Former Santa Monica Sears To Transform Into 100K SF Mixed-Use Development
Construction has begun to transform the iconic former Sears building in Silicon Beach into a modern-style mixed-use development with creative office and retail.
In a JV, REIT Seritage Growth Properties and Newport Beach-based Invesco Real Estate co-own and are developing The Mark 302, a 100K SF mixed-use campus at 302 Colorado Blvd. in downtown Santa Monica.
With views of the beach and Pacific Ocean and a downtown landscape, The Mark 302 will feature a multi-level workspace with natural light, a private rooftop deck, indoor and outdoor workspaces, and retail and restaurants on the ground floor.
The project will convert the building at the gateway to Santa Monica into a breathtaking office and retail destination, Seritage President and CEO Benjamin Schall said in a news release.
Sears had operated at that Santa Monica location for nearly 70 years. It closed last year. The building became a city landmark in 2004.
Seritage, a spinoff REIT of Sears Holdings, took control of that Sears building and about 235 other Sears and Kmart stores nationwide in 2015.
Earlier this year, Seritage sold a 50% interest in the Santa Monica project to Invesco for $50M.
This is the second development from this partnership. Earlier this year, Seritage sold Invesco a 50% interest of The Collection at UTC, a 200K SF redevelopment project in La Jolla.
The Mark 302 is expected to open in fall 2019.
