RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Newcastle Partners, in partnership with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, has completed the sale of a speculative industrial property nearing completion in Riverside. Situated on 13 acres at 21822 Opportunity Way, the 260,000-square-foot facility is situated within Meridian Business Park. The facility features 32-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and a cross-docked design that includes up to 185-foot truck courts. The facility is the third and final phase of activity within Meridian Business Park, a 70-acre site with 1.37 million square feet of industrial space. Phil Lombardo and Chuck Beldon of Cushman & Wakefield represented Newcastle Partners in the transaction.
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LOS ANGELES — Arbor Realty Trust has funded a $88 million refinancing for a multifamily portfolio in Los Angeles. The name of the borrower was not released. Spread across 26 properties, the portfolio features more than 660 multifamily units. The loan was provided through the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan program.
M & J Wilkow, National Real Estate Advisors Sell 112,208 SF Office Building in San Francisco
by Amy Works
SAN FRANCISCO — M & J Wilkow, in partnership with National Real Estate Advisors, has completed the sale of 600 Battery Street, a three-story historic office building in San Francisco. Invesco Real Estate and TMG Partners acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The 112,208-square-foot property features a 360-degree view from its rooftop deck and occupies a full city block in historic Jackson Square. The seller originally acquired the office complex in June 2001. Kyle Kovac and Michael Taquino of CBRE’s San Francisco office represented the seller in the transaction.
GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of the ground lease for a single-tenant restaurant property in Garden Grove. A Los Angeles-based private non-1031 investor acquired the property from a Los Angeles-based partnership for $3.4 million. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews occupies the 7,346-square-foot property, which is located at 12007 Harbor Blvd., on a corporate-guaranteed triple-net lease with Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Michael Walseth, also of SRS, represented the all-cash buyer in the deal.
For decades, the Pacific Coast has defined the American avant garde. From the Beats and Hippies of the Fifties and Sixties to today’s coders, gamers, software engineers and social network titans, the West Coast has set the standard for contemporary cutting edge social and life-style evolution. Lately, the region has emerged as a global economic leader as well. The rise of Big Tech operations in the five Pacific Northwest metro areas we cover — the East Bay, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose and Seattle (the “Pacific 5”) — has altered their economic landscapes profoundly. From 2014 to 2017, nominal metropolitan GDP per capita increased more than three times faster than the national average, and personal income per capita — already considerably higher than the U.S. mean — increased at an 80 percent faster rate than the metropolitan norm. Wealth creation and income growth on this scale fueled commensurate demand for rental housing space, especially the luxury infill product favored by investors and developers. Total Pacific 5-occupied apartment stock increased at a 2.4 percent annual rate over the three years ended in 3Q18 (Reis) — 20 percent faster than the balance of the RED 50, RED Capital Research’s large market peer …
PERRIS, CALIF. — Rockefeller Group has completed the sale of an industrial distribution building located within Optimus Logistics Center in Perris. KKR, through its Real Estate Partners Americas II Fund, acquired the newly constructed asset for $43.5 million. The 406,650-square-foot building is the second building to be completed and sold at Optimus Logistics Center, a 1.45 million-square-foot industrial complex. Rockefeller Group, in a joint venture with MBK Real Estate, completed the construction of Optimus Logistics Center in September 2018. Mike McCrary, Peter McWilliams, Sharon Wortmann and Scott Coyle of JLL represented both Rockefeller Group and KKR in the transaction.
Dekel Capital Structures $59.4M in Construction Financing for Assisted Living Community in Glendale, California
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, CALIF. — Dekel Capital has assembled $59.4 million in debt and equity financing for the development of Sage Glendale Senior Living, a 113-bed assisted living and memory care facility in Glendale. Developed by Willis Development, Sage Glendale Senior Living will feature 81 assisted living units, 24 private memory care units, and four semi-private memory care units. Community amenities will include a community garden, library, theater, classrooms, exercise area, commercial kitchen and beauty salon. Slated for completion in first-quarter 2020, the seniors housing community will be located at 509-525 W. Elk Ave., approximately nine miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The financing consists of a $38.7 million construction loan originated by East West Bank and arranged through Dekel Capital’s advisory practice. The four-year financing, with interest-only monthly payments for the first 36 months of the term, was underwritten at 65 percent loan-to-cost ratio. Dekel also provided $20.7 million in joint venture equity through the firm’s proprietary equity fund Dekel Strategic Investors.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged $35.2 million in financing for the acquisition of The Point at Rockridge, a Class A, 148-unit assisted living and memory care community in Oakland. The borrower is a joint venture between Angelo Gordon & Co. and Auctus Capital Partners. The property is located near the University of California Berkeley in the affluent submarket of Rockridge. Home values in a one-mile radius average over $1 million and the average household income is nearly $130,000 per year. The property has undergone two multimillion-dollar renovations in recent years. The first renovation was in 2013, converting 30 assisted living units into a dedicated memory care wing. The second renovation occurred in 2016, providing updates to interior and exterior common areas, community amenities, units and landscaping. The buyers plan to make further improvements to the community. Integral Senior Living, which has operated the property since 2013, will continue to manage The Point at Rockridge following the acquisition. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with 48 months of interest-only payments.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — A joint venture between Shaw Development and Penwood Real Estate Investment Management has completed the disposition of a single-tenant industrial asset located at 5080 Hallmark Parkway in the San Bernardino submarket of the Inland Empire. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Situated on 7.6 acres, the 197,100-square-foot property is triple-net leased on a long-term basis to Tree Island Steel, a wire products producer. The facility features 25-foot to 30-foot clear heights, 16 dock-high loading doors, two grade-level doors, one door with ramp-to-grade level and low office finish. Andrew Briner and Michael Roberts of HFF, along with Frank Geraci and Juan Gutierrez of Voit Real Estate Services, represented the seller in the deal.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Paragon Commercial Group has completed the sale of a ground lease for an In-N-Out Burger located at the corner of Great Oaks Parkway and Cottle Road in San Jose. A private Bay Area buyer acquired the property for $6.9 million. In 2014, Paragon began work to acquire a former parking lot site and concurrently entered into a ground lease with In-N-Out Burger for a single-tenant restaurant. The property is currently under construction and is expected to open in first-quarter 2019. Christopher Sheldon of Cushman & Wakefield represented Paragon, while Andy Chana of Sands Investment Group represented the buyer in the deal.