150,000-SQUARE-FOOT OFFICE BUILDING TRADES HANDS FOR $160 MILLION

IRVINE, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Maguire Properties has completed the disposition of 3161 Michelson Drive, a six-story office property located within the Park Place campus in Irvine. An affiliate of EMMES Group of Companies acquired the 150,000-square-foot property for approximately $160 million. The disposition allowed Maguire to eliminate the project-level debt that was slated to mature in September; eliminate a New Century master lease obligation with potential exposure of up to $16 million; eliminate a $24 million principal loan guaranty; eliminate a master lease parking obligation with a potential exposure of up to approximately $50 million; release a 1,380-space parking structure from encumbrance of the existing mortgage; and increase cash flow by eliminating the project’s negative cash flow.