Los Angeles — Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield plans to redevelop the long-vacated former Sears department store in the Canoga Park neighborhood of Los Angeles into a new dining and entertainment district. The empty store is located in the Westfield Topanga & The Village shopping center. Slated to open in late 2021, the new district will feature a chef-driven food hall, sit-down restaurants, lounges, cocktail bars, interior and exterior boutiques, and entertainment and recreational activities, as well as landscaped indoor and outdoor public spaces and plazas. The renovation will also create a grand entrance …
California
GRI Fairmont Receives $19.6 Million Loan for Acquisition of Fairmont Shopping Center in Bay Area
Pacifica, Calif. — GRI Fairmont LLC, an affiliate of First Washington Realty Inc., has received $19.6 million in financing for the acquisition of Fairmont Shopping Center, a retail asset located in Pacifica. The property is situated on 7.5 acres at 705-799 Hickey Blvd. Greg Brown, John Marshall and Bercut Smith of JLL Capital Markets secured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with PGIM Real Estate Finance for the borrower. Anchored by Safeway, the 102,982-square-foot property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. Current tenants include Rite Aid, Dollar Tree, Supercuts, …
San Marcos, Calif. — Gershman Properties has purchased San Elijo Hills Town Center, a lifestyle center located at 1620, 1628, 1640 and 1646 San Elijo Road in San Marcos. Ambient Communities dba SEH Lifestyle Center LLC sold the asset for $16 million. Built in 2019, the property features 23,076 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Starbucks Coffee, Cyclebar, Everbowl, Sourdough Bread Co., Tapa Tapa Spanish Restaurant, SETS Kitchen & Bar, Lourdes Mexican Food, Grand Vision Optometry, San Elijo Pediatric Dentistry and Downtown Academics Tutoring. Rob Ippolito, John Jennings …
Hanley Investment Group Negotiates $4.7 Million Sale of Starbucks-Occupied Asset in Mammoth Lakes, California
Mammoth Lakes, Calif. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a retail property located in Mammoth Lakes. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the to a San Diego-based private investor for $4.7 million, or $1,065 per square foot. Built in 1984 and renovated in 2018, the 4,435-square-foot, single-tenant building is situated on 1.22 acres at 2935 Main St. Starbucks Coffee occupies the drive-thru property on a long-term lease with rent increases every five years. Bill Asher, Kevin Fryman and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investments represented …
Irvine, Calif. and Salt Lake City — Faris Lee Investments and MTN Retail Advisors, a grocer-specialized data collection and analytics provider, have entered into a partnership to combine Faris Lee’s retail, real estate, finance and investment advisory services with MTN’s proprietary technology, which includes artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning. MTN currently has data on 28,000 active grocers across the United States and expects that number to grow to 40,000 over the next 18 months. The partnership between Irvine-based Faris Lee Investments and Salt Lake City-based MTN Retail Advisors will also …
Belmont, Calif. — Sares Regis Group of Northern California (SRGNC) has closed escrow on the retail portion of The Ashton in Belmont. The one-story, 4,900-square-foot retail center is fully occupied by three tenants: Bank of America, Row House and Apizza. Developed by SRGNC affiliate Regis Homes Bay Area, The Ashton features 74 for-sale residences spread across two four-story residential buildings. The transit-friendly property is located in Belmont’s City Center neighborhood at the corner of Davey Glen Road and El Camino Real, near Highway 101 and within walking distance of the …
Republic Urban Properties, Principal Real Estate Plan $401 Million Gateway at Millbrae Station Mixed-Use Project in Bay Area
Millbrae, Calif. — A partnership between Republic Urban Properties and Principal Real Estate Investors is preparing to break ground on a transit-oriented, mixed-use project named Gateway at Millbrae Station in Millbrae, a suburb just south of San Francisco. Located at the Millbrae Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station, the development will comprise 157,000 square feet of office space, 320 market-rate apartments, 80 affordable housing units, a 164-room hotel, 400 homes and 44,000 square feet of retail. Development costs are estimated at $401 million. The two developers formed a partnership called Republic Millbrae …
CBRE Arranges $9 Million Loan to Refinance Jurupa Valley Spectrum Retail Asset in Inland Empire
Jurupa Valley, Calif. — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team has arranged a $9 million loan for Kite Family Limited Partnership. The funds will be used to refinance debt on Jurupa Valley Spectrum, a retail asset in Jurupa Valley. Located at 8022-8082 Limonite Ave., the 124,949-square-foot retail center was 98 percent leased at the time of financing. Jurupa 14 Cinemas occupies approximately 48 percent of the property. Other tenants include Walgreens, Starbucks Coffee and the United States Postal Service. Shaun Moothart, Bruce Francis, Bob Ybarra, Dana Summers, Doug …
JLL Negotiates Sale of 49,149-Square-Foot Aliso Creek Shopping Center in Laguna Beach
Laguna Beach, Calif. — LaSalle Investment Management has completed the disposition of Aliso Creek Shopping Center, a retail asset located at 30814-30936 Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach. Although the sale price was not released, it marked the highest price-per-square-foot sold for an anchored shopping center in Orange County, according to JLL, which brokered the deal. Situated on 4.2 acres, Aliso Creek Shopping Center features 49,149 square feet of retail space and was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants include CVS/pharmacy, as anchor, Yoga Works, Starfish Laguna, Fantastic …
Southern California Private Investor Buys Aldi-Anchored Retail Asset in Rialto for $8.8 Million
Rialto, Calif. — A Southern California-based private investor has purchased Rialto-Aldi-WSS, a retail asset located on 2.4 acres at 630-660 W. Foothill Blvd. in Rialto. A Los Angeles-based private partnership sold the property for $8.8 million. Built in 2018, the asset features an 18,841-square-foot ALDI grocery store and a 12,430-square-foot WSS, a footwear and apparel retailer. Both ALDI and WSS have a corporate-guaranteed, long-term ground leases with fixed increases every five years and options to renew. Douglas Cole of Marcus & Millichap’s West Los Angeles office represented the buyer, while …