EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — BioMed Realty, a Blackstone portfolio company, has purchased Emeryville Center for Innovation from an undisclosed seller for $135 million. Located in Emeryville, the property currently consists of a 250,000-square-foot, six-story life science office building and adjacent developable land parcels. As part of the transaction, Novartis will enter into a one-year leaseback on the existing building. During this time, BioMed Realty will advance redevelopment plans to transform the building into a Class A+, multi-tenant laboratory and office facility with integrated amenities. The asset also offers the potential to develop approximately 850,000 square feet of additional laboratory and office space on the campus through an existing development agreement with the City of Emeryville. This acquisition allows BioMed, an owner of approximately 4 million square feet of life science office space in the Bay Area, to continue capitalizing on the tenant demand in the San Francisco Bay Area.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — McShane Construction Co. has started construction on the Home Chef Western Distribution Center in San Bernardino. The 107,134-square-foot property will support Home Chef’s growth and is scheduled to open in third-quarter 2019. Chicago-based Home Chef is a meal kit company that offers subscription meal kits online and retail meal kits at more than 700 Kroger stores in the United States. The warehouse facility will include 79,642 square feet of food preparation space, 17,907 square feet of office space and on-site parking for 208 vehicles. Additionally, the property will feature a vestibule, conference rooms, locker rooms, bathrooms, frock room and break room. Harris Architects is the architect of record for the project.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — R.D. Olson Construction has broken ground on a 223-room, dual-branded hotel located at 1441 S. Manchester Ave. in Anaheim. Situated two blocks from Disneyland Resort, the 220,000-square-foot property will comprise a 123-room Hilton Garden Inn and a 100-room Home2 Suites. Home2 Suites offers an extended-stay experience for guests, including a full-sized sleeper sofa, workspace and in-suite kitchen complete with a refrigerator, cooktop, dishwasher, dishes and glassware. Additionally, the dual-branded property will also include a laundry, fitness center and 24-hour marketplace. Both hotels will also have access to a restaurant, bar, pool, hot tub, kids splash pad and shared lobby. Guests at both hotels will also have access to 1,000 square feet of meeting space, 1,500 square feet of retail space and two levels of underground valet parking. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2020. The project team includes BRR Architecture and Studio 11 Design.
VISTA AND SANTA CLARITA, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired two industrial properties located in Southern California for a total of $12.2 million. Rexford purchased 2455 Ash St. in Vista within the North San Diego County submarket for $6.7 million, or $157 per square foot. Situated on 3.4 acres, the 42,508-square-foot property is fully leased to a single tenant. The building features dock-high loading, 22-foot clearance and a private yard. Additionally, the company acquired 25413 Rye Canyon Road in Santa Clarita within the San Fernando Valley submarket for $5.5 million, or $115 per square foot. Situated on 2.6 acres, the 48,075-square-foot property was currently 40 percent leased at the time of sale.
PERRIS, CALIF. — Progressive Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of Shops at Ramona Expressway in Perris. A Riverside, Calif.-based private investor sold the asset to a Monterey Park, Calif.-based private investor for $3.5 million, or $352 per square foot. Built in 2007 and located at 780 Ramona Expressway, Shops at Ramona Expressway features 9,808 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent occupied. Greg Bedell of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Shane Delaney of REeBroker Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
LA HABRA, CALIF. — George Smith Partners has arranged a $101.3 million bridge loan for La Habra Marketplace, a 375,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center in La Habra. Sprouts Farmers Market and Smart & Final anchor the 37-acre property, which is approximately 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Steve Bram of George Smith Partners represented the borrower, DJM Capital Partners Inc., in the transaction. The loan, which includes $96.6 million in initial funding and $4.7 million in future funding, replaces senior and mezzanine loans on the property, and was negotiated at a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 320 basis points. The lender is a private equity firm with a debt lending platform. “Dual-anchored by two top-name grocery stores, this is a large property in the midst of a successful repositioning,” says Bram, principal of George Smith Partners. “Led by experienced and well-respected ownership, the center has attracted national credit tenants and is situated in a prime location within the La Habra market. Our team was able to draw upon each of these elements to secure maximum leverage for this bridge loan.” Additional tenants at the center include Petco, Ulta Beauty, Hobby Lobby, Ross Dress for Less and LA Fitness. The center …
PORTLAND, ORE. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., on behalf of its managed fund U.S. Real Estate Investment Fund, has acquired the 72,130-square-foot office and retail portion of the Heartline Condominium. The price was not disclosed. Located at 1241 NW Johnson St., Heartline is part of a master-planned, mixed-use residential and commercial development within Portland’s Pearl District. Completed in 2018, the property features 61,659 square feet of office space and 10,471 square feet of retail space. Vacasa, a company that manages vacation homes, occupies the entire office portion of the project in a long-term basis. Ground-floor retail tenants include Kure Juice Bar, Little Bean and QuickFish Poke Bar. Nick Kucha, James Childress and Bill DeLacy of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, Security Properties Development Co., in the deal.
SEATTLE — Seattle-based Avenue 55 is developing Track 6, a multi-story industrial space located in the SoDo submarket of Seattle. Situated on 2.4 acres, Track 6 will include a four-story, 212,516-square-foot building with dock-high and grade-level loading into forklift freight elevators, 54,000-square-foot floor plates, a ground-floor with 24-foor clear heights and 108 surface parking stalls. Construction is slated to begin later this year with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2020. The project team includes Nelson, formerly Craft Architects; Sierra Construction; and Barghausen Consulting Engineers. Thad Mallory of Newmark Knight Frank’s Bellevue, Wash., office and Evan Lugar of Kidder Mathews are handling preleasing for the property.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Dougherty Mortgage has closed a $23.1 million Fannie Mae loan for Bear Canyon, a market-rate apartment complex in Tucson. The borrower, Tucson M3-13 LLC, will use proceeds of the 10-year loan to purchase the 238-unit property. Additional details of the financing were not released.
DENVER — Inland Private Capital Corp. (IPC) has completed the sale of two multifamily properties in Denver, Ascent Uptown and Emerson Lofts, for $21.8 million. IPC, through its subsidiary which serves as asset manager, facilitated the sale of the properties on behalf of Denver Multifamily Portfolio DST, one of its 1031 investment programs. Located at 1691 Franklin St., the three-story Ascent Uptown features 22 residential units. The property also has 4,988 square feet of retail space, currently leased to coffeeshop/bakery Olive & Finch and Patxi’s Pizza. The property was constructed in 2013. Also constructed in 2013, Emerson Lofts offers 42 multifamily units and 42 basement garage parking spaces. The property is located at 777 Emerson St. At the time of sale, Ascent Uptown was fully leased and Emerson Lofts was 97.6 percent leased.