BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Birmingham-based Capstone Development Partners has opened five on-campus student housing communities totaling 3,000 beds, including two in California and one in Seattle. Development costs reached $350 million, $150 million of which was financed using private equity, with the remaining $200 million financed through a 501(c)3 nonprofit owner or a university using tax-exempt debt. Properties include Montage on College at San Diego State University in San Diego; Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif.; Vi Hilbert Hall at Seattle University in Seattle; The Village Phase 2 at The University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.; and the University of Massachusetts Boston Residence Hall and Dining Center in Boston. Montage on College at San Diego State University was built through a ground lease with the San Diego State University Real Estate Foundation. The property offers more than 300 beds of apartment-style housing. Community amenities include a resort-style spa, barbecue area, outdoor lounge and fire pit, community kitchen, fitness center, gaming and media room, and various study spaces. Capstone Development Partners’ management entity, Capstone Management Partners, operates the property. Calaveras Hall at the University of the Pacific offers 380 beds tailored to upper-level students. Shared amenities …
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SAN DIEGO — Dempsey Construction, on behalf of owner LBA Realty, has completed the redevelopment of a five-building project, located at 4400 Ruffin Road in San Diego’s Kearny Mesa submarket. Formerly occupied by Pratt & Whitney, the office and aerospace complex has been converted to a modern office and warehouse property. The project involved the demolition of a 102,000-square-foot building and the renovation of the adjacent two-story, 130,000-square-foot office buildings to include showcase lobbies and entrances, as well as structural enhancements. Additionally, a 106,000-square-foot tilt-up warehouse was constructed to feature 33-foot clear heights and 28 truck docks with roll-up doors.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Stockbridge, on behalf of its Smart Markets Fund, has purchased Edinger Plaza, a power shopping center located at 7490-7664 Edinger Ave. in Huntington Beach. Santa Monica-based Watt Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Developed in 1976 and redeveloped in 2012, the 155,275-square-foot shopping center is situated on 13.4 acres. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Nordstrom Rack, Dick’s Sporting Goods, PetSmart and Michaels. Megan Wood, Jimmy Slusher, Sean Heitzler and Philip Voorhees of CBRE’s National Retail Partners-West team represented the seller and buyer in the deal, which was the highest priced retail property transaction in Orange County this year, according to the brokers.
SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — MWest Holdings has received a $24 million loan for the acquisition of San Pedro Bank Lofts in San Pedro. The property consists of two four-story buildings offering a total of 89 apartments. CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division was the sole arranger for the senior loan.
PASADENA, CALIF. — Avison Young has arranged the sale the Artistry Theater Building, located at 600 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena’s Playhouse District. Colorado Creative LLC sold the property to Morton Development Group for $5.3 million. The buyer plans to redevelop the long-vacant property into a retail and office asset. Built in 1931 as a United Artists theatre, the 15,060-square-foot property was first renovated in 1960, but the property has fallen into a long state of disrepair and neglect. Its tenant of more than a decade, Angels School Supply, vacated the building more than three years ago, and the property has been empty ever since. Andrew Berk and Chase Gordon of Avison Young represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
Lang & Lang Properties Sells Prime Rodeo Drive Retail Building in Beverly Hills for $96M
by Amy Works
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Lang & Lang Properties has completed the sale of a retail building, located at 457-459 N. Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. A joint venture led by Michael Shabani of Crown Equity, Hakim Holdings, GWP Real Estate and Mazal Enterprises, acquired the property for $96 million, or $8,240 per square foot. Brioni, an Italian menswear retailer, and Alexander McQueen, a British fashion house, occupy the 11,625-square-foot retail building. With 50 feet of frontage on Rodeo Drive, the property comprises 7,150 square feet of ground-floor space, approximately 600 square feet on the mezzanine level and 3,875 square feet on the basement level. Carine Mamann, Kazuko Morgan and Stephen Algermissen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction.
CIT Arranges $50M Acquisition Financing for Six-Property Industrial Portfolio in San Diego
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — CIT Group’s Real Estate Finance division has arranged $50 million in financing for the acquisition of a six-property industrial portfolio in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. BKM Capital Partners purchased the assets, which total 14 buildings and 703,215 square feet, from Stockbridge Capital Group for an undisclosed price. Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The light industrial multi-tenant properties offer access to major transportation routes and the border crossing to Mexico. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 97 percent occupied by a diverse range of 44 tenants. The properties are: Border Point Business Park at 6754, 6744 and 6794 Calle De Linea San Diego International Center at 883 Siempre Viva Road Faraday Industrial Park at 2325, 2345, 2365, 2375 Michael Faraday Drive and 2350 Marconi Place Otay Business Center at 6987 and 6995 Calle De Linea Frontera Business Center at 2695 Customhouse Court Otay Crossing Business Park at 2340 Enrico Fermi Drive and 10025 Siempre Viva Road
SALT LAKE CITY — TruAmerica Multifamily, in a joint venture with an institutional partner, has purchased Country Lake, a multifamily property located in Salt Lake City’s Silicon Slopes submarket. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $45.7 million. This acquisition increases TruAmerica’s holdings in the market to 1,595 units. Built in 1973, Country Lake features 253 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. On-site community amenities include a pool, clubhouse with Wi-Fi access, central garden, outdoor barbecue area, dog park, tennis court and a playground. TruAmerica plans to implement a capital improvement program, including upgrading apartment interiors, renovating all community amenities such as the fitness center, and refreshing exteriors and landscaping. Steve Gebing, Cliff Davis, Danny Smith and Brock Zylstra of Institutional Property Advisors brokered the transaction.
CBRE Provides $32M Acquisition Financing for 200-Unit Seniors Housing Community in Fresno, California
by Amy Works
FRESNO, CALIF. — CBRE has provided $32 million in Freddie Mac financing for the acquisition of The Windham Senior Living, a 200-unit independent living and assisted living community in Fresno’s affluent Woodward Park neighborhood. The borrower is The Reliant Group, which plans to make capital improvements and bring in Cadence Senior Living to operate the community under a third-party management agreement. The property is situated on a 10.2-acre parcel and consists of a main three-story building and six one-story buildings featuring 30 cottages each. The CBRE team involved in the financing includes Aron Will and Austin Sacco of CBRE National Senior Housing, as well as Andrew Behrens and Jesse Weber of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group. The 10-year, fixed-rate, Green Advantage loan features 72 months of interest-only payments. This transaction represents one of the first Freddie Mac Green Advantage loans closed in the seniors housing space.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Ware Malcomb has announced the completion of Arizona Desert Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists, a medical office located at 13555 W. McDowell Road in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix. Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design services for the project. The redesigned 5,200-square-foot property features seven exam rooms, four offices, a sinus procedure room, allergy testing room, audio room, instrument cleaning room, conference room and break room. Design features include sliding barn doors for the conference room, a prominent work surface for the medical assistant station, a spacious waiting room and a check-in/out desk that doubles as a workroom behind a built-in bookshelf. Aksarben served as general contractor for the project.