LOS ANGELES-Monem Corp., a private investment firm, has acquired two multifamily buildings at 1525 Cassil Place and 4517 Franklin Ave. in Los Angeles for a combined value of $3.5 million, GlobeSt.com reports in this exclusive story. The purchase brings Monem Corp.'s portfolio to more than 60 multifamily properties.

“These were both off-market opportunities and buildings that we felt we could add some value to,” Danny Monempour, Monem Corp.'s president, tells GlobeSt.com. “They were both rent-control properties and had a lot of upside.”

The Cassil Place property has 20 units and 100% occupancy and was purchased for $2.17 million from a private investor. The Franklin Ave. property, which has 10 units with an entitlement for 16 lofts or condos, was purchased for $1.4 million from Franklin Lofts LLC. Both sales closed at a 6% cap rate.

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Kelsi Maree Borland

Kelsi Maree Borland is a freelance journalist and magazine writer based in Los Angeles, California. For more than 5 years, she has extensively reported on the commercial real estate industry, covering major deals across all commercial asset classes, investment strategy and capital markets trends, market commentary, economic trends and new technologies disrupting and revolutionizing the industry. Her work appears daily on GlobeSt.com and regularly in Real Estate Forum Magazine. As a magazine writer, she covers lifestyle and travel trends. Her work has appeared in Angeleno, Los Angeles Magazine, Travel and Leisure and more.