AURORA, COLO. — Northstar Commercial Partners has completed the sale of 860 Potomac St., a commercial building in Aurora. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $34.7 million. Situated on 5.2 acres, the property features 113,568 square feet of commercial space. Children’s Hospital of Colorado currently leasing the property on a long-term basis, with lease commencement on June 1, 2019. Construction and build-out of the tenant’s space is occurring now. Due to its proximity to the Fitzsimons Medical Campus, the property is ideal for ancillary medical offices. Chris Bodnar, Lee Asher, Shane Seitz, Ryan Lindsley and Sabrina Solomiany of CBRE U.S. Healthcare Capital Markets partnered with James Brady and Campbell Davis of CBRE Denver Investment Properties to advise the seller in the deal. Northstar originally purchased the property vacant in March 2017.
SAN DIEGO — HFF has arranged $70.5 million in financing for a two-property life science portfolio in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa neighborhood. Bioscience Properties and Singerman Real Estate, the borrowers, plan to use loan proceeds to convert the buildings into Class A laboratory assets. The portfolio comprises The Peak at Wateridge, a 180,000-square-foot, two-story office/R&D building situated on 11.1 acres at 10770 Wateridge Drive, and 6325 Lusk, a 50,005-square-foot life science building situated on 5.5 acres. Overall, the portfolio is 65 percent leased to two tenants: Abzena PLC and TriLink Biotechnologies. Tim Wright, Zack Holderman, Olga Walsh and Daniel Pinkus of HFF arranged the five-year, floating-rate bank loan.
VISTA, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of an industrial facility, located at 2710 Progress St. in Vista. A global real estate investment firm acquired the property from 2710 Progress Street LLC for $24.7 million. Captek Softgel International occupies the 135,000-square-foot, single-tenant facility on a long-standing lease basis. Aric Starck and Barry Hendler of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego office represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
LITTLETON, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the purchase of 5599 S. Windermere St., a multifamily property located in Littleton. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $4.7 million, or $134,286 per unit. Built in 1971, the building features 35 apartment units. Eric Veith, Joe Hornstein and Scott Fetter of Hornstein Fetter Apartment Group at Pinnacle Real Estate represented the undisclosed buyer in the deal.
ORO VALLEY, ARIZ. — Tucson, Ariz.-based Town West Realty has purchased Oracle Crossings, a neighborhood shopping center located in Oro Valley. Houston-based Weingarten Realty sold the property for $40.8 million. Sprouts Farmers Market, Kohl’s and Home Goods anchor the 251,194-square-foot asset, which is situated at the southwest corner of Oracle and Magee roads. At the time of sale, the property was 98.2 percent leased. Michael Hackett and Ryan Schubert of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — South Bay Partners Inc., through a joint venture with LAMB Properties LLC, has acquired two parcels totaling 2.7 acres in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Plans call for an eight-story midrise seniors housing community on the property. Named The Variel, the Class A community will feature 215 independent living units, 94 assisted living units and 29 memory care units. Construction is slated to begin in early 2019. The development will be located within a mile of a variety of dining and shopping options, plus the 264-bed Kaiser Permanente Woodland Hills Medical Center. Pre-leasing will begin in fourth-quarter 2019 in advance of a planned opening in fourth-quarter 2020. Los Angeles-based West Bay Senior Living will operate the community upon opening.
PULLMAN, WASH. — Newmark has secured $21.7 million in permanent financing for Birch Hills Apartments, a multifamily property located at 2200 N.E. Westwood Drive in Pullman. The newly constructed property features 281 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Demetri Koston of Newmark’s Spokane, Wash., office structured the 12-year, fixed-rate loan with a bank based in the Pacific Northwest. The initial four years of the loan were structured as interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
SOUTH JORDAN, UTAH — PGIM Real Estate Finance has originated a $17.2 million Fannie Mae Choice refinancing for Legacy Retirement Center, an independent living community in the Salt Lake City suburb of South Jordan. Western States Lodging owns the 162-unit community, along with 16 other seniors housing properties in Utah, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado. An assisted living and memory care community is located adjacent to the property. David Stein and Christopher Fenton of PGIM Real Estate Finance originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan, which will help fund upgrades to the units and common areas at the community.
TULARE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged the sale of a three-tenant net-leased investment asset located within Tulare Pavilion Shopping Center in Tulare. Hillman Tulare LLC sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $6.8 million. Totaling 62,500 square feet, Big Lots, Dollar Tree and Harbor Freight Tools occupy the property. Additional tenants at Tulare Pavilion Shopping Center include Ross Dress for Less and dd’s Discounts. Jeff Conover and Donald MacLellan of Faris Lee Investments represented the seller in the transaction.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — NAI Capital’s Irvine, Calif., office has arranged a 99-year ground lease for a 6.8-acre affordable housing development project in Santa Ana. David Knowlton and Kirby Greenlee of NAI Capital represented the lessor, Broomell Commercial Properties, and lessee, Alexis Gevorgian of AMG & Associates, The Pacific Cos. and Jamboree Housing. Valued at $287 million, the ground lease includes three parcels located at 2110, 2114 and 2020 E. First St. in Santa Ana. The buyer plans to develop two six-story buildings featuring 552 workforce housing units and approximately 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Once complete, the development will be one of the largest affordable housing projects in the state of California. Construction is slated to begin in early 2019.