DENVER — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 1200 W. Alameda Ave. in Denver. A local Colorado buyer acquired the property for $3 million. 7-Eleven occupies the 3,000-square-foot property, which was constructed in 2018, on a net-leased basis. Rob Edwards and Tom Ethington of Pinnacle represented the seller, a Colorado developer, in the deal.
Industrial sales and leasing in the Reno-Sparks area remains one of the best performing sectors in the marketplace, just as it did in 2017. With a record vacancy percentage below 4 percent, combined with new buildings being occupied upon completion, the strong demand for new and existing industrial product is a welcome normality from previous years. The North Valley’s submarket has been the dominant center point for speculative development. It is currently the fastest-growing submarket in Reno, as nearly 50 percent of the transactions containing more than 50,000 square feet were concentrated in this submarket. This is primarily attributed to the abundance of skilled labor in the area and proximity to Interstate 80. Developers continue their hunt for buildable land in the area, though the availability of readily developable parcels is dwindling. Driven by consumer shifts toward internet goods, along with burgeoning advanced manufacturing, capital from institutional and regional investors alike have entered Reno’s industrial market. This has led to the industrial market posting the largest volume and most competitive assets. Last year’s investment volume was up 90 percent year over year, with a 14 percent increase in the total number of sales. The most recent eye-opener was Blockchains’ acquisition …
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Swift Real Estate Partners has purchased Oakhurst Center, a two-building office property located at 14335 and 14475 NE 24th St. in Bellevue. Barings, on behalf of an institutional investor, sold the property for $45.4 million. At the time of sale, the 145,578-square-foot property was 79 percent occupied and leased. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Ken White, Tim O’Keefe, Mike Schreck, Michael Moll, James Childress and Bill DeLacy of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
LOS ANGELES — ARUP Engineering has inked a deal to occupy 66,000 square feet of space at Wilshire Grand Building, a newly constructed office building in downtown Los Angeles. The value of the transaction is $57 million with an initial lease term of 15 years. The company plans to relocate from to the new location from Playa Vista, Calif., at year’s end. ARUP will occupy three floors of the 73-story building, which also include a five-star hotel, conference facilitates, a full gymnasium and a variety of restaurants. Nathan Pellow and Terence Kirk of Colliers represented the Los Angeles office of the London-based engineering firm in the lease negotiations, while Steve Marcussen and John Cushman III of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Hanjin/Korean Air.
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — The Anaheim Planning Commission has approved BPM Real Estate Group’s plan to develop a Radisson Blu on a 3.3-acre site at Interstate 5 and South Anaheim Boulevard. The 12-story hotel will feature 326 guest rooms; a 353-stall garage; an outdoor rooftop deck bar, restaurant and social pool; a fitness facility; small conference facility; gift shop; and game room. Additionally, the property will be within walking distance of Disneyland Resort’s main entrance. Designed by GBD Architects, the hotel is slated for completion in spring 2020.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Capital One has provided a $20.8 million loan for the refinancing of a seniors housing community in Tucson. The facility opened in 1964, with expansions added in 1977 and 1990. It currently features 24 independent living units, 19 assisted living units and 270 skilled nursing beds distributed across 132 units, making it one of the largest facilities in the Tucson area. The fixed-rate HUD 232/223(f) loan will replace bank debt with low-rate, long-term financing, allowing the owner-operators to recoup capital expenditures and retire partner debt. The operators have invested in newly redesigned therapy center and are installing LED lighting to reduce energy consumption.
VANCOUVER, WASH. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the acquisition of The Timbers, an office complex located at 9120 N.E. Vancouver Mall Loop in Vancouver. An undisclosed buyer purchased the property for $6.1 million in a 1031 exchange. Built in 1978 as a theatre complex, the 32,502-square-foot property was converted into a multi-tenant office complex in 2006. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied by 16 tenants, including DaVita-Total Renal Care, Mission International, Home Instead Senior Care and Columbia Commercial Properties. Thomas McDowell and Raymond Duchek of Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Steve Mack of MAJ Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of L3 Technologies Torrance Tech Campus, an office/R&D campus located at 3100 Lomita Blvd. in Torrance. A partnership between Platform Ventures and PMRG sold the property to FRM Associates for $124 million. Situated on 26.7 acres, the five-building campus features 574,010 square feet of space. The campus is 91 percent occupied by L3 Technologies and Torrance Memorial Medical Center. L3 Technologies, which leases 80 percent of the property, recently executed a 15-year lease extension and expanded operations at the facility. Kevin Shannon, Ken White, Scott Schumacher, Eric Lastition and Geoff Ludwig of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal. NKF Capital Markets’ David Milestone and Brett Green arranged financing for the buyer.
SEATTLE — LaSalle Investment Management has purchased 202 Westlake, an office building located in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, for an undisclosed price. Developed in 2013, the six-story, 131,000-square-foot property is a multi-tenant building that caters to technology and life science users. Amazon occupies the building’s entire office component. The balance of the property is leased to four ground-floor retail tenants, including Chipotle Mexican Grill, Umpqua Bank, Kigo Kitchen and Homegrown. On-site amenities include subterranean parking, bike storage, showers, lockers and quick-service food retailers.
SOUTH PASADENA, CALIF. — Genton Cockrum Partners has completed the disposition of Six25 Fair Oaks, a creative office building located at 625 Fair Oaks Ave. in South Pasadena. Greenbridge Investment Partners acquired the property for $31 million. Genton Cockrum Partners originally acquired the property in 2014 for $20 million and repositioned the three-story, 92,547-square-foot property into a creative office space. Chalvis Evans of CBRE handled the transaction.
