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Paragon Nabs Vibrant East Village Art Center Block for $34M

San Diego-based Paragon Real Estate Fund, LLC acquired Art Center Block, a five-building office property in downtown San Diego’s East Village from Carleton Management Inc. and The Downtown LLC for $34 million. The 132,854-square-foot property occupies a full city block, with buildings ranging in size from one to four stories that were built between 1924-1971.

The NewSchool of Architecture and Design occupies 51% of the total office building square footage. The balance of the office space is 97% occupied by several creative office tenants.

CBRE’s Kevin Mulhern and Rachel Parsons represented the seller. CBRE’s Scott Peterson and Bill Chiles arranged a $23.6-million short term, floating loan on behalf of Paragon Acquisitions LLC through Guggenheim.

“Owning an entire city block in downtown San Diego’s largest and fastest growing neighborhood is a rare opportunity with tons of potential,” said Mulhern.

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About Dennis Kaiser

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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