IRVINE, CALIF., AND SALT LAKE CITY — Irvine-based Faris Lee Investments, a national retail advisory and investment sales firm, and Salt Lake City-based MTN Retail Advisors, a grocer-specialized data collection and analytics provider, have entered into a partnership agreement. The collaboration will allow the team to combine Faris Lee’s retail, real estate, finance and investment advisory services with MTN’s predictive analytics and proprietary technology, including artificial intelligence machine learning. “MTN’s retail-specific, fact-based analytics will factor into the valuation, underwriting and assessment of these assets as we examine the real estate in any local market for the benefit of the occupier, investor/developer and lender,” says Rick Chichester, president and CEO of Faris Lee Investments. MTN maintains data records on more than 28,000 active U.S. grocers — a number that will grow to include 40,000 grocers over the next 18 months as the partnership takes shape. “We are not a market research firm, a demographer or an aggregator,” says Doug Munson, principal and founder of MTN Retail Advisors. “We take an analytic approach to retail investment that doesn’t exist anywhere else today. Our methods have been refined over the company’s 15-year history, through physical site visits to every grocery we have on …
LOS ANGELES — Santa Monica-based BLT Enterprises has completed the sale of a former gas station and parking lot in Los Angeles. Wiseman Residential acquired the fully entitled property for $13.7 million. BLT, in partnership with KFA architects, Dale Goldsmith as land-use counsel and other consultants, obtained entitlements through the City of Los Angeles’ Transit Oriented Communities ordinance for a six-story, 119-unit apartment building at the site. Located at 11261 Santa Monica Blvd., the property will feature 17 affordable housing units, a variety of floor plans, a gym, outdoor patios and barbecues, as well as open space and community gathering areas. Anthony Muhlstein and Brian Bowis of Newmark Knight Frank represented BLT Enterprises, while Wiseman Residential was self-represented in the deal.
DENVER AND WESTMINSTER, COLO. — Legacy Partners has completed the sales of two apartment communities located in Denver and Westminster. In the first transaction, Avanath Affordable Housing IV LLC acquired Fox Crossing Apartments, a 220-unit affordable housing community in Denver. Built in 1997, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average unit size of 941 square feet. Community amenities include a basketball court, business center, outdoor picnic area, outdoor swimming pool and community garden. Legacy will remain the property management firm of record. The property operates under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. Dan Woodward, David Potard and Matt Barnett of CBRE’s Denver office, along with Spencer Hurst, Tim Flint and Taylor Froland of CBRE Affordable Housing in Seattle, represented the seller in the deal. In the second transaction, The Praedium Group purchased Legacy on the Promenade, a 300-unit apartment community that was delivered in fall 2018. Located in Westminster, the community features 24 three-story townhomes and 12 live-work residences. David Martin and Pam Koster of JLL brokered the sale.
GREELEY, Colo. — OZ Architecture has completed design work on WellAge Greeley, a 71,000-square-foot senior living community in Greeley, approximately 55 miles north of Denver. Rocky Mountain Senior Housing is developing the 92-unit community, which WellAge will operate. The property sits on 3.5 acres and will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community is scheduled to open in second-quarter 2020.
HESPERIA, CALIF. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of Lemon Street Industrial Center, a multi-tenant industrial business park located at 17229 Lemon St. in Hesperia. Arcadia, Calif.-based Positive Investments sold the property to Los Angeles-based Gofermor LLC for $8.9 million. Built in 1986 on 11 acres, the six-building property totally 102,400 square feet of industrial space, which 17 tenants fully occupy. The asset features 20-foot clear heights, 200 parking spaces, 23 percent office build-out space and prominent monument signage. The business park is located within the High Desert submarket of the Inland Empire. Al Pekarcik and Chris Smith of Avison Young’s Irvine, Calif., office represented the seller in the transaction.
MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a retail property located in Mammoth Lakes. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the to a San Diego-based private investor for $4.7 million, or $1,065 per square foot. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2018, the 4,435-square-foot, single-tenant building is situated on 1.22 acres at 2935 Main St. Starbucks Coffee occupies the drive-thru property on a long-term lease with rent increases every five years. Bill Asher, Kevin Fryman and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investments represented the seller, while Blake Tagmyer of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the buyer in the deal.
SAN FRANCISCO — ING Capital LLC, an American subsidiary of ING Groep N.V. (NYSE: ING), has provided a $402 million loan for the acquisition of Market Center, a 753,000-square-foot office complex in San Francisco. Market Center is a two-building, Class A asset located in San Francisco’s Financial District. The 22-story building at 555 Market St. was completed in 1964 and the 40-story building at 575 Market St. was completed in 1975. The complex served as the headquarters of Chevron Corp. until 2001, when the energy giant relocated to San Ramon, Calif. The borrower was a joint venture led by Paramount Group Inc. (NYSE: PGRE), a New York City-based development and investment firm that acquired an interest of about 67 percent in the property. The joint venture partners were not disclosed, but the total price of the sale was $722 million. The acquisition loan was structured with a fixed interest rate and a five-year term with two one-year extension options. Paramount also used proceeds from the sale of Liberty Place, a 172,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C., to help pay for the acquisition of Market Center. Paramount’s $153.5 million sale of Liberty Place closed in late September. The seller of the …
There are no guarantees in commercial real estate. For commercial real estate owners, developers and investors, however, betting on the continued strength of the Las Vegas marketplace has been as close to a sure thing as it gets in recent years. The Vegas commercial market is as strong as it’s ever been as we head into 2020. Delivery on new projects is up 800,000 square feet over 2018. About 1.2 million square feet of retail space will have been added to the market by year’s end, while retail rental rates are up 4.6 percent in 2019. What’s really exciting isn’t just the top-line numbers, but the evolving nature of a market that is becoming more diverse. Las Vegas is preserving its gaming and entertainment dynamism while introducing more robust retail and mixed-use elements that expand well beyond the iconic Strip. Consequently, Vegas market performance isn’t just strong, it’s sustainable. A market overview reveals some of those reasons for optimism, as well as a deeper understanding of what’s driving that commercial real estate evolution. It never hurts to be the entertainment capital of the world, and there’s no doubt that gaming, hospitality and entertainment remain the foundation of the city’s appeal. …
POMONA AND RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased two industrial properties for $99.7 million in Southern California. The investments were funded using cash on hand. The names of the sellers were not released. The company acquired Pomona Distribution Center, located at 1601 W. Mission Blvd. in Pomona, for $87.8 million, or $117 per square foot. Situated on 32.2 acres, the 751,528-square-foot property is fully leased to two tenants. Upon expiration of the existing leases, Rexford plans to increase rents and complete value-add functional and cosmetic upgrades. Rexford also purchased a single-tenant industrial asset, located at 2757 E. Del Amo Blvd. in Rancho Dominguez, for $11.9 million, or $207 per square foot. Situated on 3.5 acres with excess land for trailer parking and storage, the fully occupied building features 57,300 square feet of industrial space. Upon expiration of an in-place lease, the buyer plans to implement a value-add repositioning program to drive cash flow and value growth.
EAST PASADENA, CALIF. — Bolour Associates has completed the disposition of an entitled land site in East Pasadena for $8.5 million. Los Angeles-based APPA Real Estate acquired the land parcel for the development of a transit-oriented, mixed-use project. The parcel is the first development under Los Angeles County’s updated zoning supporting high-density development near metro retail sites. From 2015 to 2018, Bolour worked with county officials to re-entitle the site, located at 3768 E. Colorado Blvd., under the new zoning code. Upon completion, the project will feature 5,800 square feet ground-floor commercial space, 100 multifamily units, a private gym, co-working space, rooftop barbecue, decks, courtyards, a dog run and on-site parcel lockers. Additionally, the property will offer two levels of subterranean parking. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2020, with an opening slated for early to mid-2022. The land transaction was a direct sale between Bolour and APPA, with all details handled in-house by both parties.