Portland’s retail market is supported by steady employment gains that are luring new residents. Employers have created almost 23,800 jobs over the past 12 months, while the metro added nearly 27,400 people. This is a population growth rate that is nearly double that of the U.S. Household income also advanced at a faster clip than most of the country. Portland’s median household income jumped 5.3 percent over the past year. This is well above the national level of 3.6 percent, providing residents with more discretionary spending power. Retail sales have surged 5.8 percent year over year as a result, which is significantly higher than the U.S. rate of change. These growth trends are expected to continue through 2019, boosting the retail sector. The need for retail space may be escalating, but construction remains measured. This has funneled expanding retailers into the dwindling supply of existing space as vacancy tightens. Developers added 319,000 square feet year over year in March, slightly lower than the 327,200 square feet 12 months earlier. Deliveries will remain sparse as builders have less than 300,000 square feet under construction. Much of the new supply is ground-level space in mixed-use office or apartment projects in walkable, urban …
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. — New York-based Vella Group has purchased a two-building office campus, located at 650 and 700 Pacific Coast Highway in El Segundo. A private family tenant-in-common sold the asset for $50.8 million. The eight-story property at 650 Pacific Coast Highway, built in 1962, features 121,484 square feet. The two-story building at 700 Pacific Coast Highway features 78,736 square feet. The site also includes 422 surface parking spaces. Boeing will occupy the entire 200,220-square-foot office campus through the end of 2020. Kevin Shannon, Ken White and Michael Moore of Newmark Knight Frank, along with Bill Bloodgood of CBRE, represented the seller, while Antony Arkle of Rodeo Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
BEND, ORE. — Overbay Development Co. has completed the disposition of Wagner Mall and Pinebrook Plaza, two shopping centers located in Bend. Western Pacific Holdings acquired the both assets for an undisclosed price. Located at 1800 NE Third St., Wagner Mall features 108,818 square feet of retail space, including Albertsons, Rite Aid and Aaron’s as tenants. The Wagner Mall sale include the mall, large box spaces and the surrounding pad sites, totaling 9.35 acres. Located at 61155 Highway 97, the 59,509-square-foot Pinebrook Plaza is currently home to Albertsons and other retailers. Totaling 5.97 acres, the Pinebrook Plaza sale included the main building and a standalone Shari’s restaurant. Pat Kesgard and Kristie Schmitt of Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, along with John Keba and Holley Jensen of Compass Commercial Asset & Property Management, represented the seller. Russell Huntamer and Tom Standish, also of Compass Commercial Real Estate Services, represented the buyer in the transactions.
OXNARD, CALIF. — NorthMarq has arranged $7.6 million in financing for Seawind Seniors Apartments, an age-restricted community in Oxnard, approximately 65 miles west of Los Angeles. The property features 101 units restricted to residents over age 55. The apartments are marketed as affordable. Marty Meagher and Gardiner Champlin of NorthMarq’s San Diego office arranged the fixed-rate, Fannie Mae loan with a 10-year, interest-only term. The financing pays off existing bonds.
LOS ALAMITOS, CALIF. — NAI Capital has arranged the sale a medical office building, located at 10921 Cherry St. in Los Alamitos. Nautica LLC sold the property to ABG Property 1 LLC for $5.5 million, or $759 per square foot. The three-story property features 7,250 square feet of medical office space. At the time of sale, Los Alamitos Medical Surgery Center and Ocean Pacific Surgery Center fully occupied the building. Steve Body and Grant Bullen of NAI Capital’s Investment Services Group represented the seller in the deal.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has facilitated the sale of a multi-tenant retail building, located at 6946-6968 Warner Ave. in Huntington Beach. A San Diego-based private investor acquired the property from a Newport Beach, Calif.-based private investor for $4.1 million. Eric Wohl of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Randy Rivera of Capital Real Estate Ventures represented the buyer in the deal. At the time of sale, the four-tenant, 8,600-square-foot retail property was fully occupied by Trading Post Fan Co., Advanced Dental Huntington Beach, Surf City Nails and Alternative Mind Concepts. Built in 1973, the property is shadow-anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market.
The population in the Greater Portland metro grew by more than 80,000 between 2016 and 2019, while the total number of all housing units permitted was 31,538, according to the Census Bureau. This ongoing housing shortage both inside and outside Portland city limits is expected to keep property values and rents growing as demand continues to outpace supply for the foreseeable future. Since 2015, there has been an increase in the vacancy rate as thousands of new apartments have been added and absorbed. Rent and other concessions that grew during 2018 have decreased in close-in Portland, East Vancouver and Oregon City. They have increased, however, in neighborhoods where new units were delivered. After experiencing flat rents two years ago, rent increases averaged 3.7 percent between April 2018 and 2019, according to the Multifamily NW Apartment Report. Portland saw an overall transaction volume increase with a total of 38 institutional transactions in 2018. Properties valued at less than $10 million experienced only a slight increase in transactions between 2017 and 2018. Oregon also became the first to adopt statewide rent control on Feb. 28, 2019. Rent increases are capped at 7 percent plus inflation annually. No-cause evictions are limited. The Portland …
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of Aventura, a multifamily property located at 10350 W. McDowell Road in Avondale, a western suburb of Phoenix. Boston Capital sold the property to an institutional investment manager for $65.4 million, or $160,294 per unit. Situated on 18.4 acres, Aventura features 408 apartments, a resort-style pool and 24-hour fitness center. Originally built in 2000, the property has undergone major improvements to its common areas and apartment interiors since 2016. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PHOENIX — MIG Real Estate has completed the sale of Arcadia Gateway Center, a Class A office building located at 4222 E. Thomas Road in Phoenix. Clayton A. Varga, trustee of the Varga Revocable Trust, acquired the property for $17.2 million, or approximately $191 per square foot. Constructed in 1999, the four-story property features 90,225 square feet of office space, a three-story parking structure, building signage and large floorplans. At the time of sale, the multi-tenant property was 96 percent occupied. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Tim Whittemore of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller, while McAlister Cleary and Kelly O’Dea of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC has provided $10.9 million of preferred equity to Griffin Living for the construction of a seniors housing community in Thousand Oaks, approximately 40 miles west of Los Angeles. The community is West Oaks, a Class A development featuring 58 assisted living units and 28 memory care units in a 103,704-square-foot, two-story building. Irwin Partners Architects designed the property. “The Thousand Oaks community is an underserved area for seniors housing and memory care with high projections for unmet demand by 2020, yet this project is currently one of only two senior living developments approved in Thousand Oaks,” says Paul Griffin, chief executive officer of Griffin Living. The transaction is Canyon’s fourth investment with Griffin since 2013. The other projects include: The Viano at Riverwalk apartments in Riverside, Calif.; the Georgian Lakeside, a 95-unit assisted living and memory care residence in Roswell, Ga; and VivaBella at Simi Valley, a 101-unit assisted living and memory care community in Simi Valley, Calif.