According to a Q3 2023 report by MSCI Inc., the office sector is currently facing the highest amount of #distress in the real estate market with $32.5 billion in distressed office assets, including both financially troubled and bank-owned assets. MSCI Inc. estimates potential distress in #office to be an additional $50.3 billion. Many office property owners are heading for the exits amid weaker demand and looming #debt maturities, while some, and very few, #opportunistic private #equity groups are beginning to capture what could be once-in-a-generation buying opportunities. One of those #privateequity opportunistic groups is the venture of The Bascom Group affiliate Harbor Associates, LLC, led by Joon Choi, Justin Loiacono, Paul Miszkowicz and Rich McEvoy, CCIM and F&F Capital Group, led by principals, Jeff Frieden and Robert Friedman. The venture recently acquired Westwood Terrace, a 164,700-square-foot five-story #distressed office building at 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard in Westwood for $44.7 million or $271 per square foot — nearly 52% less than it traded for five years ago. Westwood Terrace was built in 1987 and located a block north of Santa Monica Boulevard. According to the The Real Deal, the seller was New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co., which acquired the property in lieu of #foreclosure from a partnership that previously bought the building in 2018 for $92.5 million, or $562 per square foot. A $60 million loan from JPMorgan Chase & Co. was tied to the #property, for which the unidentified partnership failed to make payments or secure refinancing, resulting in the lender taking control of the #building. The building was 80 percent leased at the time of sale this month. 1640 Sepulveda had been repositioned in the market under the direction of top LA #architect, ShubinDonaldson . Spaces offer views of Century City, Beverly Hills and #Westwood. The Penthouse features a balcony on Sepulveda while all tenants enjoy the private patio to the north of the building with new decking, pergolas, and landscaping. Various suite sizes are available. 1640 Sepulveda is centrally located off the 405 Freeway and Santa Monica Boulevard, offering employees the opportunity to shorten their commutes. The Real Deal https://lnkd.in/g5q3EGWD #commercialrealestate #realestate #cre #realtor #realestateinvesting #commercial #commercialproperty #realestateinvestor #business #investment #propertymanagement #investmentproperty #construction #officespace #realestatebroker #broker #commercialrealestatebroker #investing #realestatelife
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Jeffrey Palmer
9mo
The best thing about office buildings is how volatile they are and how cheap they are at the bottom. We are waiting for the bottom of the leasing market to determine an entry point. We may have found that bottom in West LA. Rents will be much lower and density will rise to 500 sq ft per employee. This 1640 transaction marks a new low for this cycle.
Ben Ketel
9mo
Well be patient Jerry, the pain in office is only gaining momentum, renewals want to downsize, or look for cheaper space, the bottom of the office market is MANY years away. We could see recent deals that sold at discounted prices, sell again even lower. You know me well, I love high yield, wholesale deals, and stealing properties at insane discounts. I won't even look at office right now, and probably not for years! Pick your spots, stress test the hell out of your deals my friend. Super well located upper end markets with great access for commuters, semi-suburban or super clean with great amenities only. 😉
Isaac Weinberger
9mo
Highly dependable on demographic. Office is suffering tremendously in the Manhattan sector but doing well in Miami. My personal take- areas that job requirements allow for remote positions ( especially once Covid hit ) continue to decline. Areas where development is rampant (Miami) that requires more “in office” style work- office is on the rise….
Jeff Reinstein
9mo
Great job Joon Choi, Justin Loiacono, Paul Miszkowicz, and Rich McEvoy, CCIM and Harbor Associates, LLC team on purchasing the Westwood Terrace at 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Westwood district at a big discount! I am sure that this will prove to be a fantastic long term investment. What a great central location at the corner of Santa Monica Blvd with easy on/off access to the 405.
Craig Senia
9mo
My first job was at that building in the early 1990s!! Was considered “ Class A” space ! Ohhh ..have times changed !! Great buy and opportunity ! Congratulations!
Jordan F.
9mo
Congratulations to to the Harbor Associates, LLC and F&F Capital Group team on acquiring a distressed office property in a prime West LA location!
Shelley Nelbert
9mo
The building was built for New World Pictures for a client of our company Bailes and Associates One of the largest independent prod companies at the time. Was a great deal for them and the bldg was constructed with small margins. Are we going back to the $2 /sf and below rates of the 90’s?
Mark Olson
9mo
Those debt maturities will indeed be buying opportunities for those entities that can make sense of the numbers. Happy New Year Jerry!
President | DWG Capital Group & DWG Capital Partners (formerly with Newmark Capital Markets/ARA)
9moCongratulations to Harbor Associates, LLC, F&F Capital Group and you Jerry! Notably, I just wrote a business plan/article for one of the larger news networks opining that since the government took such a major part in the decimation of our valued American office sector with their poor pandemic policies, they should consider funding a first and second position lower interest rate bridge rescue facility (say 4%-5%) that is fully repayable and solely for our American owned office sector owners. Besides good capitalistic purchases and repositions like these by your seasoned teams, perhaps to partially protect our recovering economy,(and in this one incidence) the government should possibly set aside some capital to protect those they harmed in my opinion. Not free money, fully repayable, non-forgivable 5 year conduit type debt. Notably, I’m a free market and limited government person , but this could be a lot better use of government than the many other failing policies.