale of Four-Building Asset in Riverside, California
by Amy Works
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a former bank property located at 6876 Magnolia St. in Riverside. Dream Big Children’s Center acquired the asset for $1.5 million. The property consists of four one-story buildings totaling 8,633 square feet, a courtyard and dedicated parking. Dream Big offers early intervention services and therapy for children with autism using a focus on structured teaching and natural play. Slated to open in early 2021, the Riverside location will be the company’s fourth play center. Greg Bedell and Roxy Klein of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, Financial Partners Credit Union, in the deal.
Webinar: Las Vegas Multifamily Outlook — How is the Vegas Apartment Sector Responding to the Pandemic?
by Jaime Lackey
On November 9, Western Real Estate Business magazine hosted “Las Vegas Multifamily Outlook — How is the Vegas Apartment Sector Responding to the Pandemic?”, featuring two panels of multifamily experts to discuss development and investment sales activity in Las Vegas. Speakers on the development panel include Greg Campbell of Laguna Point Properties, Dave Sloan of Next Wave Investors, Bob Schulman of Schulman Properties, Alex Woodin of Southern Land Co. and Travis Nelson of First American Title. Investment market panelists include Taylor Sims of Cushman & Wakefield, Bobby Khorshidi of Archway Capital, Robin Willett of NorthCap Multifamily, Adam Schmitt of CBRE, and Scott McClave of The Bascom Group. Archway Capital and First American Title sponsored the discussions, which were hosted by Western Real Estate Business and InterFace Conference Group.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Flywheel Capital, a Denver-based commercial real estate investment company, has started development of Peak Technology Campus, a speculative office project in Colorado Springs. The 210,000-square-foot campus will offer secure-ready site for the aerospace and defense industrial. Situated within the 900-acre Peak Innovation Park business park, Peak Technology Campus will feature four single-story office buildings with full-floor and multi-tenant configurations, secure-ready sites with dedicated entries, building signage, loading docks, 4.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet and secured satellite area. Plans for the new development include a 50,000-square-foot Building 1, a 40,000-square-foot Building 2, a 60,000-square-foot Building 3 and a 60,000-square-foot Building 4. Construction for Building 1 is slated to start in first-quarter 2021, with delivery set for third-quarter 2021. Kenton Mau, Brian Wagner and Mark O’Donnell of Newark will market the property for lease. According to Newmark Research, Peak Technology Campus represents the largest speculative office development in Colorado Springs since 2001.
Chipotle Plans to Open First Digital Restaurant as Online Sales Tripled in Third Quarter
by Jeff Shaw
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Chipotle Mexican Grill plans to launch a digital restaurant concept dubbed Chipotle Digital Kitchen. Customers will be required to order in advance via the Chipotle app, website or third-party delivery service; there will not be a dining area or line to order food. The Newport Beach-based restaurant chain says the footprint is designed for urban areas but will open its first location near West Point Academy in Highland Falls, New York, on Saturday, Nov. 14. The announcement of the restaurant opening comes on the heels of the company’s third-quarter earnings report, which showed Chipotle’s digital sales tripled year-over-year. Furthermore, online sales accounted for nearly half (48.8 percent) of total sales for the quarter, which ended Sept. 30.