SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the $21.5 million sale of Loma Villas, a newly constructed, 70-unit community in the Inland Empire city of San Bernardino. Loma Villas features a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans that include enclosed patios or balconies. Amenities include a pool and spa, a fitness center, dog park and grilling and picnic areas. TMG’s Alex Mogharebi, Otto Ozen and Bryan LaBar represented the seller, a regional owner and developer. The buyer is a Southern California-based private investor.
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Ensemble Investments, USA Properties, Pinyon Group Break Ground on $81.2 Million Affordable Housing Project in Santa Clara
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Ensemble Investments, USA Properties and The Pinyon Group have broken ground on an $81.2 million affordable housing development in the Tasman East neighborhood of Santa Clara. The eight-story Mainline North will include 151 units in studios to three-bedroom floor plans. Rent restrictions on the units were not released. The property will include 5,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space as well as a fitness center, flex rooms and outdoor space. USA Properties and The Pinyon Group structured a public-private partnership that includes financing by Bank …
FRESNO, CALIF. — The Mogharebi Group (TMG) has arranged the $11.4 million sale of Northbrook Apartments in Fresno. Robin Kane, Brendan Kane and Gordon Larkin of TMG’s Fresno office represented the Monterey, California-based owner/developer in the transaction. Offered on the market for the first time in about 24 years, the 92-unit asset was acquired by a family office based in the Central Valley area of California. Northbrook Apartments were built in 1972 on about six acres. The asset is a single-story, garden-style apartment community with a mix of one- and …
LOS ANGELES — London-based Phoenix Group has acquired Scout off Sunset, a 136-unit property in the central Los Angeles neighborhood of Hollywood. Built in 1989, Scout off Sunset rises three stories and offers amenities such as a swimming pool, fitness center, laundry facilities and two levels of underground parking. Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered the deal. IPA’s Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Gregory Harris represented the seller, an undisclosed institutional asset manager, and procured the buyer.
LOS ANGELES — IPA has arranged the sale of Haven Warner Center, a 205-unit community in the Warner Center master-planned neighborhood in Los Angeles. The property sold for $54 million. IPA’s Gregory Harris represented the seller, a private multifamily investment firm, and procured the buyer, LA Apartments. Haven Warner Center was built in 1985 and includes a mix of 50 studios, 80 one-bedroom units and 75 two-bedroom apartments. Renovated units have stainless-steel appliances, vinyl plank flooring and upgraded plumbing and electrical fixtures. Amenities include a swimming pool and spa, a …
LOS ANGELES — CIM Group has acquired an approximately 1.3-acre property at 3045 Crenshaw Blvd. in Los Angeles. The site is entitled for a mixed-use development consisting of 168 apartment units, of which 17 will be affordable, and 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. New development at the site will replace the vacant, former West Angeles Church of God in Christ, whose congregation has moved to a new location. CIM Group Principal Shaul Kuba and Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. have negotiated a series of acquisitions of church-owned properties over …
SAND CITY, CALIF. — San Diego-based DiversyFund has purchased The Independent in Sand City, which is just outside of Monterey, California, from an undisclosed seller. Cushman & Wakefield’s Northern California Multifamily Advisory Group brokered the $20 million deal. The Independent was built in 2008 and renovated in 2014 to convert office space on the second floor into additional apartments. The property now offers 61 units and 11,000 square feet of vacant commercial space. Amenities include a courtyard, garage parking and carports.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. — Fort Worth, Texas-based Olympus Property has acquired Angelene Apartments, a 179-unit, mixed-use community in West Hollywood, California. Berkadia brokered the transaction. Derrek Ostrzyzek, Tom Moran, Rachel Parsons and Mike Murphy represented the undisclosed institutional seller. Tucker Knight arranged acquisition financing through Freddie Mac on behalf of Olympus Property. Angelene Apartments was built in 2016 and offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The property is anchored by 33,500 square feet of ground-floor retail, which is currently occupied by Sprouts Farmers Market.
LOS ANGELES — JLL Capital Markets has arranged an $84 million, floating-rate construction loan through Citizens Financial Group for an affiliate of GPI Cos. Los Angeles-based GPI is building Overland and Ayres, a 201-unit project in West Los Angeles. The six-story building will contain 56 studios, 97 one-bedroom units, 39 two-bedroom units and nine townhomes. Overland and Ayers will be complete in 2024. The JLL team was led by Kevin Mackenzie, Greg Brown, Jeff Sause, Sam Godfrey and Charlie Vorsheck.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — USA Properties Fund and The Pinyon Group have begun construction on Mainline North, an affordable community in Santa Clara, four miles from San Jose, California. The $81.2 million project is the result of a public-private partnership including Bank of America, California Housing Finance Agency, the City of Santa Clara, Google, Housing Trust Silicon Valley, Ensemble Real Estate Investments and Related. Mainline North will include 151 studio, one- and two-bedroom units for tenants earning at or below 30 percent of the area median income (AMI). Construction on …