SAN DIEGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.7 million sale of a six-unit community located on Saratoga Avenue in San Diego. Jamison Wheeler and Austin Huffman, senior directors of investments with the Zorbas Huffman Group at Marcus & Millichap, represented the buyer, Saratoga Beach Cottages LLC. The unnamed seller was represented by the Pacific Real Estate Center. The asset in the Ocean Beach neighborhood features six two-bedroom, one-bathroom cottages with four garages.
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of and acquisition financing for Citra, a 147-unit community in Sunnyvale. JLL represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was Prime Residential, a San Francisco-based multifamily owner and operator. JLL Real Estate Capital, a Freddie Mac Optigo lender, also provided a $44.2 million loan for Prime Residential. Citra, located at 745 S. Bernardo Ave., was developed in 1968 and renovated in 2019. The garden-style property is comprised of one- and two-bedroom units and includes such amenities as a half-acre, landscaped terrace …
SAN DIEGO — Wakeland Housing has started construction of The Becker, an affordable housing development within Riverwalk San Diego, a 200-acre planned mixed-use, transit-oriented project that includes 4,300 multifamily units, 430 of which will be affordable. Hines is the master developer on the project, which also includes 110 acres of parks, 1 million square feet of office space and 150,000 square feet of retail. The 190 units at The Becker will be reserved for tenants earning 60 percent or less of area median income, which is capped at $99,240 for …
WOODLAND HILLS, CALIF. — Waterton, a Chicago-based multifamily and hospitality investor and property manager, has acquired AMLI Warner Center in Woodland Hills. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The property was developed in 2007 by AMLI Residential. The gated community, located at 21200 Kittridge St. in the San Fernando Valley, will be rebranded as The Kitt at Warner Center. Floorplans include one-, two- and three-bedroom homes. A small percentage of units have been updated, and Waterton plans to upgrade remaining units with new stainless-steel appliances, quartz countertops, new cabinet …
LOS ANGELES — Colliers has arranged the sale of Villa Del Mar, a 198-unit waterfront community in the Marina del Rey neighborhood of Los Angeles. Colliers Vice Chair Kitty Wallace represented both the seller, original developer, Villa Del Mar Properties, and long-time operator, Far West Management, and a private buyer. Villa Del Mar is situated on approximately 5 acres with 1,500 linear feet of marina frontage and is one of 16 communities along the Marina del Ray harbor. The property was developed in 1972. Villa Del Mar properties has invested …
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged a $9.6 million trade of a 22-unit property in Costa Mesa between two undisclosed parties. The asset is located at 313 and 325 East 17th Place in the Eastside neighborhood of Costa Mesa. The property has not been on the market for about 25 years. CBRE’s Dan Blackwell and Mike O’Neill represented the buyer, a private investor based in Fountain Valley, California. The seller was a private investor from Orange County, California. Built in 1961, the property comprises six one-bedroom units and 16 …
SAN MATEO, CALIF. — IPA Capital Markets has arranged a $61 million loan for The Martin Group and JPF Capital, which are developing Arbello in San Mateo 19 miles south of San Francisco. The mixed-use project, located at 477 9th Ave., will include 120 apartments and 29,000 square feet of office space. According to Martin Group’s website, residential amenities will feature coworking space, a fitness center, a clubhouse, a central courtyard, a rooftop deck, bicycle storage and a dog park. Units will be offered as studios or as one- or two-bedroom …
By Brandi Campbell Wood Forward-thinking multifamily developers are rediscovering a housing type that predates modern zoning: accessory dwelling units (ADUs). An ADU is defined as a smaller, independent residential unit located on the same lot as a detached single-family home, according to the American Planning Association, a nonprofit organization that supports the field of urban and regional planning. What was once commonplace in early 20th-century developments — garden cottages, cluster housing and secondary units within larger properties — is experiencing a renaissance driven by new policy opportunities and compelling financial …
MANTECA, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Manteca Golf & Tennis Villas, a 56-unit property in Manteca, a city between Modesto and Stockton, California, and about 76 miles west of San Francisco. The property sold for $15.6 million. Stephen Jackson and Joe Owens, both senior directors with Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller. Neither party to the transaction was identified. Completed in 1985, Manteca Golf & Tennis, which is adjacent to a golf course, has a pool, laundry facilities and a tennis court. Units feature washer …
VALLEJO, CALIF. — Prime Residential has received a $91.5 million loan to refinance Blue Rock Village, a 560-unit property the company owns in Vallejo, 36 miles north of San Francisco. Walker & Dunlop’s Bryan Frazier and Blake Hockenbury arranged the 10-year, full-term interest-only loan at a fixed rate from Freddie Mac. Blue Rock Village was developed in two phases in the mid 1980s. The property consists of 41 buildings housing a total of 560 units, a leasing office, a fitness center and a maintenance building, all situated on about 36 …
