Wednesday, February 5, 2014

HFF closes $49 million sale of Inland Empire, California retail power center


Vernola Marketplace, Jurupa Valley, CA

Bryan Ley
LOS ANGELES, CA – HFF announced today that it has closed the $49 million sale of Vernola Marketplace, a retail power center located in Jurupa Valley, California.

                HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Rockwood Capital, Equity One, Inc. and Vestar.  Merlone Geier Partners purchased the property, which included the assumption of existing debt.

                Vernola Marketplace is located at 6205 Pats Ranch Road in Jurupa Valley, adjacent to Interstate 15 with exposure to more than 314,000 cars per day. 

The 22.2-acre site is situated 45 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, 20 miles from Orange County, and eight miles from the LA/Ontario International Airport.

 Completed in 2007, the 210,963-square-foot property is 84 percent leased to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath and Beyond, Michael’s, Petco, BevMo!, Denny’s, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and Jamba Juice. The shopping center also features a 172,000-square-foot Lowe’s that is not part of this 
transaction.

John Crump
  The HFF team representing the seller was led by managing director Bryan Ley, director John Crump and senior managing director Michael Ross.

                “Vernola Marketplace represented another significant retail trade in the Inland Empire market within the past 12 months. 

“The asset drew strong interest from both institutional and regional real estate investors and represented an excellent acquisition opportunity in a secondary market of Southern California,” said Ley.

  “The center proved especially appealing due to a terrific line-up of national tenants, continued rental growth attributed to growing residential demand, and offered further upside in the backfilling of the vacant junior-anchor box.”

Michael Ross
Ley continued, “The HFF investment sales team has completed more than $374 million in retail sales in the Inland Empire in the past 36 months and this sale further exemplified the desire of large institutions for top-tier, well-located assets in this region.” 

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Kristen M. Murphy
Associate Director
HFF | One Post Office Square, Suite 3500 | Boston, MA 02109
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