Newport Beach, Calif. — Irvine Co. will defer three months of rent for retailers in need due to COVID-19. The Newport Beach-based company said the deferment is interest- and penalty free. Retailers that do defer will have 12 months to become current, Irvine said. Irvine’s retail portfolio includes Irvine Spectrum Center, Fashion Island and The Market Place. Click here to read more about Irvine’s COVID-19 response.
Manhattan Beach, Calif. — True Religion, a premium jeans retailer based in Manhattan Beach, filed papers in Delaware bankruptcy court Monday, April 13. In its filing, the company stated that pandemic-related closure of all its retail location and all the stores of its wholesale buyers had accelerated “existing liquidity constraints.” Due to these factors, True Religion furloughed all nonessential employees and reentered Chapter 11, which it previously entered in July 2017. “While the debtors would have preferred to wait out the current instabilities of the financial markets and retail industry …
Yorba Linda, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has arranged $39.6 million in financing for Packing House Square, a mixed-use center located at 18180-18389 Yorba Linda Blvd. in Yorba Linda. The borrower is an undisclosed private investment company. Loan proceeds will be used to reposition the asset as a medical arts plaza with a medical anchor tenant; renovate the existing retail plaza by adding an additional 11,450-square-foot corner retail wing; and re-tenant the vacant units. Jay Quinn and Kirt Boultinghouse of Faris Lee sourced the three-year bridge loan with Los Angeles-based …
Anaheim, Calif. — SunCoast Properties has completed the disposition of the ground lease of a newly constructed, freestanding retail building located at 545 N. Euclid St. in Anaheim. A Los Angeles-based private investor acquired the asset for $5.1 million. Chase Bank occupies the 3,988-square-foot, single-tenant property with a corporate-guaranteed, triple-net, 20-year lease. SunCoast developed the property, which opened earlier this year. Pat Kent, Patrick Luther, Matthew Mousavi and Parker Walter of SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group represented the seller, while Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley …
San Francisco, New York City and Menomonee Falls, Wis. — Prominent retailers Gap Inc., Macy’s Inc. and Kohl’s have announced separately that they’re planning to furlough a majority of employees at their stores and some distribution centers beginning this week in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Combined, the total number of affected employees is nearly 290,000, according to the Los Angeles Times. The three retailers have extended their temporary store closures indefinitely to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the …
Victorville, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has negotiated the $9.5 million sale of a six-tenant, 11,300-square-foot building within Restaurant Row in Victorville. The property is fully leased to leased to Which Wich, Starbucks, Nekter Juice Bar, Pieology, Ono Hawaiian BBQ and Cafe Rio. The asset, which was built in 2017, is situated at 11604 Amargosa Road, seven miles south of downtown Victorville. Restaurant Row is a mile-long stretch of Amargosa Road that features 19 eateries, sit-down options and quick-service restaurants. Jeff Conover and Chris DePierro of Faris Lee represented the …
Twentynine Palms, Calif. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of a newly built retail property located at 73690 Twentynine Palms Highway in Twentynine Palms. Fountainhead Development sold the asset to a Los Angeles-based private investor for $3.1 million, or $1,722 per square foot. Starbucks Coffee occupies the1,800-square-foot drive-thru property, which was built in this year. Bill Asher and Jeff Lefko of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, while Taesoo Eo and Shirley Kim of RE/MAX Commercial’s Los Angeles office represented the buyer in the deal.
West Hollywood, Calif. — Kidder Mathews has facilitated the sale of a high-street retail property located at 8532 Melrose Ave. in West Hollywood. Blatteis & Schnur, a Century City, California-based real estate investor, acquired the property from a New York City-based investor for $20.5 million. Situated in a top-tier commercial corridor of Los Angeles, the building features 4,946 square feet of retail space. The current tenant is Lululemon Athletica. Imperial Capital represented the buyer, while Tanel Harunzade, Darrell Levonian and Brittney McCarthy of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the …
Hayward, Calif. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 2401 Whipple Road in Hayward. A private investor acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $16 million. LA Fitness (City Sports Club) occupies the 41,000-square-foot facility on a corporate-guaranteed, absolute triple-net lease. Matt Brooks, Joe Chichester and Nicholas Coo of Faris Lee represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
Rancho Cucamonga , Calif. — Fit Development has completed the sale of Shops at Victoria Gardens, a retail strip center adjacent to the Victoria Gardens lifestyle center in Rancho Cucamonga. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $13.7 million. Constructed in 2007, the 31,405-square-foot property is leased to a diverse mix of service-oriented, daily needs and soft-goods tenants, including DXL Men’s Apparel, Pacific Dental and Shakey’s Pizza. The asset is situated on 2.6 acres at 12455 Victoria Gardens Lane. Daniel Tyner and Gleb Lvovich of JLL Retail Capital Markets represented …
