LOS ANGELES — A joint venture between the Swig Company and Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation has acquired a 408,000-square-foot office tower in Los Angeles for an undisclosed sum. The 22-story tower is known by its address, 6300 Wilshire Blvd. The Class A property also contains a six-level parking garage and surface lot. The JV plans to make a significant investment in the property. The building is situated between the Miracle Mile and Fairfax Commercial districts. Notable development activity within the neighborhood includes several new residential projects, the multi-million dollar renovation of the Peterson Automotive Museum, the new Academy of Motion Pictures Museum and the Purple Line extension of the Los Angeles Metro System. Intercontinental made the investment with the Swig Company on behalf of its latest managed fund, which has invested in more than 80 commercial assets nationwide. This is the JV’s second transaction. The two firms acquired Bristol 61, a creative office campus in Culver City, late last year. The seller, Legacy Partners, was represented by Stephen Somer of Eastdil Secured. The JV’s legal advisors on the transaction were Tony Ratner of Farella Braun + Martel, and Kendall Brook and Mark Warcup of Bradley & Associates P.C. Leasing at …
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NEW YORK CITY — Kalmon Dolgin Affiliates Inc. (KDA) has arranged the sale of a 90,000-square-foot flex property located at 1351 and 1339 Jerome Ave./1320 and 1342 Inwood Ave. in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx. Jerome Avenue Storage Associates LLC, operating as American Self-Storage, purchased the property by executing its lease option to buy for $9 million from Boss Realty LLC/Plaza Packaging. The property features high ceilings, multiple loading docks and drive-in entrances. Grant Dolgin and Dmitri Gourianov of KDA represented both parties in the transaction.
JESSUP, MD. — A joint venture between Columbia, Md.-based Manekin LLC and Boston-based AEW Capital Management has purchased the 60-acre Baltimore Washington Logistics Center. The 730,000-square-foot property is located at 7600 Assateague Drive in Jessup, roughly halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Baltimore Business Journal reports that the joint venture, named MCA Assateague JV LLC, purchased the facility for $45.3 million from Madison-SP Assateague LLC, a joint venture between New York Life Real Estate Investors and Mosaic Realty Partners. The facility was formerly occupied by Giant Food and was used as the grocer’s main dry-goods warehouse until 2013. In addition to expanding the existing building by 120,000 square feet, the new ownership plans to speculatively develop an additional 160,000-square-foot industrial building on the site. Once the expansion is complete, the site will still be able to accommodate at least 400 trailer parking spaces, which is one of the largest counts in the region. Manekin LLC’s Owen Rouse and John Graham put the deal together as investment advisors and also represented the ownership group in the acquisition, while Cris Abramson and Brian Kruger with Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. The new ownership has selected Michael Elardo, Jared Ross and …
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of two contiguous mixed-use buildings in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens. Located at 39-32/34 Bell Blvd., the properties sold for $3.8 million, or $731 per square foot. Totaling 5,200 square feet, the assets feature two retail stores and four residential units. Stephen Preuss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, while Jimmy Ma of Golden Bridge Realty represented the buyer in the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
BELLEVUE, WASH. – PCCP LLC and Align Real Estate have formed a joint venture to purchase a 110,372-square-foot office property in Bellevue. The purchase price was not disclosed. The space is located at NE 2nd Ave., between 106th and 107th avenues. It was built in 1995. Notable tenants include 24 Hour Fitness, Opus Bank and TIAA-CREF. Eastdil Secured represented both the buyer and the seller, LaSalle Investment Management, in this transaction.
SAN DIEGO – An 11,893-square-foot retail building in the San Diego submarket of Hillcrest has sold to Ohio Street Villas Group LLC for $2.3 million. The building is located at 3580 5th Ave. Ohio Street plans to completely renovate the property for retail, office and restaurant use. The LLC was represented by Marc Posthumus of Colliers International. The seller, Cha-Cha Properties LLC, was represented by DTZ’s Danny Fitzgerald and Pascale Loele.
TIGARD, ORE. – A 2,000-square-foot property in Tigard that is net leased to Starbucks has sold to a limited liability company for $1.8 million. The space is located at 9785 SW Shady Lane, near Washington Square Mall. It is situated just off Highway 217. Construction on the building was completed in late April. Starbucks opened in early May. Justin Poor represented both the buyer and seller, another LLC, in this transaction.
NAPLES, FLA. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, a publicly traded hotel REIT, has purchased LaPlaya Beach Resort and LaPlaya Beach Club in Naples for a combined purchase price of $185.5 million. LaPlaya Beach Resort is a 189-room waterfront resort located on a six-acre tract of beach along the Gulf of Mexico and Vanderbilt Bay. The resort features 11,620 square feet of meeting space, a bar/restaurant, upscale spa, three outdoor swimming pools, 2,200-square-foot fitness center, seven-story parking garage, children’s aquatic and beach camp, watersport rentals and in-room dining. The private club has more than 800 active members and features a private dining room, private pool cabanas and a partnership with the LaPlaya Golf Course, which was not included in the acquisition. In addition to the resort and private club, the transaction includes the leasehold interest in a 23-slip marina on the Vanderbilt Bay side of the property. Daniel Peek, Max Comess, Chris Drew, Alexandra Lalos and Maxx Carney of HFF represented the seller, a partnership between affiliates of Noble House Hotels & Resorts Ltd. and Halstatt, in the transaction. Pebblebrook has retained Noble House Hotels & Resorts under a new operating agreement for the management of the hotel and private club.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — A trio of FedEx Ground distribution centers has received $52 million in acquisition financing. The portfolio includes a 312,539-square-foot facility in Chandler, Ariz., a 254,353-square-foot facility in Spartanburg, S.C., and a 151,088-square-foot facility in Wichita Falls, Texas. The borrower was TIC – RI Pullman LLC, RI Cascade LLC, RI Elk Grove LLC (Rood TICs). The portfolio acquisition satisfied a 1031 exchange. The properties received $31.2 million, $12.2 million and $8.6 million, respectively. Financing was arranged by Todd B. Harding and Mick Stapleton of NBS Financial Services. It was provided by State Farm Insurance Company through the firm’s correspondent relationship. The loans featured 10-year terms with 30-year amortization schedules.
MAUI, HAWAII — Burnham USA has purchased Shops on the Green, a 6.3-acre shopping center on Maui, for an undisclosed sum. The center is located at 100 Wailea Ike Drive in Wailea. Shops on the Green will soon undergo a renovation and a rebranding. It will be renamed Wailea Village Center. The transaction also includes about 22,000 square feet of retail and office buildings, as well as golf-related facilities. Burnham has also secured entitlements to expand the center for an additional 23,000 square feet of retail, which the firm plans to develop immediately. The project is situated directly across from Grand Wailea Resort, the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea and the new Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort. It sits adjacent to the Marriott Residence Inn. The center includes the main facilities for Wailea’s flagship golf course and club, called Old Blue. The seller, Ronald Allred, is best known as the founder and developer of Telluride Ski Mountain Village in Colorado.