TUSTIN, CA-GlobeSt.com has learned exclusively that three complex California-based receivership assignments were sold in the past eight months under the direction of State Court-appointed receiver and principal of Coreland Cos. Pat Galentine. The three assets garnered in excess of $120 million and are all located in the state of California.

The properties included Sierra Center, a 75,785-square-foot retail/office mixed-use property in Mammoth; Tampa Plaza, a 256,000-square-foot retail center in Northridge; and Hamilton Place, a 239,849-square-foot office building in Torrance. According to Galentine, “All three of these properties were complex assignments that demanded an extraordinary amount of effort from the receivership parties, including loan servicers, buyers and the property-management and sales teams. While the sale of receivership properties is rare, it can be done in today's market with a strong team working efficiently through a complicated process. A receivership sale is a best-case scenario in the right circumstance because it maximizes value, reduces costs and provides an exit strategy in an unstable environment.”

Coreland Cos. provided various property-management, brokerage and construction-management services on each of these properties. According to Chris Hite, co-founder and president of Coreland Cos., “Our past experience with distressed assets, combined with our ability to offer in-house management and leasing services as needed, allows us to successfully navigate complex assignments. I believe that our clients appreciate the efficiencies we offer. We work hard to customize a strategy that best suits each asset and generates measurable results.”

As GlobeSt.comreported in January, Westwood Financial Corp. recently foreclosed on a defaulted loan the firm purchased that had been in receivership on Woodcreek Plaza, a 23,112-square-foot retail center here. The center had been on the market for 39 days, marketed by Auction.com.

According to Taylor Grant, a judicial receiver with Newport Beach, CA-based Real Estate Receiverships, the court-appointed receiver for the property prior to Westwood's purchase of the loan, the success of the note sale was in part due to the receiver sustaining the property's value by maintaining occupancy levels, accommodating needed repairs and providing all the property-level information regarding rents and operating costs to inform potential buyers.

Read our update to this story later today to find out Galentine's perspective on modifying debt on receivership properties.

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Carrie Rossenfeld

Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.