DivcoWest Buys The Telephone Building in Santa Monica for $52.5M

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — DivcoWest has acquired The Telephone Building in Santa Monica for $52.5 million. The six-story creative office building is located at 1314 7th St. As part of the deal, DivcoWest also acquired 58,538 square feet of office condominiums in the building. The remaining 33,254 square feet of office condominiums houses a telephone switching hub owned by Frontier Communications and was not included in the sale. The building is 86 percent leased. HFF’s Doug Bond and Andrew Harper represented the seller, a joint venture between Alcion Ventures and Pacshore Partners, in this transaction.