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Harbor Claims Santa Ana Office Asset

Harbor Associates, LLC acquired 2020 E First Street, a five-story, 112,000-square-foot office building in Santa Ana, in a joint venture with Blue Vista Capital Management. The project is located on 3.7 acres, and was purchased for $13.2 million or $118-per-square-foot.

Harbor says the purchase is the lowest per-square-foot acquisition of a 50,000-square-foot-plus office building in the last 10 years, a period that covers 108 building trades. The project is currently 25% leased to four tenants.

Harbor plans to re-position and lease-up the asset through a comprehensive renovation program that includes a fresh paint scheme, upgraded building entry and lobby experience, elevator improvements, new roof, replacement of the original HVAC units, and parking upgrades.

CBRE’s Bob Smith and Michelle Jefcoat represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The lender is a subsidiary of Granite Point Mortgage Trust Inc., which is externally managed by Pine River Capital Management L.P.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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